Join us at the face-to-face conference in November 2022. Date and location (in Sydney) to be confirmed shortly.
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OpenLearning was founded in 2012 to enable access to higher quality education. A decade on, with hundreds of education providers and 3+ million learners worldwide supported, our drive and commitment to deliver on this purpose remains strong.
Having established a wide network of partners ranging from K-12 institutions, public and private, accredited and non-accredited providers, training organisations, industry, and government departments, we value our role as a conduit for advancing innovative online teaching and learning practices.
With this conference, OpenLearning is set to pave the way for practitioners, researchers, thought leaders, and teaching and learning specialists to come together and share their work and ideas, and to engage in an ongoing dialogue to collectively lead the way in online education.
The key objectives of the conference are to:
Enable practitioners and thought leaders to connect
Surface innovation and best practice
Shift the conversation from theory and practice to outcomes
The theme, Leading the way in Online Learning, recognises that the learning landscape has shifted considerably as a result of COVID-19, but still has a significant way to go in order to meet the needs of current and future learners, employers, and industry. With this comes the acknowledgement that practitioners are looking to bridge the gap between understanding effective online teaching and learning theory, keeping up-to-date with innovations in the field, and feeling supported to experiment, evaluate and innovate within their own institutions and organisations. Leveraging the expertise of all actors within the learning ecosystem is essential to creating sustainable and scalable high-quality learning solutions for all.
With a focus on measurable outcomes, the conference is an opportunity to connect with and learn from those who are leading the way in online learning.
Leading the way in Online Learning is focused on showcasing best practices, emerging initiatives, case studies, innovative theoretical and conceptual models or frameworks, and forward-thinking strategic approaches in a day committed to moving from theory to action.
We invite you to contribute towards shaping the conference in alignment with the theme and key interest areas.
Practitioners/pracademics
Heads of/Directors of/Associate Deans
Professional and academic leaders
Education innovators/Learning designers/Learning support staff
Researchers in higher, tertiary and adult education
Learning and development specialists
Please note that the below list is used to prompt ideas rather than being a finite list of potential topics.
Active learning
Assessment and feedback
Co-creation
Crowdsourcing
Employability / career skills / graduate outcomes
Equity and inclusion
Facilitation / collaboration
Learning communities
Lifelong learning
Micro-credentials
Online / hybrid / blended synchronous learning
Online learning pedagogies
Social constructivism
Social learning
Student engagement
Student experience & journey
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November 2022
Friday, 13th May 2022
Stage 1: Register your EOI by filling out the form below
Thursday, 30th June 2022
Stage 2: Deadline to send your submission using the document template provided
Thursday, 31st July 2022
Stage 3: Outcomes are announced
Friday, 26th August 2022
Stage 4: Announcement of conference agenda
November 2022
Stage 5: The OpenLearning Conference 2022 will take place
If you are interested in participating, we invite you to register your EOI by filling out the below by the 13th of May 2022.
Case study presentation (15 min + 5 min Q&A); or
Emerging initiative presentation (15 min + 5 min Q&A); or
Strategic approach, model or framework (15 min + 5 min Q&A).
Please note that the above list “Key interest areas” is used to prompt ideas rather than being a finite list of potential topics.
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You are required to use the document template provided. Please read all submission categories before submitting your Expression of Interest.
Submissions should report on institutional projects with evidence of a scholarly approach that builds on existing best practices. Case studies should include a rationale, description, outcomes and scale of impact including practical implications and applicability in a broader context.
Submissions will be judged on the following criteria:
Submissions are expected to comply with the following:
Case studies that are a work in progress should be submitted as an Emerging Initiative.
Submissions will be judged on the following criteria:
Submissions are expected to comply with the following:
Submissions in this category are open to works in progress and will be judged on the extent to which the approach, model or framework:
Submissions are expected to comply with the following:
Download Strategic Approach, Model or Framework Template
If you have any questions, please contact conference@openlearning.com
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