AEDC Professional learning and events
Learn about key events organised by AEDC National and AEDC NSW and find information from past events.
AEDC events
AEDC NSW Research Symposium
2025 symposium
On Wednesday 2 April 2025, AEDC NSW welcomes educators, researchers and stakeholders from schools, early childhood education and care services, child and family community support services, universities and research institutes to participate in the 2025 symposium.
AEDC NSW Research Symposium 2025 save the date and further information.
2022 symposium
Sessions from the 2022 symposium videos – research showcase, research in practice and research in action.
2021 symposium
Sessions from the 2021 symposium – 'We collected the data, we have our school's preliminary report – what next?'
Online professional learning
Practitioners in government and non-government schools and early childhood education and care centres can complete AEDC online professional learning (OPL) courses. These are all elective professional learning courses.
- The Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) microlearning (course code NRG36409) – A suite of professional learning modules designed to assist participants in understanding how they can engage with and use AEDC data to support the development of policy and practice.
- AEDC NSW hosted a conversation with Telethon Kids Institute on the AEDC data in this podcast.
- AEDC 2021 National Conference – the AEDC 2021 National Conference took place on 15–19 March 2021.
- Resources from the conference can be accessed through the AEDC national conference website or by contacting mail@conferencedesign.com.au.
Workshops
If you are interested in hosting an AEDC data workshop in your school or community, please contact the NSW AEDC State Coordinator at aedc@det.nsw.edu.au.