Educational Technology Conferences 2016

This list of conferences was adapted from Clayton R. Wright‘s list of Educational Technology and Education conferences based on my own research interests. Don’t see a conference you are interested, see his original 90+ page document. Also be sure to check out the conferences websites to see if any details have changed.

December 2015                                                                                                    

January 2016

  • January 4-6, 2016 International Conference on Multimedia Modeling, 22nd. Hosted by the University of Central Florida. Miami, Florida, USA. http://www.eecs.ucf.edu/mmm2016/
  • January 4-7, 2016 International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN), 17th. Singapore. http://www.icdcn.org/
  • January 12-14, 2016 Using Educational Technologies to Improve Teaching and Learning. Organized by the Center for Learning Innovations and Customized Knowledge Solutions (CLICKS). Novotel Deira City Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. http://cli-cks.com/
  • January 13-15, 2016 Association for Talent Development (ATD, formerly the American Society for Training and Development, ASTD) TechKnowledge: Learning Technology Applied. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. http://www.tkconference.org/
  • January 13-15, 2016 Florida Educational Technology (FETC) Conference. Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, USA. http://www.fetc.org/
  • January 20, 2016. Aligning Your Teaching and Research. Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. http://www.thecasecentre.org/educators/casemethod/training/currentevents
  • January 20-23, 2016 British Educational Training and Technology Show (BETT). London, United Kingdom. http://www.bettshow.com/
  • January 29-30, 2016 Educon 2.7, (EduCon is both a conversation and a conference about education and technology.) Science Leadership Academy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. http://educonphilly.org
  • January 20-22, 2015 International Higher Education Teaching and Learning (HETL) Association and Scholarship of Teaching and Engagement (SoTE) Conference, 7th. Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah, USA. https://www.hetl.org/2015-hetl-sote-utah-conference/

February 2016

March 2016

April 2016

May 2016

  • May 2-4, 2016 Technologies for Development International Conference: From Innovation to Social Impact, 5th. Organized by the UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development. Lausanne, Switzerland. http://cooperation.epfl.ch/2016Tech4Dev
  • May 4-6, 2016 Assessment, Teaching and Learning Conference. Vancouver, Washington, USA. http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/college/e_assessment.aspx
  • May 7-12, 2016 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI): Crossings, 35th. Sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SUGGHI. San Jose, California, USA. http://chi2016.acm.org/wp/
  • May 8-10, 2016 The Higher Education Technology Agenda (THETA), biennial. Auckland, New Zealand. http://theta.edu.au/
  • May 9-11, 2016 International Conference on Networked Learning, 10th, biennial. Hosted by Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University. Lancaster House Hotel, Lancaster, United Kingdom. http://www.networkedlearningconference.org.uk/
  • May 9-12, 2016 International Conference on Communication and Mass Media, 14th, annual. Athens, Greece. http://www.atiner.gr/media.htm
  • May 10-12, 2016 United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) National Conference: Distance Learning – Hit It Out of the Park, 9th. St. Louis, Missouri, USA. https://www.usdla.org/
  • May 10-13, 2016 Multimedia Systems. Sponsored by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGMM. Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria. http://www.mmsys.org/
  • May 11-13, 2016 Qualitative Analysis Conference: Visual Research Methods and Visual Ethnographies, 34th, annual. Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. http://www.qualitatives.ca/
  • May 16-17, 2016 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) Academy, 7th, annual. University of Findlay, Findlay, Ohio, USA. https://www.findlay.edu/engagement/SoTL-Conf/Save-the-Date
  • May 18-21, 2016 International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, 12th. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA. http://www.icqi.org/
  • May 20-21, 2016 Open Access Symposium, 7th. University of North Texas Libraries, Fort Worth, Texas, USA. http://openaccess.unt.edu/symposium/2016
  • May 22-25, 2016 Association for Talent Development (ATD, formerly the American Society for Training and Development, ASTD) International Conference and Exposition: Content, Community, Global Perspectives. Denver, Colorado, USA.  http://www.atdconference.org/
  • May 26-27, 2016 European Association for Distance Learning (EADL): Our Future Online – Trends and Challenges in Distance Learning. Hilton Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus. http://www.eadl.org/ or http://www.eadl.org/conferences/forthcoming-eadl-conferences-2/
  • May 7-8, 2015 E-Learning Symposium. Hosted by the E-Learning Council, Austin, Texas, USA. http://els.elearningcouncil.com/e-learning-symposium-2015/
  • May 28-29, 2015 EdTech 2015: Educational Technology Conference of the Irish Learning Technology Association (ILTA). University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland. http://ilta.ie/edtech/edtech2015/

