It is our great pleasure to welcome you to OLC Accelerate 2025! This year marks the 31st anniversary of Accelerate, celebrating more than three decades of vision, inspiration, and transformative impact in online and digital learning. From November 17–20, we invite you to join us for an event filled with insightful discussions, engaging sessions, and exciting celebrations—you won’t want to miss a moment!

As the premier annual conference for professionals across the digital learning space, OLC Accelerate brings together experts from higher education, K-12, and corporate learning and development. Our attendees span a diverse range of roles—including instructional designers, media specialists, trainers, educators, administrators, and senior leaders—all dedicated to shaping the future of digital learning. Whether you are just starting your career or a seasoned expert driving innovation in your organization, you’ll find invaluable opportunities for growth, networking, and inspiration.

In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, education and workforce development are experiencing continuous transformation. Professionals across all sectors are being called upon to provide thought leadership, technical expertise, and innovative solutions to enhance learning outcomes. OLC Accelerate serves as a dynamic space for collaboration—bringing together educators, instructional designers, trainers, administrators, and learning leaders to share research, exchange insights, and showcase successful strategies from their own institutions and organizations. This conference is an essential opportunity to refine best practices, advance learner success, and push the boundaries of digital learning. Leading up to Accelerate 2025, we’ll continue to share emerging trends and highly effective practices to help you stay at the forefront of digital education.

This year’s conference also offers a uniquely engaging experience, providing opportunities to interact with thought leaders, share best practices, and challenge conventional approaches to digital education. With a diverse selection of tracks and session formats, including Conversation Not Presentation sessions, express sessions, discovery sessions, gamified sessions, and more traditional session types, OLC Accelerate 2025 offers something for everyone who is passionate about shaping the future of digital learning.

Track themes for Accelerate 2025 include:

• Innovative and Effective Digital Learning Design
• Leadership, Partnerships, and Organizational Strategy
• Learner Success, Engagement, and Empowerment
• Professional Development, Quality Assurance and Support

OLC presenters go through a rigorous three-stage, double-blind review process upon conference proposal submission. Acceptance to present at OLC Accelerate is competitive! The tracks shown above have a limited number of slots available to fill, determined based on the formats available within our presentations for Innovate. Presentation formats for this year’s call for proposals included:

• Conversation, Not Presentation
• Discovery Session
• Graduate Student Discovery Session
• Education Session
• Engagement Activity
• Express Session
• Gamified Session
• Workshop

As part of our call for proposals, we encourage you to submit Engagement Activity proposals designed to elevate dynamic ways of connecting with attendees. If you have ideas for activities that can help attendees connect, make meaningful partnerships, and engage in new and exciting ways, this is your chance to shine! Learn more and bring your creativity, expertise, and passion for fostering connections to our conference!

If you’re hoping to present at OLC Accelerate 2025 this year, it’s never too early to review our Submitter FAQs, Presenter FAQs, and other excellent resources from our Presenter Services team. We have built out helpful guides to assist you with developing the best presentation possible!

Thank you for being a part of this transformative event, and for contributing to the rich history and future of OLC Accelerate. We look forward to the insights, innovations, and connections that will emerge from our time together!

Kind Regards,
The OLC Accelerate 2025 Program Co-Chairs