Join us virtually on April 30, 2026

CAEBL 2026 - CATLR's Conference for Advancing Evidence-Based Learning

Proposals are now being accepted!

Overview

JOIN US VIRTUALLY ON THURSDAY, APRIL 30th for CAEBL 2026!

CATLR’s annual Conference for Advancing Evidence-Based Learning (CAEBL) brings together educators from across Northeastern’s global network to showcase and inspire teaching and learning-related scholarship and evidence-based practices.

In educational contexts, the term “evidence-based” has multiple meanings, including:

  • Designing educational experiences based on findings from research on learning, student development, and other related fields,
  • Systematic reflection on the experience of teaching and student work, and
  • Carrying out structured inquiries that collect and analyze evidence from teaching to further understand learning.

CONFERENCE THEME

CAEBL 2026 invites Northeastern faculty, staff and students across all disciplines to return to the fundamental question of why learning matters—and why we teach. As AI reshapes education, we face the challenge of pivoting and adjusting while maintaining balance amid chaos, rethinking everything from student and faculty roles in learning to how we assess student work. Yet within this disruption lies an opportunity: to focus on designing experiences that foster engagement and transfer, develop critical thinking skills and creative problem solving and prepare students for an unknown future.

This conference explores how we can partner thoughtfully with AI while keeping human connection at the center—engaging students both with and without technology, motivating genuine learning, and navigating uncertainty together. We invite you to examine what it means to learn at this moment and how to create AI-enhanced education that remains authentically human-centered, helping our students develop not just knowledge, but the adaptive capacities they need most.

Consider Presenting Your Work!

Northeastern recognizes that everyone involved in a learner’s educational experience is an educator. Therefore, we welcome We welcome submissions from Northeastern educators across the global network, including all faculty, instructors, and staff, as well as their students and external partners.

We welcome contributions across the spectrum of evidence-based approaches and in a variety of formats, including presentations, panels, and posters. We encourage contributions that provide results of completed work as well as those that provide insights on work that is still in the making.

CONFERENCE PROPOSALS DUE: Wednesday, February 4, 2026, by 8:00 pm (ET)

Please note ALL proposals must be submitted via this online Proposal Submission Form.

To prepare your submission, you may find it helpful to preview the Proposal Submission Form.

Attendee Registration Opens: Late March 2026

Important Dates

Please note these important dates and deadlines:

  • CAEBL Proposal Clinics (Virtual):
  • Conference Proposal Submission Deadline: Wednesday, February 4, 2026, at 8:00 pm (ET)  – SUBMIT A PROPOSAL
  • Notifications of Proposal Decisions:  Late February
  • Attendee Registration Opens: Late March 2026
  • Conference Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2026

 

Call For Proposals Now Open

All Northeastern faculty, staff, administrators, post-doctoral fellows, and students are invited to submit a proposal. We also welcome community and industry partners to co-present with their Northeastern collaborators. All proposals must be received by Wednesday, February 4, 2026, at 8:00 pm (ET).

All of this year’s conference sessions will be held virtually and synchronously in Zoom. 

Proposals may focus on any topic related to your educational practice. Priority will be given to those aligned with the conference theme described above.

Session Formats

CAEBL 2026 will include four session formats. Presenters are asked to identify their preferred session format in the proposal form. The conference committee may suggest an alternative format.

  • Results Presentation (30 minutes – 20 minutes presentation, 10 minutes Q&A) – Results presentations give attendees the opportunity to learn about a presenter’s fully developed and implemented educational practice. 
  • Work-in-Progress Presentation (30 minutes – 20 minutes presentation, 10 minutes Q&A) – This format gives attendees the opportunity to be inspired by an educational innovation or idea in development or a SoTL inquiry in process. 
  • Panel (45 minutes, including at least 15 minutes discussion with audience) – ​​Panel discussions are appropriate for topics that benefit from multiple perspectives. The goal for panel discussions is to provide panelists and audience members the opportunity to exchange insights, engage in discussion, and learn from each other’s experiences. The panel leader should submit the proposal and identify NO MORE THAN 3-4 panelists.
  • Poster (asynchronous digital poster including a 5-minute video) – A poster provides attendees the opportunity to explore a colleague’s work asynchronously. Each poster will be accompanied by a short video in which the presenter gives an overview of their work. This video, along with the poster, will be hosted on the conference site for attendees to view at any time. Presenters must use the provided poster template to ensure accessibility and standardization, and they must also follow the provided guidelines for creating their video. Participants and presenters will have the opportunity to interact on the site, through written messages and comments.  

All proposals must be submitted through the online form below:

Submit a Proposal

Decisions regarding proposals will be sent by the conference committee by the end of February. Please contact CATLR by email ([email protected]) or phone (+1.617.373.3157) with any questions regarding the conference.

Hearing from other faculty on what they are seeing / hearing in the classroom…puts my own experience into perspective even if my experiences are different.

– 2023 Conference Attendee

Questions?

If you have any questions, email [email protected].