Advancing education innovation requires continuous visionary leadership from all disciplines. Together we will challenge our teaching and learning paradigms, reimagine the learning experience, and ideate on how disruptions in education today will shape the innovative classroom of tomorrow. #OLCInnovate
How can we set the stage for our students to emerge as the creators of knowledge and drivers of scholarship? How will we leverage data and research to establish impactful change both within and across institutions? How will our work as practitioners and leaders foster a culture of innovation?
As we build upon the great work we began at last year’s conference, OLC Innovate 2017 seeks your participation in answering the aforementioned questions as we continue to challenge the barriers limiting access to education. Moreover, we invite you to join us in celebrating the diverse mosaic of perspectives on innovative teaching and learning, all set against the vibrant backdrop of the city of New Orleans.
With the outstanding efforts of OLC and MERLOT, our program team has made it their focus to create a lineup of offerings that highlight the innovators and thought leaders inspiring us locally and globally. We’ve intentionally created both the space and time for collaboration and reflection, with special session types that honor the importance of our interconnectedness as educators, to include:
In addition to attending onsite or virtually, please reach out to us and take an active part in our work designing this next iteration of OLC Innovate. The engagement committee is actively capturing the planning process as an online “documentary” that collects your opinions and driving questions as calls to action that we can address together at the conference. We’re excited to work in equal partnership with you to build what Devon Cancilla, Conference Chair, has referred to most fittingly as the “conference of the people.” Most of all, we’re humbled and honored to have the opportunity to create this experience with you.
Please follow our plans and process in our video blog:
Best,
The OLC Innovate 2017 Program Team
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Program Chair Angela Gunder, The University of Arizona |
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Engagement Chair Jessica Knott, Michigan State University |
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MERLOT Program Advisor Jane Moore, MERLOT |
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OLC Program Advisor Jill Buban, OLC |
