Webinars
Attend our webinars hosted by online experts covering industry hot topics, best practices, and special interests.
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- April 10, 2025
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Join us for an insightful webinar that delves into Complete College America’s white paper, Complete College, America: Harnessing the Power of Higher Education to Renew American Democracy. This session will explore actionable strategies for colleges and universities to prepare students for active, informed participation in civic life. We’ll discuss how...
- April 15, 2025
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- 2:30 pm (ET)
Are you ready to elevate your professional expertise in instructional design? Join us for an informative webinar that introduces the Instructional Design Professional (IDP) Certification—a credential designed to showcase your skills and commitment to excellence in creating impactful learning experiences. In this session, you will learn: The advantages of earning...
- April 24, 2025
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AI is no longer just a tool for course development—it’s becoming an integral part of the learning experience itself. This webinar goes beyond the theoretical to showcase real-world examples of how AI features and applications are being embedded directly into courses and programs to enhance student engagement, personalize learning, and...
- July 15, 2025
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- 2:00 pm -
- 2:30 pm (ET)
Are you ready to elevate your professional expertise in instructional design? Join us for an informative webinar that introduces the Instructional Design Professional (IDP) Certification—a credential designed to showcase your skills and commitment to excellence in creating impactful learning experiences. In this session, you will learn: The advantages of earning...
- September 23, 2025
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- 2:00 pm -
- 2:30 pm (ET)
Are you ready to elevate your professional expertise in instructional design? Join us for an informative webinar that introduces the Instructional Design Professional (IDP) Certification—a credential designed to showcase your skills and commitment to excellence in creating impactful learning experiences. In this session, you will learn: The advantages of earning...
- July 23, 2024
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This webinar will explore the intersection of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) with Competency-Based Education (CBE) and its relevance in the educational community. This topic is profoundly relevant to the educational community for several compelling reasons. Firstly, the pursuit of DEI in education is a moral imperative, fostering social justice...
- July 18, 2024
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In this webinar, we will share significant research findings regarding faculty, staff, and administrators perspectives on mental health support for online students. Our goal is to foster a better understanding of key issues and needs pertaining to mental health support for students engaged in online learning environments. To that end,...
- July 10, 2024
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Designing effective faculty development requires creativity and innovation to help capture a wide audience and engage them in relevant content. By creating a format that promotes ease-of-use, actionable bite-sized content, and enjoyment, instructional designers and educational technologists at a public, land-grant institution were able to develop a successful series titled...
- June 26, 2024
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In the rapidly evolving landscape of online higher education, ensuring a superior user experience is paramount. This webinar will explore the journey of implementing a User Experience Research Function at a scaled online higher education institution. We’ll delve into the strategic rationale behind this initiative, its impact on organizational culture,...
- June 5, 2024
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How can institutions adapt to meet new state and federal web accessibility requirements and students’ expectations? Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice released revisions impacting Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and web accessibility. It emphasized the obligations of public universities, community colleges, and public schools to make...
- May 23, 2024
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Unlock the potential of every student in your classroom by embracing neurodiversity in the teaching and learning environment. Diverse classrooms enrich the educational experience, encompassing students with varying neurotypes. In this dynamic presentation, we delve into the transformative power of personalizable, structured, and supportive learning environments tailored to better support...
- May 1, 2024
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Is it time to examine your quality rubric, or do you want to build one of your own? OLC has reviewed several open-access rubrics and determined key course design characteristics. In this webinar, we’ll share exemplary quality indicators from several of the rubrics. Then, we’ll unveil an instrument for evaluating...
- March 26, 2024
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- 4:00 pm (ET)
Enrollment in online higher education programs continues to outpace enrollment in traditional on-the-ground programs (Lederman, 2019; NCES, 2022). More students are opting for online pathways (McKenzie, 2021), however, attrition rates in online programs remain high (Bawa, 2016; Cochran et al., 2014). Current literature suggests attrition rates for online programs are...
- March 12, 2024
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Activities and assignments in online courses can sometimes begin to feel redundant, as students respond to similar types of questions or engage in similar types of activities each week. How can we stretch students’ thinking, and help them to engage with the course content and with each other in deeper,...
- March 5, 2024
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Join us as we delve into the findings of a soon-to-be-published research report by the Online Learning Consortium (OLC). In this session, the authors of the report will share their discoveries on student perceptions of digital learning, focusing on the question: “What does quality digital learning centered in diversity, equity,...
Propose a Webinar
Do you have a topic that would work well as a live discussion with the OLC community? Consider sharing your ideas through an OLC Webinar! Our webinars offer an interactive format for engaging in real-time conversations and knowledge sharing.
If you have insights, case studies, or strategies that would work well in a one-hour synchronous, we’d love to hear from you. Email us at webinar@onlinelearning-c.org to discuss your idea and explore this opportunity to connect with a live audience.
If you are an industry partner who is interested in spreading the word about your products and services through a webinar or sponsoring a webinar, check in with our partnership management team at membership@onlinelearning-c.org.
Virtual | April 1-3, 2025
OLC Innovate, a joint conference presented by OLC and MERLOT, 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.