External Teaching Conferences | Educational Developers Cookbook

This page is a list of external conferences on various themes on teaching and learning in higher education across North America and Internationally.

Educational Developers attend various conferences both at home and abroad. Our conference reports offer reflections, insights, and lessons learned from these events.

Canadian Conferences

Upcoming Canadian Teaching and Learning Conferences 2017-2018

June 20 – June 23, 2017
STLHE Annual Conference: Gateways in Higher Education
The higher education institutions of Halifax are pleased to be hosting the 37th Annual Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education conference. Our conference theme is Gateways in Higher Education: Cultures, Transitions and Transformations / Passerelle dans l’enseignement supérieur : cultures, transitions et transformations. Call for proposals are now open. Join the conversation on Twitter or email for information >> stlhe2017@smu.ca.

May 16 & June 1 (online); June 23-25, 2017 (in person) Educational Developers Caucus (EDC) Institute This year’s Institute is offered in a blended format with two online webinars (60-90 minutes) scheduled for May 16 and June 1 and an intensive face-to-face (F2F) workshop June 23-25. The F2F meeting will take place at the end of the STLHE conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia beginning at 3pm on the Friday and concluding at 1 pm on the Sunday. Online & Halifax, NS

April 26 - 28, 2017 IABL 2017: International Association for Blended Learning
2nd World Conference on Blended Learning
Toronto, ON

April 19 - April 20, 2017: HEQCO Rethinking access: When non-traditional is the new normal
Toronto, ON

American Conferences

Upcoming American Teaching and Learning Conferences 2017 - 2018

April 5 - April 7, 2017 OLC Innovate 2017: Innovations in Blended and Online Learning New Orleans, LA
April 21-23, 2017 Institute on Sophomore Student Success Columbia, SC

June 1 – June 4, 2017 Lilly International Conference on College and University Teaching and Learning Bethesda, MD
June 2 - June 4, 2017 The Teaching Professor Conference St. Louis, MO

July 28-30, 2017 Institute on Developing and Sustaining First Year Seminars Savannah, GA

September 24-27, 2017 Quality Matters: 9th Annual Conference on Quality Assurance in Online Learning Fort Worth, TX

October 31-November 3, 2017 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference Philadelphia, PA

January 4-6, 2018 Lilly National Conference on College and University Teaching and Learning "Lilly-Austin"
January 24-27, 2018 Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 2018 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
February 15-17, 2018 General Education and Assessment: Design Thinking for Student Learning AAC&U, Philadelphia, PA
March 22-24, 2018 Diversity, Learning, and Student Success AAC&U, San Diego, CA

International Conferences

Upcoming International Teaching and Learning Conferences 2016-2017

June 26-June 28, 2017
Connecting Higher Education: International Perspectives on Research-Based Education
London, U.K.

Past Teaching and Learning Conferences

Thurs. Jan. 5 – Sat. Jan. 7, 2017
Lilly National Conference on College and University Teaching and Learning “Lilly-Austin”
ITEC, Austin, Texas
January 10-11, 2017: 16th Annual CCTL Conference on Teaching and Learning
2017 CCTL Conference Theme "Cooperative and Collaborative Learning"
Niagara University, Lewiston, NY