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2024 Keynotes

The Learning Ideas Conference 2024 was pleased to feature three keynote speakers:

Dr. Chris Dede, Senior Research Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is a world-renowned expert in the fields of emerging technologies, policy, and leadership. He co-founded the Silver Lining for Learning initiative and serves as an advisor to the Alliance for the Future of Digital Learning. Among many other roles, Dr. Dede is also a Co-Principal Investigator and Associate Director for Research of the NSF-funded National Artificial Intelligence Institute in Adult Learning and Online Education.
Dr. Christina Katopodis, Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate at the City University of New York’s Humanities Alliance, is an expert in humanities education and transformative learning. She founded Engaged & Ready, empowering faculty with antiracist active learning tools, and has delivered over 50 talks globally. Dr. Katopodis co-authored The New College Classroom, winner of the AAC&U 2023 Frederic W. Ness Book Award.
Dr. Alina von Davier, Chief of Assessment at Duolingo and Founder/CEO of EdAstra Tech, is a renowned psychometrician specializing in computational psychometrics, machine learning, and education. With over 20 years of experience in EdTech and the assessment industry, she also serves as an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Oxford and a Senior Research Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University.

Dr. Chris Dede

Associate Director for Research, National AI Institute for Adult Learning and Online Education (AI-ALOE)
Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Talk: Complementing Human Minds with Digital Brains: The Role of GenAI in Learning

The global economy is moving into an era of Intelligence Augmentation (IA). Science fiction often portrays “intelligence” as involving complementary roles of reckoning and judgment. For example, In the Star Trek series the judgment and decision making of ‘Captain Picard’ are enhanced by the reckoning skills (calculations, analysis of multidimensional information, predictions) of the android ‘Data,’ a machine without human capacities like emotions. The human and machine work synergistically together to be better than their individual abilities. In the next few years, many occupations will shift to require working with a generative AI-based agent that has complementary skills and knowledge to the human worker. This talk will discuss what types of learning are most valuable for students and workers to prepare for these IA interactions in work and life, as well as how AI may aid in upskilling, reskilling, unlearning, and transfer.

About Dr. Chris Dede
Dr. Chris Dede is a Senior Research Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and was its Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies for 22 years. His fields of scholarship include emerging technologies, policy, and leadership. From 2001-2004, Chris was Chair of the HGSE department of Teaching and Learning. In 2007, he was honored by Harvard University as an outstanding teacher, and in 2011 he was named a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association.

In 2020 Chris co-founded the Silver Lining for Learning initiative. He is currently a Member of the OECD 2030 Scientific Committee and an Advisor to the Alliance for the Future of Digital Learning, sponsored by the Mohammed bin Rashid Global Initiative (MBRGI). Also, Chris is a Co-Principal Investigator and Associate Director for Research of the NSF-funded National Artificial Intelligence Institute in Adult Learning and Online Education.

His most recent co-edited books include: Teacher Learning in the Digital Age: Online Professional Development in STEM Education; Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Realities in Education; Learning engineering for online education: Theoretical contexts and design-based examples; and The 60-Year Curriculum: New Models for Lifelong Learning in the Digital Economy.

Dr. Christina Katopodis

Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate
CUNY Humanities Alliance
New York, NY, USA

Talk: Connecting Learners to Their Internal Motivations for Success

For deep and meaningful learning to happen, students need to feel that they have a stake in learning, some skin in the game. How do we make the transition from the top-down, hierarchical, inequitable, output-driven academy and workforce we inherited from the nineteenth century to models that empower all learners to be their own best selves, building a more democratic, flourishing, and just society? How do we make this transition in our own classrooms and offices? In this interactive keynote, Dr. Christina Katopodis, coauthor with Cathy N. Davidson of the award-winning book The New College Classroom (Harvard University Press, 2022), presents what the latest science of learning tells us about inclusive learning. She shares teaching strategies that anyone can adapt easily and effectively into their classes and office meetings to make structural changes as well as grab-and-go activities that educators around the world are using successfully every day to ensure learners’ lifelong success--and to revitalize their own commitment to a better world.

About Dr. Christina Katopodis:
Dr. Christina Katopodis has delivered more than 50 talks and workshops on teaching and learning topics at colleges and universities and regional, national, and international conferences across Australia, Canada, Sweden, and the U.S. She is a Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate at the City University of New York’s Humanities Alliance, pursuing research on the indispensable role of a humanities education in a just society. She is also the former Associate Director of Transformative Learning in the Humanities and founder of Engaged & Ready, a project that empowers faculty with antiracist active learning tools to democratize their classrooms. Dr. Katopodis was the winner of the 2019 Diana Colbert Innovative Teaching Prize and the 2018 Dewey Digital Teaching Award and has authored or co-authored articles published in The Chronicle of Higher Ed, English Language Notes, ESQ, Hybrid Pedagogy, Inside Higher Ed, ISLE, MLA’s Profession, Times Higher Ed, and Zeal: A Journal for the Liberal Arts. With Cathy N. Davidson, Dr. Katopodis is author of The New College Classroom (Harvard University Press, 2022), winner of the AAC&U 2023 Frederic W. Ness Book Award.

As a result of years in academic programs devoted to structuring equity into college classrooms, she discovered that others are struggling to make their classrooms more democratic and student-centered without burning themselves out in the process. Combined with her first-hand teaching experiences, years of research in the learning sciences, and desire to help, she took to the stage with the goal of reaching as many people as possible to transform higher ed from the inside out.

Dr. Alina von Davier

Chief of Assessment
Duolingo
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Talk: Building Digital-first Assessments in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and intelligent automation have revolutionized educational assessments, with a focus on scalable content generation. In this talk, I discuss a new human-centered AI framework for high-stakes testing along with a new system called the "item factory." The item factory system merges human expertise and AI for efficient, high-quality test development, mirroring the processes of intelligent automation in manufacturing. This new system integrates test design, generation, and review, improving efficiency while ensuring that AI enhances, not replaces, educators and developers.

AI-powered content generation allows the development of diverse test items and personalized assessments, making high-quality assessments more affordable and accessible. However, a careful balance is needed between technological progress and human-centered design. This presentation will emphasize the need for interdisciplinary collaboration and discuss a human-centered AI framework that integrates AI with human expertise to create assessments that adapt to students' needs. The presentation will describe the item factory system and the quality assurance metrics that were developed for the Duolingo English Test, a digital-first, high-stakes language test.

About Dr. Alina von Davier:

Dr. Alina von Davier is a psychometrician and researcher in computational psychometrics, machine learning, and education. Dr. von Davier is a researcher, innovator, and an executive leader with over 20 years of experience in EdTech and in the assessment industry. She is the Chief of Assessment at Duolingo, where she leads the Duolingo English Test research and development area. She is also the Founder and CEO of EdAstra Tech, a service-oriented EdTech company. In 2022, she joined the University of Oxford as an Honorary Research Fellow, and Carnegie Mellon University as a Senior Research Fellow.

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2023 Keynotes

The Learning Ideas Conference 2023 was pleased to feature four keynote speakers:

Dr. Lydia Liu, Principal Research Director at ETS and a globally recognized expert in the assessment of critical skills and competencies in higher education and the workforce. She has also managed large-scale grants awarded by government and private funding agencies in the U.S. and international countries including India, China, and Korea.
Dr. Tony O'Driscoll, an adjunct professor at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Pratt School of Engineering and a Research Fellow at Duke Corporate Education. These appointments afford Tony the unique opportunity to apply cutting-edge academic research to address increasingly complex business challenges;
Dr. Maria Rosaria Re, a Research Fellow, qualified as Associate Professor, in Experimental Pedagogy at the Dept. of Education, University Roma Tre, as well as an Assistant Professor at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (IT); and
Dr. Joiselle Cunningham Smith, a federal policy advisor, consultant, and award-winning educator who has worked in the United States, Europe, and Latin America and the CEO of Pathways to Creative Industries, an organization focused on building access for youth interested in creative care.

Dr. Lydia Liu

Principal Research Director
ETS
Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Talk: Power Skills: Unlocking Potential for the Future of Work

The life cycle of technical skills has greatly shortened due to rapid technological innovations and new knowledge generation. With all the unknowns it is almost impossible to predict all the technical skills required ten years from now. However, power skills such as lifelong learning, coachability, communication, and collaborative problem solving can help individuals acquire new learning, generate innovative solutions for novel problems, and navigate new work settings. As the global workforce shifts from rigid academic pedigree to skills-based evaluation that recognizes multiple educational pathways, being able to demonstrate skills that are relevant, transferable, and measurable becomes critically important. Many skills taxonomies have been proposed to categorize skills but they vary in quality and research evidence. In addition, insufficient assessment exists that offers valid and reliable measures for many of the newly defined skills. Direct evidence of skills acquisition from assessment is essential for skills documentation and demonstration. In this seminar, I will discuss the significance for focusing on power skills as enablers for individuals' future success, what key power skills are in terms of definitions and key dimensions, how assessment can be designed, developed, analyzed, and validated, and current initiatives and research that leverage power skills to help unlock workforce potential for individuals, particularly the ones from underserved backgrounds.

