Thomas J. Tobin
@thomasjtobin.bsky.social
He, him. #ActuallyAutistic higher-ed quality author, speaker, scholar. Going Alt-Ac | UDL x3 | © Ninja | Evaluating Online Teaching +. Books/book me: http://thomasjtobin.com
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Thomas J. Tobin
@thomasjtobin.bsky.social
· Jan 20
I'm proud to announce that I'm . . .
#ActuallyAutistic
After testing, my formal diagnosis is what used to be called #Aspergers Syndrome, now "high-functioning autism."
This changes little. Now that I have my membership card, I'm doubly committed to advocacy and barrier-lowering.
Who's with me?
#ActuallyAutistic
After testing, my formal diagnosis is what used to be called #Aspergers Syndrome, now "high-functioning autism."
This changes little. Now that I have my membership card, I'm doubly committed to advocacy and barrier-lowering.
Who's with me?
JOB: Learning Technologies Accessibility Manager, University of Alabama Birmingham
uab.taleo.net/careersectio...
Work with David Pollock and a great team.
Be close to a football stadium.
Solid barbecue culture.
Apply, if this is you. If not, share to your network, please!
uab.taleo.net/careersectio...
Work with David Pollock and a great team.
Be close to a football stadium.
Solid barbecue culture.
Apply, if this is you. If not, share to your network, please!
LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES ACCESSIBILITY MANAGER
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
uab.taleo.net
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
JOB: Learning Technologies Accessibility Manager, University of Alabama Birmingham
uab.taleo.net/careersectio...
Work with David Pollock and a great team.
Be close to a football stadium.
Solid barbecue culture.
Apply, if this is you. If not, share to your network, please!
uab.taleo.net/careersectio...
Work with David Pollock and a great team.
Be close to a football stadium.
Solid barbecue culture.
Apply, if this is you. If not, share to your network, please!
FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS [do peer observations] WITHOUT ...
... attending our #POD25 workshop Nov 19, 9a-12n.
Join me, @laurenbarbeau.bsky.social, @claudiach.bsky.social, & Marguerite Regan for "How to Design a High-Trust Peer Observation Program."
Just $100! Register via bit.ly/POD50PeerObs!
... attending our #POD25 workshop Nov 19, 9a-12n.
Join me, @laurenbarbeau.bsky.social, @claudiach.bsky.social, & Marguerite Regan for "How to Design a High-Trust Peer Observation Program."
Just $100! Register via bit.ly/POD50PeerObs!
November 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS [do peer observations] WITHOUT ...
... attending our #POD25 workshop Nov 19, 9a-12n.
Join me, @laurenbarbeau.bsky.social, @claudiach.bsky.social, & Marguerite Regan for "How to Design a High-Trust Peer Observation Program."
Just $100! Register via bit.ly/POD50PeerObs!
... attending our #POD25 workshop Nov 19, 9a-12n.
Join me, @laurenbarbeau.bsky.social, @claudiach.bsky.social, & Marguerite Regan for "How to Design a High-Trust Peer Observation Program."
Just $100! Register via bit.ly/POD50PeerObs!
STILL A FEW SPOTS LEFT!
Want to know how to use #AI to help lower access barriers for learners (and for you)?
Sign up for my @higheredplus.bsky.social webinar 12n-1p EST on Nov 12 & find out!
www.publicationacademy.org/webinar-regi...
Want to know how to use #AI to help lower access barriers for learners (and for you)?
Sign up for my @higheredplus.bsky.social webinar 12n-1p EST on Nov 12 & find out!
www.publicationacademy.org/webinar-regi...
November 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
STILL A FEW SPOTS LEFT!
Want to know how to use #AI to help lower access barriers for learners (and for you)?
Sign up for my @higheredplus.bsky.social webinar 12n-1p EST on Nov 12 & find out!
www.publicationacademy.org/webinar-regi...
Want to know how to use #AI to help lower access barriers for learners (and for you)?
Sign up for my @higheredplus.bsky.social webinar 12n-1p EST on Nov 12 & find out!
www.publicationacademy.org/webinar-regi...
Yes.
Hey-ey-ey-ey!
Hey-ey-ey-ey!
November 3, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Yes.
Hey-ey-ey-ey!
Hey-ey-ey-ey!
Job Posting!
Penn State's Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence is hiring an early-career Faculty/Ed Developer.
bit.ly/PSUEdDev
This is a *faculty* position, working with splendid colleagues, including my wife, Mary Ann!
