Marshall Online in the News

Micropathways and Skills Bridges

• Julia Spears. Model Workforce Pell Data Framework Webinar — Strada Education Foundation/National Governors Association, National Forum on Education Policy, July 2026.
• Julia Spears. Is Your State Ready? A Framework for Learning Mobility Infrastructure — AACRAO Assembly, July 2026.
• Julia Spears. Learning Mobility in Action — AACRAO Assembly Panel, July 2026.
• Julia Spears. Marshall’s LER and Skill Mapping Efforts — UERU World Readiness Community of Practice, June 2026.
• Julia Spears. Exploring the LER Accelerator Initiative — Higher Learning Commission Annual Conference, 2026.
• Julia Spears. How Do You Spell LER? Accelerating the Full Potential of Digital Credentials? — 1EdTech Digital Credential Summit, Feb. 2026.
• Julia Spears. Accelerating LER Adoption: Overcoming Challenges and Barriers — Convergence Conference, 2025.
• Julia Spears. Data-Informed Innovation: Transforming Education with Analytics and Adaptive Learning — UPCEA SOLAR Panel, 2025.

Online Student Engagement

• Michelle Morrison. Designing for AI Fluency: A Collaborative Reframing of Bloom’s Taxonomy — UPCEA, Apr. 2026.
• Michelle Morrison. Motivation in Academic and Career Advising — NASPA, Mar. 2026.
• Lalicia Brydie-Johnson, Michelle Morrison, Cynthia Collins. Lightning Talk: Connecting College to Career: Building Academic and Career Readiness Maps Using AI and Labor Market Data — Mentoring and Advising Summit, University of Pittsburgh, Mar. 2026.
• Chase Lucas, Michelle Morrison, Mary Welch. The Dialogue Shift: Scaling Engagement and Career Simulations with Blackboard AI Conversations — Marshall University IPED, May 2026.
• Michelle Morrison and Julia Spears. Developing Career Advising Maps Using Labor Market Data and Generative AI —UERU Conference, Jan. 2026.
• Hilary Gibson. Using AI Conversations in Blackboard Courses to Create Mock Job Interviews — AMPS Pedagogy Conference, Nov. 2025. 
• Michelle Morrison and Cynthia Collins. Responding to the Quiet Struggle in Online Learning — InScribe Webinar, 2025. 

Online Teaching and Learning

• Julia Spears, Mary Welch, Louis NeJames. Map Once, Award Forever — AACRAO Assembly, July 2026.
• Diana Adams. Online Pedagogy to Drive Institutional Growth: Best Practices and Success Stories — Blackboard Together, July 2026. 
• Heidi Blaisdell and Diana Adams. From Fix-It to Habit: Building Sustainable Digital Accessibility Practices — Marshall University IPED, May 2026.
• Heidi Blaisdell and Diana Adams. From Fix-It to Habit: Building Sustainable Digital Accessibility Practices — Blackboard User Group, May 2026.
• Diana Adams. Building Bridges: Collaborative Pathways from Community College to University — League for Innovation, Education Design Lab, March 2026. 
• Heidi Blaisdell, Diana Adams, and Michelle Morrison. Connection, Belonging, and Innovation: Marshall Online’s Catalyst Story — Blackboard User Group, Dec. 2025.
• Mary Welch. Adobe Express Workshop with English Department — Distance Education Week, Marshall University, Nov. 2025.
•  Diana Adams and Chase Lucas. From Pixels to People: Humanizing Online Learning with AI & Media — Anthology Together, July 2025.
• Diana Adams. Leading Them to Water & Getting Them to Drink — Anthology Together, July 2025.
• Chase Lucas. Designing Smarter: Instructional Design Best Practices in the Age of AI — Anthology Together, July 2025.

Microcredentials

• Kasey Freeman and Heidi Blaisdell. Inclusive Advising for a Neurodiverse Campus — NASPA: Student Affairs Admin in Higher Education, Mar. 2026.
• Hilary Gibson, Kasey Freeman, Heidi Blaisdell. Lightning Talk: Inclusive Advising for a Neurodiverse Campus — Mentoring and Advising Summit, University of Pittsburgh, Mar. 2026.
• Hilary Gibson. Microcredentials at Marshall — AACRAO Community of Practice Podcast, 2026. 
• Hilary Gibson. How Do We Document, Track, and Report Completion of Microcredentials? — Credential WV Summit, Oct. 2025.
• Hilary Gibson. Idea to Badge: A Practical, Human-Centered, and AI-Powered Pathway for Microcredential Creation — Digital Badge Summit, 2025.