Speakers
Plenary Speakers
Daphne Koller- The Online Revolution: Education at Scale
Daphne Koller
Daphne Koller and her Stanford colleague Andrew Ng are co-founders of Coursera, a platform for massive open online courses (or MOOCs) – a form of knowledge transmission that has been called the single biggest change in education since the printing press. Read more...
Douglas Thomas- The New Culture of Learning
Douglas ThomasFuturist Doug Thomas expands on the book he co-authored with John Seely Brown, A New Culture of Learning. His premise: in a continually changing digital world, it is imagination and creativity that will help all learners to adapt and thrive. Read more...
Peggy Maki- The Window of Opportunity for Public Higher Education Institutions in Massachusetts and Partner States
Peggy MakiAssessment expert Peggy Maki has been the guiding force behind Massachusetts’ project to establish state-level documentation of public universities’ student learning – and to do it based on real student work rather than standardized tests. Read more...
Featured Speakers
Sylvia Hurtado- Understanding the Diverse Learning Environment: An Accreditation Imperative
Sylvia HurtadoWidely respected researcher Sylvia Hurtado finds intriguing connections between diversity and students’ development of the intellectual skills and dispositions that prepare them for life and work in a pluralistic democracy. Read more...
Michael Offerman- Beyond Seat-Time: Competency-Based Programs as the “Coin of the Realm”
Michael OffermanA former president of Capella University and a longtime administrator in public higher education, Michael Offerman is now working to advance the idea that competency-based education offers a viable alternative to credit hours and seat time. Read more...
Panel- Capstones, Core Competencies, and Conundrums: Student Experiences and Lessons Learned
Panel Discussion Join Jennifer Lindholm, UCLA. Judith L. Smith, UCLA, Patricia A. Turner, UCLA and Lisa Phan, UCLA for a panel discussion on Capstones, Core Competencies, and Conundrums: Student Experiences and Lessons Learned. Read More...
The Roads We’ve Taken, the Roads that Beckon
Ralph Wolff is retiring from his role as President of the Senior College Commission of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), where he has been for 31 years, and as President since 1996.In that capacity, he has led WASC to the forefront of accreditation as an agent of public accountability and innovation. Read More...
Introduction: Peter Ewell, Vice President, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS);
Speaker: Ralph Wolff, President, Senior Commission, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)
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