Submissions

Open Date:	Friday, June 14, 2024 12:00:00 AM
Close Date:	Tuesday, July 30, 2024 5:00:00 PM
Time Zone:	Eastern Standard Time

Request for Proposals

UPCEA members are invited to propose content for 2025 Annual Conference concurrent sessions which reflect the varied areas of practice of the UPCEA community: leaders in professional, continuing, and online education. Especially of interest are presentations that are highly interactive in format, feature multiple presenters and institutions/organizations, and can address the needs of a wide range of institutional types and sizes, as well as diverse populations of credit and noncredit learners. 

 Proposals are due by July 29.

 

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Annual Conference Tracks

Concurrent sessions will be offered in the following tracks, which correspond to the key areas of practice that define online and professional education:

• Alternative Credentials 
• Business and Operations
• Community and Economic Engagement
• eDesign Collaborative 
• International
• Marketing, Enrollment, and Student Success
• Online Administration
• Program Planning and Implementation 

Due to high demand, members are limited to one concurrent session proposal per event.

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Essential Elements

• Proposals are expected to highlight a deeply relevant topic and to explore trends and developments in our field, share best practices and innovative solutions, and/or examine controversial ideas which evoke debate and discussion.
• Proposals will offer learning outcomes/goals, a clear plan to engage the audience, and denote an anticipated presentation “level” (i.e. foundational, applied, or strategic).
• Presenters must be current members of UPCEA, either institutional or corporate. Proposals by corporate members must include a current institutional member as co-presenter. Information about UPCEA membership is found here.
• Proposals must include complete contact information for all presenters.
• Proposals which do not meet the above elements will be considered incomplete and will not be reviewed.

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Selection Process

• Proposals will be selected to ensure the program offers a comprehensive, noncommercial, objective, and diverse content. Attention will be given to diversity of institutions, presenters and geographic location. Note: due to demand, members are limited to one concurrent session proposal per event. 
• UPCEA reserves the right to revise presentation titles, reassign the proposed track, or edit the session description of selected presentations for promotional and program publications.
• There will be approximately 70 concurrent sessions, typically 60 minutes in length. Digital copies of presentation materials will be collected from presenters in advance of the conference for dissemination via the event platform and/or mobile app.  

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Timeline

• June 17:    Request for Proposals announced
• July 29:   Proposals due (extended from July 22)
• Late Sept: Selected proposals notified
• October 18: Speaker registration priority deadline

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Questions? Please contact Jacqueline Romero, jromero@upcea.edu

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