The health and safety of our Bluenotes Community members, as well as our Explorers, remains a priority. We continue to monitor changes in, and abide by, all government guidelines.

WHY BLUENOTES GLOBAL 2022?

The Bluenotes GLOBAL Conference remains the place to meet, share, discuss, and learn about innovative solutions that Bluenotes Community institutions in Higher Education are implementing to improve teaching effectiveness and enhance the student learning experience.

We hear increasingly from higher education leaders that the past two years have been an inflection point where much-debated transformations of higher education have accelerated. They also expressed that higher Education as we knew it will not return, and no institution can successfully navigate the transformation from vision to sustainability without placing student’ success and experiences at the center.

This has increased the focus on trying, evaluating, and improving various instructional approaches such as hybrid delivery with the underlying common questions such as “Is it working?”, “What are student, faculty, and staff experiences with them?” and “How can we compare these and see trends over time?” It is also increasingly of high priority to be able to synthesize information from multiple sources and to report on findings in ways that stakeholders will find understandable and meaningful. Bluenotes community academic institutions are automating feedback collection and analysis with Blue, an experience measurement platform.

In 2022, Bluenotes Community institutions are coming together to share their experiences in improving data collection, engagement, and reporting for insight-informed actions that can drive student success, problem solve together, and inform Explorance’s product directions.

What You Will Experience 

Bluenotes GLOBAL 2022 provides impactful professional development opportunities to:

• Immerse yourself in a community of like-minded peers who are passionate about sharing experiences, discussing new ideas, and innovating together for student success and teaching excellence
• Make friends, collaborate with others, and have fun at exclusive social networking events
• Problem-solve together, share lessons learned, feel inspired, and brainstorm new ways, while empowering others to do the same
• Advance your professional development through experience-rich sessions, hands-on workshops, certification training camps, and opportunities to speak directly with Explorance staff and influence Explorance product direction
• Connect with a global group of collaborative thinkers to expand your professional network of like-minded peers
• Thrive in the culture of continuous improvement by leveling up your skills, elevating your expertise, and growing your career

Highlighted below are various learning activities and networking activities planned to connect, share, learn, discuss and advance student learning and development with your fellow Bluenotes community members and Explorance experts.

Hear What Past Bluenotes GLOBAL Attendees Are Saying

“The Bluenotes GLOBAL Conference continues to be the best professional development opportunity each year. The community is so supportive and open to sharing their knowledge. The conference balances sessions focusing on the pragmatic details of implementing Blue with sessions expanding on broader perspectives like the relevance of course evaluations and incorporating feedback in decision–making processes. Most of all, the wonderful people at both Explorance and the Bluenotes community is what keeps me coming back every year!”

– Christina Pomykal, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Eshelman School of Pharmacy

“Again another epic Bluenotes conference despite joining remotely. The ability to talk not only to Explorance Experts but to network with community members and share experiences made this an extremely valuable conference. Thanks to all the organisers, Explorance and attendees for making this definitely worth my while attending! “

– Julie Mulvey, Durham University

“Bluenotes GLOBAL is a great opportunity to share ideas and engage with the excellent community around Blue and course evaluations more broadly.”

– Gregory Hum, University of Toronto

“The conference is a valuable opportunity to network with peers at other institutions and to share pain points, innovative solutions and best practices. I’ve been able to attend three years in a row and each year I’ve gotten left with plans to improve my processes in Blue based on what I learned from conference sessions and discussions.”

– Heather Thompson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

“I attend a variety of higher education professional development conferences. My first Bluenotes was among the best in my career. This excellent event is a continuation of the product/service excellence we receive from Explorance. Thank you.”

– Rob Downie, Fanshawe College

“A great conference that was very worthwhile attending, both for meeting practitioners from around the world, and the high quality papers and mix of topics from increasing response rates through to machine learning applied to text analytics. There were so many good sessions, and I am still writing up all of my notes.”

– Tim Linsey, Kingston University