Glossary

Print- and technology-based educational materials designed to be usable across the widest range of individual variability.

Technology that can be used by people with a wide range of abilities and disabilities. Incorporates the principles of universal design.

The NIMAS is a technical standard used by publishers to produce source files (in XML) that may be used to develop multiple specialized formats (such as Braille or audio books) for students with print disabilities.

continuously moving forward

A temporary assistive component of an instructional material or method that helps a learner complete the learning task successfully, intended to be removed when mastery is attained.

v. The act of providing temporary assistance in a way designed to let the learner progress.

(cited from http://www.udlcenter.org/glossaries/glossary_eng#scaffold)

an educational framework based on research in the learning sciences, including cognitive neuroscience, that guides the development of flexible learning environments that can accommodate individual learning differences.