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2026 North Central Region/National Learner-Centered Teaching Conference

October 7-9, 2026

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Coordinated Call for Abstracts

Coordinated Call for Abstracts

  • due Wednesday, July 1st, 5pm (CST)

NEW SUBMISSION INFO IN 2026

Research posters and Innovative posters https://submission.aaaeonline.org/

LCT Presentation abstracts https://submission.aaaeonline.org/

North Central AAAE Research Abstracts will be submitted through the NEW Oxford system at

https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/82259/submitter

Conference Information

Conference Schedule
(coming soon)



    About the Conference

    This is the 8th consecutive year of a collaborative conference partnership of 1890 land-grant universities, 1862 land-grant universities, and public and private universities who are focused on developing people in and through agriculture, food, natural resources, and human sciences. 

    This collaborative partnership combines three groups into one integrated conference: (1) 2023 North Central AAAE Conference; (2) National Conference on Learner-Centered Teaching (NCLCT); and, (3) the M.E.N.T.O.R. Convening. The NCLCT and M.E.N.T.O.R. projects focus on building capacities among Historically Black Colleges & Universities and Predominately White Institutions.

    National LCT Project

    Registration

    Plan your trip to the 2026 Conference!

    Registration Opens Soon

    The National Learner-Centered Teaching Partnership provides pedagogical support and energizes professors to teach more diverse student populations and improves their productivity and the educational quality of all students. The Partnership works to build a sense of community and develop synergistic ideas to prepare faculty at 1890 land-grant universities and HBCUs (historically Black Colleges and Universities) to adopt and integrate learner-centered instruction for enhancing student learning across food, agricultural, and human sciences.

    Check out this website to learn more!  

    Call for Award Nominations

    Nomination packets are coming soon, including all required supporting documentation.

    The Distinguished Awards (5) are all to be completed using the same form - the PDF has a drop-down menu for the following awards:

    • Distinguished Agricultural Communications Educator Award
    • Distinguished Agricultural Leadership Educator Award
    • Distinguished Extension Educator Award
    • Distinguished International Agricultural Educator Award
    • Distinguished Teacher Educator Award
    The Outstanding Awards (3) have their own forms. See attachments.
    • Outstanding Early Career Member
    • Outstanding Researcher Award
    • Outstanding Teacher Award

    Award applications can be found here

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