We’re passionate about turning technological insights and tools into real learning impact. This year’s conference theme—Shake It Up!—is the perfect prompt to think about the untapped potential we can unlock when training programs responsibly leverage digital tools, AI, and data. When we move beyond traditional methods and embrace scenario-based, data-driven learning, we accellerate learning transfer, ultimately leading to improved workplace performance. And that’s why we’re pleased to be sponsoring this years conference.

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Topics covered in this year’s program include measuring training ROI, upskilling and reskilling, and the neuroscience of learning. We’re also excited to see two of our favourite topics on the agenda: adaptive learning technology and learner accessibility.

What you can expect at the I4PL 2024 Annual Conference

From hands-on workshops, to thought-provoking keynotes, to learning from peers, there’s a lot happening at this year’s conference. Here are a few sessions we’re particularly looking forward to:

• Keynote presentations by Dr. Helen Papagiannis and Dan Pontefract
• Behaviour Change: The Bridge to Measuring Impact with Chris Taylor
• Practitioner Created, Research Validated Design Principles for Online Learning with Dr. Elizabeth Childs
• How Might AI Affect Your Work as an Instructional Designer and L&D Professional? with Saul Carliner & Giuliana Cucinelli
• Powerful Prompt Engineering for Instructional Design with Garima Gupta
• Maximizing Impact: Creating Authentic Learning Experiences and Measurable Results at TD Wealth with Randy Sabourin & Courtney Appleby
• Shaking Up the Traditional Train-the-Trainer Model with Moe Poirier

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Join us at the annual (free!) Inclusive Design 24 Conference (#id24) where Say Yeah CEO Lee Dale will be hosting two exciting sessions.

• The Folly of Chasing Demographics, in which presenter Heydon Pickering will challenge the conventional approach to designing for people with disabilities and provide insights into creating more inclusive and respectful digital experiences. 3 p.m. EST (19:00 UTC)
• Inclusive Methods for Co-Design Between Blind and Sighted Designers, in which speakers Chancey Fleet and Lauren Race will show how Blind and sighted designers can work together to bypass inaccessible design tools and create meaningful, collaborative design practices that ultimately reduce ableism in the field. 4 p.m. EST (20:00 UTC)

At Say Yeah, we’ve long been a champion and leader in the field of inclusive design (check out Lee Dale’s 2021 #id24 presentation, “There is no average person.”) and are the cutting edge of using AI to personalize eLearning (check out our latest developments: automated multi-modal elearning and multi-lingual elearning). So we’re always excited to get together with experts, designers, and advocates from around the world at this unique 24-hour online event to share insights and innovations that make digital content accessible to everyone. We’re big believers that eLearning that is inclusive and engaging for all your employees is eLearning that maximizes ROI and grows the capacity and capability of your organization.

What else you can expect at this year’s Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)

In short, great content on accessibility, intersectionality, gamification, UX design, and more. For example:

• How Many Senses Do You Think You Have? with Kaye Moors and Lizzie Hamblin (16:00 UTC)
• Neuro-Diversifying Tech: A Toolkit for Designing with Autistic People with Simona Manni and Belen Barros Pena (17:00 UTC)
• Accessibility beyond WCAG: EAA & EN 301 549 with Wilco Fiers (18:00 UTC)

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This event is free, with no registration required. Join the conversation live on the Inclusive 24 YouTube channel.

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Technology offers endless possibilities to enable effective lifelong learning, especially with the increasing demand for eLearning. eCampusOntario’s TESS Conference presents an excellent opportunity to explore new ways to leverage best practices in technology to empower and help learners thrive in evolving social and work environments.

Learner success comes from prioritizing emerging technologies and learning practices, providing better access to reskilling and upskilling opportunities, and developing strategies to make learning more human. These factors, which contribute to improved learning outcomes, will be explored at this event.

Working at the intersection between tech + education, we look forward to the opportunity to connect with other learning leaders and educators to exchange insights on how these two elements combine to unlock impactful, accessible, and engaging online learning experiences for all.

What’s in store for you at the TESS Conference?

From presentations to focused tracks, the two-day event will highlight topics like experiential learning, transformative technology, the digital balance, and the lifelong learner. The conference also promises an opportunity to connect with other educators and learning professionals at a special networking reception.

