**ONLINE** Creating a Sense of Belonging in Your Online Course
Tuesday, September 8, 2026 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Help your students succeed by learning techniques and strategies to build a sense of community and belonging in your online course. In this workshop, we will discuss ways to foster communication, build interaction, and to promote inclusivity. Join us as we explore avenues to help students engage and feel connected with their online courses. Advance registration required.
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**ONLINE** Perusall Academy: Activate
Tuesday, September 8, 2026 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Get started and build your course with the basics to set up for the term. The Activate training session is designed for those just starting with Perusall or those who want a refresher of the basics.
You'll learn how to:
- Set up your course step-by-step
- Connect Perusall to your LMS
- Add and organize course materials
- Create your first assignments
- Customize your course for accessibility and a personalized experience
Our
interactive, hands-on sessions led by our Learning & Engagement team to help you make the most of Perusall in your courses. All instructors are invited to join.
Can't join live? Register anyway and we'll send you the recording and the Perusall sandbox course. Workshop is led by staff from Perusall. Register Now!
**ONLINE** NAVIGATE: How do I issue Navigate Alerts and what happens afterwards?
Tuesday, September 8, 2026 from 2:15 PM to 3:00 PM
Want to let NIU know that students in your class are falling behind and need additional support? Find out how you can use Navigate Staff to issue alerts for students to help them get back on track to succeed in your class before it's too late.
- How to issue ad hoc alerts using Navigate Staff
- How to respond to Progress Reporting Campaigns
- What happens after your alerts are posted in Navigate Staff
- Results data from alerts issued during prior terms
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**ONLINE** Creating Multimedia to Enhance Learning
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Incorporating multimedia into your course can be extremely valuable to your students' learning. Some multimedia technology can be complicated to use. In this workshop, you will learn about some available and easy to use tools and studio space to record and share videos for short lectures, demonstrations, and more. Discovery which tool is best for you and your students. Advance registration required.
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**ONLINE** Perusall Academy: Innovate
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Learn more about advanced assignments, engagement, and grouping to customize your course. Each Innovate session includes a 30-minute overview on grouping followed by a special topic.
In this Innovate session, you'll learn how to:
- Create student groups for flexible collaboration
- Set up differentiated assignments
Our interactive, hands-on sessions led by our Learning & Engagement team to help you make the most of Perusall in your courses. All instructors are invited to join.
Can't join live? Register anyway and we'll send you the recording and the Perusall sandbox course. Workshop is led by staff from Perusall. Register Now!
**ONLINE** Connect with Your Students Using Navigate Staff: A New Users Function-to-Practice Session
Thursday, September 10, 2026 from 9:15 AM to 10:00 AM
Are you new to NIU's Navigate Staff system, or looking to understand how it can enhance your advising and support efforts? This virtual session is tailored for those who are not yet familiar with Navigate.
What to Expect: In this beginner session, you'll get hands-on practice with Navigate's features directly from your own screen. We'll cover the basics of system navigation, key functionalities, and practical tips to help you integrate Navigate into your daily workflow.
Why Attend? Navigate is a powerful tool designed to streamline your advising process, improve student outcomes, and foster a more connected campus community. By learning to use Navigate, you'll be able to:
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Messaging (text and email)
Connect with students to instill a sense of care and belonging. Participants will have hands-on experience with sending a text and an email to the facilitator through Navigate.
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Student Searches
Identify students for potential academic recruitment outreach, scholarship promotion, research fellows, etc. Participants will be able to:
- Conduct a student search in Navigate to identify students assigned to them who meet specific criteria.
- Create a saved search to be used as a template to build additional searches.
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Set Up Your Calendar for Students to Self-Schedule with You
- Calendar Sync with Outlook: Learn how to seamlessly integrate your Outlook calendar with Navigate Staff.
- Create Navigate Availabilities: Set up availability slots based on your office hours.
