Have you submitted a session proposal for ITC’s 2026 Annual eLearning Conference – to be held in Austin, TX. March 13-15 and hosted by Austin Community College? If you haven’t attended for a while, this is the year to join us! Think of all of the changes we have been dealing with – AI is everywhere in higher education – and certainly expanding into online education as you read this. Enrollment is growing again at community colleges, but our demographic is changing. We are dealing with the rise of dual-credit, which has become the source for much of the growth in our enrollments.
The ITC national conference is right-sized – big enough to provide great keynotes and sessions but small enough to make friends and to network. Austin is a fabulous place to have a conference. Recently, ITC shifted to holding its annual conference on community college campuses, and we’ve shifted the conference days to Friday-Sunday which works very well for minimizing disruption to your class schedule/regular work week.
I have always enjoyed attending the ITC conference – I have made so many friends over the years – always nice to connect and catch up. The sessions are SO relevant, and the information and ideas are SO useful. We have also had a good selection of exhibitors – and the time to do a deeper dive with vendors. The Grand Debate will be returning this year as well – with a great topic. The debate has always been an opportunity to learn more about a hot topic as well as to be engaged and entertained in the process.
We support a wide range of session topics – you could present on a successful implementation or even a recent “fail”. We all can learn from success as well as failure. Session proposals will be accepted until this Friday, November 14th. Session presenters receive a conference registration discount as well. And the lodging cost this year is only $129/night (plus taxes). All of us on the ITC Board of Directors are looking forward to seeing you in Austin!!
Recommended Reading
Does AI Face A Double Standard In Higher Ed?, eCampus News
Nearly seven in 10 educators across the U.S., Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand are limiting how students can use AI tools in class, according to a new survey by Litero AI, an academic writing copilot. The study highlights the red lines teachers won’t cross–and the ethical and pedagogical guardrails they want before embracing AI in education.
Agentic AI Invading The LMS And Other Things We Should Know, Inside Higher Ed
We now have agentic AI that completes tasks using your computer for you; multimodal AI that can see and interact with you using a computer voice; machine reasoning models that take simple prompts and run them in loops repeatedly to guess what a sophisticated response might look like; browser-based AI that can scan any webpage and perform tasks for you.
AI Is An Iceberg – We Can’t Ignore Its Unseen Potential, eCampus News
Educators should embrace the massive, powerful new presence of AI in learning environments.
How To Power The Future Workforce With Integrated Classroom Design, University Business Magazine
Institutions need to rethink buildings as cross-functional spaces that maximize the student experience, learning outcomes and their budget. The solution lies in an integrated classroom design—a future-focused approach that leverages flexible, multi-use spaces that can evolve with changing needs while supporting team-based learning and workplace simulation.
Data Points: Recent Enrollment Trends, CCDaily
The U.S. Education Department (ED) recently released new data on full-year enrollments and credentials awarded by postsecondary institutions. This DataPoints examines the trends in these data for community colleges starting with the first year of the Covid pandemic.
At Community Colleges, Online Classes Remain Popular Years After Pandemic, EdSource
During the pandemic five years ago, a significant majority of California community classes shifted online. Despite some early confusion and bumps in adapting to online education, distance education has firmly taken hold in the years since.
Video Of The Week: 2026: The Year Quantum AI Changes Everything, YouTube
