Webinars
Attend our webinars hosted by online experts covering industry hot topics, best practices, and special interests.
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- 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...
- April 30, 2025
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- 4:00 pm (ET)
This presentation explores Carolina Distance Learning’s strategic response to evolving workforce training needs through the development of specialized, hands-on laboratory experiences for Forensics and Phlebotomy programs. As educational institutions increasingly focus on career-ready skills in high-demand fields, providing authentic hands-on learning experiences for distance education students has become essential. Through...
- May 28, 2025
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In an era where inclusivity is essential to educational success, AI offers powerful tools to help educators create more accessible, equitable, and engaging learning environments. This interactive webinar provides practical insights into harnessing AI to meet the diverse needs of all learners, with special attention to students experiencing visible 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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- 2:30 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...
- 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,...
- February 27, 2024
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Encouraging collaborative learning and reflection among faculty using AI-powered tools can have a significant impact on the quality of teaching and learning in educational institutions. AI-powered tools can provide valuable insights and data that can help faculty members make informed decisions about their teaching practices and strategies. By using AI-generated...
- February 20, 2024
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GenAI has forever changed how we learn, teach, work, and perhaps even play. Its capabilities, as well as student use, are here to stay and accelerating at a pace that can make even the most tech-savvy among us feel overwhelmed. But if we, as educators, don’t teach students why, how,...
- February 13, 2024
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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, online education was viewed by some as an “alternative” to a traditional face-to-face (F2F) college experience (Mitchell & Geva-May, 2009) – a way for students to access education who might not be able to otherwise. Online learning was therefore viewed by some as a viable but...
- February 7, 2024
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In this enlightening webinar presented by the OLC Center for Professional Learning team, we will explore the innovative applications of the Canvas Credentials platform. The Credentials platform allowed us to re-imagine our approach to professional learning by designing a micro-credentialing strategy focused on personalized personas and skills pathways. Whether you’re...
- January 18, 2024
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A recent survey by Bay View Analytics shows that the majority of students are worried about meeting the cost of their course materials. Additionally, students report that the cost of course materials have academic consequences including getting poorer grades, failing courses, and even affecting their choice of major or institution....
- November 29, 2023
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The Online Teaching and Learning (OTL) SIG, an influential special interest group of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) have maintained a long-standing collaboration to advance the theory and practice of online, blended, and digital learning. Since 2016, the Online Learning Journal (OLJ), OLC’s...
- November 28, 2023
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In this webinar, the Center for Professional Learning (CPL) at the Online Learning Consortium will share their process for designing an exemplary online learning experience and showcase their course template for online, asynchronous workshops. As part of their recent transition to Canvas, the CPL redesigned the look-and-feel of their workshops...
- August 24, 2023
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Stories are powerful educational tools. Digital storytelling is a creative and meaningful way to build engagement and inclusion in online and hybrid courses through the use of computer-based tools, including digital media essays, photography exhibits, story-based mapping, and podcasts, to tell stories. Digital storytelling allows learners to connect on a...
- August 9, 2023
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This enlightening panel session will delve into effective strategies for project management (PM) in instructional design, empowering your practice in higher education. Expert speakers from four higher ed institutions will guide you through invaluable advice for new IDs, transitioning from informal to optimized PM techniques, and the significance of system...
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.