June 2016

July 2016

  • July 5-8, 2016 International Symposium on Knowledge and Cognitive Science and Technologies (KCST). Orlando, Florida. USA. http://www.iiis2016.org/wmsci/website/default.asp?vc=59
  • July 5-8, 2016 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) MobiHoc: Mobile Ad Hoc Networking
  • July 7-9, 2016 International Conference on Information Communication Technologies in Education (ICICTE). Rhodes, Greece. http://www.icicte.org/
  • July 11-29, 2016 (online), August 8-11 (on-site at Pennsylvania State University, USA), September 19-October 7 (project done online), November Open Learning Consortium pre-conference workshop. Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Learning (IELOL). http://coil.psu.edu/ielol/contact-us/
  • July 12-14, 2016 Blackboard BbWorld. The Venetian and The Palazzo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. http://www.bbworld.com/events/bbworld-2015/event-summary-2680701828f74b9ca8c021fe91c143a1.aspx
  • July 13-15, 2016 The Higher Education Conference: The Scholarship of Learning, Teaching and Organizing. Partnering with ECER and EARLI. Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. http://www.hec2016.org/
  • July 16-17, 2016 EduTeach: International Conference on Advances in Education, Teaching and Technology – Challenges and Issues in Technological Transformation. Organized by Unique Conferences Canada and the International Center for Research and Development. Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. http://www.educationconference.info/
  • July 18-22, 2016 EDUCAUSE Institute Leadership Program. Austin, Texas, USA. http://www.educause.edu/events/leadership-program
  • July 20-22, 2016 Building Learning Communities (BLC) Education Conference. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. http://novemberlearning.com/blc-education-conference-2016/
  • July 2016 Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Research Symposium, 7th. http://aect.or
  • August 1-3, 2016 Conference on Meaningful Living and Learning in a Digital World. Sponsored by the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration and the University of West Georgia. Savannah, Georgia, USA. http://meaningful.mozello.com/
  • August 1-4, 2016 Campus Technology Conference, 23rd annual. Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. http://www.campustechnologyconferences.com
  • August 1-4, 2016 DevCon5 – HTML5 and Mobile App Developer Conference: Learn, Design, Implement. New York University, New York City, New York, USA. http://www.html5report.com/conference/newyork/
  • August 1-4, 2016 eduWeb Conference (for higher education community involved in the design, development, marketing, strategy, and implementation of online presence), 11th, annual. Denver, Colorado, USA. http://www.eduwebconference.com/
  • August 4-7, 2016 American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention, 124th. Denver, Colorado, USA. http://www.apa.org/convention/
  • August 9-11, 2016 Distance Teaching and Learning, 32nd, annual. Monona Terrace Convention Center, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/ or https://dtlconference.wisc.edu/
  • August 22-26, 2016 European Educational Research Association (EERA): Leading Education – The Distinct Contributions of Educational Research and Researchers. University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. http://www.eera-ecer.de/ecer-2016-dublin/
  • August 31-September 3, 2016 European Higher Education Society (EAIR) Forum: Only Connect – Collaboration, Cooperation and Capacity Building through Higher Education Partnerships , 38th, annual. Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom. http://www.eairweb.org/forum2016/

September 2016

October 2016

  • October 15-19, 2016 Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM) Multimedia (MM) Conference, 24th. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. http://www.acmmm.org/2016/
  • October 17-21, 2016 Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention. Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. http://aect.site-ym.com/?futureevents
  • October 25-28, 2016 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference. Offered online and at Anaheim, California, USA. http://www.educause.edu/annual-conference/upcoming-annual-conference-dates-and-locations
  • October 26-28, 2016 International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) Blended and Online Learning Symposium. San Antonio Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA. http://www.inacol.org/events/future-conferences/
  • October 31-November 3, 2016 Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA) Education Summit: Open, Flexible, Distance Education and eLearning, biennial. Perth, Western Australia, Australia. https://odlaa.org/summit-2015/
  • October ? 2016 European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) Research Workshop: Challenges for Research into Open and Distance Learning – Doing Things Better, Doing Better Things. The 8th, biennial was previously held October 27-28, 2014 at Oxford, United Kingdom. http://www.eden-online.org/2014_oxford.html
  • October ? 2016 International Forum for Women in E-learning. Previously held December 3-5, 2014. Organized by the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA). Hotel Contessa on the Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas, USA. http://www.usdla.org/IFWE_2014_s/2002.htm

November 2016

December 2016

  • December ? 2016 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD), 8th. (Conference held approximately every 18 months.) Last held May 15-18, 2015 and was hosted by Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. http://ictdconference.org/

January 2017

March 2017

  • March 5-9, 2017 Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference, 28th. Austin, Texas, USA. http://site.aace.org/conf/

June 2017

  • June ? 2017 International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL): Exploring the Material Conditions of Learning – Opportunities and Challenges for CSCL, 11th biennial, was held June 7-11, 2015 in Gothenburg, Sweden. http://www.isls.org/cscl2015/
  • June ? 2017 International Conference on Communities and Technologies, 8th, biennial. Previously held June 27-30, 2015 in Limerick, Ireland. http://comtech.community/

July 2017

  • July 4-7, 2017 International Conference on Excellence, Creativity, and Innovation in Basic and Higher Education: Excellence in Education and Psychology – Creativity, Innovation Challenge, 14th. Paris, France. http://www.icieconference.net/
  • July 17-22, 2017 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), 18th. Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. http://www.hci.international/ or http://2016.hci.international/

October 2017

  • October 17-19, 2017 International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) World Conference, 27th. Hosted by Contact North. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. http://contactnorth.ca/icde2017/ or http://www.icde.org/
  • October 17-20, 2017 World Conference on E-Learn. Organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. http://www.aace.org/conf/