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SUMMARY:UDL + AI Design Studio
DESCRIPTION:The UDL + AI Design Studio is a seven-week redesign studio where instructors improve one real teaching challenge using Universal Design for Learning (UDL)—a widely recognized\, research-grounded framework for designing learning experiences. While UDL is highly respected in higher education\, it is often presented as a complex set of principles and strategies; this studio reframes it as a simple\, practical WHY–WHAT–HOW design cycle that makes redesign manageable and actionable. AI functions as a design partner\, helping instructors apply UDL more efficiently to refine activities and assessments with clarity and precision. By the end of this short course\, participants will be prepared to: \n\nAnalyze a specific teaching challenge using baseline evidence to identify where students struggle and what factors are contributing to the problem\nApply the UDL Learning Design Cycle (WHY → WHAT → HOW)\, using AI as a design assistant to generate\, refine\, and stress-test UDL-informed design moves efficiently\nCreate a cohesive UDL + AI redesign package that strengthens student engagement\, improves content clarity or access\, and supports meaningful performance\nEvaluate the redesign by developing a feasible implementation and evidence plan that identifies indicators of impact and next steps for refinement.\n\nInstructors\nV. Blue Lemay\, Binghamton University\nChris Cain\, Mars Hill University \nCourse Schedule\nThis 7-week short course meets in Zoom on Fridays from October 9 to November 20 at 7-8pm Gulf / 11am-12pm Eastern / 10-11am Central / 8-9am Pacific/Arizona. \n**After November 1st\, course meets at 8-9pm Gulf / 9-10am Arizona** \nAudience\nThis studio is designed for CIRTL participants who are currently teaching or supporting teaching in higher education (or expect to teach in the next academic term)\, including graduate students\, postdocs\, and early-career faculty. Participants should: \n\nHave access to a real teaching context and be able to select one “teaching artifact” to redesign (e.g.\, an assignment\, discussion activity\, lesson plan\, etc.)\nHave access to an AI tool (institution-approved\, if applicable) and have familiarity using it for general idea generation\nCome with an open\, learning-oriented mindset—prepared to experiment with AI as a support for instructional design rather than avoiding it altogether\n\nNo prior UDL training or advanced instructional design experience is required. \nWorkload\nParticipants should plan to spend approximately 90 minutes per week on asynchronous work\, including short readings/videos\, drafting components of their redesign\, discussion participation\, and peer feedback. Total estimated time commitment: 2–2.5 hours per week (live session + asynchronous work). \nRegistration and Enrollment\nRequest a registration reminder \nCap: 15. Registration applications open on Monday\, September 21st at 10am CT\, and applications will be processed on a first-come\, first-served basis. Applicants from CIRTL member institutions or alumni of CIRTL member institutions will receive priority. Once applications close\, all registrants will be notified of their enrollment status. \nAccessibility\nIf you have access needs\, please let us know what they are. Contact Zoe Zuleger (zmzuleger@wisc.edu) who is supporting this workshop\, to let us know how we can help you have a successful experience. In addition to meeting individualized needs\, we will also take measures throughout the course to support accessibility for all our students: \n\nSending pre-session reminders with upcoming assignments to all students\nSharing materials for synchronous sessions with students (slides\, activity instructions\, etc.)\nEnabling live captioning in synchronous sessions\nIncorporating multiple modes of interaction into synchronous sessions\n\n\nAbout CIRTL Programming\nCIRTL Network programming is designed to develop future faculty committed to implementing and advancing evidence-based teaching practices to create undergraduate educational experiences that are accessible to all learners. Participants can explore our programming in any order\, and to whatever extent supports your own teaching development needs and interests. To help participants understand what they can expect across all our programming\, all CIRTL programming aligns with four broad learning goals. \nThis course supports the following CIRTL learning goals: \n\nGoal 1: Develop evidence-based teaching knowledge. See more Goal 1 programming.\nGoal 2: Connect with community to enhance teaching. See more Goal 2 programming.\nGoal 3: Cultivate teaching skills through reflective improvement. See more Goal 3 programming.\nGoal 4: Prepare for an impactful career. See more Goal 4 programming.