About Dr. Liu
Dr. Ou Lydia Liu is Principal Research Director at ETS and a globally recognized expert in the assessment of critical skills and competencies in higher education and the workforce. She has also managed large-scale grants awarded by government and private funding agencies in the U.S. and international countries including India, China, and Korea. Dr. Liu has authored and coauthored over 90 peer-reviewed journal articles, research reports, and book chapters in the fields of applied measurement, higher education, and science assessment. Her research has appeared in Science, Nature Human Behavior, Educational Researcher, and other influential outlets. She has delivered over 100 invited seminars and peer-reviewed conference presentations domestically and internationally. Dr. Liu received the 2019 Robert Linn Memorial Lecture Award and the 2011 National Council on Measurement in Education Jason Millman Promising Measurement Scholar Award in recognition of her original and extensive research in learning outcomes assessment in higher education and K-12 science assessment. Dr. Liu holds a doctorate in Quantitative Methods and Evaluation from the University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Tony O'Driscoll

Adjunct Professor, Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business & Pratt School of Engineering
Research Fellow, Duke Corporate Education
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina, USA

Talk: Learning in Context: How Emerging Technologies Will Change the Game in Generative Learning

As the world becomes increasingly connected, the rate of change itself is changing and the degree of complexity is compounding. In such an unpredictable context, the role of generative learning becomes paramount. As new waves of disruptive technologies come crashing down upon our educational shores, we must avoid falling prey to the “Routinization Trap" in which we use radically new technologies to accelerate the existing teaching model, where we fill classrooms to teach students what we know how to do.

To move beyond this trap, we must leverage the affordances inherent in these disruptive technologies to collectively figure out what to do next when faced with truly novel situational contexts. We need to evolve from the current practice of building individual competencies by closing individual skill gaps via productive learning to a new model of building collective capability. We can accomplish this by tuning human networks to help people make sense of the unfamiliar via generative learning. This session will explore what lies just beyond the horizon to unlock the power of generative learning to better prepare people to navigate an ever evolving and unpredictable world.

About Dr. O'Driscoll:
Tony O’Driscoll is a professor, speaker, author, and advisor whose engaging message emphasizes that the key digital-age differentiator is not technology, but people.

Tony has spent the bulk of his professional and academic career at the nexus of Business, Innovation, Technology and Learning, creating and implementing strategies that enable organizations to realize the full potential of their most valuable asset: Human Beings.

Dr. O’Driscoll’s current appointments as Adjunct Professor at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the Pratt School of Engineering coupled with his role as Research Fellow at Duke Corporate Education afford him the unique opportunity to apply cutting-edge academic research to address increasingly complex business challenges.

During his 18-year corporate career, Tony held several strategic leadership positions. At Duke Corporate Education, he launched the company’s Asian operation and led innovation at CE Labs. At IBM, he was a founding member of IBM Global Service’s Strategy and Change consulting practice where he consulted at the highest level with business executives on creating competitive advantage in increasingly complex environments. He also served as a member IBM’s Almaden Services Research Group where he investigated the changing roles of leadership, innovation, and collaboration as enterprises become more global, virtual, open and digitally mediated. At both IBM and Nortel Networks, Tony had strategic responsibility for crafting and implementing enterprise-level learning, transformation, and human performance improvement strategies.

Dr. O’Driscoll is a frequently invited speaker at both corporate and academic conferences. He has been a keynote speaker, workshop leader, moderator, speaker and panelist at over 130 national and international conferences. He has also provided expert analysis and interviews to media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Wired Magazine, The Financial Times, India Today, Chief Learning Officer Magazine, Training Magazine and for industry analysts such as Gartner and Forrester.

Tony has authored and co-authored articles for business periodicals such as Harvard Business Review, The Financial Times, Strategy and Business, and Dialogue and writes a column for Training Magazine. He has also published two books on Learning and Organization Performance: Learning in 3D: Adding a New Dimension to Enterprise Learning and Collaboration and Achieving Desired Business Performance. His latest book, Everyday Superheroes, proposes a revolutionary People-Centered Transformation (PCT) approach to enable sustained and sustainable organization agility.

Dr. O’Driscoll has contributed to science via publications in journals such as Management Information Sciences Quarterly, Journal of Management Information Systems, Performance Improvement Quarterly and the Journal of Product and Innovation Management. His current research and practice examines how rapidly emerging technologies are disrupting existing industry structures and business models. He specifically focuses on how to develop leadership systems that enable organizations to adapt and evolve in increasingly unpredictable and turbulent business environments.

Along with his teaching, research and formal speaking engagements, Dr. O’Driscoll maintains an active consulting practice. His client list includes Fortune 500 companies across a broad range of industries including High-Technology, Banking, Biotechnology, Software Development, Gaming, Energy, Retail and Professional Services.

Dr. O’Driscoll holds an Ed.D. in Organization Learning and an M.S. in Management from North Carolina State University. His B.S. in Electrical Engineering is from Virginia Tech.

Dr. Maria Rosaria Re

Full Professor in Experimental Pedagogy
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Rome, Italy

Talk: Museum Education for Professional Development: How to Use Heritage to Create Training Experiences for both Hard and Soft Skills

The role of museum heritage as an agent of social and economic development has been demonstrated in numerous studies and reports. Museum education plays a wide cultural and social role, aimed not only at stimulating the acquisition of specific content related to a museum and its collections, but at promoting the cultural sensitivity of museum users and of entire communities. Museums support and encourage the construction of inclusive narratives and memories, active and democratic co-participation in cultural activities, and a participatory life-long learning perspective. Museum contexts can also provide new opportunities for professional training experiences for the development of both hard and soft skills, such as information literacy, critical thinking, empathy, creativity, and digital skills.

In this talk, I will discuss effective uses of museum experiences for professional development and upskilling in various job categories, realized within different museum contexts and with different categories of professionals, and I will reflect on the educational co-design activities and other educational methodologies that were used in these experiences. Throughout the talk, I will discuss the current state of the art in museum education for professional development as well as some key challenges and opportunities for hard- and soft-skill development through heritage, especially from the perspective of promoting the cultural assets of communities.

About Dr. Re:

Dr. Maria Rosaria Re is a Research Fellow, qualified as Associate Professor, in Experimental Pedagogy at the Dept. of Education, University Roma Tre as well as an Assistant Professor at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (IT). In 2020 she obtained a joint Ph.D. in "Culture, Education, Communication" from the University Roma Tre and the University of Foggia on the enhancement of Critical Thinking Skills in museum users. Her expertise concerns research education methodologies within formal and informal professional training contexts.

Dr. Re's most recent interests have been focused on the design of dual learning experiences, promoting soft skills and well-being for professional development through innovative digital technologies. She has been a member of the Centre for Museum Studies (University Roma Tre) since 2015, an EDEN Fellow (European Distance and E-Learning Network) since 2020, and a member of the scientific board of the INTELLECT Research Centre (Research Centre for Heritage Education, Wellbeing and Teaching Technology) since 2021.

She has taken part in several national and European research programs on the development of digital skills in the creative industry field and in the use of heritage as a well-being enhancer for medical professionals and caregivers, in the roles of both researcher and project manager. She is the author of several publications of national and international relevance on the topics of transverse skills promotion, assessment, and the use of technology in teaching and learning activities and in museum education at various levels.

Dr. Joiselle Cunningham Smith

CEO
Pathways to Creative Industries
New York, New York, USA

Talk: Higher Education & Transitions to Careers

In this keynote address, Dr. Joiselle Cunningham Smith will examine the challenges and opportunities facing higher education institutions to help students to transition into meaningful careers. In this talk, Dr. Cunningham Smith will explore various strategies that institutions may consider while maintaining a commitment to the overall student learning experience. Dr. Cunningham Smith will also share real-world examples from existing programs and highlight possible shifts that will better prepare college students for the workplace. This talk will encourage participants to bring their questions, experiences and reflections during brief opportunities to share during the presentation.

About Dr. Smith:

Dr. Joiselle Cunningham Smith is a federal policy advisor, consultant, and award-winning educator who has worked in the United States, Europe, and Latin America.

Joiselle is the CEO of Pathways to Creative Industries, an organization focused on building access for youth interested in creative careers in partnership with the CFDA and is currently on the faculty at NYU.

Joiselle has served as a Senior Advisor and consultant at The Dimon Family Foundation, HERE to HERE, Teach For Sweden, Empieza por Educar, and other social impact and education organizations. Joiselle served in the Obama Administration in the Office of the Secretary at the United States Department of Education and managed educator engagement for the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans. She was named one of top women leading in education and social impact by the University of Southern California and has won other awards for her work in social impact efforts across the globe.

Joiselle has previously worked with several organizations, including the New York City Department of Education, KIPP and America Achieves. She has also worked with business leaders from JP Morgan Chase, Amazon, Accenture and other corporations to build pipelines of local, diverse talent in New York City.

Joiselle studied Public Policy and Economics at Duke University, where she received the Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship for academic achievement. She earned her doctorate from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.

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2022 Keynotes

The Learning Ideas Conference 2022 was delighted to feature two keynote speakers: noted researcher and learning analytics expert Dr. Ryan Baker of the University of Pennsylvania, award-winning game designer and author Dr. Ian Bogost from Washington University in St. Louis and Dr. Antonella Poce, a world-renowned expert on research education methodology and evaluation from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Rome. Further information about our keynote speakers is below.

