Workshops & Events

Workshops and Events

Each spring, the Teaching and Learning Conference kicks off the theme for the upcoming academic year. That theme guides our Fall, Winter, and Spring workshop series, which include guest speakers, book studies, panel discussions, and more.

These sessions focus on practical, research-informed strategies to support your teaching. All events are free and open to NDSU instructors, staff, and graduate TAs.

2025-26 Theme

This year’s theme is student engagement. When students are actively involved in their learning, they think more critically, stay motivated, and retain what they learn. Engaged classrooms create stronger connections, deeper understanding, and better outcomes—for both students and instructors. These are all factors that positively impact student persistence and success at NDSU.

Next Event

2026 Teaching & Learning Conference

Join hundreds of instructors who attend this conference in person and online each year to pick up quick teaching ideas and tips. This annual conference is FREE and open to ANY faculty, instructor, staff, or graduate student interested in attending.

Teaching and Learning Conference participants

Spring Workshop Series: Engaging Our Community with CADR

Book Study

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong

Explore Disability Visibility, a powerful collection of first-person essays that illuminate the complexity, creativity, and everyday realities of the modern disability experience. Together, we’ll reflect on representation, accessibility, and what it means to build more inclusive learning and working environments. Join the conversation and engage with perspectives too often missing from decision-making and public discourse.

Meeting Dates: March 17th, 25th, 31st, and April 7th

Facilitated by Molly McKinnon, Center for Accessibility and Disability Resources

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Tabling Event

Come to the union to read and check out inclusive post-secondary education and disability awareness.

Date: March 24th

Time: 10:00 am-1:00 pm

Location: Memorial Union, Table 4

Student Panel

Join us in welcoming Addison Loerzel, Haily Lien, and Caitlyn Anderson in hearing real life experiences as being wheelchair users. Addie, Haily, and Caitlyn will give some demonstrations, real life stories, and information on creating accessible environments.

Date: April 21st

Time: Noon - 1PM

Location: Hidatsa

Join the Zoom

Open House

ND Assistive, Vocational Rehabilitation, CADR, IDC, and OTL are excited to announce their all-day open house. Please stop by the 3rd floor of the union to experience assistive technology in action. I am working on the rooms and spaces now with Megan. Practice how to create accessible documents, listen to a screen reader, and get hands on practice with accessibility specific to NDSU along with our community partnerships.

Date: April 23rd

Time: 9 AM - 3 PM

Location: Hidatsa

Winter Workshop Series: Supporting Student Engagement

Book Study

The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion

Discover how emotion shapes learning. In this book, Sarah Rose Cavanagh shares research and real-world examples to help educators design classes that captivate attention, boost motivation, and enhance retention.

Meeting Dates: 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2/19

Facilitated by Stacy Duffield, Office of Teaching and Learning

Time: Noon