We are very excited to invite you to the Summer Institute for Distance Learning and Instructional Technology (SIDLIT “Side Light”) 2024 Annual Conference, which will be held on July 29-31, 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas. This year marks the 25th anniversary of SIDLIT, and we have prepared a special program to celebrate this milestone. For the first time ever, our physical location this year is: The University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS, 66160 – or join us virtually!
The theme of SIDLIT 2024 is “Lensing the Past, Zooming In on the Present, Developing Future Passions for Learning.” We will explore together how we can use the lessons learned from the past, the challenges, opportunities, and innovations of the present, and the emerging trends of the future to enhance our online learning and instructional design practices. We will also collaborate on how we can foster and activate a passion for lifelong learning among ourselves and our students.
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
C2C aims to host SIDLIT 2024—in-person and virtually—in a mutually respectful environment. SIDLIT 2024 is inclusive of people from all backgrounds: ethnicities, races, countries of origin, ages, gender identities, sexual orientations, religions, body sizes, economic backgrounds, educational backgrounds, professional backgrounds, employment statuses, abilities, and other dimensions. We are getting together, staying together, and building the future together, with all of our strengths together.
Host Institution
KU Med Center - 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160
As rates of change accelerate within and around education, imagining and developing the passionate learners of the future represents both a huge challenge and the most amazing opportunity ever! In this dynamic three-hour Brainzooming workshop, you and your peers will zoom out to imagine 25 years into the future. As you explore the future, you’ll use intriguing innovation exercises to create insight-driven future scenarios and strategies for how you can start today to create greater passion for learning in students of all ages. At the workshop’s conclusion, everyone participating will have created future views that you can share with everyone at the conference and beyond! Activities and Tools: • Using current analogies to imagine future educational development scenarios • Exploring new perspectives through flipping today’s educational view upside down • Using extreme creativity questions to stretch your thinking into the future Outcomes and Takeaways: • Learning innovation techniques that you can use and share back at your school • Dynamic insights about the future to foster passionate learning • Collaborative ideas about changes can shape education development’s future • Forward-based strategies for cultivating and engaging passionate learners in all roles and levels of education
