Universal Design for Learning: Students Self-Assess Themselves through Learning and Learn from Self-Assessment

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is based on the premise that all students are capable of learning when the diverse needs of the class are taken into account. A DUA perspective requires that educators build a flexible curriculum through pedagogical mediation to enhance learning for the entire student body. Therefore, learning assessments should be directly linked to pedagogy-based mediation where techniques and assessment tools are closely linked. This is achieved by teachers democratizing assessments through self-assessments, co-assessments and assessments among peers to promote a culture of assessment and stop thinking of it as an exclusive process of the teaching faculty.