- Personal Availability Links (PALs): Generate PALs to include in your email signatures, Blackboard sites, and syllabi. Students can click and self-manage their appointments, reducing back-and-forth emails.
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Alerts & Referrals
Identify students in need of additional support and connect them with their care team. Participants will create a plan for when to issue ad hoc alerts for students and plan when to issue the alerts for their classes based on their syllabi.
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**ONLINE** Perusall Academy: Elevate
Thursday, September 10, 2026 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Go deeper into analytics and course design for collaborative learning. Each Elevate session includes a 30-minute overview on scoring and AI best practices, followed by a special topic.
In this Elevate session, you'll learn how to:
- Discuss AI best practices and explore academic integrity features
- Enable and customize automatic scoring and scoring templates for review-based assignments (peer review, fishbowl, etc.)
Our interactive, hands-on sessions led by our Learning & Engagement team to help you make the most of Perusall in your courses. All instructors are invited to join.
Can't join live? Register anyway and we'll send you the recording and the Perusall sandbox course. Workshop is led by staff from Perusall. Register Now!
**ONLINE** Using Blackboard Ally to Support Accessibility in Your Course
Thursday, September 10, 2026 from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Blackboard Ally is a powerful tool for providing your students with more accessible content. NIU is full of diverse students with unique learning abilities, and Ally allows students more choice in a format that works best for them. The best part is that this is done automatically. In this workshop, you will discover how Blackboard Ally generates alternative formats for students to download and gives instructors feedback on how to improve their courses accessibility. We will also discuss some other practical strategies for incorporating Universal Design for Learning principles in your course. Advance registration required.
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**NEW - ONLINE** Information Session: Program Learning Improvement Projects
Friday, September 11, 2026 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Is there an area of student learning that you'd like to see improve? Could you use some help addressing it? If so, register for this information session to learn about an exciting new program where department faculty get targeted, structured support throughout the year. Advance registration required.
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**NEW - ONLINE** The Human Advantage: Why Liberal Education Matters More in the Age of AI
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Preparing students for the future means more than teaching them how to use new tools. It means helping them become active learners who can ask thoughtful questions, evaluate evidence, communicate effectively, exercise ethical reasoning, and apply knowledge to complex, real-world challenges. These human capacities are central to liberal education and become even more important as AI transforms how knowledge is created, accessed, and applied. They are essential to preparing students not only to work alongside AI, but to use their judgment, creativity, and sense of responsibility to navigate an AI-enhanced world. Workshop is led by staff from AAC&U. Register Now!
**ONLINE** Building Resilient Learners: Strategies for Converting Self-doubts into Student Success
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Imposter syndrome is a common feeling characterized by persistent self-doubt despite evidence of competence. It is especially prevalent among people working in a field where their gender, race, first language, or parental status makes them an obvious minority, such as women in STEM and people of color in higher education. This workshop discusses strategies that instructors can use to destigmatize imposter feelings and to acknowledge productive failures are necessary for success. Advance registration required.
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**ONLINE** Blackboard Ally in Practice: Prioritizing Accessibility Improvements for Instructors
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Designed specifically for instructors and faculty, this session explores
how Ally can serve as your guide on the side, helping you identify,
understand, and prioritize opportunities to improve course content
accessibility. Learn how to use Ally's feedback and indicators to focus
on the changes that can have the greatest impact on learners, without
feeling overwhelmed by where to start. Through practical examples and
actionable recommendations, you'll discover how Ally can help you build
momentum with quick wins, make informed decisions about your content,
and establish a strong foundation for ongoing accessibility
improvements. Workshop is led by staff from Blackboard. Register Now!
**ONLINE** Dig Into the Season: Winter Warm-Up: Moving Beyond the Basics to Deeper Engagement
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Moving beyond the basics: strategy that keeps conversations going. Explore how a few intentional design choices turn early participation into engagement that holds up through the rest of the term. Workshop led by Yellowdig staff. Register Now!
