11th Annual Sloan Consortium Blended Learning Conference and Workshop

A conference devoted to the purposeful, strategic and comprehensive approach to blended teaching and learning.

http://sloanconsortium.org/conference/2014/blended/welcome

How do we improve student learning? How do we support our students and provide them access to a quality education? How do we develop new opportunities and overcome our limited resources?

Institutions of higher education around the world are using blended learning to enhance student learning, facilitate student access, meet instructional and institutional goals, and find solutions for diminishing resources. Faculty members and instructional designers use the blended mode to enrich teaching and learning. Administrators strategically incorporate blended programs in order to help fulfill their institutions' missions and goals. Students draw on blended offerings to take advantage of the flexibility and to improve their time to degree.

Join your colleagues at the 11th Annual Sloan Consortium Blended Learning Conference and Workshop as we problem-solve, exchange ideas, and explore effective strategies about blended learning. The conference provides the opportunity for instructors and faculty members, instructional designers, student advisors, administrative leaders, and researchers to share best practices, strategic considerations, models of practice, and challenges revealed through our experiences in practice and research.

Attendees will be able to attend two days of sessions including interactive workshops, information sessions, poster sessions, a plenary session, and a keynote address, all focused on instructional practices, academic planning, faculty development, and assessment/evaluation.

The Sloan Consortium Blended Learning Conference and Workshop provides the opportunity for attendees to engage with one another throughout this conference sharing information and ideas. As an attendee, you and your institution will benefit from this highly interactive conference as well as become a part of the Sloan-C blended community through membership opportunities, publications, online courses, and more.

Call for Presentations (deadline extended to February 24th!):

The Sloan Consortium invites you to submit a proposal for the 11th Annual Sloan Consortium Blended Learning Conference and Workshop, to be held July 8-9, 2014 at the Sheraton Denver Downtown in Denver, Colorado.

The theme for 2014 is Blended Learning: Pathways to Student Success. 

This year’s Blended Learning Conference & Workshop Tracks are meant to incorporate three major, cross-cutting themes in blended education: 1) best practices, 2) research and evaluation, and, 3) innovation and experimentation. Proposal submissions should explicitly address at least one of these three themes, regardless of the track for which they are intended.  Proposals focusing on blended learning research (including research design, methods, and/or results) are strongly encouraged in each of the four tracks listed below.

• Blended Models and Course Design
• Institutional Leadership and Strategy
• Faculty Development & Student Support
• Teaching & Learning Effectiveness 

Submit Proposals at: 

http://sloanconsortium.org/conference/2014/blended/call-for-presentations

• Proposals due by February 24, 2014
• Notification of acceptance by March 21, 2014
• Deadline for presenters to accept is April 4, 2014
• Presentation schedule posted to the website by April 11, 2014
• Early Bird registration deadline is May 8, 2014
• Final date for abstract edits is May 8, 2014
• Full presentation submission for conference proceedings by July 1, 2014