Implementation of the Universal Learning Design method as an educational innovation in university classroom

Abstract

The objective of the research was the implementation of the Universal Design for Learning (DUA) method in order to strengthen the teaching-learning processes in the university classroom through the planning of motivating activities and promoting important educational principles such as equity, integration and interculturality. The implementation of this method in the teaching curriculum will allow better results in student achievement, in addition to the articulation with the educational purposes that are determined within the Plan Nacional de Desarrollo. The research is mixed with a descriptive design using the survey technique and data analysis through descriptive statistics to determine the level of knowledge and need to implement the method in the classroom and was applied to university level students of the Unidad de Admisión y Nivelación de la Universidad Estatal del Sur de Manabí.   The results determine that there is little knowledge of the DUA method as a learning method, so that implementing this method as an innovative tool in the classroom would be a timely help that echoes the basic skills that are necessary for the integral development of the college students.