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Insights, Information, Tip & Tricks to help you make the most of OLC Accelerate 2018
- Connected Perspective at 35K Feet – A Prequel to OLC Accelerate 2018 - Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash As I traverse the snowy Midwest plains at 550 MPH and 35,000 ft. on my way from Denver to Orlando for #OLCAccelerate 2018, I’m reminded (by way of turbulence and cheap pretzels) of the importance ...read more
The Secret Life of Introvert Connectors - As your OLC Innovate 2018 Conference Co-Chair Emerita, we’ve spent much time brokering meaningful connections between colleagues, and carving new channels for initiatives and opportunities for engagement. We’ve done it (and luckily, continue to get to do it) with genuine ...read more
An Interview with Jean Twenge about the iGen - To kick off OLC Accelerate Live, John Stewart (Assistant Director for the Office of Digital Learning at the University of Oklahoma) interviewed Prof. Jean Twenge a couple of weeks ago about her recent book iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing ...read more
#OLCAccelerate Social Engagement Contest - How would you like to participate in a fun virtual contest utilizing Twitter, Slack, virtual bots, video announcements, and online apps to win prizes? The OLC Social Engagement Contest allows OLC Field Guide participants the opportunity to engage across multiple ...read more
OLC Accelerate: An All You Can Eat Engagement Buffet - When it comes to opportunity, there’s much more than meets the eye for OLC Accelerate attendees. The formal sessions, while vitally important as the foundational conference scaffold, need to be viewed as supplements and mental catalysts within a much wider network ...read more
5 Professional Benefits of Volunteering as an OLC Accelerate Field Guide - One distinctive characteristic of the Online Learning Consortium’s conferences is the organization’s support for members who want to experiment with new ideas to continually improve the attendee experience. Last year, OLC launched a new social engagement program at OLC Accelerate ...read more
The Unexpected Positives of Attending & Serving at EdTech Conferences; or, Why OLC Accelerate Should Be “THE” Conference You Attend This Fall - After attending OLC conferences for several years, I had become well-versed in both online learning and also in the variety of conferences in our field and was able to start identifying clear-cut features for the conferences I liked. Here are ...read more