CIRTL National Presents: UDL + AI Design Studio

Event details Date: Friday, July 31, 2026 Time: 3:00 PM Type: Arts / Performance About this event The UDL + AI Design Studio is a six-week redesign studio where instructors improve one real teaching challenge using Universal Design for Learning (UDL)—a widely recognized, research-grounded framework for designing learning experiences. While UDL is highly respected in higher education, it is often presented as a complex set of principles and strategies; this studio reframes it as a simple, practical WHY–WHAT–HOW design cycle that makes redesign manageable and actionable. AI functions as a design partner, helping instructors apply UDL more efficiently to refine activities and assessments with clarity and precision. By the end of this short course, participants will be prepared to: Analyze a specific teaching challenge using baseline evidence to identify where students struggle and what factors are contributing to the problem Apply the UDL Learning Design Cycle (WHY → WHAT → HOW), using AI as a design assistant to generate, refine, and stress-test UDL-informed design moves efficiently Create a cohesive UDL + AI redesign package that strengthens student engagement, improves content clarity or access, and supports meaningful performance Evaluate the redesign by developing a feasible implementation and evidence plan that identifies indicators of impact and next steps for refinement. Official event details: https://calendar.tamu.edu/cirtl/event/384955-cirtl-national-presents-udl-ai-design-studio