OLC Innovate 2019 Post-Conference Highlights

Access Recorded Sessions | A Message from the Conference Co-Chairs | Photo Galleries | Contest Winners and Social Media | Sonic Foundry/Mediasite

The fourth annual OLC Innovate conference, held April 2-5, 2019 in Denver, Colorado, generated a great deal of energy, enthusiasm, and new connections. More than 1,200 onsite and approximately 1,000 virtual attendees participated, representing all 50 states and 13 countries.

This year’s program included a diverse group of more than 626 presenters and contributors. Attendees chose from a myriad of learning opportunities, featuring 140 Emerging Ideas sessions, and a multitude of Educate & Reflect Sessions, Workshops, Conversations—Not Presentations, Featured Sessions, Career Forum Roundtables, and more! Attendees engaged in various collaborative experiences, included the Innovation Studio, Speed Networking Lounge, OLC Ranger Program, and Evening Campfire Gatherings.

Watch OLC Live! interviews captured onsite.

We hope you will join us at next year’s OLC Innovate 2020, taking place March 31 – April 3 in Chicago, IL, and at OLC Accelerate, taking place November 19-22, 2019 in Lake Buena Vista, FL. Sign up for email updates about these events.

Access Recorded Sessions

The 80+ recordings are always free for registered attendees. If you were a registered attendee of the conference, the instructions and the activation link were emailed to you prior to the conference, and in the post-conference survey email. Please email conference@onlinelearning-c.org if you have any questions.

What is the Group Manager's responsibility?

The designated Group Manager must purchase this package first. Upon completion of this package registration, the Group Manager will receive the allotted number of package participant coupon codes to assign and distribute to each participant in their group. Each participant will then register themselves as an “Individual” Virtual Attendee and enter their unique package participant coupon code.

Registration questions may be addressed to Laurie Lulow, laurie.lulow @onlinelearning-c.org.
To access streamed sessions, participants need to be logged in at onlinelearningconsortium.org.

A Message from the Conference Co-Chairs

A Message from the Conference Co-Chairs
Wowee zowee! As we settle back into our work at our home institutions, we are compelled to reflect on all the community, learning, sharing and growth we experienced at OLC Innovate 2019. Connections were forged, relationships deepened, and gazillions of neurons were plasticized! Here are some of our favorite moments and occurrences:

Delving deep into learning experiences and networking in Pre-Conference workshops and the Leadership Network
Rick Franklin playing live blues to accompany the awards ceremony
Loads of fun and music in the evening gatherings, from Game Night to IDEA Night, to going out on the town
Community College and HBCU Summits
Ranger Program family-style lunch, Talk-abouts tours, and Slack connections
Thought-provoking keynotes from Tressie McMillan-Cottom and Manoush Zomorodi
Campfire stories from the community, Angela Gibson, Michael Caulfield, Joshua Steele, Brian Kane and Ben Scragg
The Innovation Studio, Designers in Residence, and reflection station
A challenging digital learning-based Escape Room from which only a few teams escaped!
OLC Live, broadcasting extra interviews behind the scenes, including keynote Manoush Zomorodi, virtual attendees, OLC Board members and many more (See 2019 Playlist!)
Gorgeous views of the mountains – especially from the outdoor steamy infinity pool!
Fire pits galore!
Sooo many amazing and interesting sessions
Speed Networking Lounge!
Wellness and self-care oriented space and activities with morning yoga and meditation in the Serenity Lodge

While a conference is a finite event with respect to its planning and programming, we have found that the community around OLC Innovate stays engaged and committed to building relationships with one another – especially once the conference ends. So we encourage you to stay committed to the community. Revisit the #OLCInnovate hashtag on Twitter, pour back through the Slack channel, and dig through that stack of business cards you’ve already stuffed in that second-from-the-bottom office drawer! The work of education is challenging, slow, and often difficult, but we are in this together, so help make this conference live on through the relationships you forged while there.
We are grateful for your time and energy in Denver (and virtually), and we are committed to the idea that we can move mountains in education together! If you need any relational connecting, support, or just want to talk with a friend, reach out to us (Clark and Ben). And we’ll look forward to seeing you in Chicago next spring for Innovate 2020!

Photo Galleries

Photo Galleries

All photos are property of the Online Learning Consortium. If you would like a larger copy of any of the photos, or if you would like to use them for promotional purposes, please contact patricia.kungie@onlinelearning-c.org.

Contest Winners and Social Media

Thank you to our generous sponsors for the prizes below!

