Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Nina and Ned are both clingy. So much so that Nina's nickname is "saran wrap." 140
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It's time! Friends in Providence, RI: let's get together! I'm here until Saturday morning to give an invited talk at the Leadership in Higher Ed conference. See you in the halls and restaurants? 010
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Big thanks to Nicolet College for hosting me! During their all-staff day, we explored how to scale up #UDL to help achieve their strategic priorities. Who wants a talk like this one in 2027? Check out thomasjtobin.com 020
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026THANK YOU, 500+ PEOPLE! After 1 month, my @oupress.bsky.social book *UDL at Scale* has sold more than 500 copies. Yay! Thank you to everyone who got a physical or e-book copy! Want to see what it's all about? Get one for yourself—and one for your boss, too. www.oupress.com/978080619706... 033
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I SEE YOU SHIVER WITH ANTICI ... PATION! October 1! Join me & @edufuturist.bsky.social at 2p ET for the Future Trends Forum. forum.futureofeducation.us/upcoming-for... Then hear the Dead Ideas in Teaching & Learning podcast from @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. ctl.columbia.edu/resources-an... 021
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Today's List ____________ Small project: done. Keynote A materials: done. Keynote B materials: done. Book A review: done. Book B chapter: done. Book C manuscript: done. Inbox: zero. Task List: zero. Pet pussycats time: unlimited. I love my life. 020
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Dear @penguinsnhl.bsky.social, how do you spell that word, again? Pre-season hockey at its finest. 4172
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A huge #ThankYou to the Colleges of the Fenway Consortium for inviting me to keynote their Teaching & Learning Symposium today. We dove right in to knotty questions & ways to meet the Title II deadline by April 2027 by using some advanced UDL techniques. Who wants to do something like this next? 130
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Your Friday Furballs, Nina (up top) and Ned (ready for his modeling gig). 000
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026HELP! WOULD YOU REVIEW MY BOOK? Hey, friends. Want to review my @oupress.bsky.social book *UDL at Scale*? Click the "request review copy" link on the book website to connect with the press and get a copy. And a big ol' thank you in advance from me! www.oupress.com/978080619706... 011
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I did a UDL webinar for @uni-hamburg.de, and they sent me a thank-you letter, some dark chocolate (my fave) and a kind hand-written note. Made my day! 030
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026HEY, NOW. ANOTHER UDL PODCAST EP! I really enjoyed talking with Luke Hobson for his podcast recently about scaling up #UDL efforts on campus. Have a listen: this one's a deep cut: 1:08:40! drlukehobson.com/podcast-epis... 021
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026FREE UDL PROF-DEV WEBINAR! Hey, friends. Rob Gray at @unibergen.bsky.social invited me to be on the TeLEd show to share a free 90-minute webinar on #UDL at Scale. Stop by at 8:00a EDT / 2:00p CEST on Monday, September 21. Get the details: www4.uib.no/forskning/fo... See you there! 000
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026NEURODIVERSITY GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS @sarahesilverman.bsky.social's new book, *Classroom Mindscapes: An Introduction to Neurodiversity for Educators* is coming in the @oupress.bsky.social Teaching, Learning & Thriving series. Follow Sarah . . . & get your copy! www.oupress.com/978080619720... 184
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 07/09/20268 hours for work. 8 hours for rest. 8 hours for what we will. 020
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026NINA SAYS "GET THIS BOOK" That's Nina reading with me. At only 7 months old, & new to online education, she's already a big fan of Susan Ko & Olena Zhadko's *Teaching Online* 5th ed (and so am I). Save when you order directly from @routledgebooks.bsky.social. www.routledge.com/Teaching-Onl... 020
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Friends in Buffalo, who can help me? New Era has an in-store only Buffalo Bills cap. I want to buy a 9FORTY "flats" wing cap, $38.00. Can anyone stop by their flagship store at 160 Delaware Avenue, Mo-Sa 10-6 and get me one? I'm happy to pay for the hat and shipping. Thank you, whoever can help! 100
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Your Semi-Regular Kitten Update The two acro-cats Nina and Ned have been with us for 20 days, and they are settling in well. We suspect they may be time-traveling assassins, given their ability to melt and re-form themselves. Or they're just goofballs, trading the one brain cell back and forth. 000
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026NEW PODCAST EP HAS DROPPED! Check out Episode 150 of *UDL in 15 Minutes* from @louilordnelson.bsky.social, where we talk "Scaling UDL Campus-Wide." theudlapproach.com/podcasts/epi... 041
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Thank you to @sunyorange.bsky.social for inviting me to keynote today's Faculty Assembly Day. I am proud of everyone's hard work to lower student access barriers with #UDL. 000
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026New Edition of *Teaching Online*! Friends, this book from Olena Zhadko & Susan Ko is THE gold standard for anyone who teaches with technology. Now there's a 5th edition with lots of new material! And you can save 20% with code 26AFLY3. www.routledge.com/9781032563466 030
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Hey, hive mind. Been to Tokyo? What are your can't miss things to do and see in the winter time? 100
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026New Podcast Ep on #AI vs Human Skills Big thanks to Angela Solic & the Rush U CTEI team for hosting "What Skills Must Humans Still Master?" [51:23] in their AI & Higher Ed series. creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... Have a listen and share your big take-aways, friends! 000