Dr. Ryan Baker

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education
Director, Penn Center for Learning Analytics
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Talk: Algorithmic Bias in Education

The advanced algorithms of learning analytics and educational data mining underpin modern adaptive learning technologies, for assessment and supporting learning. However, there has not been enough research on whether these algorithms are effective for all learners who use them.

In this talk, I discuss the evidence around algorithmic bias in education, cases where an algorithm works substantially less well for specific groups of learners. I review who is impacted, what the impacts are, and the gaps in the field's knowledge -- both in terms of "known unknowns" and "unknown unknowns." I conclude with potential directions to move research and practice towards better understanding how bias impacts educational algorithms, and how to address these problems so that learning systems become fairer and more equitable.

About Dr. Baker
Dr. Ryan Baker is an Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Penn Center for Learning Analytics. His lab conducts research on engagement and robust learning within online and blended learning, seeking to find actionable indicators that can be used today but which predict future student outcomes. Dr. Baker has developed models that can automatically detect student engagement in over a dozen online learning environments, and has led the development of an observational protocol and app for field observation of student engagement that has been used by over 150 researchers in 6 countries. Predictive analytics models he helped develop have been used to benefit hundreds of thousands of students, over a hundred thousand people have taken MOOCs he ran, and he has coordinated longitudinal studies that spanned over a decade. He was the founding president of the International Educational Data Mining Society, is currently serving as Editor of the journal Computer-Based Learning in Context, is Associate Editor of two journals, was the first technical director of the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center DataShop, and currently serves as Co-Director of the MOOC Replication Framework (MORF). Dr. Baker has co-authored published papers with over 300 colleagues.

Dr. Ian Bogost

Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Professor and Director, Program in Film & Media Studies
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Talk: How to Learn Playfully

Twenty years ago, building on the prior three decades of work in educational software, I started a company that built games for learning in corporate, scholastic, and organizational contexts. We believed that the technology of games and simulations, especially their ability to provide operational models for complex ideas, represented a sea change in educational practice. That potential is still there, but the truth is, very little really changed, in education or in games. Instead, the same methods and media re-entrenched—text, image, video, sound. Even as I continued to design and consult on game and software projects, I also looked deeper at what made games powerful learning tools. Maybe it wasn’t just the content that they could deliver, but their form and structure—specifically that games are media that are played. But even now, after publishing a book on play, speaking about play to a variety of professional and academic audiences, and deliberately incorporating play into my own daily life, I still find it a mysterious and difficult practice to describe, let alone carry out. In this lecture, I will talk through some of the lessons I’ve learned about play as I’ve tried to teach, and learn, by means of it.

About Dr. Bogost:
Dr. Ian Bogost is an author and an award-winning game designer. He is Professor and Director of the Program in Film & Media Studies and Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. Bogost is also Founding Partner at Persuasive Games LLC, an independent game studio, and a Contributing Editor at The Atlantic. He is author or co-author of ten books, including Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Videogames, Newsgames: Journalism at Play, and Play Anything: The Pleasure of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games.

Dr. Antonella Poce

Full Professor in Experimental Pedagogy
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Rome, Italy

Talk: Creating Cultural Assets to Foster Social Inclusion and Development

Developing innovative cultural experiences that link local, urban, and cultural heritage can lead to an increase in citizenship skills and social inclusion.

The use of new learning methodologies and innovative digital tools along with a focus on cultural heritage has been successful in fighting the realities of marginalization. We see this in many international programs, such as the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce; Heritage Lottery Fund in the UK and programs in the cities of Pittsburgh and Dallas in the U.S. Programs like these enhance transferable skills—especially 4C skills: Creativity, Communication, Collaboration and Critical Thinking, together with digital skills—for a variety of different types of people, particularly those belonging to disadvantaged social groups such as migrants, people with physical or mental disabilities, and the elderly. In addition, such programs also encourage the creation of new social business models that can generate inclusive growth.

In this keynote, Dr. Poce will describe international case studies in which people participate in different experiences that use advanced technologies such as virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) to allow people to experience cultural heritage objects and places. Dr. Poce will describe experiences carried out within the European Inclusive Memory project along with data from field analysis of the project’s experiences thus far.

Under the model that Dr. Poce will describe, people’s active citizenship skills and their participation in cultural life and events will be encouraged. Industries in the creative and technological sectors, personal care organizations, universities, and heritage sites will form a network of collaboration for the promotion of social inclusion and well-being.

Cities change at a remarkable speed. Arts and culture are important drivers for the development of urban centers and identifying new models of effective development is not always so easy. Working in international contexts can facilitate the growth of new ideas, exchange and collaboration.

The recent changes in Pittsburgh and Dallas show how transformative such changes can be; urban areas which combine an active cultural life and properly designed public spaces attract investment, knowledge, workers and tourists, facilitate the creation of community and social capital, and reveal the distinctive local identity. But investments need to be well placed in order to be productive. The European Inclusive Memory project looks to promote change via the effective use of cultural assets and technology-supported learning experiences.

About Dr. Poce:

Dr. Antonella Poce currently holds the role of Full Professor in Experimental Pedagogy at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, where she directs INTELLECT (Centre for Research into Museum Education, Well-being and Teaching Technology). She is the Head of the one-year post-graduate courses "Heritage Education and Digital Technologies” and "Museum Education: General Aspects," as well as the two-year post-graduate course "Advanced Studies in Museum Education." Dr. Poce coordinates national units within European project frameworks and she has been chairing international academic committees dealing with distance learning. She is the author of numerous publications of national and international relevance on the topics of innovation, assessment, and the use of technology in teaching and learning and in the context of heritage fruition.

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2021 Keynotes

The Learning Ideas Conference 2021 was delighted to feature five keynote speakers: world-renowned researcher Prof. Dr. Ilona Buchem of Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin; award-winning professor, museum leader, art historian, and media producer Deborah Howes; former chairperson of artificial intelligence for the U.S. Air Force Michael Kanaan; Senior Vice President and Executive Director of The Learning Guild David Kelly and the Director of Innovation for the Department of Defense’s Defense Acquisition University Dr. Alicia Sanchez. Further information about our keynote speakers is below.

Prof. Dr. Ilona Buchem

Professor of Media and Communication
Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin
Berlin, Germany

Talk: Wearable Enhanced Learning (WELL): Trends, Opportunities, and Challenges.

Deborah Howes

Professor, Museum Studies Program, Johns Hopkins University
President of Howes Studio Inc
New York, NY, USA

Talk: Museums as Catalysts for Digital Learning

The urgency for change at all levels of education has never been greater. Formal opportunities must be more connected to learner needs, more varied in methods, more inclusive in topics and voices, more accessible in practice, more affordable, and more successful in producing well-rounded citizens and caretakers of this world. Just to name a few goals.

Museums are transforming too. They are currently redefining the societal value of their collections in a post-colonial world, as well as their presence in the digital universe. Museums are repositioning their public educational worth to include non-physical attributes such as their extraordinary expertise in immersive storytelling, presenting authentic and authoritative points of view, modeling processes of inquiry and critical thinking, and designing learner-centric explorations. And, of course, museums regularly produce awesome images, sounds, and stories, and share these freely along with plenty of metadata.

Deborah Howes, a longtime museum educator and technology innovator, envisions a world in which education systems and museums advance symbiotically for both immediate and long term mutual benefit. Schools teaching in close collaboration with museums, and museums listening deeply to what schools require would synergize the catalytic energy needed to power the current educational reform movement. Her argument will transform your loving museums for their collections of physical objects and impressive buildings, to understanding them as powerful storehouses of ideas, mediated experiences, and extensible learning models that thrive in digital platforms.

About Deborah Howes:
Deborah Howes is an award-winning professor, museum leader, art historian, and media producer. Deborah is an expert in digital learning and has directed ground-breaking educational experiences, online exhibitions and resources, print and electronic publications, websites, and study centers for world-class art and educational institutions. Deborah is President of Howes Studio Inc and a Professor in the Museum Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University.

Michael Kanaan

Director of Operations
Department of the Air Force / MIT Artificial Intelligence
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Talk: Artificial Intelligence: Reaching the End of the Rainbow

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the greatest, newly developing technology capable of profoundly enhancing human opportunity and experience. Although now it's commonly employed as the foundational software in applications, products, and services throughout everyday life to the most sophisticated of business and geopolitical pursuits, it is often misunderstood and misused by citizens the world over, and is frequently ignored by educational systems. Fortunately, we can all be a part of changing that.

In this session, we'll examine AI from a new perspective, discover the realities at hand, and inspire a common message of its place in our personal lives and professional pursuits. We'll use this new framing of the technology in order to advance understanding in familiar and engaging ways outside of traditional visions of STEM education so this next generation can ensure AI be implemented only in ways consistent with fundamental human dignities…and only for purposes consistent with democratic ideals, liberties, and laws.

