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. 

BCcampus Offerings | ongoing

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

DIGITAL PEDAGOGY LAB | February 18 – 20, 2025

• Theme: Critical digital pedagogies
• Location: In-person at Kwantlen Polytechnic University
• Cost: $750 CDN
• Learn More: https://dpl.bccampus.ca/

Pedagogy without borders: New frontiers of teaching and technology | February 19, 2025

• Theme: Technology
• Location: Online
• Cost: Free
• Learn More: https://pedagogywithoutborders.sched.com/about 

VCC Teaching, Learning, and Research Symposium | March 3 – 4, 2025

• Theme: Teaching and Learning with Heads, Hands, and Hearts
• Location: Online
• Cost: Free!
• Learn More: https://ctlr.vcc.ca/teaching-and-learning/teaching-learning-and-research-symposium/

Ai cademy: Canada Summit for Post-Secondary EduCAtion | March 6 – 7, 2025

• Theme: Artificial Intelligence
• Location: Calgary, Alberta
• Cost: $1000 CDN
• Learn More: https://site.pheedloop.com/event/HESAaicademy/home

EPORTFOLIO MATTERS DAY (KPU) | March 17, 2025

• Theme: ePortfolios in Post-Secondary Education
• Location: Richmond, British Columbia
• Cost: Free
• Learn More: PDF

Online learning consortium (OLC) Innovate | april 1 – 4, 2025 

• Theme: The Rhythm of Innovation: Hitting the High Notes in Digital Education
• Location: Nashville, TN
• Cost: TBD
• Learn More: https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/attend-2025/innovate/

conference on Learning and Student Success (CLASS) | april 3 – 5, 2025

• Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico and Online
• Cost: TBD
• Learn More: https://www.aacu.org/event/class

American Association of Community Colleges conference | APRIL 12 – 16, 2025

• Theme: Rhythm of Student Success
• Location: Nashville, TN
• Cost: https://aaccannual.com/fees.cfm
• Learn More: https://www.aaccannual.com/

University of Calgary Conference on post-secondary learning and teaching | April 28 – 30, 2025

• Theme: Reassessing Assessment in Postsecondary Education
• Location: Calgary, AB (fully in-person)
• Cost: https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/conference/schedule#travel-information
• Learn More: https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/conference

15th Annual University of waterloo Teaching and learning conference | April 30 – May 1, 2025

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

SETTL 2025: Symposium on emerging technology in teaching and learning | May 9, 2025

• Location: KPU Richmond Conference Centre ( 8771 Lansdowne Rd, Richmond, BC)
• Cost: TBD
• Learn More: TBD

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

• Theme: Scholarly Teaching and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Evidencing our Practice
• Location: Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC
• Cost: Early-bird $50
• Learn More: https://totlc.opened.ca/

ETUG (BC Educational Tech Users Group) | may 22 – 23, 2025

• Theme: “Show Me How You Did It: Getting Back to Hands-On in EdTech”
• Location: UBC, Vancouver
• Cost: TBD
• Learn More: https://etug.ca/spring-workshop-2025-workshop-description/

Faculty Development Summer Institute | May 26 – 29, 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 6 – 8, 2025

• Location: Washington, DC
• 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/ 

grading conference – Higher Ed Focus | June 11 – 13, 2025

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

national higher education teaching conference 2025 | June 13 – 14, 2025

• Theme: Accelerating Student Success and Belonging
• Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Cost: TBD
• Learn More: https://nhetc.acue.org/

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/

Improving University Teaching | JuLY 16-18, 2025

• Theme: Redefining Education
• Location: University of Westminster, London, UK
• Cost: Check website
• Learn More: https://iutconference.com/

ITLC Conference on advancing teaching and learning | October TBD, 2025

• Location: 
• Cost: $585 US
• Learn More: https://www.lillyconferences-mi.com/ 

Regional LIlly (Teaching and Learning) Conferences | 2024

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

teaching professor online Conference | octobeR TBD, 2025

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

Educause Annual Conference | october TBD, 2025

• Location:
• Cost: https://events.educause.edu/annual-conference/registration
• Learn More: https://events.educause.edu/annual-conference/2024

International society for the scholarship of teaching and learning – ISSOTL25 | NOVEMBER 3 – 6, 2025

• Theme: Recognizing Impact and Reinvigorating Practice (International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning)
• Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
• Cost: TBD
• Learn More: https://issotl.com/issotl25/

Online learning consortium (OLC) accelerate | November TBD, 2025

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

innovations in Education conference | December TBD, 2025

• Theme: Creating Belonging Through Inclusive and Accessible Learning Experiences
• Location: Online via McMaster University
• Cost: 
• Learn More: TBD