Members of the POD Network's Disabled Affinity Group (DAG) are excited to announce the first annual Virtual Gathering taking place on June 26-28, 2024.
Making Change, Taking Space: A call to gather - the title of our inaugural Annual Virtual Gathering - is an invitation to share what you have been doing and what you are doing in your work as educational developers, but more importantly, it is a call. This call is one to action, and also one to reflection - what change are you making and what space are you taking? In our call for proposals, we invite presenters from all backgrounds and experience levels to consider how you might share actionable strategies for change or tiny moments of space-taking with your colleagues. We especially invite newer educational developers to use this opportunity to flex a new muscle and try on sharing with our community via a lightning talk. Our sessions are designed to give as many colleagues an opportunity to present as possible, and our themes are drawn from your survey responses. Some themes for presentation topics that you may consider are:
Working within flawed systems
Maintaining your own wellbeing
How to lead from our specific positions
Cultivating relationships with various campus stakeholders
How to engage with faculty and save them time
Priority submission due date: April 15, 2024. (If you need more time,
. Please use the section of this form labeled "I need more time!" so we can prepare enough volunteers to review proposals.)
