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2023 Conference Schedule

All keynotes and sessions will be on-site at the Wyndham Orlando Resort, our host location for the conference.

We had nearly 150 submissions for speakers this year! Our conference schedule including speakers and session topics is a bit fluid but here is our schedule as of May 17th.

Conference at a Glance (All times are EST)

Orlando, FL – Week of July 17th, 2023

Event Registration open Daily 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Exhibitor Hall open Tuesday and Wednesday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Monday, July 17

2:00-4:30 PM ET – Pre-Conference Sessions

Leveraging Esports, AR, VR, MR, and Other Emerging Technologies to Enhance Student Success

Grants: How to improve your chances of winning an award

Transformation Accelerator: Online Course Instructional Design

Tapping into Tik Tok: Techniques for Teaching Today

Instructional Design for Learner Engagement: Getting to the Design Behind the Design

2:00-2:45 PM ET – Virtual Session

The Student Perspective: Is distance learning worth the cost?

3:00-3:45 PM ET – Virtual Session

Chat GPT is Great for Higher Education; Techniques to Improve Online Programs and Team Efficiency

5:30-7:00 PM ET – Opening Reception

Tuesday, July 18

6:30-7:00 AM ET – Morning Stretch | Yoga

7:30-8:30 AM ET – Coffee Chats and Breakfast

8:30-9:00 AM ET – Conference Welcome

9:00-9:45 AM ET – Concurrent Sessions 1

Freedom Writer to Freedom Warrior

Supporting Critical Student Well-Being Needs Virtually

Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: Distance Learning Futures

ChatGPT: An Educator’s Friend or Foe?

9:00-9:45 AM ET – Virtual Session

Coordinating an Online Teacher Preparation Program: The Challenges and Triumphs

10:00-10:45 AM ET – Concurrent Sessions 2

Federal Groundhog Day? Another Federal Rulemaking Affecting Distance Education!

There’s a Return on Learning (ROL) you can show!

The Power of Balance in Navigating Change

Leading the redesign of a course with microlearning

10:00-10:45 AM ET – Virtual Session

Kindness is an Expression of Appreciation

11:00 AM-12:00 PM ET – Networking Game and Sponsor Shoutouts

12:00 – 1:30 PM ET – Lunch and Opening Keynote – Kate Colbert

1:30 – 4:00 PM ET – Featured Workshop

Freedom Writers to Freedom Warriors: Lessons for Life Through Education

1:30 – 3:00 PM ET – Workshop Sessions 1

More Confident, Agile, Inclusive, Engaging, and Effective: The Improvisation Edge for Educators

The Chemistry of Success for Online Learning

Triggering Learner Stimuli with Aesthetics through Bitmoji Classrooms

Let’s Make Those Discussion Boards POP!

1:30-2:15 AM ET – Virtual Session

It Ain’t Wrong to Say

2:30-3:15 PM ET – Virtual Session

Social Determinants of Changemakers: Re-Centering Equity

3:00-3:45 PM ET – Concurrent Session 3

Best Practices for Teaching Multimodal Literacies for Perception, Proximity, and Transfer Realities Using XR and AI

Practicing Foresight at an Online University

Student, online faculty, and administrator student-3 roles in one

Engaging Technical Education in the Online Realm

3:30-4:15 PM ET – Virtual Session

Rhetorical Implications of Distance Learning Policy

4:00 – 5:00 PM ET – Cookies with Erin Gruwell

4:00 – 5:00 PM ET – Poster Sessions

Showcasing a Digital Escape Room for Student Engagement

Telehealth in our Libraries: a National Trend

Microlearning it is Time to Shine: A Research Review

Achieving High Quality Courses: This is how we do it!

Connectivism And Learner Engagement In An Online Graduate Level Course

Leading Remote eLearning Teams

Wednesday, July 19

6:30-7:30 AM ET – Bill Jackson Memorial Run/Walk

7:30-8:30 AM ET – Coffee Chats and Breakfast

9:00-9:45 AM ET – Concurrent Session 4

Top 5 Surprising Compliance Issues Beyond State Authorization

Novel distance learning partnerships to reduce health disparities and promote early/post-secondary health care careers

Esports: the new frontier of engagement and competition

CBE is a Solution that Benefits Learners and Institutions: Come Learn How!