**ONLINE** Blackboard Ally in Practice: Prioritizing Accessibility Improvements for Instructors
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Designed specifically for instructors and faculty, this session explores how Ally can serve as your guide on the side, helping you identify, understand, and prioritize opportunities to improve course content accessibility. Learn how to use Ally's feedback and indicators to focus on the changes that can have the greatest impact on learners, without feeling overwhelmed by where to start. Through practical examples and actionable recommendations, you'll discover how Ally can help you build momentum with quick wins, make informed decisions about your content, and establish a strong foundation for ongoing accessibility improvements. Workshop is led by staff from Blackboard. Register Now!
**ONLINE** Strategies for Success in Digital Teaching and Learning: Practical Approaches for Supporting Every Learner with Flower Darby
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Like it or not, AI is here to stay, and students are using it. But they’re not all using it to outsource their learning. Students know when they need to gain specific knowledge to achieve their goals and they’re willing to resist the AI temptation in those moments. We’ll explore practical strategies to help students develop critical AI literacy and ethical approaches to working and learning with AI. Plus, you’ll leave this session with concrete tips to update your assignments, tests, and projects for an AI age. Come and learn how to help ourselves, and our students, work and learn with and without AI in productive, meaningful ways.
You’ll hear about topics such as:
- How today’s students are using AI and when they’re choosing not to use it
- How we can help them choose not to use AI when we know that’s best for their learning
- How to help students develop essential understanding about AI’s risks and benefits for today’s society and workplace
- How to update your assignments, tests, and projects to promote authentic student learning in an AI age
Workshop is led by Flower Darby and hosted by Every Learner Everywhere.
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**ONLINE** Classroom Mindscapes: An Introduction to Neurodiversity for Educators
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 from 3:10 PM to 3:40 PM
With campuses seeing greater numbers of neurodivergent students, and neurodivergence becoming a larger component of inclusive education, Classroom Mindscapes offers a much-needed primer in the concept, terms, and history of neurodiversity for college faculty and staff, as well as a clear overview of its relationship to disability and its role and potential applications in higher education. In this webinar, Sarah Silverman will introduce key concepts from her new book, Classroom Mindscapes: An Introduction to Neurodiversity for Educators and some practical highlights from each chapter for supporting neurodivergent students, followed by a Q&A at the end of the session. This webinar will be recorded. If you're unable to attend the live session, please register anyway to ensure you receive access to the recording afterward. This session is offered by OneHE. Register Now!
**ONLINE** Using the Blackboard Ultra Gradebook
Thursday, September 17, 2026 from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Blackboard overhauled the Gradebook Grid View in early August. The layout and navigation have changed and the new Grade Details panel was introduced. This workshop will review changes to the Gradebook, and users will learn how to effectively set up the Gradebook, grade assignments, record and calculate grades, and provide feedback to students. Advance registration required.
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**ONLINE** Preparing Students for an AI-Enabled Workforce: A Faculty Conversation
Friday, September 18, 2026 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Generative AI is rapidly changing the skills employers expect of graduates, creating new opportunities—and new questions—for higher education. Join this interactive session to separate hype from reality, explore how AI is reshaping the future of work, and discuss why AI literacy is becoming an essential component of curriculum across disciplines. Through practical examples and hands-on activities, we'll examine the most common barriers faculty face when integrating AI into teaching and identify actionable strategies for preparing students to succeed in an AI-enabled workforce. Workshop is led by staff from EAB. Register Now!
**ONLINE** Supporting Underprepared Students in Your Courses
Friday, September 18, 2026 from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
It’s not uncommon to find students in our classes that are underprepared. Regardless of why students are underprepared, we can still help them be successful. This workshop is designed for educators to discover ways to support students through providing equitable assessments, materials, and opportunities in our classes. Together, we will discuss ways to determine students’ knowledge base and readiness level for the course. We will also discuss how to support students through collecting supplemental resources, modeling expectations, grading revisions, and creating opportunities for additional support. Advance registration required.