URL:https://cirtl.net/event/udl-ai-design-studio-2/2026-10-09/
LOCATION:Online in Zoom
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SUMMARY:Designing Assignments with UDL: Supporting Student Emotional Capacity
DESCRIPTION:Students’ ability to learn depends not only on what they know\, but also on their ability to navigate frustration\, uncertainty\, feedback\, and other emotional aspects of the learning process. In this two-session workshop\, participants will explore how the design of course assignments can either encourage learning or create unnecessary emotional barriers to it\, and develop concrete strategies for assignment design that help students direct their emotional resources toward successful learning rather than avoidable frustration. \nUniversal Design for Learning (UDL) calls a student’s ability to navigate the emotional aspects of learning their emotional capacity. We will use three UDL Emotional Capacity considerations as a framework for understanding how assignment design can support or hinder student emotional capacity (by removing emotional barriers or introducing unnecessary ones\, respectively)\, and as a guide for intentionally designing assignments that reduce common sources of frustration. \nThis workshop utilizes an object-based teaching and learning approach\, allowing participants to engage with and learn directly from assignments from a wide range of disciplines. In the first session\, participants will use authentic assignments as shared objects for observation\, analysis\, and discussion to uncover assumptions they may hold about students’ emotional capacity before connecting those observations and assumptions to the UDL framework and UDL informed assignment design strategies. At the end of this session participants will begin to redesign an assignment relevant to their discipline by using at least one of the assignment design strategies discussed in the session. In the second session\, participants will explore action-oriented feedback as a tool for maintaining motivation and promoting growth\, then participate in a structured peer-review process to refine their assignment revisions. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of how assignment design influences students’ emotional experiences and concrete strategies for designing assignments that better support the emotional needs of learners. By the end of this workshop\, participants will be prepared to: \n\nDiscuss concrete strategies for promoting student emotional capacity through incorporating UDL considerations 8.5\, and 9.1-3 in assignment design.\nDesign or revise an assignment to promote student emotional capacity through the incorporation of one or more of the UDL emotional capacity considerations.\n\nInstructors\nLyla Hestand\, The Ohio State University\nErin Mercurio\, The Ohio State University \nWorkshop Schedule\nThis two-part online workshop meets in Zoom on Monday\, October 19th and 26th at 8-10pm Gulf / 12-2pm Eastern / 11am-1pm Central / 9-11am Pacific/Arizona. \nAudience\nWhile every discipline has their own norms and conventions\, the CAST UDL Guidelines – including the Emotional Capacity considerations we will focus on – are designed to be applicable regardless of domain. Emotional barriers to learning and strategies for circumventing them do not depend upon content. All graduate students are invited to attend\, regardless of discipline or teaching experience. \nRegistration\nRequest a registration reminder \nCap: 70. Registration opens on Monday\, October 5th at 10am CT and closes once capacity is reached. Registration will be processed on a first-come\, first-served basis and registrants from CIRTL member institutions or alumni of CIRTL member institutions will receive priority. Once registration closes\, all registrants will be notified of their enrollment status. \nAccessibility\nIf you have access needs\, please let us know what they are. Contact Zoe Zuleger (zmzuleger@wisc.edu)\, who is supporting this event\, to let us know how we can help you have a successful experience. In addition to meeting individualized needs\, we will also take measures throughout the event to support accessibility for all our students: \n\nEnabling live captioning in synchronous sessions\nIncorporating multiple modes of interaction into synchronous sessions\n\n\nAbout CIRTL Programming\nCIRTL Network programming is designed to develop future faculty committed to implementing and advancing evidence-based teaching practices to create undergraduate educational experiences that are accessible to all learners. Participants can explore our programming in any order\, and to whatever extent supports your own teaching development needs and interests. To help participants understand what they can expect across all our programming\, all CIRTL programming aligns with four broad learning goals; within those goals\, programming might provide participants improving evidence-based teaching. \nThis workshop supports the following CIRTL learning goal: \n\nGoal 1: Develop evidence-based teaching knowledge. See more Goal 1 programming.
URL:https://cirtl.net/event/designing-assignments-with-udl-supporting-student-emotional-capacity/2026-10-19/
LOCATION:Online in Zoom
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SUMMARY:Neuro-Affirming Course Design: Designing Courses with Neurodiversity In Mind
DESCRIPTION:This event introduces a neuro-affirming approach to course design for graduate students and postdoctoral instructors. Participants will explore neurodiversity\, examine how neurodivergent strengths and challenges shape learning\, and identify elements of neuro‑affirming instruction. The event highlights practical strategies for creating neuro‑inclusive courses covering syllabus design\, course organization\, participation structures\, and assignment creation and applies the UDL +1 method to help instructors make small\, meaningful changes to support all learners. By the end of this event\, participants will be able to: \n\nDescribe the tenets of a neurodiversity affirming instructional approach.\nExplain how neurodiversity impacts learning.\nApply neuro-affirming instructional principles and strategies to course design.\n\nInstructors\nMelissa Tamas\, Stanford University \nSchedule\nThis one-session online event meets on Thursday\, November 12th at 10pm-12am Gulf / 1-3pm Eastern / 12-2pm Central / 11am-1pm Arizona / 10am-12pm Pacific. \nAudience\nThis event is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers looking for an introduction to fundamental academic professional development topics. \nRegistration\nRequest a registration reminder \nCap: 75. Registration opens on Monday\, October 26th at 10am CT and closes once capacity is reached. Registration will be processed on a first-come\, first-served basis and registrants from CIRTL member institutions or alumni of CIRTL member institutions will receive priority. Once registration closes\, all registrants will be notified of their enrollment status. \nAccessibility\nIf you have access needs\, please let us know what they are. Contact Zoe Zuleger (zmzuleger@wisc.edu)\, who is supporting this event\, to let us know how we can help you have a successful experience. In addition to meeting individualized needs\, we will also take measures throughout the event to support accessibility for all our students: \n\nEnabling live captioning in synchronous sessions\nIncorporating multiple modes of interaction into synchronous sessions\n\n\nAbout CIRTL Programming\nCIRTL Network programming is designed to develop future faculty committed to implementing and advancing evidence-based teaching practices to create undergraduate educational experiences that are accessible to all learners. Participants can explore our programming in any order\, and to whatever extent supports your own teaching development needs and interests. To help participants understand what they can expect across all our programming\, all CIRTL programming aligns with four broad learning goals; within those goals\, programming might provide participants improving evidence-based teaching. \nThis course supports the following CIRTL learning goals: \n\nGoal 1: Develop evidence-based teaching knowledge. See more Goal 1 programming.\nGoal 3: Cultivate teaching skills through reflective improvement. See more Goal 3 programming.
URL:https://cirtl.net/event/neuro-affirming-course-design-designing-course-with-neurodiversity-in-mind/
LOCATION:Online in Zoom
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