About Michael Kanaan:

Michael Kanaan is the author of the book T-Minus AI and is a former chairperson of artificial intelligence for the U.S. Air Force, Headquarters Pentagon. In that role, he authored and guided the research, development, and implementation strategies for AI across its global operations. He was named to the 2019 Forbes "30 Under 30" list and the Fast Company Impact Council, and received the U.S. Government's Arthur S. Flemming Award (an honor shared by past recipients Neil Armstrong, Robert Gates, and Elizabeth Dole). He currently lives in Cambridge, MA.

David Kelly

EVP & Executive Director
The Learning Guild
New York, NY, USA

Talk: A Look Ahead: The Now and the Next of Learning and Technology within Organizations.

Technology continues to advance rapidly, changing how we live and interact with the world around us. Today’s learning professionals face the challenge of staying ahead of this curve and tracking the technologies that are shaping the future of organizational learning, while at the same time recognizing technologies that may be only a passing fad.

In this keynote session, we will explore the changing face of the learning technology landscape and discuss the ways that various technologies have shifted the landscape of organizational learning. We’ll explore sample applications of new technologies within workplace settings to see how new technologies such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and artificial intelligence (AI) can best be employed to improve learning and performance. We will also examine the common characteristics of these shifts and review how to best identify which technologies have the potential to disrupt organizational learning, as opposed to those that are just hype.

About David Kelly:

David Kelly is Senior Vice President and Executive Director of The Learning Guild, a highly-regarded community of practice for those supporting the design, development, strategy, and management of organizational learning. David has been a learning and performance consultant and training director for more than 15 years. He is a leading voice exploring how technology can be used to enhance training, education, learning, and organizational performance.

Dr. Alicia Sanchez

Director of Innovation
Defense Acquisition University
Department of Defense
Fort Belvoir, Virginia, USA

Talk: Learning on the Seam: The Intersection between Learning Science and User-Centered Design.

Voluminous tidbits focused on how we improve learning can leave us wondering which methods or practices might be the right ones to pursue. Determining what to implement how and when is traditionally left to each of us based on our assumptions about our learners and our own ability to curate, assimilate and apply the information we receive.

From long-established practices to responding to our learners’ evolving needs, there is no unifying discipline that guides our decision-making strategies. Traditional and emerging constructs from the science of learning often show promise, but in our consumer-driven world, focusing on our users has never been more imperative.

In this keynote session, an intersection between Learning Sciences and User-Centered Design will be examined from the perspective of “what our learners need now” in order to create relevant and outcome-oriented learning assets. By combining two frequently separated methodologies, this session seeks to pull the thread on new perspective on how to create or realign meaningful programs of learning by eliminating gaps and overlaps in competing theories.

Dr. Alicia Sanchez is the Director of Innovation for the Department of Defense’s Defense Acquisition University, which serves over 180,000 enlisted and civilian personnel. Previously DAU’s Games Czar, Alicia deployed over 80 games and simulations into DAU’s curriculum while focusing on how people learn and how to position learning opportunities to yield learning results. Alicia is dedicated to the modernization of learning through the application of learning science, user-centered design and her pet studies in cognitive biases and memory.

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2020 Keynotes

ICELW 2020 was delighted to feature two keynote speakers: noted researcher and learning analytics expert Ryan Baker, Ph.D. of the University of Pennsylvania and Antonella Poce, Ph.D., a world-renowned expert on research education methodology and evaluation from Roma Tre University. Further information about our keynote speakers is below.

Ryan Baker, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Penn Center for Learning Analytics
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Talk: Learning Analytics: Potential Opportunities for e-Learning in the Workplace

In the last decades, the power of data mining and analytics has transformed practice in field after field. In this talk, I will discuss how this trend is playing out in education. Increasingly, large-scale data is available on students, whether from school information systems, large-scale field observational methods, or the logs of online learning systems. Much of this data represents student behavior in a fashion that is both longitudinal and fine-grained. This has allowed researchers to model and track many elements of student learning that were not previously feasible at scale: engagement, affect, meta-cognition, complex skill, and robust learning. In turn, these models can be used in prediction of long-term student outcomes, and in interventions that promote student success.

These technologies, developed first in K-12 and undergraduate contexts, are beginning to play an important role in e-learning in the workplace as well. In this talk, I will illustrate this potential with examples from both e-learning and more traditional educational settings, discussing how new advances in this type of technology can be applied to benefit e-learning in the workplace.

Throughout the talk, I will both discuss the current state of the art in learning analytics, and some of the key challenges and opportunities for applying these methods at scale in practice.

About Dr. Baker
Ryan Baker is an Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Penn Center for Learning Analytics. His lab conducts research on engagement and robust learning within online and blended learning, seeking to find actionable indicators that can be used today but which predict future student outcomes. Baker has developed models that can automatically detect student engagement in over a dozen online learning environments, and has led the development of an observational protocol and app for field observation of student engagement that has been used by over 150 researchers in 6 countries. Predictive analytics models he helped develop have been used to benefit hundreds of thousands of students, over a hundred thousand people have taken MOOCs he ran, and he has coordinated longitudinal studies that spanned over a decade. He was the founding president of the International Educational Data Mining Society, is currently serving as Editor of the journal Computer-Based Learning in Context, is Associate Editor of two journals, was the first technical director of the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center DataShop, and currently serves as Co-Director of the MOOC Replication Framework (MORF). Baker has co-authored published papers with over 300 colleagues.

Antonella Poce, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, qualified as Full Professor, in Experimental Pedagogy
Department of Education. Roma Tre University
Rome, Italy

Talk: Learning Analytics: How to Define, Assess and Develop Critical Thinking in Professional Development Contexts - Reflections and Empirical Evidence

The Center for Museum Studies (CDM), in the Department of Education at Roma Tre University, led by Professor Antonella Poce, has been involved in Critical Thinking (CT) assessment research studies for the last few years. Educational policy makers identify CT as an essential driver for progress and knowledge growth in any field and in the broad society. However, CT is still a disputed concept with several different definitions that come from many approaches. The seminar is meant to provide a theoretical framework for CT definition and assessment findings collected by CDM in recent research. Research experiences concerning in particular STEM and heritage education (Tinkering), analytical and creative writing inspired by pieces of art and related literary texts, with a view of professional development in different fields, will be presented. Pedagogical implications for a CT education will be formulated, with a specific focus on the positive impact of cultural heritage and literature fruition, and individual and collaborative writing activity supported by the use of digital technology.

About Dr. Poce
Antonella Poce is an Associate Professor, qualified as Full Professor, in Experimental Pedagogy at the Department of Education at Roma Tre University in Italy. Her expertise concerns research education methodology and evaluation. Over the past five years, her interests have been focused on methods to develop and assess transverse skills and dispositions (critical thinking, creativity, collaboration and communication) in different kinds of users by combining formal, non-formal and informal methods through the use of innovative digital technologies. Currently, within her research group, she has been working on Critical Thinking automatic assessment through the analysis of open-ended questions and essays. She chairs the Centre for Museum Education at the Dept. of Education at Roma Tre University as well as post-graduate courses entitled Museum Education and Advanced Studies in Museum Education. She coordinates national research units within European project frameworks, and has been chairing international academic committees dealing with distance learning. She is presently chair of EDEN NAP, the Network of Academics and Professionals. Dr. Poce is the author of a number of publications of national and international relevance on the topics of innovation, assessment, and the use of technology in teaching and learning.

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2019 Keynotes

ICELW 2019 is delighted to feature Meredith Broussard, noted researcher and data journalist, and author of Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World; and renowned cognitive psychologist, author, and podcaster Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D., whose books include Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind, as our keynote speakers. Additional information is below.

Meredith Broussard

Assistant Professor, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute,
New York University
New York, NY, USA

Talk: Artificial Unintelligence

Our collective enthusiasm for applying computer technology to every aspect of life has resulted in a vast number of poorly designed systems. We are so eager to do everything digitally—hiring, driving, paying bills, even choosing romantic partners—that we have stopped demanding that our technology actually work.

In this talk, author and professor Meredith Broussard looks at the inner workings and outer limits of technology, and explains why we should never assume that computers always get things right. Making a case against "technochauvinism"—the belief that technology is always the solution—Broussard looks at why self-driving cars don't really work and why social problems persist in every digital Utopia. If we understand the limits of what we *can* do with technology, Broussard tells us, we can make better choices about what we *should* do with it inside and outside the classroom to make the world better for everyone.

About Meredith Broussard
Meredith Broussard is an assistant professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University and the author of Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World. Her research focuses on artificial intelligence in investigative reporting, with a particular interest in using data analysis for social good. Her newest project explores how future historians will read today's news on tomorrow's computers. She is an affiliate faculty member at the Moore Sloan Data Science Environment at the NYU Center for Data Science, a 2019 Reynolds Journalism Institute Fellow, and her work has been supported by the Institute of Museum & Library Services as well as the Tow Center at Columbia Journalism School. A former features editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer, she has also worked as a software developer at AT&T Bell Labs and the MIT Media Lab. Her features and essays have appeared in The Atlantic, Harper's, Slate, and other outlets. Follow her on Twitter @merbroussard or contact her via meredithbroussard.com.

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.

