Pedagogicon

The Pedagogicon is an annual peer-reviewed conference focused on teaching and learning held virtually by Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) in May in collaboration with the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE). The conference is designed to focus on current themes in teaching and learning. Sessions are designed as replicable and transferable across a variety of teaching and learning contexts. The call for proposals will be available beginning each fall and announced widely.

Proposals due: February 21, 2025 | Submit a proposal.
Acceptance Notifications: April 8, 2025*
Registration Opens: March 24, 2025*
Registration Deadline: May 6, 2025*
Registration: Free

2025 Call for Proposals

The conference theme, “Teaching and Learning Durable Skills,” encourages us to consider ways in which classroom environments (in-person, distributed, online, and/or hybrid spaces) can engage students in meaningful and transferable experiences through teaching and learning durable skills. Building on the previous research, scholarship, and innovation that has taken place through the KY Graduate Profile Academy’s focus on the essential employability skills (see Vice, 2024; Bennett, Barnes, Fritsch, & McBreen, 2024) and the National Association of Colleges and Employers Competencies for a Career-Ready Workforce (2024), the 2025 Pedagogicon invites presenters to examine durable skills, those that “improve performance and ensure employees can meaningfully engage with their work, peers, and managers” (Guild, 2024). Presenters are encouraged to share practical approaches to teaching and learning durable skills through practices that are driven and informed by evidence and those that can transfer across higher education institutions and acknowledge the importance and impact of the essential employability skills. 

Building on research focused on the essential employability skills, durable skills are highly sought after in the workplace. They are foundational professional skills considered to improve workplace performance while also ensuring that employees are able to engage with work, colleagues, peers, and supervisors. They might include those skills that are focused on people, such as managing yourself (time management), decision making (problem solving, analytical thinking, creativity), empathy, and working with managers and leaders (collaboration). 
This conference invites presenters to share

A conference in collaboration with the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education

Presenters are encouraged to engage participants through interactive activities, demonstrations, or discussions.
Threads might include but are not limited to:

Presenters will also have the opportunity to submit their work for consideration in the annual Proceedings, to be published in early 2026.

References
Bennett, F., Barnes, P., Fritsch, D., & McBreen, A. (2024). Employability: Skills for work, skills for life. 2023 Pedagogicon Conference Proceedings. https://encompass.eku.edu/pedagogicon/2023/graduate-profile/1
Guild. (2024). How to build the skills of tomorrow. guild.com/durable-skills
National Association of Colleges and Employers Competencies for a Career-Ready Workforce. (2024). Competencies for a career-ready workforce. www.naceweb.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2024/resources/nace-career-readiness-competencies-revised-apr-2024.pdf?sfvrsn=1e695024_6 
Vice, J. (2024). The Kentucky Graduate Profile. 2023 Pedagogicon Conference Proceedings.  https://encompass.eku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1110&context=pedagogicon

2025 Pedagogicon Steering Committee