Who should present or participate?
The Learning Ideas Conference: Innovations in Learning and Technology for the Workplace and Higher Education encourages anyone with an interest in workplace learning or higher education from any perspective to submit, including researchers; learning and development professionals; faculty members; user experience designers; consultants; technologists; corporate trainers, managers, and directors; and others.
Our 2025 conference is planned to include both virtual and in-person presentations.
See our Call for Proposals topics below and also the specific information page about our IGIP Special Session on Engineering Education, created in partnership with IGIP, the International Society for Engineering Pedagogy. Proposals are due by 6:00 PM Eastern time on December 9, 2024.
The conference proceedings will be published as a book/ebook by Springer and submitted to SCOPUS and other major indexing systems.
Bringing together researchers, practitioners, and others
The Learning Ideas Conference will include a conference proceedings with an ISBN number with published papers, though papers are not required of presenters. The conference proceedings will be published as a book/ebook by Springer. The proceedings book is planned to be indexed by SCOPUS, DBLP, EI Compendex, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST), and SCImago, and submitted for consideration in Web of Science. Papers will also be eligible for expansion into a journal article for iJAC, the International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning.
Conference topics and formats
The Learning Ideas Conference looks for proposals in a variety of engaging formats, with a strong focus on demonstrations, case studies, panel discussions, and debates, as well as traditional presentations. Innovative and nontraditional suggestions are very welcome!
Suggested topics:
The Learning Ideas Conference brings together researchers, practitioners, consultants, technologists, administrators, and others who are interested in new approaches to learning. Potential proposal topic areas include, but are not at all limited to, the following:
Innovative learning experiences: Case studies and demos
Uses of artificial intelligence, including generative AI, ChatGPT, and any other uses of AI, in higher education or workplace learning
New technologies in learning and performance: AR, VR, the Metaverse, holograms, adaptive learning methods, and more
Learning analytics
Learning methodologies: Collaborative learning/communities of practice, simulations, MOOCs, informal learning, performance support, many more
Studies of the effectiveness of learning experiences
Diversity, equity, and inclusion in learning
Teaching decision-making and critical thinking skills
Learning experiences to prepare people for the workforce
Organizational learning strategies
Lifelong learning
Learning and (and in) the metaverse
Digital transformation of the classroom
Museum exhibit design and development
Hybrid (online/in-person) approaches to learning
Accessible and inclusive learning and technology
Content creation, authoring tools, and platforms
Video creation: scripting, production, and related areas
Evaluation of learning experiences
Online learning strategies for organizations and universities
Educational research
Cognitive science research
Specific research studies
Related areas: user experience design, new technologies, learning cultures, e-learning project management, talent development, and others!