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Grateful to @stephanierichter.bsky.social & the NIU CITL team for inviting me to build on their fabulous #UDL efforts. We talked about going beyond Title II & using #AI to support accessible design. Next week is @sunyorange.bsky.social. So glad to celebrate everyone's hard work & good ideas! 010
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026FRIENDS, DON'T DO THIS. I hosted a webinar. We didn't record it. I just got an email from some AI company, offering to sell me video "chapters" from it. Someone RECORDED MY WEBINAR WITHOUT MY KNOWELDGE OR PERMISSION. Now they're trying to sell it back to me. Bad form. Don't be that person. 453
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Do your pets help fold the laundry? Neither do ours. #NinaAndNed 120
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I feel this deeply. Today is the official release date for my book, *UDL at Scale,* where I tackle the "make everything less accessible" argument. UDL helps us lower access barriers without lowering rigor. Page 111, y'all. www.oupress.com/978080619706... There is hope. 010
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 10/08/2026House of Zoomies Update They've been with us just 48 hours. Kittens Ned & Nina are settling in. They have 2 speeds, "sweet napping kitty" & "Attempted Murder." Nina's a tiny, brave, snuggler. Ned's muscled, foolhardy, reckless. I've said "no" more today than the past 3 months. And it's perfect. 010
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 09/08/2026ICYMI: FREE BOOK-LAUNCH WEBINAR! Join the launch party on Tuesday, August 11 at 3:00p EDT (UTC -4) for my new @oupress.bsky.social book, *UDL at Scale: Whole-Campus Universal Design for Learning.* Sign up at bit.ly/UDLBookLaunch & share this post, too. Want your own copy? bit.ly/UDL_at_Scale 062
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Welcome to our home, Ned and Nina! #Caturday 080
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026ICYMI: MID-CAREER COACHING SEP/OCT 2026! I'll be a coach for the @higheredplus.bsky.social Mid-Career Faculty IGNITE Program, Sep 16 - Oct 28. Ready to reflect, reset, and think strategically? Register now, and share this to your feed, too! www.higheredplus.org/mid-career-f... 000
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026BIG THANK YOU! Today, I shared research results on people's baseline accessibility knowledge with the @educause.bsky.social IT Accessibility Community Group. A huge #ThankYou to hosts Kara Gaulrapp & Eudora Struble & to the 150 colleagues who made it a warm, supportive, and useful conversation. 010
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Yep. Their names are Ned and Nina, and they are apparently purebred Arabian Mau cats. How they ended up in a a local shelter in central Pennsylvania is anybody's guess. Here's the un-pixelated version of Ned (left, bushy tail) and Nina (right, curly slim tail). 100
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Mystery Time! Friends, can you solve this mystery? They're black & white, began in Jordan 6 months ago, understand Arabic, came to the US in July, of their original unit of 8 just 2 are left now, apparently have their own passports, & will be coming to our home next week. What are they? 100
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Yup. The most important sentence in my new book: "The author declares that he has not used any type of generative artificial intelligence tools for the writing of this book, nor for the creation of images, graphics, tables, or their corresponding captions." Rock your book, too--fabu press so far! 030
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Yup. The most important sentence in my new book: "The author declares that he has not used any type of generative artificial intelligence tools for the writing of this book, nor for the creation of images, graphics, tables, or their corresponding captions." Good luck with yours! 020
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The Most Important Sentence in My New Book Did you miss it? "The author declares that he has not used any type of generative artificial intelligence tools for the writing of this book." Want a book written wholly by a human being? Get a copy: bit.ly/UDL_at_Scale 061
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Need a Speaker or Consultant? I do events & project work in universal design for learning (UDL), evaluating teaching, career planning, copyright, academic integrity, & leadership development. Find me at thomasjtobin.com. I'm booking for worldwide events Spring 2027 - Fall 2028. Let's talk! 051
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026MID-CAREER COACHING COMING SEP/OCT 2026! I'm a coach in the @higheredplus.bsky.social Mid-Career Faculty IGNITE Program, Sep 16 - Oct 28. Join a small 5-person team with group & 1-1 coaching, on-demand courses, and a microcredential. Register now & share, too! www.higheredplus.org/mid-career-f... 010
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026*UDL AT SCALE* UNBOXING VIDEO! It's here, it's here! Take 1 minute to watch this unboxing video and celebrate the release of my new @OUPress book with me. Get yours: bit.ly/UDL_at_Scale Free book-release webinar 8/11 3p EDT: bit.ly/UDLBookLaunch 141
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 25/07/2026FREE BOOK-LAUNCH WEBINAR! AUG 11, 3p EDT To celebrate my new @oupress.bsky.social book, *#UDL at Scale,* I'm hosting a book-launch party Tuesday, August 11 at 3:00p EDT (UTC -4). Attend & you could win a copy! Sign up at bit.ly/UDLBookLaunch & share this post. Want your own? bit.ly/UDL_at_Scale 293
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I'm in Chicago. I can taste the air. I should not be able to taste the air. Sigh. 030
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026JUST 4 WEEKS TO GO! My new @oupress.bsky.social book, *UDL at Scale* will officially release on August 11. Read about 15 institutions who've actually done it. Want to host a book tour stop? DM me or see thomasjtobin.com. Please share this, & gift your campus leaders a copy. bit.ly/UDL_at_Scale 164
Thomas J. Tobin @thomasjtobin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Hello, friends & new followers. I'm glad you're here. You can expect that I will address inequity, lower barriers, call bullsh*t, celebrate marginalized voices, speak truth to power, simplify complex topics, question why we do what we do, & share cute animal vids/pics/memes. 000