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Grand Challenges: Moving Towards Impact<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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PIDT + OTESSA-US Joint Research and Design Symposium 2027<\/b><\/h1> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Introduction<\/h3>\n

In 2027, PIDT (Professors of Instructional Design and Technology) and the OTESSA-US Research and Design Symposium come together for the first time as a single, integrated event, hosted in Athens, Georgia. In 2026, the two conferences piloted running on adjacent days at the same venue; for 2027, we are moving toward something woven together more deliberately. This year, we will engage in a one three-day convening that carries forward PIDT’s tradition of open, participant-driven conversation about grand challenges in our field, alongside the OTESSA-US symposium’s structured, collaborative approach to developing papers through group feedback.<\/p>\n

This builds on two years of the OTESSA-US Research and Design Symposium in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and on the rotation announced in 2026: Utah; Georgia; and New Mexico. 2027 is Georgia\u2019s turn to host, and the first year the two conferences run as one.<\/p>\n

We are currently accepting proposals for presentations that confront significant challenges in access, method, and meaning within learning design and educational technology. Rather than focusing on specific technologies, we invite proposals that address complex, interconnected problems in research, design, ethics, and policy, i.e., problems that require collaborative, problem-centered approaches and demand meaningful commitment to change that reaches across our usual interests.<\/p>\n

The joint PIDT + OTESSA-US Research and Design Symposium will be held in Athens, Georgia, at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education & Hotel on the University of Georgia campus, May 25 to 27, 2027.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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