Psychologist at Barnard College,
Columbia University
New York, NY, USA

Talk: The New Science of Self-Actualization

Abraham Maslow, the founder of the field of humanistic psychology, suggested that psychology should focus on what was positive, or best in human beings (in contrast with his contemporaries in behaviorist and psychoanalytic traditions, which were very negatively focused). He is perhaps best known for his hierarchy of needs, in which he proposed a number of needs that are important to satisfy to a reasonable degree before one can reach self-actualization, the fulfillment of one’s highest unique potential. Many of Maslow’s ideas have never been systematically tested, however. In this session, Scott Barry Kaufman discusses his research on the characteristics of self-actualizing people, as well as his attempts to reimagine the famous hierarchy of needs in light of recent scientific research. Kaufman hopes his research offers a counterbalance to an overemphasis on achievement and productivity that is so prevalent in society today.

About Scott Barry Kaufman
Scott Barry Kaufman is a psychologist at Barnard College, Columbia University exploring the depths of human potential (see research). Dr. Kaufman embraces a humanistic, integrative approach that takes into account a wide range of human variation–- from learning disabilities to intellectual and creative giftedness to introversion to narcissism to twice exceptionality–- to help all kinds of minds live a creative, fulfilling, and meaningful life. Scott likes to share his enthusiasm for these topics through his teaching, writing, speaking, and podcast. He writes the weekly column Beautiful Minds for Scientific American and hosts The Psychology Podcast, which has received over 7 million downloads. In Spring 2019, Kaufman is teaching the course The Science of Living Well at Columbia University. Kaufman’s writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Psychology Today, and Harvard Business Review, and his books include Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined, Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind (with Carolyn Gregoire), and, as editor, Twice Exceptional: Supporting and Educating Bright and Creative Students with Learning Difficulties and The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence. Scott received a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Yale University, and an M. Phil in experimental psychology from the University of Cambridge under a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. In 2015, he was named one of "50 Groundbreaking Scientists who are changing the way we see the world" by Business Insider.

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2018 Keynotes

ICELW 2018 featured Barbara Oakley, Ph.D., noted expert on learning, popular author, and the creator of the world's most popular MOOC; plus game, virtual reality (VR), and augmented reality expert Shawn Patton as our 2018 keynote speakers. More information is below!

Barbara Oakley, Ph.D.

Professor, Oakland University
Rochester, Michigan, USA

Talk: Learning How to Learn: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the World’s Most Popular MOO

In this talk, Dr. Barbara Oakley reveals the secrets behind the construction of the world’s most popular MOOC, the two-million-student Learning How to Learn (UCSD-Coursera). A key element of the success of Learning How to Learn is that production of the course takes advantage of the very principles of learning that are being taught. Simple visuals, often developed in PowerPoint, allow students to easily “chunk” key ideas. Bottom-up attentional mechanisms keep people riveted to the screen; subtle use of the brain’s different learning modes allows stories to pop into insights. Use of metaphor—a key element of neural reuse theory—allows students to quickly grasp new ideas. Unexpected humor helps maintain interest. Wherever practicable, theory is instantiated with personal story.Nothing has changed in how we learn, not fundamentally.

This presentation will review these and other key elements of learning and how these factors were integrated in to create a great learning experience.

About Dr. Barbara Oakley
Barbara Oakley, PhD, PE is a Professor of Engineering at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan; the Ramón y Cajal Distinguished Scholar of Global Digital Learning at McMaster University; and Coursera’s inaugural “Innovation Instructor.” Her work focuses on the complex relationship between neuroscience and social behavior. Dr. Oakley’s research has been described as “revolutionary” in the Wall Street Journal. She has won numerous teaching awards, including the American Society of Engineering Education’s Chester F. Carlson Award for technical innovation in engineering education. Together with Terrence Sejnowski, the Francis Crick Professor at the Salk Institute, she co-teaches Coursera – UC San Diego’s “Learning How to Learn,” the world’s most popular massive open online course with over two million registered students. Barb is a New York Times best-selling author—her upcoming book Learning How to Learn is geared to give kids aged ten on up neuroscientific tools to help their learning.

Shawn Patton

Principal Designer, Schell Games
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Talk: The New Virtual Reality (VR) - From Entertainment to Education

Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR), 3 Degrees of Freedom (DOF), 6DOF, retinal display, holographic waveguides...the only thing evolving faster than VR technology is the dictionary of terms to describe it. Join Shawn Patton, Principal Designer at Schell Games, as he breaks down the current state of the VR/AR industry and outlines where he thinks it could take us. How can the immersion and presence afforded by VR foster a learning-by-doing atmosphere? The potential of this new technology is immense, but it is not without its drawbacks. Shawn will outline the strengths and weaknesses of VR/AR for training and education.

About Shawn Patton
After a brief stint at Walt Disney Imagineering, Shawn joined Schell Games where he has been designing and directing projects for the past 14 years. Most recently he was Design Director on the VR escape-the-room game "I Expect You to Die" and Project Director on "Water Bears VR." In the past Shawn has worked on a myriad of projects from online games, offline toys, in-person theme park attractions, transformational worlds, and pure mobile fun for kids through adults. He holds a B.S. in computer science from Rutgers University and completed further study at Carnegie Mellon University.

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2017 Keynotes

ICELW was delighted to have world-renowned learning and development expert Donald H Taylor along with simulation and game expert Dr. Alicia Sanchez as our 2017 keynote speakers! More information is below.

Donald H Taylor

Chairman, Learning and Performance Institute
London, UK

Talk: Learning Today: Why Nothing and Everything Has Changed

Nothing has changed in how we learn, not fundamentally. The way neurons fire and form networks in our brain is the same as it was when we stood on the African savannah a few tens of thousands of years ago.

In other ways, though, everything has changed – the tools we use, the distractions we face and the breadth of information we have access to, are all vastly different to what we faced just few years ago, never mind tens of thousands.

In this opening keynote, Donald will explore how today’s fast changing world affects learning and development, whether in academia or in the workplace. What impact does technology and superabundant information have on our daily roles, on the expectations of our employers and our learners?

Be prepared to be energized, enthused and challenged for the conference as we consider:
- Adapting our natural ways of learning to the modern world;
- Why memory is now more important than ever;
- The long, imperfect legacy of the schoolroom;
- Why Artificial Intelligence is both a tremendous opportunity and threat;
- The profound implications for learning professionals.

In this keynote, Donald will explore how today’s fast changing world affects learning and development, whether in academia or in the workplace. What impact does technology and superabundant information have no our daily roles, on the expectations of our employers and our learners?

About Donald H Taylor
Donald H Taylor is a 25-year veteran of the learning, skills and human capital industries, with experience at every level from design and delivery to chairman of the board. He has been chairman of the Learning and Performance Institute since 2010.

A recognized commentator and organizer in the fields of workplace learning and learning technologies, Donald is passionately committed to helping develop the learning and development profession.

His background ranges from training delivery to director and vice-president positions in software companies. Donald has been a company director and shareholder for three companies through start up, growth and acquisition.

He is an influential writer and speaker in the fields of the professional development of L&D and of technology-supported learning. He was the 2007 recipient of the Colin Corder award for services to training and has chaired the Learning Technologies Conference since 2000. He also chairs the Learning and Skills Group, hosting its bi-weekly webinar programme, and edits Inside Learning Technologies Magazine. He is a graduate of Oxford University and in 2016 was awarded an honorary doctorate by Middlesex University in recognition of his work developing the L&D profession.

Dr. Alicia Sanchez

Games Czar, Defense Acquisition University
CEO, Czarina Games
Alexandria, VA

Talk: Games for Today, Tomorrow, and the Day after That

The use of Games in E-Learning is quickly become an expectation, not an enhancement. Experiential games have become an integral part of leading curriculums by allowing their students to practice and apply skills and knowledge gained within their courses. Many organizations, however, still stumble in their first steps to incorporate these powerful tools. In this keynote address, Alicia will take you on a journey of why games must become the norm in E-Learning and how to successfully craft your own games initiative. Blending old school with cutting edge research and years of practical experience, this discussion will challenge you to explore the potential impacts of games. Be prepared to consider concepts relevant to games such as:

- Demographics of game players;
- Making content memorable;
- The novice to expert continuum;
- Motivational constructs in learning; and
- The difference between games and gamification.

About Dr. Sanchez
Alicia has served as the Games Czar for Defense Acquisition University for the last 9 years. During that time she has implemented over 50 games into the DAU curriculum. After completing her PhD at the University of Central Florida in the Modeling and Simulation program, Alicia served as a researcher at the Naval Air Warfare Center, as faculty for the Institute of Simulation and Training, as faculty for UCF’s Digital Media program and as a researcher for the Virginia Modeling Analysis and Simulation Center. Alicia’s games have earned recognition from CLO, Brandon Hall, PBS, and the SGS&C. Alicia launched the first ever DoD Casual Games site in 2010 and has presented nationally and internationally at events including GDC, NATO events, Harvard Publishing, Serious Play, Games and Learning Society, and IITSEC. In 2012 Alicia founded Czarina Games, a company dedicated to the development, research, and implementation of games for training and development.