Thanks for applying or for sharing this posting to your networks.
Penn State's Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence is hiring an early-career Faculty/Ed Developer.
bit.ly/PSUEdDev
This is a *faculty* position, working with splendid colleagues, including my wife, Mary Ann!
Thanks for applying or for sharing this posting to your networks.
November 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Job Posting!
Penn State's Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence is hiring an early-career Faculty/Ed Developer.
bit.ly/PSUEdDev
This is a *faculty* position, working with splendid colleagues, including my wife, Mary Ann!
Thanks for applying or for sharing this posting to your networks.
Penn State's Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence is hiring an early-career Faculty/Ed Developer.
bit.ly/PSUEdDev
This is a *faculty* position, working with splendid colleagues, including my wife, Mary Ann!
Thanks for applying or for sharing this posting to your networks.
How does #UDL make IT work go smoother?
Pearl Xie and I know!
Stop by the @educause.bsky.social Commons from 3:15-4:00p on October 29 & learn how UDL helps more than 290 IT roles be more effective.
events.educause.edu/annual-confe...
Pearl Xie and I know!
Stop by the @educause.bsky.social Commons from 3:15-4:00p on October 29 & learn how UDL helps more than 290 IT roles be more effective.
events.educause.edu/annual-confe...
October 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
How does #UDL make IT work go smoother?
Pearl Xie and I know!
Stop by the @educause.bsky.social Commons from 3:15-4:00p on October 29 & learn how UDL helps more than 290 IT roles be more effective.
events.educause.edu/annual-confe...
Pearl Xie and I know!
Stop by the @educause.bsky.social Commons from 3:15-4:00p on October 29 & learn how UDL helps more than 290 IT roles be more effective.
events.educause.edu/annual-confe...
While I wait for my flight to go home today, here is a photo of my cat Webster to bless your timeline.
October 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
While I wait for my flight to go home today, here is a photo of my cat Webster to bless your timeline.
Reposted by Thomas J. Tobin
This would be a good gig for people interested in the teaching and learning side of higher ed. Staff job at a place with resources, and speaking from my experience speaking there, really good folks. wd5.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...
Associate Director, Center for Teaching
Williams College, a private liberal arts college and the second-oldest institution of higher education in Massachusetts, is thrilled to announce a search for its next Associate Director of the Rice Ce...
wd5.myworkdaysite.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This would be a good gig for people interested in the teaching and learning side of higher ed. Staff job at a place with resources, and speaking from my experience speaking there, really good folks. wd5.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...
Hello, hive mind. If I were to offer *fractional* UDL & teaching services, would your college or uni want them? You could
a) hire me as a 5%-to-50% employee,
b) contract with my LLC, or
c) engage me on retainer for campus events.
Thanks for your comments or DMs as I brainstorm this idea.
a) hire me as a 5%-to-50% employee,
b) contract with my LLC, or
c) engage me on retainer for campus events.
Thanks for your comments or DMs as I brainstorm this idea.
October 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Hello, hive mind. If I were to offer *fractional* UDL & teaching services, would your college or uni want them? You could
a) hire me as a 5%-to-50% employee,
b) contract with my LLC, or
c) engage me on retainer for campus events.
Thanks for your comments or DMs as I brainstorm this idea.
a) hire me as a 5%-to-50% employee,
b) contract with my LLC, or
c) engage me on retainer for campus events.
Thanks for your comments or DMs as I brainstorm this idea.
I'll be traveling home on Saturday, October 18, so I can't attend my local event. But you know damn sure I'll have my yellow on to support the #NoKings movement. I stand for democracy and community. Join us.
www.nokings.org
www.nokings.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I'll be traveling home on Saturday, October 18, so I can't attend my local event. But you know damn sure I'll have my yellow on to support the #NoKings movement. I stand for democracy and community. Join us.
www.nokings.org
www.nokings.org
It's an honor to speak at the @sunyofficial.bsky.social Farmingdale State College Accessibility Summit today. Thank you for inviting me!
October 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It's an honor to speak at the @sunyofficial.bsky.social Farmingdale State College Accessibility Summit today. Thank you for inviting me!
Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall.
October 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall.
Thank you very much, @unmc.bsky.social, for inviting me to keynote your InnovatED Symposium today. I am proud of the work you are doing to lower access barriers for learners.
September 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Thank you very much, @unmc.bsky.social, for inviting me to keynote your InnovatED Symposium today. I am proud of the work you are doing to lower access barriers for learners.
