Texas Digital Learning Association

Two weeks until the deadline to submit a proposal for the 2027 TxDLA Conference. Submissions close October 1.

You don't need a perfect deck or a groundbreaking case study. If you've built something, a system, a strategy, a fix, that made digital learning work better for your learners, that's a session worth submitting. This year's theme is From the Ground Up: Building Digital Learning for All.

Present in Denton March 7–10, or virtually March 31–April 1 if that's a better fit for you.
https://www.txdla.org/call-for-speakers-digital-learning-conference-texas/

Four days until the fall Digital Accessibility Certificate cohort starts. If you've been meaning to sign up, this is the week.

Five weeks with Dr. Jackie Gleason (17+ years in the field), a capstone project built around your role, and a free year of TxDLA membership included in the $725. Next cohort isn't until spring.

Register:
https://www.txdla.org/digital-learning-accessibility-certificate/

Accreditation reform is moving at the federal level — and it touches distance education directly: transfer of credit, program flexibility, outcomes data, teach-out protections. WCET breaks down what's proposed and what to watch for. Public comments close September 21. Worth a read. https://wcet.wiche.edu/frontiers/2026/08/27/accreditation-regulatory-reform-takes-the-next-step-whats-next-for-digital-learning/

They're also covering it live at their Minneapolis conference

Tomorrow at 4:30 PM CDT, TxDLA President Dr. Kelli Erwin is talking teams: what actually builds trust, what improves communication, and how to create a place people want to contribute to.

Free TxDLA Live webinar. Register: https://www.txdla.org/event-listing/stronger-together-high-impact-teams/

Less than one month left to submit a proposal for the 2027 TxDLA Conference. Deadline is October 1.

You don't need a big breakthrough to present. A practical tool, a leadership decision that paid off, a lesson learned the hard way, those make great sessions too. This year's theme is From the Ground Up: Building Digital Learning for All, and we want to hear how you're building programs that work for every learner from the start.

Can't make it to Denton? Present virtually instead, March 31–April 1, same theme, same audience.
https://www.txdla.org/call-for-speakers-digital-learning-conference-texas/

Seats are going for the Fall Leadership Workshop, and it's capped at 30-35 people on purpose.

Three days in Bryan, TX (Oct 5-7), including a session with Kassi Kincaid, founder of Book Days, on leading through uncertainty. By the end, you'll have a working 90-day leadership plan, built session by session in your North Star Journal.

Register now. https://www.txdla.org/events/ =182&cid=912&wid=701

Team problems almost always trace back to communication that never got fixed early enough.

Join us September 9 for TxDLA Live (the new name for our monthly webinar series). TxDLA President Dr. Kelli Erwin is sharing practical strategies for building trust and communication on your team, plus 30 minutes of open conversation after.

Free. Register: https://www.txdla.org/event-listing/stronger-together-high-impact-teams/

The Title II deadline moved back a year. The lawsuits didn't wait for it. 8,667 web accessibility cases were filed in 2025 alone.

If your institution wants to use this extra runway well (not just coast on it), TxDLA's Digital Accessibility Certificate starts Sept 14. Five weeks with Dr. Jackie Gleason, 17+ years in the field. $725, includes a free year of TxDLA membership.

Register:
https://www.txdla.org/digital-learning-accessibility-certificate/

Same leadership challenges, different sector. The Fall Leadership Workshop puts higher ed leaders in the room with K-12, government, nonprofit, and industry peers, all working through the same questions together.

Oct 5-7, Bryan, TX. Registration is open.

https://www.txdla.org/fall-leadership-workshop/

Summer Bytes wraps up tomorrow at noon CDT. Benjie Messinger-Barnes of Instructure on Texas workforce policy and what it means for your digital learning programs. Free, one hour, and the last one until the series returns. https://www.txdla.org/event-listing/texas-workforce-policy-digital-learning/