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**ONLINE** Perusall Academy: Activate
Monday, September 21, 2026 from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Get started and build your course with the basics to set up for the term. The Activate training session is designed for those just starting with Perusall or those who want a refresher of the basics.
You'll learn how to:
- Set up your course step-by-step
- Connect Perusall to your LMS
- Add and organize course materials
- Create your first assignments
- Customize your course for accessibility and a personalized experience
Our
interactive, hands-on sessions led by our Learning & Engagement team to help you make the most of Perusall in your courses. All instructors are invited to join.
Can't join live? Register anyway and we'll send you the recording and the Perusall sandbox course. Workshop is led by staff from Perusall. Register Now!
**NEW - ONLINE** Building Student Assessments with Adobe Express
Tuesday, September 22, 2026 from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Explore Adobe Express, a versatile digital design tool now available to all NIU faculty, staff, and students. This all-in-one solution covers image generation, photo and video editing, web design, posters, presentations, animations, and more, enhanced by generative AI. With hundreds of templates to inspire creativity, Adobe Express addresses the need for accessible digital tools in education. In this hands-on workshop, participants will draft ideas for building student assessments for individual and group projects. Advance registration required.
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**ONLINE** Perusall Academy: Innovate
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Learn more about advanced assignments, engagement, and grouping to customize your course. Each Innovate session includes a 30-minute overview on grouping followed by a special topic.
In this Innovate session, you'll learn how to:
- Create student groups for flexible collaboration
- Design Peer review assignments
- Set up autoscoring and scoring templates for all review-based assignments
Our interactive, hands-on sessions led by our Learning & Engagement team to help you make the most of Perusall in your courses. All instructors are invited to join.
Can't join live? Register anyway and we'll send you the recording and the Perusall sandbox course. Workshop is led by staff from Perusall. Register Now!
**ONLINE** Video-based Assessment Using Kaltura
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Student produced videos are an effective and engaging way to evaluate students. In addition to demonstrating their learning, video creation provides an opportunity for students to develop their communication, critical thinking, and problem solving skills. In this workshop we will discuss how to use Kaltura, NIU’s video hosting platform, to record and share video content, the benefits of using video-based assessment for formative and summative purposes, and ways to integrate student produced videos into your overall assessment strategy. Advance registration required.
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**ONLINE** Dig Into the Season: Spring Forward: Power User Moves and Advanced Strategies
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
What your Yellowdig data is already telling you. A closer look at using analytics to understand what's working, catch what isn't, and scale it across your courses. Workshop led by Yellowdig staff. Register Now!
**ONLINE** Cultivating Student Voices
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 from 3:10 PM to 3:40 PM
In classroom discussions, in assessments, and in their writing and thinking, the student voice seems increasingly threatened. One of the promises of higher education has always been to surface and strengthen each individual's unique voice. What can teachers do to cultivate student voices in the classroom, in course activities, and in assessments? In this webinar, James M. Lang, author of Small Teaching, will explore simple strategies for cultivating and strengthening student voices in classroom discussions, course activities, and assessments. This session is offered by OneHE. Register Now!
**ONLINE** Perusall Academy: Elevate
Friday, September 25, 2026 from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Go deeper into analytics and course design for collaborative learning. Each Elevate session includes a 30-minute overview on scoring and AI best practices, followed by a special topic.
In this Elevate session, you'll learn how to:
- Discuss AI best practices and explore academic integrity features
- Add and create Checkpoint prompts or quizzes within a reading, video, or podcast
Our interactive, hands-on sessions led by our Learning & Engagement team to help you make the most of Perusall in your courses. All instructors are invited to join.
Can't join live? Register anyway and we'll send you the recording and the Perusall sandbox course. Workshop is led by staff from Perusall. Register Now!
