Learning Opportunities

This page contains a listing of professional learning opportunities beyond North Island College including conferences, workshops, webinars and other learning experiences for faculty. Kennesaw State University keeps a fairly up to date directory of many teaching and learning conferences. 

LISTINGS OF ALL WORLDWIDE OFFERINGS

• Searchable Directory of 1900 + professional development events: Contact North Page

Regional LIlly (Teaching and Learning) Conferences | 2024

• Learn More: https://www.lillyconferences.com/

BCcampus Offerings | ongoing

• Theme: Various Topics
• Cost: Many are free, some low cost
• Learn More: https://bccampus.ca/events/

ITLC Conference on advancing teaching and learning | October 9-11, 2024

• Location: October 9 – 11 in person in Traverse City, Michigan
• Cost: $585 US
• Learn More: https://www.lillyconferences-mi.com/ 

Educause Annual Conference | october 21-24, 2024

• Location: October 21 – 24 in person in San Antonio, Texas | November 13-14 Online
• Cost: https://events.educause.edu/annual-conference/registration
• Learn More: https://events.educause.edu/annual-conference/2024

teaching professor online Conference | october 22-24, 2024

• Location: October 22 – 24 all online
• Cost: $499 US
• Learn More: https://www.magnapubs.com/tpoc/

International society for the scholarship of teaching and learning – ISSOTL24 | october 28 – 31, 2024

• Theme: Recognizing Impact and Reinvigorating Practice (International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning)
• Location: Indiana University Bloomington, French Lick Resort
• Cost: TBD
• Learn More: https://issotl.com/issotl24/

Wayi Wah! Building Stronger Education Systems Through Indigenous-Informed Pedagogies and Anti-Racist Education | November 5, 2024

• Theme: Indigenous Learning
• Location: Royal Roads University, Vancouver Island
• Time: 10 am – 2 pm (includes free lunch)
• Cost: Free! to first 200 people
• Learn More: https://bccampus.ca/event/wayi-wah-building-stronger-education-systems-through-indigenous-informed-pedagogies-and-anti-racist-education/

Online learning consortium (OLC) accelerate | November 18-21, 2024

• Theme: Accelerating Online Learning Worldwide
• Location: Orlando, Florida
• Cost: $1175
• Learn More: https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/attend-2024/accelerate/

Ai cademy: Canada Summit for Post-Secondary EduCAtion

• Theme: Artificial Intelligence
• Location: Calgary, Alberta
• Cost: Early Bird – $975 CDN
• Learn More: https://higheredstrategy.com/expression-of-interest/

National Great Teachers Movement

• Theme: Various Topics
• Location: Various all over US and Canada
• Learn More: https://ngtm.net/

VCC Teaching, Learning, and Research Symposium | March TBD, 2025

• Theme: TBD
• Location: TBD
• Cost: TBD
• Learn More: https://ctlr.vcc.ca/teaching-and-learning/teaching-learning-and-research-symposium/

American Association of Community Colleges conference | APRIL TBD, 2025

• Theme: TBD
• Location: TBD
• Cost: https://aaccannual.com/fees.cfm
• Learn More: https://aaccannual.com/

conference on general education, pedagogy and assessment | april TBD, 2025

• Location: TBD
• Cost: TBD
• Learn More: https://www.aacu.org/event/conference-on-general-education-pedagogy-and-assessment

Online learning consortium (OLC) Innovate | april TBD , 2025 

• Theme: TBD
• Location: TBD
• Cost: TBD
• Learn More: https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/attend-2024/innovate/

Learning and the Brain – Conference – Future-Ready Brains | april TBD, 2025 

• Theme: TBD
• Location: TBD
• Learn More: https://www.learningandthebrain.com/conference-512/future-ready-brains/

University of Calgary Conference on post-secondary learning and teaching | April TBD, 2025

• Theme: TBD
• Location: TBD
• Cost: https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/conference/registration
• Learn More: https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/conference

15th Annual University of waterloo Teaching and learning conference | may TBD, 2025

• Location: TBD University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
• Cost: TBD
• Learn More: https://uwaterloo.ca/uw-teaching-and-learning-conference/

ETUG (BC Educational Tech Users Group) | may TBD, 2025

• Theme: TBD
• Location: TBD
• Cost: TBD
• Learn More: https://etug.ca/spring-workshop-2024-digital-literacy-today-save-the-date/

Thompson-okanagan teaching and learning conference | may 13 + 14, 2025

• Theme: TBD
• Location: Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC
• Cost: TBD
• Learn More:

Faculty Development Summer Institute | May TBD, 2025

• Theme: Explorations of Active Learning in Higher Education
• Location: University of Prince Edward Island, PEI
• Cost: TBD
• Learn More: https://sites.google.com/upei.ca/event/home

The 2025 Teaching Professor Annual conference | June TBD, 2025

• Location: TBD
• Cost: https://www.magnapubs.com/teaching-professor-conference/pricing-registration/
• Learn More: https://www.magnapubs.com/teaching-professor-conference/

Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education | June 10-13, 2025 

• Theme: TBD
• Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
• Cost: Coming Soon
• Learn More: https://www.stlhe.ca/conferences/2025-stlhe-conference/ 

national higher education teaching conference 2024 | June 2025 TBD

• Theme: TBD
• Location: TBD
• Cost: TBD
• Learn More: https://nhetc.acue.org/

grading conference – Higher Ed Focus | June TBD, 2025

• Theme: Grading
• Location: Online (8 am – 3 pm PST daily)
• Cost: TBD
• Learn More: https://thegradingconference.com/

D2L FUSION – brightspace | JuLY 21 – 23, 2025

• Theme: Create Your Learning Moment at Fusion
• Location: Savannah, Georgia
• Cost: approx. $850 USD for In-Person, Free for On-Demand
• Learn More: https://www.d2l.com/fusion/

2024 conference on engaged learning | JuLY TBD, 2025

• Location: Elon University, Elon, North Carolina
• Cost: $150 USD
• Learn More: https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/conferences/2024-conference-on-engaged-learning/

Improving University Teaching | JuLY TBD, 2025

• Theme: Foundations for the Future (50th Conferences) including topics: Foundational Concepts, Higher Education’s Purpose, Engaging Students, Advances in Assessment, Generative AI, Improving Institutional Professional Development, Future Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Research
• Location: University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Wisconsin + Online
• Cost: $225 Online + $475 in person
• Learn More: https://iutconference.com/

Health professions Educators Conference | August TBD, 2025

• Location: TBD
• Cost: $TBD
• Learn More: https://www.magnapubs.com/health-professions-educators-conference/