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Association for Educational Communications & Technology conference

The Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) represents and engages a wide variety of educational professionals, including instructional designers, PK-12 teachers, higher education faculty, education administrators, and industry training leaders, who seek to provide leadership and advise policymakers on enriching and sustaining teaching and learning. The annual AECT International Convention brings together global learning design experts to share cutting-edge technology solutions, groundbreaking research, and hands-on showcases to enhance instructional design and educational technology. This conference usually occurs in October over three days and has a virtual option. 

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The Teaching Professor Annual Conference

The Teaching Professor Annual Conference can help professors explore new ways to teach their students while being able to network and collaborate with fellow teaching professors at other institutions. Share ideas, discuss strategies to combat issues, and get the charge of inspiration from knowing that you are not alone in tackling an ever more challenging teaching environment in higher education. This conference usually happens over three days in June.

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Midwest Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

The Midwest Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is geared towards teachers in higher education, associate faculty, or education majors. The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is a way of applying a systematic evaluation of a teaching and learning challenge, implementing an evidence-based solution, and then reflecting and reporting out on your results. Faculty and sometimes departments across UAA have completed SoTL projects over the years and there are resources to support you if you want to learn more about this opportunity to improve teaching and learning and publish your work while doing so! If you practice SoTL, this is a great conference option for you. This one-day conference happens in late-March or early-April. 

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National Higher Education Teaching Conference

The National Higher Education Teaching Conference is another great option for those teaching in any discipline. At this conference, participants learn about evidence-based teaching practices and engage with leaders, educators, policymakers, and organizations wishing to advance higher education. The conference is hosted by the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), which is dedicated to promoting the best teaching practices with the highest student success. ACUE offers the only teaching certification endorsed by the American Council on Education. Certifying faculty in ACUE’s Effective Teaching Practice Framework is proven to propel students’ success, increase retention of first-year students, and lower DFW rates (rates of students getting a D, F, or Withdrawing). This conference usually takes place over two days in June. 

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OLC Innovate

OLC Innovate is a good option for faculty who want professional development geared towards teaching online or hybrid classes. This conference provides a path for innovators of all experience levels and backgrounds to share best practices, test new ideas, and collaborate on driving forward online, digital, and blended learning. The conferences usually happens over 3 - 4 days in April and offer in-person and virtual options. 

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International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability

The International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability explores the multidimensional challenge of identifying and implementing resilient, durable, and regenerative sustainable development solutions that bring well-being to both people and the planet. From a sociocultural perspective, a key challenge is addressing entrenched inequalities, both within the present generation (intragenerational inequity) and between the present generation and those that will follow (intergenerational inequity). The conference is hosted by the On Sustainability Research Network, which aims to address sustainability from a holistic perspective where environmental, cultural, economic, and social interests intersect. This conference happens over three days in January. 

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Lilly Conference

The Lilly Conference Series is another opportunities geared towards the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). Administrators, graduate students, and faculty are invited to join the Lilly event to exchange ideas and build a repertoire of skills that can be put to immediate use. Lilly Conferences occur throughout the year and are usually three days long. 

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International Forum on Active Learning in Classrooms (IFALC)

The International Forum on Active Learning in Classrooms provides ample opportunities to explore many types of learning spaces designed for active learning. This forum is framed by the alignment between the use of evidence-based active and inclusive learning pedagogies in classrooms, and achieving the academic priorities of many universities and colleges such as increased inclusion, engagement, learning, retention, graduation rates and greater equity in outcome measures.

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Compact

For senior leaders, faculty, staff, and students practicing community engagement, the annual Compact conference is a great professional development opportunity. It is an inclusive national conference focused on the role of higher education in building healthy communities and fostering a just and equal democracy. The conferences usually happen at the end of March or the beginning of April over three days.