**ONLINE** EDGE - Understanding Our Incoming Students: Academic Concerns and the Advising Journey
Friday, September 25, 2026 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
For the first session of the Enriching the Design of General Education learning community of the 2026-2027 academic year, join us for a discussion centered on the voices of our incoming freshmen. Using feedback from more than 250 students collected during orientation, we will examine the most common academic concerns students have as they prepare to begin their college experience. The session will also provide an overview of the freshmen academic advising process, highlighting key touchpoints from the first advising meeting through the first semester. Faculty will leave with a clearer understanding of the student experience, the role of advising in promoting success, and strategies on how you can support a smooth transition to NIU in your general education course. Advance registration required.
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**ONLINE** Perusall Academy: Activate
Monday, September 28, 2026 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Get started and build your course with the basics to set up for the term. The Activate training session is designed for those just starting with Perusall or those who want a refresher of the basics.
You'll learn how to:
- Set up your course step-by-step
- Connect Perusall to your LMS
- Add and organize course materials
- Create your first assignments
- Customize your course for accessibility and a personalized experience
Our
interactive, hands-on sessions led by our Learning & Engagement team to help you make the most of Perusall in your courses. All instructors are invited to join.
Can't join live? Register anyway and we'll send you the recording and the Perusall sandbox course. Workshop is led by staff from Perusall. Register Now!
**ONLINE** Empowering First Generation Students, Transforming Lives
Tuesday, September 29, 2026 from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Over half of our first-year Huskies are pioneering their family's college journey, bringing with them rich cultural wealth, diverse perspectives, and remarkable resilience. As educators, we have the extraordinary opportunity to transform these trailblazers' academic experience and create a lasting impact that reverberates across generations. In this workshop, discover how to harness the strengths and lived experiences of our first-generation students while building an inclusive learning environment where all students thrive. Together, we'll explore evidence-based strategies that empower students to take charge of their success. Advance registration required.
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**ONLINE** Perusall Academy: Innovate
Wednesday, September 30, 2026 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Learn more about advanced assignments, engagement, and grouping to customize your course. Each Innovate session includes a 30-minute overview on grouping followed by a special topic.
In this Innovate session, you'll learn how to:
- Create student groups for flexible collaboration
- Design Fishbowl and Instructor-review assignments
Our interactive, hands-on sessions led by our Learning & Engagement team to help you make the most of Perusall in your courses. All instructors are invited to join.
Can't join live? Register anyway and we'll send you the recording and the Perusall sandbox course. Workshop is led by staff from Perusall. Register Now!
**ONLINE** Perusall Academy: Elevate
Friday, October 2, 2026 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Go deeper into analytics and course design for collaborative learning. Each Elevate session includes a 30-minute overview on scoring and AI best practices, followed by a special topic.
In this Elevate session, you'll learn how to:
- Discuss AI best practices and explore academic integrity features
- Use and implement advanced features in your course library, assignments, commenting, scoring, and chats
Our interactive, hands-on sessions led by our Learning & Engagement team to help you make the most of Perusall in your courses. All instructors are invited to join.
Can't join live? Register anyway and we'll send you the recording and the Perusall sandbox course. Workshop is led by staff from Perusall. Register Now!
**ONLINE** What Do We Actually Know? Teaching and Connecting in the Age of AI
Monday, October 5, 2026 from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
From student assignments to instructor feedback, AI can now generate
much of what we see in an online course. But when everything looks
polished, what do we actually know? Are students learning? Are faculty
connecting? Or are we mistaking polished output for meaningful
engagement? For early-college online students, that distinction can
determine whether confusion is recognized, support is sought, and
persistence is possible. In this session, Jean Mandernach, Ph.D. Executive Director of the Center for Innovation in Research on Teaching and the Center for Educational Technology and Learning Advancement at Grand Canyon University, examines how AI is changing what
faculty can see about learning, how students experience connection, and
where instructors bring distinctive value. Participants will explore
when AI strengthens access and engagement, when it obscures learning or
creates distance, and how to decide what to automate, what to redesign,
and what still depends on human judgment and relationship. Workshop is part of The unDistance Learning Conference 2026, hosted by Georgia State University. Register Now!
