The Innovation Stage: Next-Generation Digital Courseware: Amplifying Great Instruction and Helping Students Succeed

Wednesday, October 28, 2015 | 1:45PM–4:20PM | Learning Theater, Exhibit Hall H-K
Session Type: Professional Development
In 2014, after soliciting applications from over a hundred leading innovative organizations and companies, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded $20M to a diverse portfolio of seven digital courseware providers to design, develop, and scale best-in-class digital courseware in a variety of general education disciplines. The courseware developed by these organizations is intended to surpass what's currently available to the market in terms of quality, price, scalability, and adaptability and, most importantly, to improve the postsecondary success of more than a million low-income students by 2018. Come to the innovation stage to learn about the present and future of best-in-class digital courseware. Meet pioneering courseware organizations developing these learning environments that will help faculty improve learning outcomes and mastery for undergraduates in 100- and 200-level general education courses. In addition to an interactive overview of the courseware, you'll also have an opportunity to engage with these courseware leaders in more intimate discussions.


Outcomes: Learn about cutting-edge teaching and learning courseware technologies and how they're being implemented to set a new standard for undergraduate education * Advance learning for all students by providing your input and feedback so these courseware tools can be more effective

Presenters

  • Dror Ben-Naim

    CEO, Smart Sparrow

  • Eric Frank

    CEO, Acrobatiq

  • David Harris

    Editor-in-Chief, OpenStax

  • Gary Lopez

    Founder & CEO, NROC / EdReady

  • Rahim Rajan

    Senior Program Officer, Postsecondary Success, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

  • Andrew Smith Lewis

    Co-founder & Executive Chairman, Cerego Global, LLC.

  • Kim Thanos

    CEO, Lumen Learning

  • Candace Thille

    Director, Open Learning Initiative, Stanford University

  • Jim Thompson

Resources & Downloads

http://educause.mediasite.com/mediasite/Play/4e3c6f5131e342069a85bde6f900e91a1d