Where am I? Right or wrong answers welcome.
September 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Where am I? Right or wrong answers welcome.
Glad to be in Trinidad today! Thank you to the University of the West Indies for inviting me to give the Premium Open Lecture on UDL.
September 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Glad to be in Trinidad today! Thank you to the University of the West Indies for inviting me to give the Premium Open Lecture on UDL.
Reposted by Thomas J. Tobin
My latest column for the Chronicle of Higher Ed is now live. It's an argument for including AI-critical voices in campus conversations and policymaking workgroups, and I'm proud to get this dissenting piece into the mainstream genAI/higher ed discourse. Please read and share if you're so inclined 🙂
Advice | Sometimes We Resist AI for Good Reasons
Why higher ed needs to listen to the contrarians in setting policies on using tools like ChatGPT in faculty work.
www.chronicle.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
My latest column for the Chronicle of Higher Ed is now live. It's an argument for including AI-critical voices in campus conversations and policymaking workgroups, and I'm proud to get this dissenting piece into the mainstream genAI/higher ed discourse. Please read and share if you're so inclined 🙂
Get your copy, friends, and then check out Chavella Pittman's work at effectivefaculty.org, too!
Out Now! "Empowered: A Woman Faculty of Color's Guide to Teaching and Thriving" by Chavella T. Pittman. www.oupress.com/978080619565...
September 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Get your copy, friends, and then check out Chavella Pittman's work at effectivefaculty.org, too!
Purr-fessor Webster and I are reading about autistic self-determination. Thanks, Sol Smith for a splendid book!
September 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Purr-fessor Webster and I are reading about autistic self-determination. Thanks, Sol Smith for a splendid book!
September 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Reposted by Thomas J. Tobin
when I wrote for @chronicle.com about mental illness & academia all my sources who went on record were young, female faculty (often of color) w/o tenure or job security. the tenured profs I interviewed wanted anonymity.
tenure doesn’t make you brave if you weren’t before. speak now.
tenure doesn’t make you brave if you weren’t before. speak now.
September 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
when I wrote for @chronicle.com about mental illness & academia all my sources who went on record were young, female faculty (often of color) w/o tenure or job security. the tenured profs I interviewed wanted anonymity.
tenure doesn’t make you brave if you weren’t before. speak now.
tenure doesn’t make you brave if you weren’t before. speak now.
Reposted by Thomas J. Tobin
🗣️ When is using #GenAI a helpful shortcut, and when is using it really just cutting yourself short?
Find out in this (short!) article in Psychology Today by yours truly.
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky #Expertise
Find out in this (short!) article in Psychology Today by yours truly.
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky #Expertise
Learning With GenAI: Shortcuts Versus Cutting Yourself Short
When should you use generative AI to learn? Some say you should use generative AI all the time; others say never. Your answer should depend on your goals.
www.psychologytoday.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🗣️ When is using #GenAI a helpful shortcut, and when is using it really just cutting yourself short?
Find out in this (short!) article in Psychology Today by yours truly.
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky #Expertise
Find out in this (short!) article in Psychology Today by yours truly.
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky #Expertise
Okonomiyaki + takoyaki = oishii!
September 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Okonomiyaki + takoyaki = oishii!
FREE #UDL Webinar!
"Beyond the Guidelines: UDL Strategy-Development Meta-Pathways," Sep 17, 2-3p EDT.
Are you a nerd for all things #UDL? This one's for advanced-level practitioners (& those who want to be).
Bring your brain, questions, and colleagues.
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"Beyond the Guidelines: UDL Strategy-Development Meta-Pathways," Sep 17, 2-3p EDT.
Are you a nerd for all things #UDL? This one's for advanced-level practitioners (& those who want to be).
Bring your brain, questions, and colleagues.
www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-the...
September 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
FREE #UDL Webinar!
"Beyond the Guidelines: UDL Strategy-Development Meta-Pathways," Sep 17, 2-3p EDT.
Are you a nerd for all things #UDL? This one's for advanced-level practitioners (& those who want to be).
Bring your brain, questions, and colleagues.
www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-the...
"Beyond the Guidelines: UDL Strategy-Development Meta-Pathways," Sep 17, 2-3p EDT.
Are you a nerd for all things #UDL? This one's for advanced-level practitioners (& those who want to be).
Bring your brain, questions, and colleagues.
www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-the...