Call for Proposals

Digital Learning Symposium 2026 banner: From Access to Achievement - Driving Student Success with Digital Learning

This year’s theme, From Access to Achievement: Driving Student Success with Digital Learning, explores how digital learning can transform access into meaningful engagement, support, and quality learning experiences.

We welcome presentations that share successful strategies, creative approaches, and practical insights that colleagues can apply to enhance teaching, learning, and student success. Whether you’ve redesigned a course, implemented an innovative technology, improved accessibility, or developed a strategy that positively impacted students, we’d love to hear from you.

Presentation Information:

  • Presentation Length: 50 minutes (including Q&A)
  • Presenters: Individual or co-presenters welcome
  • Format: Live online via Zoom

Proposal Deadline: Friday, September 18 at 5 p.m.


Submit a proposal in one of the following areas:

AI & the Future of Teaching

Explore how artificial intelligence is transforming teaching, learning, assessment, and faculty productivity while promoting innovation and academic integrity.

  • Academic integrity
  • AI-enhanced learning
  • Authentic assessment
  • Faculty productivity and innovation

Innovation & Emerging Models

Showcase innovative instructional models and pathways that expand access, strengthen workforce readiness, and reimagine how students learn and earn credentials.

  • Alternative pathways
  • Competency-based education
  • HyFlex learning
  • Microcredentials
  • Workforce-aligned learning

Leadership & Strategy

Share strategies for leading digital learning initiatives through effective planning, organizational change, and a culture of continuous innovation.

  • Building a culture of innovation
  • Change management
  • Scaling digital learning

Quality, Accessibility & Student Success

Highlight approaches that create equitable, accessible, and high-quality learning experiences through Universal Design for Learning, accessibility best practices, Quality Matters, and inclusive course design.

  • Accessibility compliance
  • Inclusive course design
  • Quality Matters
  • Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Student Engagement & Belonging

Share practical strategies that foster community, increase student engagement, and improve persistence through active learning, student readiness, and targeted support interventions.

  • Active learning strategies and interactive course design
  • Building community online
  • Early alerts and student/faculty support
  • Humanizing digital learning
  • Learning analytics
  • Retention interventions
  • Student readiness for the digital learning experience
  • Supporting underserved learners


Questions about your submission? Email us at [email protected].

Timeline:

Proposal Deadline │ September 18, 2026

Notification of Proposal Acceptance │ October 2, 2026

Digital Learning Symposium │ November 5–6, 2026 (Virtual Event)

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