9:00-9:45 AM ET – Virtual Session

Teaching Introductory Physics Courses with a Personalized Adaptive Learning Courseware

10:00 – 11:30 AM ET – Workshop Sessions 2

Reducing and Responding to Microaggressions in Distance Education

Sound of Conversation in 5 Steps with Pecha Kucha

Community of Inquiry: Enhancing Cognitive Presence and Learner-Content Interaction in the Online Learning Environment

Engage Learners Everywhere with Nearpod

10:00 – 11:30 PM ET – Virtual Workshop

Where to Start with IDEAs? Understanding the Challenges & Opportunities!

10:00-10:45 AM ET – Virtual Session

Enhancing Flipped Classroom to Improve Students’ Active Learning

11:00-11:45 AM ET – Virtual Session

Leveraging Technologies in Online Courses

11:30-12:00 PM ET – USDLA and Sponsor Trivia Game

12:00-1:30 PM ET – Lunch and Keynote with Jennifer Williams

1:30-2:15 PM ET – Concurrent Session 5

Checkout Telehealth @ Your Local Library

Behind the Scenes: A look at My Approach to Storyboarding for Gamification

Defining a Pathway for Broadening Access to and Engagement in a Blended Engineering Course Using DEI and SEL frameworks

Virtual Educational Mentorship (VEM)

Hyflex Programming as a Delivery Approach for Changing Student Demographics and Demands

1:30-2:15 PM ET – Virtual Session

The Tax is Wack! A Discussion of how Cultural Taxation impacts Black Women (and other BIPOC) in Higher Education

2:30-3:15 PM ET – Concurrent Session 6

Don’t You Understand? It coulda been online!

Early Intervention in Online Courses as a Form of Quality Assurance

Using Planning and Control to Enhance the Return on Investment for Distance Education

Mentoring: Ensuring Faculty Success In a Remote Workplace

Representation beyond Assimilation: Using Collaborative Technology to Empower Student Storytellers

2:30-3:15 PM ET – Virtual Session

Tracking OER Awareness and Adoption in US K-12 and Higher Education – Results from our 2022-23 National Survey

3:30 – 4:15 PM ET – Featured Speaker Peter Noonan

4:00 – 5:00 PM ET – Virtual Session

Strategic Improvements to Faculty Compensation Leveraging the Continuous Improvement Cycle

4:00 – 5:00 PM ET – Cookies with Keynotes and Table Talks

Thursday, July 20

8:00-9:00 AM ET – Coffee Chats

9:00-9:45 AM ET – Concurrent Session 7

Illuminating the SARA Universe: Resources and Updates for Institutions

Transforming Education: Achieving improved learner outcomes through quality course design

Engage Me with IT (Integrating Technology)

Designing an Inclusive Online Classroom

9:00-9:45 AM ET – Virtual Session

Join us for a conversation with our colleagues at EDEN

10:00 – 11:30 AM ET – Workshop Sessions 3

A Learning By Design Approach to Online Course Development

Microaggressions in Online Learning: Toward creating a more inclusive and accessible learning environment

Implicit Bias and Its Impact on Family Engagement

I Loved My Class: Gamification that Works!

10:00-10:45 AM ET – Virtual Session. 37

Leveraging Technology to Promote a Dialogic Feedback Process with Online Writers

11:00-11:45 AM ET – Virtual Session

Distance learning as person-to-person peacebuilding: Leveraging technology in the virtual intercultural borderlands

11:45-1:15 PM ET – Brunch and Closing Keynote with Amrit Ahluwalia

1:30 PM ET – Closing Remarks and Planning for 2024

Conference Sponsors

The USDLA National Conferences are only possible with the valuable support of our sponsors. Please sign up today and become a sponsor. Learn More.

2023 Conference Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

instructure

JDL

logitech

poly

Silver Sponsors

FDLA

harmonize

IAP

Intelliboard

IPX

NearPod

Verizon

ViewSonic

Wolfvision

Bronze Sponsors

anatomage

arizona

Huddly

SoftChalk

Simple Syllabus

VDO360

Virt Care Grp

Waldorf University

XanEdu

USDLA Friends

flexpoint

Logitech

bocavox

merlot

NC Sara

partner

skillscommon

upswing

Yamaha

O*Net Ally

qwickly

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