July 22, 2025, 9:00 - 11:00 AM PT
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As noted in the 2024 COLO Competency Research (Frederickson, Simunich, & Uranis, 2024) and the Chief Online Learning Officers’ Guidebook (Widmer & Cavanagh, eds., 2025), Chief Online Learning Officers (COLOs) must possess the skills to navigate complex situations and environments. Most leaders are not born with these skills naturally, but must curate them over the years through experiences and intentional interactions. Join the Council for Chief Online Learning Officers for this convening where we will discuss the following:
Topics:
Thriving in ambiguity
Identifying talent/ready for advancement in your team
Job descriptions and competencies/credentials
The importance of career ladders/positions
Reclassifications and working with HR
Identifying your own need for professional development
The 2025 Convening is the annual gathering of the Council for Chief Online Learning Officers (C-COLO). Attendance is free and limited to COLOs and Institutional Representatives registered for the 2025 Summit for Online Leadership and Administration. Each UPCEA member institution has the opportunity to identify a COLO to represent them in the Council. Registration for the Roundtable will close Monday, July 14.
COLOs:
Meet for peer-to-peer networking and to discuss issues related to leadership, strategy, management, and public policy at the annual C-COLO convening.
Have access to special content focusing on the COLO perspective at UPCEA events such as the Summit for Online Leadership and Administration Conference, as well as the UPCEA Annual Conference.
Communicate via exclusive listserv and online community for COLOs to allow sharing of candid questions and comments with peers.
A Chief Online Learning Officer (COLO) is the decision-maker for an online enterprise (whether at the unit, college, or institutional level). COLOs are accountable to the online enterprise and make the decisions to advance the strategy, leadership, and vision of postsecondary online education. At the operational level, a COLO makes the critical path decisions for an online enterprise (e.g. technology, outsourcing strategic enrollment management vs. building internal teams, etc.). UPCEA recognizes there is diversity in such roles and decisions. COLOs are sometimes professional or continuing education deans with online in their portfolio, while others are solely focused on online learning.
For more information or for any questions please contact info@upcea.edu