The Innovation in Teaching Conference highlights innovative teaching practices among educators. During this one-day conference, we ask you to share and take away ideas that address the "what's next" pushing us to strive for excellence in education.

Innovative Ideas

Learn new and evolving educational practices across diverse settings. We encourage our presenters think outside the box, and as a result these presentations push the envelope of what's possible in education.

Innovative Format

Each session packs information and tools into "bundles" of four 10-minute presentations, maximizing your exposure to new teaching practices. Our schedule also allows you to network with other innovative educators. You will leave feeling energized with new ideas to share with your colleagues, and new connections to continue to drive your educational innovations.

Keynote Speaker: Chris Dede

Chris Dede is the Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at Harvard's Graduate School of Education. His fields of scholarship include emerging technologies, policy, and leadership. Dede has served as a member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Foundations of Educational and Psychological Assessment, a member of the U.S. Department of Education's Expert Panel on Technology, and a member of the 2010 National Education's Technology Plan Technical Working Group. In addition to multiple other memberships and leadership positions, he leads the adult-capacity-building strand of the Reaching Every Reader initiative at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dede is an author of multiple books, including: Scaling Up Success: Lessons Learned from Technology-based Educational Improvement, Digital Teaching Platforms: Customizing Classroom Learning for Each Student, Teacher Learning in the Digital Age: Online Professional Development in STEM Education, and Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Realities in Education.

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Proposals

No teaching innovation should be considered too small for a proposal! This conference is an opportunity for educators to share what they consider to be an interesting innovation in their own teaching. Our submission window for proposals has now closed, but there is still time to register and plan your submission for next year's conference.

Emerging SoTL Award

The Center for Teaching and Learning will recognize up to three proposals for the Emerging SOTL Scholar Award. Thank you to CTL for their partnership with the Innovation in Teaching Conference!

Be a Partner

For a $1,000 sponsorship, our conference partners receive recognition on our website, in our program, and throughout the conference. This is a great way to directly reach professionals in higher education across disciplines who appreciate new and innovative thinking in the classroom.

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