OLC Center for Professional Learning November Newsletter
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November offers an opportunity to pause and appreciate the people who make meaningful learning possible. As we celebrate National Distance Learning Week and look ahead to Thanksgiving, we're grateful for our CPL community: the participants who bring curiosity and experience to every workshop, our exceptional CPL faculty who share their expertise and encouragement, and the colleagues who turn professional learning into positive change. Together, you help expand access, strengthen teaching, and support learners across settings.
Your feedback also helps us grow, and we're thankful that our 2026 workshop survey respondents have rated their learning experiences 4.6 out of 5 stars overall excellence, and our faculty workshop facilitators 4.7 out of 5 starts in excellence. We could not do this without our amazing CPL faculty and SME's, so we take this opportunity to share a special thanks to each of you.
That shared commitment to learners continues through our upcoming offerings. Our Online Leadership workshops -- Online Program Planning on November 9 and Online Program Operations on November 30 -- provide opportunities to strengthen the programs and practices that sustain online learning. Beginning November 30, AI-Informed Learning Analytics: From Data to Impact explores how data can inform meaningful decisions in support of student success. Looking ahead, our December 3 webinar at 2 p.m. ET, Trends in Digital Learning and OER, examines K-12 teacher adoption of open educational resources, AI, and digital textbooks, inviting us to consider how these resources can better serve learners. Alongside opportunities focused on UDL, accessibility, and trauma-informed pedagogy, these offerings reflect a purpose we're grateful to share with you: creating learning experiences that help more people participate, persist, and thrive.