CFP (Conference): 2024 Digital Pedagogy Institute (Proposals due 04/19/24)
The call for proposals for the 2024 Digital Pedagogy Institute (DPI) is now open. The goal of DPI 2024 is to create a virtual space that allows participants to explore diverse approaches to digital pedagogy from a variety of perspectives, including those of undergraduate/graduate students, faculty, librarians, educational developers, and technologists. Proposals are due by April 19, 2024. The conference is scheduled for August 13-15, 2024.
The Call for Proposals for the 2024 Digital Pedagogy Institute (DPI) is now open. At this year’s DPI, our goal is to create a virtual space that allows participants to explore diverse approaches to digital pedagogy from a variety of perspectives, including those of undergraduate/graduate students, faculty, librarians, educational developers, and technologists.
Our streams for this year’s conference include:
- Critical Ideologies and Digital Pedagogy: How do we question and challenge dominant beliefs and practices in the field of Digital Pedagogy? What underlying approaches and questions should we engage with more deeply? How can our pedagogical practices help support new educational priorities and social change?
- Digital (de)colonialism: How have digital pedagogy techniques and tools helped instructors and students address anti-racist and decolonization practices in their curriculum and research? What are the challenges and opportunities? Do you have any best practices to share?
- Inclusivity, Accessibility, and Digital Pedagogy: Issues related to inclusivity and accessibility are at the forefront of Digital Pedagogy. What barriers have you encountered in your research and practice? How have you resolved them? What barriers remain? This is an opportunity to reflect on and share frameworks and best practices that have helped to reduce pedagogical barriers and integrate digital pedagogy approaches.
- Sustainability, Renewability, and Environmental Costs in the digital sphere: Digital pedagogy is not immune to environmental critique. There are environmental impacts associated with generating the power and equipment needed to support digital initiatives. How should we reconcile the benefits of digital pedagogy with its environmental costs? Can digital pedagogy proponents be good environmental stewards?
- Digital Pedagogy and the Post-Truth society: It is becoming increasingly difficult to navigate what is real and what is true. How can Digital Pedagogy help instructors and students to navigate issues related to digital literacy, data ethics, artificial intelligence, social media influences, etc.
- Digital Pedagogy and Emerging Technologies: This new stream delves into the dynamic intersection of digital pedagogy and emerging technologies in higher education. It focuses on how digital tools and innovative technologies like artificial intelligence, big data, and immersive technologies (virtual reality, augmented reality, etc.) are reshaping teaching and learning experiences. The discussions will cover strategies for integrating these technologies into academic curricula, impacts and implications, and challenges of ensuring equitable access and ethical use.
- Formats
Presentations – 20 minute synchronous sessions presenting papers or presentations on projects, initiatives, and/or case studies related to one of the conference streams, with time for Q&A.
Tool demos/workshops – 30 minute or 60 minute interactive demonstrations of innovative or new tools that you have integrated or are thinking of integrating into your teaching.
Important Dates
Please fill out the CFP form by April 19th, 2024: https://forms.gle/hZBjF7hrcj3FYRQB7
Questions?
Please contact Steering Committee Co-Chairs, Paulina Rousseau, at paulina.rousseau@utoronto.ca, or Timothy Ireland, at tireland@uwaterloo.ca, or Cheryl Lepard, head of CfP committee at cheryl.lepard@utoronto.ca should you have any questions.
Registration: Please stay tuned for registration information via the website and email.