NWeLearn 2024

How do you process software requests purchases? What are your organization policies? As part of our new UWFT (University of Washington Financial Transformation) process and the launch of Workday® Finance in summer 2023, we redesigned our software request procurement process.
In this presentation, I’ll share the basic overarching methodologies and policies that govern our software purchase requests and my work in accessibility assessments at the UW Bothell campus and share changes we have made to comply with the new Title II of the ADA requirements.

Data access and querying has become more important than ever. As leadership across the country look to the LMS for answers to initiative-based questions, who do they turn to? What are they asking? Where is the data we are looking for? How frequently is the data needed? How do we best query, validate, and visualize our data?

In this session we will discuss ideas around Data Architecture, Data Pipelines, Querying Data for Visualization, and Leveraging AI through our New Offering, Intelligent Insights, to generate reports inside Canvas LMS and Canvas Data 2.

Engage in conversations about inclusive instructional design strategies and learn how the team of instructional designers at Western Washington University implemented their Heuristic for Inclusive Instructional Design (HIID) into professional development, publications, and consultations to support the design of more inclusive learning experiences. We will share our iterative design process for reflecting on our programming by centering our design on inclusive teaching and learning practices and focusing on key topics in the HIID for deeper exploration.
Session Outcomes
In this session, participants will…

• Engage in conversations about inclusive instructional design practices.
• Explore strategies and resources related to inclusive instructional design.
• Reflect on experiences designing, delivering, and/or participating in equity- and justice-centered professional development programming.

In today's educational landscape, digital badges and micro-credentials are vital for acknowledging continuous learning and professional skills. This session will delve into Lane Community College's strategic implementation of a badge and micro-credential system, providing attendees with a clear blueprint of the steps taken from inception to execution. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the system's structure, the methodologies employed, and the essential elements that have contributed to its integration.