**ONLINE** Principles and Practices for AI-Aware Teaching in Online Courses
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
With generative AI making its way into all manner of domains, educators
have a role to play in teaching students how to use AI effectively and
ethically, as well as when to avoid using it altogether. In this
session, Dr. Derek Bruff, Associate Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at University of Virginia, will explore AI-aware teaching choices that support learning
when AI tools are just a tab away, from thoughtful AI integration to
well-placed AI-resistant tasks. We’ll pay particular attention to the
assessment challenges of online courses and consider promising practices
helping students show their thinking, not just their final products. Workshop is part of The unDistance Learning Conference 2026, hosted by Georgia State University. Register Now!
**ONLINE** Dig Into the Season: Summer Refresh: A First Look at New Features and Future Horizons
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
What's new in Yellowdig, and what's coming next. A first look at the newest features and the roadmap ahead, so you can plan your next term with the latest tools in hand. Workshop led by Yellowdig staff. Register Now!
**ONLINE** Quinncia Platform Walkthrough & Training
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Discover how Quinncia can help students put their best foot forward!
Quinncia is an AI-powered career-readiness platform that helps students build stronger resumes, practice AI interviews, strengthen their LinkedIn presence, and develop the confidence and skills they need to succeed in today’s job market.
Join us for an interactive tour of the Quinncia platform where we’ll explore key features, share best practices, and show you how to make the most of the tools available to your students. We’ll wrap up with a live Q&A so you can get answers to your questions and leave feeling confident using Quinncia.
Come explore, learn, and see what Quinncia can do! Advance registration required.
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**ONLINE** The AI Education Survival Guide: Thriving in Changing Times… Together
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
In this session, Mikhael Loo, AI Integration Specialist for the Office of Innovative Technologies at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, offers a candid, joyful, and deeply humanizing
exploration of how faculty and students can navigate this shift as
allies. For decades, education relied on the final artifact—the written
essay or finished project—as proof that learning took place. Now that AI
can instantly generate that output, we are challenged to re-examine how
mental models, foundational skills, and human agency are truly built. Grounded in an intimate, visual “field guide” framework, this talk
bridges the gap between faculty and students through shared empathy,
radical self-worth, and productive learning friction. By anchoring our
work in real human audiences and legitimate needs, we restore purpose,
empathetic discernment, and genuine motivation to the learning journey. Workshop is part of The unDistance Learning Conference 2026, hosted by Georgia State University. Register Now!
**ONLINE** Bridging AI and OER: Curating, Adapting, and Creating Open Educational Resources
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 from 3:10 PM to 3:40 PM
Emerging research provides compelling evidence that Open Educational Resources (OER) can contribute to student success, moving the conversation beyond affordability to their potential impact on learning, persistence, and completion. At the same time, finding, adapting, and developing high-quality OER can require significant faculty time and effort. Join Vincent Granito, Professor of Psychology, Lorain County Community College, USA, who will explore how generative AI can help reduce those barriers and support faculty across three stages of OER development: Curate—finding and evaluating existing resources; Adapt—customising and improving OER for specific courses and students; Create—using AI to assist in developing new content, activities, and supporting materials. Participants will leave with practical strategies for combining the openness of OER with the capabilities of AI to create more accessible, relevant, and engaging learning experiences. This webinar will be recorded. If you're unable to attend the live session, please register anyway to ensure you receive access to the recording afterward. This session is offered by OneHE. Register Now!
