Join the Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology for ICON Day 2025. Jeffrey Kontio, EdD, will deliver the keynote, "What You Do Matters: Designing for Real Access in Real Classrooms," focusing on the role of instructors and instructional designers in creating engaging learning environments while helping to frame accessibility as something that benefits all. Register by Monday, Nov. 3, to attend ICON Day 2025.

Kontio is a digital accessibility expert, lecturer in the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University, and the IT manager for the Politics Department at Princeton University.

ICON Day promotes excellence in teaching and learning through effective use of instructional technology at the University of Iowa. Attendees will hear from thought leaders, explore strategies to integrate technology, learn about campus resources, and interact with peers.

Whether planning your curriculum, building an ICON site, or engaging students in and outside of class, this event will provide actionable strategies that you can incorporate into your teaching.

The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to optimize teaching and learning through learning sciences research, ICON, teaching and learning data, and advanced classroom and instructional technology. To learn more about the services we offer, please visit our website at teach.its.uiowa.edu.