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2016 Keynotes

ICELW was delighted to have world-renowned learning technology expert Clark Quinn, Ph.D. along with promiment cognitive science and educational technology researcher John Black, Ph.D. as our keynote speakers for 2016! Additional information is below.

Clark Quinn, Ph.D.

Executive Director
Quinnovation
Walnut Creek, California, USA

Talk: Serious Shoestrings: Deep eLearning within Pragmatic Constraints

Most of elearning is woeful. Really! Too much is just tarted-up information dump and knowledge test. The reasons are understandable, if not excusable; there are too many people who don't understand learning design, there are expectations about what it looks like, there are misconceptions about subject matter experts, the tools have the wrong focus, and there are unrealistic expectations about time frames and resources required. Yet we need to do better. The good news is, we can. When we look at most design processes, we see inflection points that give us leverage. With small changes in what is currently producing ordinary elearning, we can produce much better elearning. Serious elearning. In this session, we'll explore the barriers, opportunities and steps to successfully integrate engaging experiences with effective learning, in the real world. Come see what learning can and should be.

About Clark Quinn
Clark Quinn, Ph.D., helps organizations align technology with how we think, work, and learn. He integrates creativity, cognitive science, and technology to lead development of strategic solutions including award-winning online content, educational computer games, and websites, as well as adaptive, mobile, and performance support systems. After an early academic career, Dr. Quinn has served as an executive in online and elearning initiatives and has an international reputation as a speaker and scholar, with four books and numerous articles and chapters. He blogs at learnlets.com, tweets as @quinnovator, and works through Quinnovation.

John Black, Ph.D.

Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Telecommunications and Education
Teachers College, Columbia University
New York, NY, USA

Talk: Full-Bodied Learning: Applying Grounded Embodied Cognition to Improve Learning

Most of learning is thin and shallow and it is not understood very deeply, is quickly forgotten and does not really become part of the way the learners think about the world. As Dewey (1938) pointed out, learning without experiencing what is being learned is not meaningful. Modern research in embodied and perceptually-grounded cognition (Glenberg, 1997; Barsalou, 2008) provides a modern perspective on this: namely, that full understanding means that learners build a mental perceptual simulation of what is being learned, and doing that effectively requires as rich a perceptual experience as possible during learning (Black, Segal, Vitale, & Fadjo, 2012; Black, Khan and Huang, 2014). I will describe our research showing that computer and video games, graphic simulations and role playing in virtual and augmented worlds can provide these grounding experiences and can be effective when used in conjunction with other learning activities.

About John Black
John Black, Ph.D., is the Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Telecommunications and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he is a member of both the Department of Human Development and the Department of Math, Science and Technology, and serves as Co-Director of the Institute for Learning Technologies. He has a B.S. degree (1970) in math from MIT and a Ph.D. (1979) in Cognitive Psychology from Stanford. He was an Assistant and then Associate Professor of Psychology and Computer Science at Yale before joining the Teachers College faculty. He has served as a consultant to the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, IBM Research and Bell Laboratories. He is the author of over 80 refereed publications and 4 books. His research focuses on cognitive research and its application to the design and use of educational technology.

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2015 Keynotes

ICELW was delighted to have award-winning author and game designer Ian Bogost and renowned author, consultant and knowledge management expert Katrina Pugh as our keynote speakers for 2015!

Dr. Ian Bogost

Ivan Allen College Distinguished Chair in Media Studies and Professor of Interactive Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Talk: Gamification vs. Game Design: What's the Difference?

About Ian Bogost
Dr. Ian Bogost is an award-winning author and game designer whose work focuses on videogames and computational media. He is Ivan Allen College Distinguished Chair in Media Studies and Professor of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he also holds an appointment in the Scheller College of Business. Bogost is Founding Partner at Persuasive Games LLC, an independent game studio, and a Contributing Editor at The Atlantic.

Bogost's research and writing considers videogames as an expressive medium, and his creative practice focuses on political games and artgames. He is author or co-author of Unit Operations: An Approach to Videogame Criticism, Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Videogames, Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System, Newsgames: Journalism at Play, How To Do Things with Videogames, Alien Phenomenology, or What it's Like to Be a Thing, and 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10.

Bogost's games about social and political issues cover topics as varied as airport security, consumer debt, disaffected workers, the petroleum industry, suburban errands, pandemic flu, and tort reform. His games have been played by millions of people and exhibited internationally at venues including the Telfair Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image.

His recent independent games include Cow Clicker, a Facebook game send-up of Facebook games, and A Slow Year, a collection of videogame poems for Atari VCS, Windows, and Mac, and winner of the Vanguard and Virtuoso awards at the 2010 Indiecade Festival.

Bogost holds a Bachelors degree in Philosophy and Comparative Literature from the University of Southern California, and a Masters and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from UCLA. He lives in Atlanta.

Katrina Pugh

Columbia University Information and Knowledge Strategy Master's Program,
New York, New York, USA

Talk: Out of the Fragmentation, Innovation: From Hidden Know-How to Collective Learning

Leading neuroscientists trumpet "attention density" as the key to shifting our thinking as individuals. How does collective attention density improve our learning as organizations? Katrina Pugh, Academic Director for Columbia's Information and Knowledge Strategy Master's program, and author of Sharing Hidden Know-How and Smarter Innovation, will discuss how scaffolded conversation helps to propagate organizational insight. She'll explain how informing knowledge-elicitation with the science of memory can help us to better target, discover, and translate hidden knowledge into collective learning. Her work combines the disciplines of management, neuroscience, organizational behavior, and information architecture.

About Katrina Pugh
Katrina (Kate) Pugh is the Academic Director of Columbia University's Information and Knowledge Strategy Master's of Science program, and is president of AlignConsulting.

She is the general editor and co-author of Smarter Innovation: How Interactive Processes Drive Better Business Results, a 20-author-team book on knowledge-driven innovation published by Ark Group (2014). She also authored the critically acclaimed book, Sharing Hidden Know-How (Jossey-Bass/Wiley, 2011) which provides a practical guide to strategic conversation for knowledge-creation. Kate helps organizations and students activate knowledge and intellectual capital through social learning platforms, intranets, practical knowledge-sharing processes, and knowledge networks.

Formerly, she was Vice President for Knowledge Management at Fidelity Investments, Senior Technical Program Manager for Intel Corporation, and First Vice President for Finance Knowledge Integration at JPMorganChase.

She has published in Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, Journal of Digital Media Management, Huffington Post, Ivey Business Journal, Dashboard Insight, Ark Group, and Reuters Great Debate Blog.

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2014 Keynotes

ICELW 2014 is pleased to welcome two fantastic keynote speakers: Steve Wheeler from Plymouth University, the renowned speaker, blogger, tweeter, and e-learning expert; and Peta Hellmann, Ph.D., Senior HR Officer at the World Bank Group.

Steve Wheeler

Associate Professor of Learning Technologies
Plymouth University, UK

Talk: Digital Learning in the Workplace: The future is social, mobile, personal...

We live in uncertain times, where cultural and technological trends are impacting the workplace. Learning and Development in the 21st Century is evolving, to try to keep pace with the changing needs of the work force and shifting demographics. We are aware that a number of factors, including technology, innovation and new social and cultural trends have already impacted the way learning is conducted in and beyond the workplace. We also realize that to survive in the future, companies need to be agile and flexible to meet the diverse learning and development needs of their workforces. In this presentation I will critically examine some of the current (and predicted) innovations, and evaluate the disruptive and innovative nature of new technologies on learning. I will explore new and emerging trends including Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), flipped learning, social and mobile learning, distributed cognition and peer learning. There will also be time to analyze of the impact of technology on L & D, and gaze into the near future, to see what might be on the horizon. We will conclude by discussing how the corporate sector might prepare for a volatile market and uncertain future where knowledge can go quickly out of date, and where digital cultural capital is becoming an increasingly valuable company asset.

About Steve Wheeler
Steve Wheeler is Associate Professor of Learning Technologies at Plymouth University, in South West England. Originally trained as a psychologist, he has spent his entire career working in media, technology and learning, predominantly in nurse education (NHS 1981-1995) and teacher education (1976-1981 and 1995-present). He is now in the Plymouth Institute of Education, at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

Steve is a global educator, teaching online, and on a number of undergraduate and post-graduate teacher education programmes in the UK and overseas. He researches into e-learning and distance education, with particular emphasis on the pedagogy underlying the use of social media and Web 2.0 technologies, and he also has research interests in mobile learning and cyber-cultures. Steve is regularly invited to speak about his work and has given keynotes and invited lectures to audiences in more than 30 countries across 5 continents. He is currently involved in several research programmes related to e-learning, social media and handheld technologies.

Steve is the author of more than 150 scholarly articles, with almost 3000 academic citations and is an active and prolific edublogger. His blog Learning with 'e's is a regular online commentary on the social and cultural impact of disruptive technologies, and the application of digital media in education, learning and development. It currently attracts in excess of 100,000 unique visitors each month.

Steve is chair of the Plymouth e-Learning Conference, and between 2008-2011 was also co-editor of the journal Interactive Learning Environments. He serves on the editorial boards of a number of learning technology and education related open access academic journals including Research in Learning Technology (formerly ALT-J), the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL), the European Journal of Open, Distance and eLearning (EURODL) and Digital Culture and Education. He has served on the organising and executive committees of a number of international academic conferences, including ALT-C, ICL, EDEN, IFIP and AICT.

