UNSW's Education Festival 2026

Join colleagues from across UNSW's learning & teaching community for the annual Edu Fest!

This year’s two-day program brings together our much-loved celebration of education and educators, with the official launch of our new Learning Management System (LMS), D2L Brightspace.

Through the theme – Technology x Pedagogy: Intersections in Learning & Teaching – we will celebrate the outstanding teaching and learning already happening across UNSW, share ideas, and explore how Brightspace can help us create more engaging, inclusive and student-centred learning experiences.

The exciting program features:

• Edu Fest’s familiar staples – our educators’ talks, poster presentations (this year offered with a guided walkthrough!) and the annual teaching awards ceremony.

• Engineering Edu Fest sessions with presentations, student ChallENG stalls and a panel discussion – as always, open to all.

• Brightspace launch with expert discussions, interactive focus sessions covering specialty topics like Ethical AI, Accessibility, Technology & Pedagogy global trends, brought to us by visiting guests and senior leaders from D2L. The Brightspace experience booth, available on both days, will also provide opportunities to meet the D2L and LMS Program teams, try the platform and ask questions.

Registration options

Please register for all aspects of the program that you would like to attend:

• Edu Fest program, which gives you access to most of the sessions across the two days EXCEPT for the Brightspace plenary launch & Engineering sessions

• The Brightspace plenary launch (additional ticket)

• Engineering-specific sessions (additional ticket).

View the program outline and stay tune for the detailed program timings, will be published soon: unsw.to/edufest

Who should attend

• Both days are designed for teaching colleagues, academics, educational designers, professional staff, leaders, students or anyone simply interested in the future of technology and learning.

• Anyone who enjoys the Edu Fest favourites, including educator presentations, poster showcases (this year offered with a guided walkthrough!) and the annual teaching awards ceremony.

• All who want to join the Brightspace launch, interactive focus sessions and meet the D2L team to experiment with the Brightspace platform first-hand at the 'Brightspace experience booth.'

Most of the events and activities will be held on UNSW Kensington Campus, many of which will also be hybrid or accessible via livestream links.

Refreshments will be provided throughout both days.

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