Catch these exciting sessions:

• Preserving the Participatory: Digital Empowerment in an Age of AI with Dr. Bonnie Stewart
• Understanding Current Digital Learning Trends with Dr. Nicole Johnson
• Exploring Experiential Education: Perspectives from FrancoOntarian Contexts with Andrea Krasznai, Luc Blanchette, Anne-Marie Cantin, and Julie Marguet.

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Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to share and explore insights on ways to improve learning outcomes using best practices in technology.
Join online for free or get in-person tickets at $199.

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Interested in implementing the best of tech + education in your eLearning programs?

Our expertise lies in enabling effective learning using technology tailored to the demands of hybrid learning environments. Learn how we can help you design and deliver eLearning programs steeped in learning science and seamless technology features here. 

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In today’s ever-evolving digital learning landscape, learning leaders in higher education face new challenges and possibilities. The HEQCO conference will bring together subject-matter experts, educators, and learning leaders across the post-secondary sector to explore creative strategies that pave the way for increased institutional reach and learner success.

As an eLearning agency that prioritizes accessibility, we’re always eager to discuss new approaches to making education more inclusive and decolonizing curriculum to set global standards of learning. In 2022, we worked with George Brown College to build the Universal Design for Learning certificate program—a robust eLearning project built around these objectives and co-signed by HEQCO.

At this conference, we’re thrilled to exchange insights with other learning leaders on ways to deliver more engaging, accessible, and impactful learning programs.

What’s in store for you at the HEQCO Conference?

Hear from distinguished speakers like Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa, Malika Asthana, Mandy Bonisteel, Beverly-Jean Daniel, C.A. Klassen,  and more. 

Catch the following talks:

• Meaningful Engagement: Improving Access Research Using EDID Principles with Anthony Berin, Helen Tewolde, and, C.A. Klassen
• Inclusive Approaches to Engaging with Students with Zarreen Brown, Beverly-Jean Daniel, Celeste Licorish, Gillian Parekh, Joseph Pazzano, Katie Traynor, Hai-Anh Vu, and Amanda White
• Spotlight on Universal Design for Learning: Using UDL to Navigate Technological Change with Mandy Bonisteel, Joanna Friend, Sharmaine Itwaru, Danny Smith, and Susan Toews.

See the full speaker lineup here.

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Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to learn more about how to leverage accessibility in your organization. Get tickets for conference access at $325.

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Want to work with us or learn more about our approach to developing accessible online courses for higher education institutions?

If you want to hire us to develop, design and bring your learning to life, you can get in learn more about our custom eLearning service here.

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Learning and development is a key part of growing a business, but in order to be effective, and to earn buy-in from organizational leadership, it must be strategically aligned with larger business goals. The fall TICE event offers learning professionals opportunities to connect and collaborate with industry peers as they explore ways to build an effective learning strategy that drives growth and team performance.

Factors like budgeting, needs analysis, and stakeholder communications will be explored, as well as tactics like analytics, well-defined learning outcomes, tech integration, and continuous improvement–all of which can help to ensure the sustainability and longevity of an L&D strategy. 

As eLearning pros passionate about helping organizations turn training into their competitive advantage, we’re eager to connect with learning leaders and exchange insights on how best practices in tech + education can help enable their L&D strategies.

What to look forward to at the Fall Training Industry Conference & Expo (TICE)

This two-day virtual conference will feature exciting talks from 20 learning and development leaders across industries like healthcare, hospitality, technology, retail, and more. You can look forward to insights on topics like data analysis, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), and design thinking.

For example:

• Your Guide to Aligning Your Training Programs with Business Goals with Amy DuVernet
• When Design Thinking Meets Change Management You Find the Sweet Spot with Jackie Corbett
• Building a Learning Analytics Program to Support Your L&D Strategy with Christopher Massaro
• Aligning Technology to Support the Learning Strategy with Kim Davis

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Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to explore tactics to ensure L&D has a seat at your organization’s decision-making table. Get tickets for access to live and on-demand sessions for $99 USD.

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Ready to take your L&D strategy to the next level? We’d love to connect!

At Say Yeah, we’re committed to executing eLearning programs that bring your learning and development strategies to life in ways that drive organizational outcomes and enhance workplace performance. 

Get in touch with us to exchange insights on how to boost your L&D strategy with tech + education tactics.

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Join us at the annual (free!) Inclusive Design 24 Conference (#id24) where Say Yeah CEO Lee Dale will give a talk on “A practical guide to inclusive design.” 

