Advancing education innovation requires continuous, visionary, and interdisciplinary leadership. We invite you to join us!
When: March 31 – April 3, 2020
Where: Sheraton Grand Chicago | Chicago, IL
Join us for the OLC Innovate 2020 conference, focused on innovations in research, practice, leadership, and technologies in online and digital learning, March 31-April 3, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois.
Attendees can choose from over 400 sessions spanning a wide variety of topics and special interest areas including many from the MERLOT team. In addition, online teaching and learning, ed-tech, leadership accessibility, gamification, K-12, equity and inclusion, OER, HBCU Affordable Learning Summit, and the Community College Summit. This year’s keynote speakers for OLC Innovate 2020 include:
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Wednesday Keynote: A Pedagogy for the Digital Age Zeynep Tufekci, associate professor at the University of North Carolina, author, and opinion writer |
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Thursday Keynote: Empowering Students to Engage and Learn Flower Darby, Director of Teaching for Student Success at Northern Arizona University |
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Friday Keynote: Bridging Critical, Digital, and Open Pedagogies Rajiv Jhangiani, Associate Vice Provost, Open Education at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in British Columbia, and an internationally known advocate for open education |
In addition to the onsite attendee option, OLC also offers virtual attendee options, which allow participants to view over 70 live webcast sessions from the conference. The virtual options include individual, buy 2 get 1 free, and an unlimited group package. Special rates for these options are available for OLC Institutional members. For additional information, please contact Matt Norsworthy at matt.norsworthy@onlinelearning-c.org.
We hope to meet you – onsite at the Sheraton Grand Chicago, at Booth 609 in the exhibit hall or virtually – at OLC Innovate 2020 in Chicago! Additional information about the conference, including registration information, virtual attendance options, and the detailed session schedule can be found on the OLC Innovate 2020 website.
Please reach out to conferences@onlinelearning-c.org with questions! If you’re an OLC member, you get special member pricing ($150 off) on all OLC conferences and events.