A half-day event focusing on the broad opportunities to contribute to the knowledge and practice in the field of online education and featuring presentations, small group discussions, and networking.
OLC Research Summit: Research is for Everyone!
Research forms the foundation of practice across the online learning landscape – but who does this research, how are topics and trends determined, and how does it impact theory and/or practice in the diverse range of higher education professionals that work in online education? We often think of research as a formal investigation and publication process completed by faculty and/or dedicated researchers. While this empirical work is certainly one (very important!) way to define research, the study of online education is unique in that there are broad opportunities to contribute to knowledge and practice in the field (which is the very purpose of research). Not only can research take various forms, many of us are engaged in some form of research without realizing it (and without realizing how we can use it to impact the field).
This OLC Research Summit will begin with an overview and audience-engaged discussion of current online education research overall, including the identification of emerging trends and how participants in their various and diverse roles are part of, or impacted by, this work (and consideration of what remains to be addressed). Following this interactive discussion, a panel of professionals representing a variety of roles that produce or regularly engage with research will talk about the various ways that research is defined and used by different professionals in online learning, from faculty/researchers to instructional designers to administrators and leaders. Participants will be provided with resources, methods of approach, and dissemination avenues for the range of opportunities (or current work) that may contribute to knowledge and practice, followed by the opportunity to discuss and begin to develop, or further expand, their own work in collaboration with or for solo presentation and publication work in the field.
Registration for the OLC Research Summit is included in your OLC Innovate 2020 conference registration.
7:30-8:30 AM – Breakfast Available in Riverwalk Exhibit Hall
8:30 AM-8:45 AM– Welcome to Research Summit/Opening Remarks, Erie
8:45 AM-10:00 AM Panel Discussion with:
10:00 AM-10:30 AM Networking Coffee Break Speed Networking Lounge, Riverwalk Exhibit Hall. Join us for the E & I Welcome in the Speed Networking Lounge
10:30-11:30 AM – Table breakouts for collaborative research development work, with digital annotation work led by Hypothesis. Topics include (but are not limited to):
11:30-12:00 – Putting it all together for academic writing & publication
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