The WLS 2016 conference program is now up on the website for download. It will be printed for everyone and made available at registration.
At registration you will also find information on the location of all sessions, as well as the social events.
Catherine Casserley to World Learning Summit
We are sorry to learn that Karl Mehta will not be able to join us for World Learning Summit 2016. At the latest notice, Karl Mehta is in Washington DC with the Indian PM who is on a state visit, flying back to California with the group to meet with Governor Jerry Brown.
We are also extremely happy to announce EdCast VP for Learning Networks, Catherine Casserley, in his place. Cathy worked hard to change her schedule – so this is really fresh news for us — and tremendously appreciated – especially for those of us who worked closely with her last year: Cathy was a key member of the programming team for the 2015 Future Learning 2020 summit, organised by the Future Learning Lab, EdCast and HStar Institute at Stanford University last May.
Please read more about Cathy below:
Catherine Casserley is a former CEO of Creative Commons. She is passionate about how openness and global knowledge sharing can promote learning. An early architect of the open educational resources (OER) field, she managed investments totalling more than $100M for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Cathy spearheaded work in the areas of transparency and technology as Vice President of Innovation and Open Networks at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. She is a founding board member of the Digital Public Library of America and Peer-2-Peer University. Cathy earned her Ph.D. in the economics of education from Stanford University
Early in her career Cathy was a teacher of mathematics in Kingston, Jamaica. She earned her Ph.D. in the Economics of Education from Stanford University and holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Boston College. Cathy is a founding board member of the Digital Public Library of America and Peer-2-Peer University. Cathy is also a part of 2015 National Educational Technology Plan Face-to-Face Technical Working Group Meeting.
Pleased to announce Martyn Farrows for WLS
We´re honored to have Dr. Martyn Farrows from Learnovate, Dublin, join our program for June 14th-16th. Check out Learnovate here.
Martyn brings over 15 years’ experience in learning technologies to the role of Centre Director at Learnovate. He has successfully delivered a wide variety of research and product development projects and has been engaged as an expert consultant to government agencies and departments on the use and deployment of technology-enhanced learning. Martyn has worked with a variety of web tech start-ups and businesses, from strategic and business planning through to fund-raising and operation.
He also has a strong background in EU research and innovation policy, having previously worked in Brussels for the European Commission. More recently, Martyn co-founded a network of web-based authoring tools and implemented a new digital content strategy for one of Ireland’s leading education publishers.
Paul Birevu Muyinda to World Learning Summit
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We are happy to announce Preofessor Paul Birevu Myinda as speaker at the World Learning Summit. Dr. Muyinda is a Senior Lecturer and Dean at the School of Distance and Lifelong Learning, Makerere University. He holds a PhD in Information System specializing in mobile and electronic learning. He also holds a Masters in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Statistics. As a lifelong learner, Dr. Muyinda has undertaken and continues to undertake courses that grow his professionalism in open, distance and e-learning/online learning. He has completed a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education (ICT) and Five Months Certificate in Online Facilitation all from the University of Cape Town, SA. Dr. Muyinda is an educational technologist, researcher and consultant. He has implemented a number of educational technology projects in Uganda and beyond. He has research interest in distance education; mobile, electronic, online and blended learning; ICT4E; social media for learning; open education resources (OER); ICT4D; educational information systems; mobile learning app development; and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
Dag Morten Dalen to World Learning Summit
Vice rector for education affairs at BI Norwegian Business School is confirmed for our panel discussions, June 14th and June 15th: Dag Morten Dalen has been at BI since 1998. He has a background from working at the Frisch Center, and also the Parliament – Stortinget. He will add and important dimension – so we´re excited about that. An economist with a PhD from the University of Oslo, Dag Morten will help us shed light on the economic and institutional aspects of education´s digital future. We tend to pay a lot of attention to uses of digital media, classroom studies and didactical issues. But what about the economic? Clearly, the ascent of effective and interactive technologies will also have a huge and building impact on education economies. BI in Oslo is perhaps the one institution in Norway that has had the most systematic focus on organisational change when it comes to integration of new learning technologies — through their efforts at BI Learning Lab. We will hear more during the summit.