7:30am – 9:00am  Registration and Coffee

9:00am – 9:15am   Welcome

9:15am – 10:00am Keynote #1: Student Engagement through Universal Design Learning
Speakers:
Mindy Johnson, Instructional Designer, Social Media & Communications Strategist, CAST
Lynn McCormack, Software Engineer, CAST

Based on recent research in the learning sciences, we know that learner variability is universal and that many of our traditional practices and tools do not adequately address this variability. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) provides a framework for understanding the differences among learners and guides instructional decision-making to plan ahead in systematic, practical ways — by engaging every student while maintaining high curricular standards and expectations. Through examples and resources, discover how to reframe instructional design through the lens of UDL, engaging every learner and providing each an opportunity to learn.

10:00am -  10:15am Break

10:15am – 11:30am Breakout Session

11:30am – 12:00pm  Wrap-up & reports from breakout

12:00pm – 1:00pm  Lunch

1:00pm – 1:45pm  Keynote #2: All Roads Lead to Blended: Adapting a Blended Instructional Design Strategy from Any Starting Point
Speaker: Brian Salerno, Director of Online Learning & Instructional Design, Brandeis University

Whether your institution has an extensive history of providing instructional design support for fully-online courses or you're just beginning to explore instructional design models for flipped classrooms, there is a clear pathway for your institution to support blended pedagogy through instructional design.  As increasingly diverse digital learning modalities have emerged, instructional design units are facing growing demand for expertise in the support of blended pedagogies and blended course design. This session will provide participants with strategies, tools, and techniques for developing a blended instructional design regardless of their current state of blended ID expertise.

1:45pm – 3:00pm  Breakout Session

3:00pm – 3:30pm   Wrap-up & reports from breakout 

3:30pm    End