Program Innovation Track

Creativity, open mindedness, and willingness to think outside the box are attributes for which professional, continuing, and online education are widely recognized. Simultaneously, there exists a growing need for entrepreneurial ideas to serve our world’s changing demographics and workforce demands; the link between higher education and the demand for inspiring innovations made clear. The Program Innovation track seeks presentations which reflect the creative thought and practice that have created positive change not just within professional, continuing, and online units, but also within the larger campus and the community. 

Sessions should not only share these ideas, but also present them in equally innovative ways. Presentations should be engaging, practical and equip attendees with the ability to look at their current challenges and begin to find new solutions. Use your imagination!

Presentations involving multiple organizations and international partners, as well as content which may be scaled or optimized by attendees from a wide range of institutions and credit-bearing scenarios (credit, noncredit, alternative credential, etc.) are strongly encouraged.

Proposals for this track may include (but are not limited to) the following topics:

    • Program innovation in professional, continuing, or online education
    • Efforts to successfully expand access
    • Innovative noncredit programming
    • New approaches to credentialing
    • Program management, administration, and leadership, particularly examples of financial and/or operational successes
    • Program development, from idea to execution, specifically with an eye toward policy
    • Partnerships and collaborations
    • Organizational structure and influence on programmatic design, efficacy
    • Assessment and metrics


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