Overview

Ontario Tech University’s Mitch & Leslie Frazer Faculty of Education and the Centre for Digital Innovation in Education (CDIE) are pleased to host the Digital Innovation in Education Conference 2025. The conference is for professors, teachers, board innovators, librarians, administrators, and keen education students who want to share and learn about pedagogical innovation, structural innovation, digital innovation, and teaching for innovation. Over two days, participants will have the opportunity to actively learn through:

• Round table discussions,
  
• Research presentations and demonstrations, and
  
• Poster presentations.
  

Dates

• Friday, April 04, 2025, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (EST)
  • Evening Speaker: TBA, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m
• Saturday, April 05, 2025, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (EST)

Cost

• Advance registration (March 07, 2025), $250
• Full registration, $325
• Student, $50
• Presenter, $175

Note: A registration link will be shared soon.

Benefits

• Both in-person and online opportunities
• Event attendees receive a certificate of participation
• Access to select presenter articles and resources through the Journal of Digital Life & Learning

Key Areas of Focus

Our presenters and workshop guides will share their insight into a wide range of topics, with each aligning with the following themes:

• Pedagogical Innovation: Such as inquiry, play, discovery, making, and design thinking. Or innovation in experiential, project-based, and problem-finding/solving types of learning.
• Structural Innovation: Such as learning spaces reimagined, makerspaces, living labs, and experimental classrooms. Or, hyFlex, blended/hybrid, and virtual labs experiences.
• Digital Innovation: Such as artificial Intelligence, augmented/virtual/mixed realities, wearables/ biometrics, and smart devices (Internet of Things), and assistive technologies.
• Teaching for Innovation: Such as developing innovation skills and mindsets in Kindergarten to adult education—including teacher education and the creation of module/online resources.

If you are interested in becoming a presenter, please complete the following form by February 16, 2025: Call for Presenters Form