In 2024, the Open edX Conference goes South. It will be held from July 2 to 5 at the University of Stellenbosch, which neighbors the beautiful city of Cape Town, in South Africa.

The event will be an opportunity to explore open education, with a focus on the Open edX platform. It aims to bring together educators, researchers, and developers to discuss current trends and future possibilities of the Open edX ecosystem, and by extension, of online education.

Registrations are currently open. Among others, the conference will feature proposals on topics such as instructional design, learning analytics, and software innovation, in the context of Open edX.

Program & Speakers

The program will be structured around four tracks covering all facets of Open edX and its evolving role in the online education landscape. It will span four days and include a variety of sessions ranging from lightning talks to workshops. Most notably, there will be two keynote sessions led by:

• Hatim Eltayeb, Chief Executive Officer of the African Leadership Academy, and founder of school service company Symposium.
• Jonathan Jansen, distinguished professor of education at Stellenbosch University, and president of the Academy of Science of South Africa.

If you can’t attend the event in full, know that the keynotes will be on July 3 and 4.

You can find more information on the conference website.

Call for Proposals

This year, the program will be expanded with a new track, dedicated to case studies. The conference invites proposals related to the following topics:

• Case Studies: For those who’d like to share their experience using Open edX, focusing on impactful projects and effective strategies for promoting courses.
• Pedagogy & Instruction: Targeting educators and course teams, emphasizing course design and creation, and effective approaches for teaching online.
• Trends & Impact: Inviting edtech leadership to discuss new features, trends in online learning, and analytics, as well as their significance for Open edX.
• Development & Operations: For developers, focusing on technical insights, platform integration, and best operational practices.

The session formats include 10- or 45-minute talks, and 90-minute workshops.

Proposals were due by January 2024. You can find the full call for proposals here.

Registration

The conference is currently accepting registrations. Note that students can benefit from significantly discounted tickets.

You can register for the event here.

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