The US Navy nuclear power program had 6 months of intense (8-4 pm) classroom instruction, followed by 6 months of on hands shift work prototype training operating a nuclear power plant, which was a lot like a "flipped classroom".

When i was an instructor at prototype, students had to study and receive checkouts on theory, systems and operations, documented by signatures in their "qual card".  These checkouts, and watchstanding were done one-on-one.

In several instances, i could tell a student was not understanding the theory, and as the instructor, i needed to help them understand the concepts: I would explain… >>>

it seems UDL is just a "structure" to address the different types of learners: Auditory, Visual, Kinesteic... and to let those different types of learners express their knowledge in the ways that best suits them. 

Is this really new? 

About  Preparation of Planning lessons I have learned that planning requires clear objectives,  varied activities and fair assesment. I will defenititly apply what I have learned. 

I feel it is so important as a leader and instructor it's important to be prepared because not only are you feeding the minds of our future but you are the example of how they should be. It also sets the tone of the level of respect they should bring to the classroom and the work they put in.

I am looking for applying this framework to all my lesson plans. 

UDL shows us the concepts to learn in any platform. Then, we can learn in different ways from any environment. This is what all teacher needs to access any student world. 

Universal people use different learning techniques, and UDL shows the best way to access any student in their own environment. Practice is the important key for learning once we have gotten the theory. 

Incorporating a guest speaker as one of the ways of imparting knowledge to students is a valuable suggestion. 

I appreciated the way Bloom's Taxonomy was presented, e.g., ABCD.

The tip to save lesson plans in case of [my] illness is helpful :)