In 2008 Steve was awarded a Fellowship by the European Distance and E-learning Network (EDEN), and in 2011 he was elected to serve as a member of the Steering group of EDEN's Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP). Between 2008-2013 he also served as chair of the influential worldwide research group IFIP Technical Committee Working Group 3.6 (distance education) and is author of several books including The Digital Classroom (Routledge: 2008) and Connected Minds, Emerging Cultures (Information Age: 2009). He lives in Plymouth, on the South West coast of England.

Peta Hellmann, Ph.D.

Senior HR Officer, Global Talent Management & Rewards
World Bank Group, USA

Talk: Online Learning: Connecting Global Talent across Time and Space

In today's world, there is more competition for people's time and attention than ever before. It can be a challenge for organizations to convince employees to spend their in-demand time on online training and professional development. Persuading people to immerse themselves in optional online learning requires products with relevant content, delivered in ways that are easy to use and integrate into employees' lives and work process, and ways to ensure that each target audience is aware of the online learning opportunities that exist. The World Bank Group has faced these challenges as they relate to its large, diverse, global talent based. In this session, I will lean on our experience at the World Bank Group to explore successes, failures, and lessons learned.

About Peta Hellmann
Dr. Peta Hellmann leads the Talent & Performance Management programs at the World Bank Group. She has been designing and implementing talent management programs for global companies for over 14 years. In 2013, she co-led the development and launch of the World Bank Group's Talent Marketplace, an on-line enterprise-wide platform to crowd-source talent based on business needs across World Bank. In 2012, Peta was selected into the World Bank Groups "Corporate Leadership Program" for high potential leaders. In 2011, she won a Corporate Performance Award for leading the successful design and implementation of the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) Talent Review program. In 2010, she won the Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Award for "Best Integration of Learning and Talent Management" for IFC. Peta has held positions in management consulting with Booz Allen Hamilton and has led the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) leadership development unit. She holds a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the George Washington University where she was awarded a scholarship through the MacArthur Foundation. Her portfolio of engagements, applied research, and publications have focused on success factors for leading and developing diverse staff and teams in high performing global organizations. Peta has been invited to present her talent development programs and findings in conferences including the Financial Services Learning & Development Innovations (2014), the American Society for Training & Development conference (2011) and the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychologists (2000).

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2013 Keynotes

ICELW is delighted to have renowned social learning expert Jane Hart and "work-learning" researcher Will Thalheimer as our keynote speakers for 2013!

Jane Hart

Social Learning & Collaboration Advisor
Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies, UK

Talk: Social Learning: The Changing Face of Workplace Learning

Workplace Learning is changing! In her keynote, Jane Hart will explain what is taking place by drawing on evidence from her own work over the past 6 years that shows how smart workers are making use of a range of new tools to work and learn. Jane will also demonstrate how Learning & Development departments are responding, and re-thinking their approach to e-learning by expanding their services to support learning and performance more broadly in the workplace. Jane will provide some examples of these emerging new approaches to workplace learning that include new content design and performance support as well as enabling knowledge sharing and collaboration in the workflow.

About Jane Hart
Jane Hart works with many organizations around the world providing independent advice and support on the use of social technologies for collaborative learning and working. She is the Founder of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies, as well as the Social Learning Centre, where she coordinates a series of online workshops and activities to support learning professionals as they explore the new world of social and collaborative learning. She also speaks regularly at conferences internationally, is the author of the acclaimed Social Learning Handbook and writes a regular blog, Learning in the Social Workplace. Jane was named by the E-Learning Council as the "most influential e-learning blogger" in 2011.

Dr. Will Thalheimer

Work-Learning Research, USA

Talk: From a Research Insight to a Practical Learning Innovation

A recent research review on training says that typical training programs are largely ineffective. Should we then turn to the fad of the month? Obviously not! But there is a third way—generating practical ideas from solid research on learning. Dr. Thalheimer will share one such idea—subscription learning—that was inspired by the research from the field of psychology on the spacing effect. And, what's really cool is that technology may finally be catching up to the promise of the idea. It may be too soon to use the word "revolution" to refer to this e-learning method, but with technology at the ready and the possibility that training departments are more willing to throw off some of their training shackles, subscription learning is a potent innovation--one that should be in every training developer's toolkit.

About Will Thalheimer
Will Thalheimer is a learning expert, researcher, instructional designer, business strategist, speaker, and writer. Dr. Thalheimer has worked in the learning-and-performance field since 1985.

He was the project manager for the first commercially-viable computer-based leadership simulation, The Complete Manager. He led the Strategic Management Group's product line, Leading for Business Results, increasing revenues fourfold. He has trained managers to be leaders at numerous Fortune 500 companies, teaching such topics as leadership, persuasion, conflict resolution, and business strategy. He has led change management efforts and workshops.

His clients have included giant multinationals, e-learning companies, government agencies, and institutions of higher learning. Short list: Walgreens, UNUM, Microsoft, MIT, Pfizer, Allen Interactions, Type A Learning Agency, eInstruction, Monitor Group, ADP, Questionmark, Midi Compliance Solutions, Facility Einstein, Defense Intelligence Agency, The eLearning Guild, Rockwell, Raytheon, Boeing, Kodak, AGFA, AMD, PPG, Nabisco, Ericsson, Abbott, Novartis, SMG, and the U.S. Postal Service. His research and writings have led the field in providing practical research-based recommendations through his online publications (www.work-learning.com/catalog), published articles, and his industry-leading blog (www.willatworklearning.com).

Will holds a BA from the Pennsylvania State University, an MBA from Drexel University, and a PhD in Educational Psychology: Human Learning and Cognition from Columbia University.

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2012 Keynotes

ICELW was pleased to have two fantastic keynote speakers for ICELW 2012: renowned keynote speaker and evidence-based training pioneer Dr. Ruth Clark, and workplace learning and communication expert Dr. Saul Carliner. More about our keynote speakers and their talks is below.

Dr. Ruth Clark

Principal/President
Clark Training & Consulting, USA

Talk: Applying the Science of Instruction: Evidence-based Guidelines for e-Learning

Multimedia offers instructional professionals a rich pallet of instructional modes and methods to render a range of learning environments. In fact modern technology can deliver more media than the human brain can absorb. In this session we will look at the confluence of technology, human working memory, and instructional methods for learning. We will draw on evidence and psychology on the optimal use of visuals as a context to review the kinds of research questions that are productive and the features of research studies that constrain our conclusions. Some topics we will review include:

Evidence-based instruction: What, why, and how
Learning styles: money wasted?
Strengths and limits of instructional evidence
Working memory, cognitive load and the psychology of learning
Do visuals improve learning?
Who benefits most from visuals?
What kinds of visuals are most effective?
Evidence-based guidance: No silver bullet
What are the best questions to ask of and about instructional research?

About Ruth Clark
For over 30 years, Ruth Clark has helped workforce learning practitioners apply evidence-based training guidelines to design and development of classroom and e-learning instruction. Ruth has written 7 books that translate important research programs into practical training guidance including e-Learning and the Science of Instruction, Developing Technical Training, Efficiency in Learning, Graphics for Learning and Evidence-based Training Methods. Her most recent book, The Essentials of Scenario-based e-Learning is currently in press. A science undergraduate, Ruth completed her doctorate in Instructional Psychology/Educational Technology in 1988 at the University of Southern California. Ruth is a Past President of the International Society of Performance Improvement and a member of the American Educational Research Association. Ruth was honored with the 2006 Thomas F. Gilbert Distinguished Professional Achievement Award by the International Society for Performance Improvement and was a Training Legend Speaker at the ASTD 2007 International Conference. Ruth is currently a dual resident of Southwest Colorado and Phoenix, Arizona and divides her professional time among speaking, teaching, and writing.

Dr. Saul Carliner

Program Director, PhD in Education
Associate Professor of Education
Concordia University, Canada

Talk: What the Research Says about Informal Learning (and Implications for Practicing Professionals)

Is informal learning the most natural way of learning for work, as some characterize it? If not, what does happen in the process of informal learning that affects its use in workplace learning? Is social media the best way to expand the use of informal learning within an organization? What other options exist? This session explores informal learning research, and presents 9 insights that practitioners and researchers should consider when looking to promote and expand informal learning within workplaces.

About Saul Carliner
Saul Carliner has both academic and professional careers in workplace learning and communciation. He is currently Director of the Education Doctoral Program and an associate professor of educational technology at Concordia University in Montreal. Also an industry consultant, Carliner offers strategic planning for departments, projects, and technology, and offers related facilitation for clients such as AT&T, Chubb Insurance, Cossette Communications, Georgia Tech, IBM, Lowe's, Microsoft Corporation, Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, ST Microelectronics, UPS, and several Canadian and US government agencies.

His research interests include emerging forms of online communication and training for the workplace; management of groups that prepare these materials; informal learning; and transferring research results to practice. He has received funding from several major government agencies. He has also published over 100 articles and 8 books, including the in-press Informal Learning Basics, award-winning e-Learning Handbook (with Patti Shank), and best-selling Training Design Basics and Designing e-Learning.

