Sarah E. Silverman

You are invited to join a workshop and discussion on the subject of “low-tech” teaching and accessibility. This workshop will take place on Zoom. July 21st, 2026 | 12pm to 2pm Eastern | Register What Depending on your perspective, a “no/low-tech” classroom might sound like a badly needed refuge from the digital onslaught, an accessibility…

I have recently been using two concepts to help instructors think about students’ experience in their classrooms that I would like to share more widely: Navigational load and interpretive load. Neither is my own original term, though I extend and apply both more broadly compared to their original usages. Navigational load In a digital learning…

This talk was titled “Access Friction: What can we learn from situations in which access needs differ and conflict” and was delivered on October 22, 2025 at Queen’s University as part of the Accessibility First speaker series. Please find the links to the slides and handout sheet with references below. Link to slides Link to…

I facilitated a conversation on the topic of “Guest Speakers in CTLs: Benefits, drawbacks, and opportunities for equity and impact” at the Virtual Gathering for Educational Developers on June 25, 2025. The goal of this discussion was to work together to critically consider the purpose of guest speakers in CTL activities, and to consider how…

Last month I facilitated an intensive, 3-hour workshop as part of the pre-conference sessions at the AAC&U Conference on Learning and Student Success in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I had some thought-provoking conversations with the participants and had to the chance to share some newer ideas and material during this workshop, which was called “Supporting…

May 13th and 14th, 2026 | 12pm to 2pm Eastern each day | Register here What Do you currently work with neurodivergent instructors or think you might in the future? Working with Neurodivergent Instructors is a 2 day workshop that is intended for teaching and learning staff, instructional designers, or anyone else who supports faculty…

I presented this workshop at the LEAP Indiana Professional Development series on Friday, January 24th 2025. This series is a statewide professional development speaker series for faculty in Indiana. Link to Slides Link to Session Handout The second part of the workshop offered personal reflection opportunities on how course design could be information by neurodiversity…