**ONLINE** Creating Presence at a Distance: Humor, Video, and Human Connection in the Online Classroom
Thursday, October 8, 2026 from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Psychology professor Steve Ross of Mid Michigan College will share how he designed his online
courses with one major goal: helping students feel that someone is
genuinely teaching them. Drawing on educational research and examples
from his own courses, Steve will share strategies for creating
meaningful instructor presence through humor and intentional course
design. He will showcase welcome videos, weekly announcements,
talk-show-style lectures, humorous multimedia, and other techniques he
uses to humanize online learning, increase engagement, and build
stronger connections with students. Steve hopes attendees will leave
with practical ideas to make their own online courses feel more
personal, engaging, and welcoming. Workshop is part of The unDistance Learning Conference 2026, hosted by Georgia State University. Register Now!
**NEW - ONLINE** AI for Program Level Assessment Planning Support
Tuesday, October 20, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Register to learn how to access and use AI tools that can support brainstorming, drafting, and revising learning outcomes, curriculum maps, assessment methods and rubrics. (Please note that we will focus on program level processes, but these tools can also be applied to classroom level assessment processes.) Advance registration required.
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**ONLINE** Guardrails, Not Gotchas: AI Ethics, Practice, and Policy That Support Real Learning
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 from 3:10 PM to 3:40 PM
Generative AI has become a standard part of student learning workflows, but most institutional policies and practices have struggled to keep pace. This session examines two interconnected challenges: building AI governance frameworks that are transparent, defensible, and practically usable by faculty and staff; and ensuring those frameworks do not entrench existing inequities in access, surveillance, and due process. Drawing on recent litigation, USA national survey data, and practitioner-developed tools, participants will leave with concrete approaches to policy design and classroom practice. This webinar will be facilitated by Christian Moriarty is a Professor of Ethics and Law at St. Petersburg College, the Ethics & Governance chair of the Florida Artificial Intelligence Learning Consortium (FALCON), and a director and treasurer of the International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI) in the United States of America. This webinar will be recorded. If you're unable to attend the live session, please register anyway to ensure you receive access to the recording afterward. This session is offered by OneHE. Register Now!
**NEW - ONLINE** AI for Program Level Assessment Data Analysis and Decision-making Support
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Register to learn how to access and use AI tools to support making sense of how to use data gained from assessments of program level student learning outcomes. AI can't do the thinking for you, but it could help you facilitate conversations with colleagues in your department: better ways to present data, potential explanations to think about, next steps they might consider. (Please note that we will focus on program level processes, but these tools may be helpful making sense of classroom level assessment data as well.) Advance registration required.
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**ONLINE** Pedagogies of Care… for Whom? Myths and Misunderstandings about Teaching and Instructor Well-Being
Wednesday, November 4, 2026 from 3:10 PM to 3:40 PM
Following the upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic, the advent of generative AI, threats to higher education from politicians, changing demographics, and the perceived value of higher education, faculty are depleted and demoralized. These challenges are even more impactful for diverse and contingent faculty required to contribute additional, inequitable labor. Some campuses have provided help by offering programming targeting faculty and staff well-being – but much of this can actually hurt more than it helps. In their webinar, Chavella Pittman, Professor of Sociology at Dominican University, USA, and Sarah Rose Cavanagh Associate Professor of Practice in Psychology, and Senior Associate Director for Teaching and Learning at Simmons University, USA, will share thoughts on what many campuses get wrong about the intersection of teaching and well-being (e.g., mental and physical health, workload overload and overwhelm). They will then open the floor to a vibrant conversation with the audience about a path forward that truly values the well-being of both teachers and learners. This webinar will be recorded. If you're unable to attend the live session, please register anyway to ensure you receive access to the recording afterward. This session is offered by OneHE. Register Now!
**ONLINE** Illinois Online Higher Education Symposium
Friday, November 6, 2026 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Join colleagues from across the state of Illinois for the 2026 Illinois Online Higher Education Symposium! This free, one-day virtual conference brings together thought leaders and practitioners with expertise in online teaching and learning to discuss the latest trends in online learning--from pedagogy to technology. All who learn, teach, develop, support, or administer online education are welcome! Learn More and Register Now!
