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Accessibility, UDL & Quality Matters: Your Blueprint for Inclusive Teaching and Quality Course Design
Practical steps to make content accessible and inclusive
As part of the 19th annual National Distance Learning Week (NDLW), Instructional Technology will offer a series of sessions that underscore the importance and context of digital accessibility, how...
Posted: October 23, 2025, 5:36 PM
Test Drive New Blackboard Faculty AI Course Design Tools
Discover how AI can support your course design process
The U.S. Distance Learning Association (USDLA)'s National Distance Learning Week focuses on how artificial intelligence (AI) impacts education and training. Instructional Technology invites...
Posted: November 10, 2023, 8:24 AM
AI and Accessible Images for Inclusive Courses
National Distance Learning Week 2023
Providing accessible images is a crucial step to ensure inclusivity and equal access to learning. When images are properly described, students using screen readers are able to access an equitable...
Posted: November 8, 2023, 6:46 AM
Join free virtual events for National Distance Learning Week
This year’s theme focuses on AI & distance learning
The sixteenth annual National Distance Learning Week offers many virtual sessions focused on how artificial intelligence (AI) impacts education and training. The U.S. Distance Learning Association...
Posted: November 6, 2023, 6:46 AM
NDLW recap: Faculty, Staff, Students Discuss Online Learning
Join us for monthly candid conversations starting SP23
This year's National Distance Learning Week 2022 Lunchtime Series (November 7-11) at UMBC created space for candid conversations about online learning. These conversations featured 11 panelists...
Posted: November 14, 2022, 5:04 PM
Accessibility Essentials: Make Online Courses Accessible
Design Your Course Content for All Learners
UMBC's National Distance Learning Week 2022 Lunchtime Series created space for candid conversations about online learning. The candid conversation on Monday, November 7th focused on course design...
Posted: November 10, 2022, 3:16 PM
National Distance Learning Week 2022 Lunchtime Series
Nov 7-11, 2022: Candid Conversations About Online Learning
According to the latest EDUCAUSE students and technology survey, the number of students who prefer some form of online learning increased more than three times between pre-pandemic and...
Posted: October 14, 2022, 9:59 AM
National Distance Learning Week 2021 Lunchtime Series
Nov. 8-12, 2021: Teaching & Learning in a Hybrid World
One in four students take some of their courses online, and two-thirds do so at a public institution in the same state where they live (Allen, Seaman, Pouline, & Straut, 2016; Allen &...
Posted: October 28, 2021, 1:13 PM
National Distance Learning Week 2020 Lunchtime Series
Surviving to Thriving: Rocking the New Normal of e-Learning
One in four students take some of their courses online, and two-thirds do so at a public institution in the same state where they live (Allen, Seaman, Pouline, & Straut, 2016; Allen &...
Posted: October 13, 2020, 5:48 PM
National Distance Learning Week 2019 Lunchtime Series
Learn about ADP, Ultra, Panopto, Ally, accessibility, OERs
One in four students take some of their courses online, and two-thirds do so at a public institution in the same state where they live (Allen, Seaman, Pouline, & Straut, 2016; Allen &...
Posted: October 16, 2019, 12:20 PM
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