Booth Raffle Winners:

Sponsor Company	Booth Drawing/Raffle Prize	Winner
Blindside Networks	Apple AirPods	Renee Ford, Penn State University
Carolina Distance Learning	$100.00 Amazon gift card	Vanessa Birney, Eastern Gateway Community John McCulley, College UNC Charlotte
Docsoft Inc	New version of Kindle	Aimee Greene, University of Louisville
GoReact	Apple AirPods	Erin Warham, Concordia University of Texas
Packback	A pair of AirPods, a Packback t-shirt, and a Packback note	Sara Williamson, University of Tennessee – Knoxville
Techsmith	A free copy of Camtasia	Nancy Rubin, Northwestern Health Science
Yellowdig	Yellowdig starter license for 500 users	William Schulz, Walden University

OLC Stamp Card Contest iPad Winner:

Angela Meek, LCSC

Stamp Card Contest Gift Card Winners:

Traci Rushing, SAU Tech
Sarah Chambers, Castelton University
Sean Nufer, TCS Education System
Kristen Hartman-Fowler, D’Youville College

Session Evaluation Gift Card Winners:

Nicole Drumhiller
Crissy Dodson
Joy Adams
Monnica Gavin
Tracy Schaelen
Laurie Berry
Kristin Kowal

Complimentary Conference Registration Winners:

Name	University	Sponsor
Jennifer Obando	Stevens Institute of Technology	ProctorU
Michael Amick	Pima Community College	PSI
Larry Gonzalez	Houston Community College	Proctorio
Rachel Sale	Lincoln University	D2L
Debra Throgmorton	Front Range Community College	Examity
Sky King	FIU Online	Soomo Learning
Ruby Choudhury	University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	TechSmith
Sonia Cooper	Dillard University	Tuesday Reception
Justin Lee	Capella University	Wednesday Reception

Social Media Contest Winners:

Sponsor	Prize	Winner	Winning Tweet/Post
Bibliotech	$75 Amazon gift card	Tonya Hartman	https://twitter.com/TonyaHartman17/status/1114230399541051392
Canvas	Bluetooth headphones	Dorothy Loftin	https://twitter.com/rolypepe/status/1113312068818468864
Innovative Educators	Webinar certificate ($425 value)	Erin Milanese	https://twitter.com/ErinMilMil/status/1113525143119077376
Innovative Educators	Webinar certificate ($425 value)	Maria H. Andersen	https://twitter.com/busynessgirl/status/1113564885231620096
OLC	$25 OLC gift card	Rolando Mendez	https://twitter.com/rolypepe/status/1113312068818468864
TechSmith	Free copy of Snagit screen capture software for PC or Mac	Kaitlin Kozlowski	https://twitter.com/KaitKoz/status/1113594848362225665
Verbit	Wireless Bluetooth speaker and smartphone charging device	Jessica Rogers	https://twitter.com/DrJRogers/status/1113873402727677953
VitalSource	$100 Visa gift card	Leeann Waddington	https://twitter.com/LeeannW73/status/1113926019738529792
Respondus	$50 Amazon gift card	A. Michael Berman	https://twitter.com/amichaelberman/status/1113931970273144832

Take a look at photos, videos, inspiring quotes, and more that were shared before, during, and after the conference by following the #OLCInnovate hashtag!

Sonic Foundry/Mediasite

Mediasite Captures the Dynamic Energy of OLC Innovate 2019 with Live-Streamed Video & Recordings

OLC Innovate 2019 is over, but many conversations onsite and virtually centered around the especially dynamic energy and enthusiasm of this event, which was captured for our continued enjoyment thanks to the power of video. OLC selected Sonic Foundry to be the national webcasting partner for the event in Denver, CO in early April.

Sonic Foundry’s Mediasite Events team streamed OLC Innovate 2019 to the online audience. In the OLC Live! Virtual Hub online attendees could converse with presenters and their peers and watch sessions in real-time.

Through the live webcasts of more than 80 conference sessions, OLC engaged more than 1,000 online attendees who were unable to make it to Denver, but still chose to participate – virtually! They posed questions to presenters and, along with the 1,250 people who attended the conference on-site, can now watch these sessions on-demand on any device for one full year.

OLC Innovate is a joint, annual conference presented by OLC and MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching), a program of the California State University System that provides free and open online teaching, learning and faculty development services. Academic leaders, faculty and administrators came together to discuss education innovation, including emerging technologies, how to incorporate intelligent learning management systems and designing blended classrooms.

Mediasite Events helps the world’s top companies harness the power of video to stream their events globally and engage attendees wherever they are. With the most experienced project managers and the most rock-solid technology in the industry, Mediasite Events is the go-to solution for the world’s largest companies and continuing educational conferences.

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