Events

This webinar will examine how our own historical beliefs, institutional practices, built environments, academic policies, and cultural assumptions continue to shape barriers for disabled Black, brown, Indigenous, and people of color in higher education. In this session, we will attempt to position disability justice not just as an accommodation framework, but rather as a structural critique of... Continue Reading →

Our syllabus is our introduction to our students. Making adjustments to the tone and presentation of our syllabus can be a very good way of engaging with our students immediately, and this sets a good foundation for their future learning. After a short introduction to UDL and the Accessible Syllabus, we’ll spend our time reviewing... Continue Reading →

As AI becomes part of students’ learning workflows, traditional assessments may no longer provide sufficient evidence of what students know and can do. Come explore how AI is reshaping assessment and why the conversation needs to move beyond detection toward intentional design. Together, we will examine where learning may be hidden in AI-supported work, apply... Continue Reading →

This webinar will focus on how we are translating disability justice and antiracist commitments into practical advocacy, redesign, and collective action. It will emphasize personal examples of action planning that center disabled Black, brown, Indigenous, and people of color and ask us to attempt to move beyond individual awareness toward institutional change, shared responsibility, and sustained accountability.... Continue Reading →

Creative writing is a discipline that can help people tell their own stories, connect to others, and build community. But teaching these classes to new college students presents its own challenges. Longtime creative writing instructor and writer will take you through some strategies for engagement and achievement that have worked in her classes, and offer... Continue Reading →

This webinar will focus on new features and changes in the August 2026 release (version 20.26.08) that will be available in D2L Brightspace starting Thursday, August 20. Accommodations The NED is committed to providing universal access to all of our events, we'd like to discover how we can make the event more inclusive so you can fully... Continue Reading →

We are going into the fourth year of LLMs being widely available and frequently used by students in writing classrooms across colleges and universities. The ubiquity of these new programs has largely disrupted these learning spaces -- particularly for beginning writing students who are just starting to find their voice, as well as students whose... Continue Reading →