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PD: Free Digital Teaching Symposium!

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You’re invited! On November 13, 2025, connect with higher education faculty and teaching professionals from across the globe at the Anthology Digital Teaching Symposium 2025, a free virtual event exploring the most current insights and strategies shaping the future of digital teaching. 

For the first time, the Digital Teaching Symposium (DTS) will be hosted directly in the new Anthology Community experience, making it easier than ever to connect, explore content, and interact with your peers.  At DTS, you’ll discover innovative ways technology is being used to keep learners engaged, successful, and inspired.

Participate in sessions that explore this year’s theme, Digital Teaching: Insight, Impact, Introspection, including new skills for digital teaching in Blackboard®, AI-powered tools, student-centered course design, and more.​   This certificate-granting, professional development event is packed with inspiring speakers, digital teaching best practices, and strategic insights to help you thrive in higher education today and in the years ahead.

  Register Now 

Can’t attend the whole day? No problem—all registered participants can access session recordings on the event site at their convenience.  

Spread the word Know someone who would benefit from the Digital Teaching Symposium? Please forward this invitation—they can register today to join this free professional development event. 
Best, The Anthology Community Team 

Fix Your Content Day 2025

On November 18, our campus will join institutions worldwide for Fix Your Content Day 2025! This 24-hour competition is part of our ongoing commitment to inclusive education.

Together, we’ll aim to fix as many accessibility issues and course files as possible using Anthology® Ally. Every fix—big or small—contributes to a more inclusive learning environment for all students.

We came in FOURTH in the WORLD last year – let’s aim higher!!

Teaching with AI!

Looking for some practical advice and solutions for AI in your field? OKLIS is putting on a whole set of sessions just for you. Here’s the details – register now so you can get the recording later!

Innovative Teaching Strategies Using AI 

April 25, 1:00 – 3:00pm via Zoom

Click here to register!

PD: AI

Looking for some professional development related to AI? Look no further!

This comes from our Blackboard Customer Service Rep, Heidi:

Our FREE virtual event includes three 45-minute online sessions:

Session 1: Understanding AI and Core Ethical Implications - March 13, 2025  

Session 2: Seneca Polytechnic – Our AI Journey… so far - March 20, 2025  

Session 3: Pedagogical Approach and Future Innovations  - March 27, 2025  

 
Register Now  

After attending, you’ll leave with:    

  

Plus, to further your understanding and professional development around AI, we’re offering a FREE AI course to all attendees.  

REGISTER NOW!  

  
Read our blog to learn more about the transformative journey of Ethical AI in Action.  

Discover more insights and success stories from our pioneering journey with generative AI. Read our white paper: Twelve Months of the AI Design Assistant.  

Doing It!

Sometimes, it’s really nice to run across things that “research shows” contributes to student success – and realize that we’re already doing it.

Check out this article that will encourage you and give you some small, actionable things to make your online classes even better.

Why Online Courses Should Have Less Students

Missed the Content Day Hype?

No worries! This is what we were doing on Thursday – come join us any time!

Remember, the mission of CASC is to provide affordable, ACCESSIBLE, and exceptional education that fosters student success. We’re definitely focusing on the accessible part!

Check out this resource for more info on how to use the embedded tools in Blackboard to see and raise your accessibility score for your course and for your students.

https://help.blackboard.com/Ally/Ally_for_LMS/Instructor

Content Day Competition!!

On October 3, 2024, Anthology will host its annual Fix Your Content Day contest. As part of our campus-wide commitment to inclusive education, we will be participating using Anthology® Ally capabilities. For 24 hours, we’ll be on a mission to fix as many accessibility issues in course files as we can. At the end of the day, the campus with the most files improved will be recognized and awarded a prize.

How can you help? Begin reviewing your courses and identifying those with red and orange indicators. Then, on October 3, start improving as many files as possible using those indicators as a guide. Focus on images that need a description and Microsoft® Word documents to start. Aim for 100%, but improvement is what counts!

For more information on how to fix files using Anthology Ally, check out this video. 

Anthology will be keeping track of the institution with the most fixes – let’s show them what CASC Online can do!!

Professional Development Opportunity

As I’m sure you’re aware, CASC Online Instructors are required to complete 4 hours of online-related professional development hours per calendar year. Here’s a great way to knock out most of them at once!

Be sure to register for the OKLIS workshops on Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) September 13! You can attend live OR request the recording via the form below. This is a great opportunity to get in-depth training on RSI! We strongly encourage faculty, instructional designers, and administrators to take advantage of this professional development opportunity! Those who register for either the synchronous or asynchronous option will have the opportunity to complete a follow-up assessment and earn a digital badge!

Please register using one of the following links:

Live Attendee Registration (will receive a Zoom link AND the recording)

Asynchronous Registration (will receive the recording, not a Zoom link)

Want to be a Podcaster?

OKLIS (Oklahoma Learning Innovations Summit) is hosting a Virtual Session on Digital Media, with a focus on Podcasing and Immersive VR!

Friday, Feb. 23, 11am-1pm

Register for this free session and get some of your Online PD hours taken care of!

Here’s the link for more info and to register: https://www.ocolearnok.org/upcoming-event/oklis-virtual-session-digital-media/

Online Professional Development

Here are a couple of online professional development opportunities to get in on! These will help you get your required PD hours (4 per year for online instructors), and they’re “homegrown” – from our own OK institutions.

OKLIS January Session

OKLIS (Oklahoma Learning Innovations Summit) is offering the following for January…

Virtual OKLIS Session January 26, 11am on Accessibility

This two-part session will include:

Register to Attend or Receive the Recording