Call for Proposals
Now Accepting Proposals for 45-Minute Concurrent Sessions
We want you! We’re seeking innovative and passionate instructional design professionals to submit a proposal to present a 45-minute concurrent session at our 2026 virtual conference.
Submitting a proposal is easy! Simply fill out the form and select the track that best fits.
All proposals must include:
- Session title and abstract
- Content and context
- Three literature references
- Relevance
- Engagement activities
Proposal Submission Deadline
May 18, 2026
Acceptance Notifications sent by
June 15, 2026
Conference Live Online
August 18, 2026
Tracks
Faculty Engagement & Retention
Sessions in this track explore strategies for supporting faculty throughout their careers, balancing academic demands, and fostering long-term engagement. Topics include retention strategies, overcoming burnout, faculty motivation, and reenergizing educators to sustain their passion for teaching and scholarship
Assessing and Measuring Faculty Development Impact
How do we measure the success of faculty development efforts? This track focuses on assessing faculty growth, evaluating professional development initiatives, and demonstrating impact. Topics include learning records, performance evaluation models, feedback strategies, and development planning
Advancing Teaching Excellence
This track focuses on how faculty developers guide educators in adopting evidence-based instructional strategies while supporting pedagogical innovation. Faculty developers will gain tools to help educators enhance their teaching effectiveness while staying at the forefront of instructional innovation. Topics include training faculty on universal design for learning (UDL), course redesign support, and data-informed teaching improvements, as well as introducing emerging teaching models, integrating technology, and fostering experimentation in the classroom
Leadership in Faculty Development
Strong leadership is essential for fostering a thriving academic environment. Sessions in this track focus on mentoring and coaching faculty, managing conflict, promoting inclusion and belonging, and building faculty collaboration. Topics also include strategic leadership in higher education, supporting faculty growth, and cultivating a positive institutional culture.
Building Innovative Faculty Development Programs
This track is designed for those responsible for developing, marketing, and delivering faculty training programs and resources. Sessions focus on creating effective workshops, scaling faculty development initiatives, leveraging digital tools, and designing impactful professional learning experiences that drive faculty success.
Special Topics in Faculty Development
Faculty development encompasses a broad range of responsibilities that don’t always fit neatly into traditional categories. This track includes emerging and interdisciplinary topics such as AI and technology in faculty development, trends and innovations, strategic planning, publishing scholarly work, and other topics that don’t quite fit within the other topic tracks.
Accepted Proposals
If accepted as a session presenter, you’ll make a meaningful contribution to this dynamic and interactive conference as well as extend your own network and grow professionally.
All presenters must:
- Submit an electronic version of their PowerPoint slides
- Agree to having the session recorded for on-demand use
- Register for the conference (discounted fee for presenters: $299.00)