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May 26, 2026 Somewhere along the way, Universal Design for Learning got reduced to a feature list. Add captions. Add alt text. Make sure the buttons are big enough. Check, check, check. And then we call the course accessible and move on. That's not UDL. That's compliance with extra steps. What UDL actually is Minimal infographic illustrating the three Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles: Engagement (the why of learning), Representation (the what of learning), and A

I built a 14-screen interactive eLearning course without opening a single traditional authoring tool. Here's what that taught me about AI, our field, and what instructional designers actually do.