
SUNY Welcome and Opening Session
This session will begin with welcoming remarks from the SUNY Provost. Highlights from digital innovation initiatives across the SUNY Provost’s Office will be provided. Specific updates will be shared from SUNY Online, including the state of online education in SUNY, how services are evolving to support the new Digital Learning Environment, accomplishments of the past […]

Supporting Online Coaching at SUNY
DAY 1: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 11:30AM – 12:30PM Supporting Online Coaching at SUNY: Exploring Academic & Learning Outcomes for Online Students This session will present findings from the MDRC/SUNY research project on online student coaching, exploring how different coaching models impact student success at three SUNY campuses. Attendees will gain valuable insights into effective […]

Recognition: Effective Online Practices Showcase 2025
DAY 1: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 1:30PM – 2:30PM The intention of a “community of practice” is to share what you know for the benefit of all in the community. The SUNY Effective Online Practices Award Program collects, shares, and showcases the online best practices, strategies, and innovative online teaching and learning activities of exemplary […]

Workshop: Kelly Hermann – Building an Accessibility Strategy
DAY 1: February 26, 2025Time: 2:45PM – 5:45PM Building an Accessibility Strategy . . . One Candy at a Time Wait, did you read that right? Does it actually say “building an accessibility strategy one candy at a time?” It sure does! There is a lot that we can learn from candies that are commercially […]

Unsession
DAY 2: Thursday, Februray 27, 2025 10:15PM – 11:15PM Share a mini presentation! Show, demo, or talk about your own innovation, best practice, cool tool, project, program, initiative, or idea (in online course design, instructional technology, online faculty development) in 3-minutes, or less. Please add your name and a bulleted list/summary of what you plan […]

Online Learner Panel 2025
DAY 2: Thursday, February 27, 2025 11:30AM – 12:30PM This session will feature online learners from various SUNY campuses who will share their experiences and observations as online students. Co- Moderators: Susan Warner,SUNY Online Student Supports/Success Project Manager Dr. Michele Forte, Associate Professor & Mentor in Community and Human Services, SUNY Empire State University. Profile […]

Panel: Accelerated Online Learning: Insights from Faculty, Staff & Students
DAY 2: Wednesday, February 27, 2025 1:30AM – 2:30PM This session will feature accelerated online course models from various SUNY campuses who will share their experiences and perspectives. Our dynamic panel features a faculty member, instructional designer, director of online learning, academic advisor, student support coach and a student who will share their firsthand experience. […]

Recognition: Online Teaching Ambassadors
Day 2: Thursday, February 27, 2025 2:30PM – 3:30PM SUNY Online Teaching Ambassadors have been nominated by their campus for this recognition as exemplary online educators, who are both enthusiastic and effective in online teaching, and honored for their positive contributions to the field of online teaching in SUNY. Each honoree will receive a certificate […]

Michelle Singh: Adapting to Innovation
DAY 2: Thursday, February 27, 2025 3:45PM – 4:45PM Adapting to Innovation: Strategy and Capacity Building for AI and Beyond There is one constant in innovation: change. New technology-influenced opportunities are consistently introduced in our ever-evolving society. How an institution assesses readiness for adoption and strategically considers the pathway for implementation of new innovations is […]

Kathe Pelletier: CHLOE 9 Report
DAY 3 : February 28, 2025 Time 9:15AM – 10:15AM The Changing Landscape of Online Education (CHLOE) Report The ninth installment of the Changing Landscape of Online Education (CHLOE) report, produced by Quality Matters™, Eduventures®, and Educause® — offers an overview of the current state of online learning in higher education as well as insights into its […]