E-Learn Keynote & Invited Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Tuesday
- Barbara Means, SRI International, USA
- Blended Learning: Prospects for Transforming K-12 Schools
- This talk will consider the emerging research base on blended learning as part of mainstream practice in K-12 schools-- its effectiveness, implementation, and implications for equity. Read More »
Wednesday
- Herb Mahelona & Amy Burvall
- TechnoTroubadours and Teacherpreneurs
- This session will reflect on the use of music and other multi-media elements as “hooks” or remediation for learning, address the impact of teacher and student-created digital content and the importance of connecting/collaborating on an international scale. Read More »
Canceled - Constance Steinkuehler & Kurt Squire, University of Wisconsin, USA
Thursday
- Richard A. Schwier, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
- Connections and Contexts: The Birth, Growth and Death of Online Learning Communities
- This presentation considers what we have learned about learning communities in formal and informal online environments and speculates about what is at the heart of how learners make use of social interaction for the purpose of learning. Read More »
Friday
- Craig Kapp, New York University, USA
- Visualizing the Future: How Augmented Reality can empower faculty..., inspire students and bring ideas to life in the classroom
- Imagine being able to rotate around the solar system, navigate through a data set in 3D, and interact with a simulated ecosystem - all from the palm of your hand.
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Invited Speakers
Tuesday 1:30 PM
- Myk Garn, Southern Regional Education Board, USA
- Cheap Bachelors: Would You Date One?
- This session will challenge conventional thinking, explore, and share potential scenarios that reveal innovation, actionable and possibly disruptive plans to change the cost/value equation in public higher education. Read More »
Wednesday 1:30 PM
- Sheila Jagannathan, World Bank Institute, USA
- Building Capacity Through e-Learning
- Recently a new global learning platform went live, offering development practitioners worldwide a virtual classroom to share high quality learning and knowledge resources. This presentation will talk about the concept, audience, approach and future vision, including partnership opportunities. Read More »
