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Monday, October 21 – Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Join your colleagues from around the region to explore how Universal Design for Learning can help you create a welcoming, responsive, student-centered classroom that cultivates expert learners. October 21-22, 2019 at Macomb ISD in Michigan.

9:00AM – 4:00PM ET on Friday, October 18, 2019

The #UDLHE Digital Conference will be an opportunity for UDL-interested (and invested) faculty, staff, and graduate students from around the world to convene and learn together without the burden of geographic and cost-based barriers. It will offer an opportunity to hear from people that we otherwise would not have access to, call for and facilitate presentations that advance the work of UDL in higher education and catalyzes individuals to bring their work and findings to other non-UDL focused conferences.

7:00PM – 8:00PM ET on Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Tuesday, October 15, 7:00 – 8:00 pm ET Experience bestselling CAST author Katie Novak and bestselling author George Couros as they share their newest work, Innovate Inside the Box. Learn how UDL is not only a framework to eliminate inequities, but also one to explicitly foster innovation for all students.

Wednesday, August 7 – Friday, August 9, 2019

The CAST Annual UDL Symposium is one of the premiere education events focused on leading the field of Universal Design for Learning forward. This year’s UDL Symposium was an opportunity to come together as a community to explore Becoming Expert Learners. August 7–9, 2019 in Cambridge, MA.

Sunday, June 23 – Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Heading to ISTE 2019? Check out these fantastic presentations from CAST staff! June 23-26, 2019 Philadelphia, PA

2:00PM – 3:00PM ET on Tuesday, June 11, 2019

A Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) is meant to provide a standard format for vendors to report the extent to which a digital material or technology product meets accessibility standards. Despite recent updates meant to streamline the VPAT and make it easier to use, the VPAT remains a highly technical document. In this webinar, we will discuss the benefits and limitations of the VPAT and then walk you through an exemplar VPAT as we provide tips for what to look for in each section when interpreting a VPAT from a vendor.

3:00PM – 4:00PM ET on Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Is accessibility for learners with disabilities among the criteria you, your school, district, state, or university use when procuring educational materials and technologies? Join us for this webinar and learn five guidelines that should be a part of any procurement process. You will leave with your first action step toward making learning more accessible in your education setting. You'll be an accessibility hero!

6:30PM – 7:30PM ET on Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Join us in this conversation with authors Cary Torres and Kavita Rao where they will share a behind the scenes look at their book, UDL for Language Learners, and you can gain practical tips to design instruction for all learners.

2:00PM – 3:00PM ET on Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Educators are integrating social media into their professional learning routines, their daily communications, and their instructional practices. But how do we plan for variability in our social media followers? Join Mindy Johnson, Director of Digital Communications and Outreach for CAST, to learn easy tips for making your social media posts more accessible and more usable by everyone.

Sunday, April 28 – Thursday, May 2, 2019

Heading to the 2019 National Summit for Educational Equity in Arlington, VA April 28–May 2? Come say hi to some of our CAST staff who will be presenting and participating in this important event.