As champions of inclusive design in tech + education, we’re always eager to talk about how organizations and businesses can leverage inclusive practices to grow access and engagement in evolving and increasingly diverse markets. In 2021, Lee Dale spoke about why designing with intersectionality in mind is critical in his talk titled “There is no average person.” This year, he will dive deeper in exploring the business and organizational benefits of inclusive design and present a complementary model to better understand the people we serve.

Watch Say Yeah CEO Lee Dale’s 2021 talk “There is no average person.”

What you can expect at this year’s Inclusive Design 24 Conference (#id24)

Whether you’re on a product, service, or educational program team, you can look forward to insights on intersectionality, AI, user research, design, and more from accessibility and inclusive design leaders across the world. For example:

• Measuring Accessibility Maturity with Andrew Arch and Neil Jarvis
• Disability Bias in Artificial Intelligence with Christopher Land
• Inclusion Starts with Us with Lia McCabe

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The annual TechLearn 2023 Conference presents an excellent opportunity for learning and development professionals to unpack workplace performance strategies that capitalize on the latest learning research and technologies.

Working at the intersection of tech + education to build effective and engaging online courses, we appreciate conversations that explore how these elements combine to produce accessible training programs that impact organizational growth.

What you can expect at the TechLearn 2023 Conference

Starting September 19, the three-day conference will highlight topics like AI, design, implementation, evaluation, assessment, eLearning, adaptive learning, virtual classrooms, VR, and more. Beyond networking opportunities and engaging sessions, the conference also promises: 

• 3 exciting New Orleans tourist adventures,
• 4 pre-conference certificate programs, and 
• 56 breakout sessions. 

Catch these exciting sessions:

• Opportunities and Limitations of AI in the Workplace with Dr. Vivienne Ming
• Design With, Not For with Ann Yoachim
• The Seeds of Virtual Training: Growing Attendee Engagement Online with John Chen
• Hybrid Flexible Learning: What, Why, and How This Impacts Business with Liana Griffin
• How to Prepare Your Company for New Technologies with Debbie Richards

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The Saudi STEM Education Conference 2023 will bring together educators, policymakers and stakeholders in the region to explore ways to set global standards of learning and improve workplace readiness and capability.

As a leader in the tech + education space, we know the power and possibilities of digital solutions and innovations to enhance job readiness, increase access to education, bolster global competitiveness, and more.

Earlier this year, we spoke at the LEAP conference in Riyadh, sharing global research and best practices in online education as part of our commitment to supporting Saudi’s Vision 2030 initiatives. At this conference, we’re thrilled to be continuing those conversations–and to showcase our full-service eLearning and training capabilities in delivering more engaging, accessible, and impactful learning programs.

What’s in store for you at the Saudi STEM Education Conference?

Hear from distinguished speakers like Christopher Tompkins, Kantis Simmons, Abeer Tadmori, Dr. Reema AlQaralleh, Dima Najim, Anis Koubaa, Mike Cobb,  Kamil Jbeily, and more. 

Catch the following exciting talks:

• Inspiring the Next Generation of STEM Leaders: Unleashing Innovation Through Authentic Learning, Student Agency, and Agile Frameworks with Christopher Tompkins and Mike Cobb
• STEM Curriculum Designing and AI Revolution with Dr. Reema AlQaralleh 
• Dynamic Partnerships for Excellence in STEM Education: Empowering Teachers to Teach Effectively with Kamil Jbeily

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A snapshot of a diverse group of six attendees interacting during a networking session at a previous annual CAST UDL symposium.

The annual CAST UDL Symposium provides an excellent opportunity to explore Universal Design for Learning best practices and other evidence-based frameworks that empower learners to move from theory to practice. As eLearning innovators dedicated to prioritizing learner variability, we’re excited to share our perspective on practices that complement and advance the goals of UDL.

We can’t wait to hear from speakers like Nicole Tucker-Smith, Loui Lord Nelson, Tolu Noah, Alia Latorre, James McKenna, Jennifer Pusateri, and more.  

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Want to know more about how we approach UDL in course design?

Over the years, we have set new standards of learning through projects that prioritize the UDL principles of  Engagement, Representation, and Action and Expression.

Learn how we helped George Brown College build UDL capacity at scale across Ontario institutions. 

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