Carliner is a Certified Training and Development Professional (CTDP), editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, board member and chair of the Certification Steering Committee of the Canadian Society for Training and Development, a past Research Fellow of the American Society for Training and Development, and a Fellow and past international president of the Society for Technical Communication. He holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon University, University of Minnesota, and Georgia State University.

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2011 Keynotes

ICELW was pleased to have two excellent keynote speakers for ICELW 2011: Informal learning expert and renowned keynote speaker Jay Cross, and knowledge management expert Dr. Jay Liebowitz.

Jay Cross

Chair, Internet Time Alliance, USA

Talk: Why eLearning Is No Longer Enough in Today's Workplace

eLearning was state-of-the-art when it first appeared on the scene in 1998. Our speaker was the first to use the term eLearning on the web and headed the prestigious eLearning Forum. Now he feels the twenty-first century has rendered the term obsolete. Join us to discuss how work, learning, and the environment have changed and what the future holds.

About Jay Cross
Jay Cross is the Johnny Appleseed of informal learning. The Internet Time Alliance, which he chairs, helps corporations and governments use networks to accelerate performance. Jay has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix. A champion of informal learning and systems thinking, Jay's calling is to help people improve their performance on the job and satisfaction in life. He was the first person to use the term eLearning on the web. He literally wrote the book on Informal Learning. He is also co-author of Implementing eLearning and Working Smarter: Collaboration in the Cloud. His philosophies on the power of informal learning and net-work have fundamentally changed the world of learning in organizations. He is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Business School. Jay and his wife Uta live with their miniature longhaired dachshund in the hills of Berkeley, California.

Dr. Jay Liebowitz

Orkand Endowed Chair of Management
and Technology Graduate School of Management & Technology
University of Maryland University College (UMUC)

Talk: Knowledge Management and E-Learning: Putting Theory into Practice

Knowledge management and e-learning have synergistic effects. They both contain elements of leveraging knowledge internally and externally, and both could add to the strategic intelligence of the organization. The combination of these two areas is just starting to evolve, per the evidence of the Knowledge Management and E-Learning Journal and the recent book publication of "Knowledge Management and E-Learning" (Liebowitz and Frank, eds., Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, 2011). Closer attention is warranted in the integration of these fields in order to advance the current state-of-the-art. The presentation will talk about these areas from a strategic intelligence framework, and will show examples of how the theory can be translated into practice.

About Jay Liebowitz
Dr. Jay Liebowitz is the Orkand Endowed Chair of Management and Technology in the Graduate School of Management & Technology at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC). He previously served as a Professor in the Carey Business School at Johns Hopkins University. He was ranked one of the top 10 knowledge management researchers/practitioners out of 11,000 worldwide. He was recently ranked #2 worldwide in KM Strategy, according to the January 2010 Journal of Knowledge Management. At Johns Hopkins University, he was the founding Program Director for the Graduate Certificate in Competitive Intelligence and the Capstone Director of the MS-Information and Telecommunications Systems for Business Program, where he engaged over 30 organizations in industry, government, and not-for-profits in capstone projects.

Prior to joining Hopkins, Dr. Liebowitz was the first Knowledge Management Officer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Before NASA, Dr. Liebowitz was the Robert W. Deutsch Distinguished Professor of Information Systems at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Professorof Management Science at George Washington University, and Chair of Artificial Intelligence at the U.S. Army

War College. Dr. Liebowitz is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Expert Systems With Applications: An International Journal (published by Elsevier), which had about 1,600 paper downloads per day worldwide last year. He is a Fulbright Scholar, IEEE-USA Federal Communications Commission Executive Fellow, and Computer Educator of the Year (International Association for Computer Information Systems). He has published over 40 books and a myriad of journal articles on knowledge management, intelligent systems, and IT management. His most recent books are Knowledge Retention: Strategies and Solutions (Taylor & Francis, 2009), Knowledge Management in Public Health (Taylor & Francis, 2010), and Knowledge Management and E-Learning (Taylor & Francis, 2011). He has lectured and consulted worldwide. He can be reached at jliebowitz@umuc.edu.

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2010 Keynotes

ICELW was pleased to have two excellent keynote speakers for ICELW 2010: Jonathon Levy and Dr. Tony O'Driscoll.

Jonathon Levy

LeveragePoint Innovations Inc.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Talk: A Game-Changing Corporate Strategy: Transcending the University Model with eWorking

eLearning was state-of-the-art when it first appeared on the scene in 1998. Traditional eLearning is evolving into a new and more powerful solution that combines learning, performance tools, data, collaboration and change management on a single integrated platform. Flowing from a new conceptual model called eWorking, this innovative approach seamlessly supports contextual mashups of many disparate functions, resulting in a support platform that evolves and grows in value over time. Created for the time-constrained business world in which companies struggle to compete, the new platform addresses the increasing knowledge and performance demands of the workplace that have only intensified with the global economic melt-down. Free-standing eLearning programs could not on their own respond to the increasing pressures of time and reduced workforce faced by today's knowledge workers. The result is a powerful new user-centric paradigm called "eWorking" in which global expertise of the enterprise is captured and repurposed, and the time and distance between learning and doing has been reduced to zero. Learning takes place as an intrinsic part of the workflow, with social networking, data and expert knowledge available in context as needed in the smallest coherent chunk. We'll hear and see how this solution is being tested and measured at some of the largest companies in the world, how it activates their previously untapped intellectual capital, and how it helps them to prepare for an uncertain future with real-time risk management software that sees around corners to prepare for change that has not yet arrived.

About Jonathon Levy
Jonathon Levy is a hands-on futurist and corporate learning expert. He is President and Chief Strategy Officer of LeveragePoint Innovations Inc.(www.LeveragePoint.com), a spin-out from the international consulting company Monitor Group—where he provides vision and leadership. At Monitor Group he provided guidance and vision for the creation of a new paradigm in online performance support called "eWorking." That solution—designed to activate, embed and evolve business methods—has been deployed with great success by Monitor's clients throughout the world. Formerly the Vice President at Harvard Business School's Publishing Corporation, he helped to create the first profitable business for online learning in the soft skills market. Under his stewardship HBSP's online "performance support for busy executives," a new model of online learning providing real time performance support for 2 million managers and executives worldwide, won an unprecedented nine industry awards in a single year. Before coming to Harvard he was Founding Executive Director of Cornell University's Office of Distance Learning, and was founder of the Ivy-Plus Distance Learning Consortium. He has consulted to and advised corporations and universities on six continents and has presented nearly 100 keynote speeches and featured presentations at major conferences in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin America. He has conducted visionary leadership sessions "for CEOs only" in the U.S., China, and in Latin America. An acknowledged thought leader in the field of learning and technology, he has published numerous articles in professional management and education journals, including: ASTD's T+D, Chief Learning Officer's CLO Magazine, Distance Educator, HR.com, and many management journals throughout the world. He is author of a series focusing on next steps in the converging field of e-Learning, knowledge management and technology in Chief Learning Officer Magazine. He authored a column on "Sustainability" for Distance Learning, published by the United States Distance Learning Association.

Dr. Tony O'Driscoll

Professor of the Practice
Fuqua School of Business
Duke University

Talk: How Web 2.0 and the Immersive Internet are Changing the Game for Learning

Technology is relentless in its ability to transform all it touches. The Web browser, only about 5500 days old, has fundamentally reshaped the business landscape and redefined how work is accomplished—in virtually every industry, around the world. Over time, the web has evolved from a one way information transfer or "Read-Only" web to an interactive and participatory "Read-Write" web creating a user-generated media machine that allows netizens to be both producers and consumers of digital content in real time. On the heels of the Web 2.0 participatory web, the application of 3D technology ushers in the age of the "Immersive Internet," where web pages become spaces and cursors become avatars that can interact in much more intuitively consistent ways. In short, the evolution of the web is changing how we live, work, play.....and learn.

If the evolution of the web from "Internet" to "Immernet" has fundamentally reshaped business over the past decade, can learning be far behind?This session will explore the impact that web 2.0 and emerging Immersive Internet Technologies, like avatar-mediated virtual worlds and 3D social platforms, are having on enterprise learning and collaboration by sharing examples from leading companies who have successfully integrated these new technologies into their learning strategies.

About Tony O'Driscoll
Tony O'Driscoll is a Professor of the Practice at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business where he also serves as Executive Director of Fuqua's Center for IT and Media; a research center dedicated to understanding the strategic, structural, operational and business model issues associated with these vibrant and volatile sectors. His research has been published in leading academic journals such as Management Information Sciences Quarterly, the Journal of Management Information Systems, and the Journal of Product Innovation Management. He has also written for respected professional journals such as Harvard Business Review, Strategy and Business, Supply Chain Management Review and Chief Learning Officer Magazine.

Dr. O'Driscoll is a frequently invited speaker for both corporate and academic conferences. He has been a keynote speaker, workshop leader, moderator, speaker and panelist at over 100 national and international conferences. Representative conference engagements include: TED, Vizthink, Virtual Worlds, Engage, the Human Resource Planning Society's (HRPS) Global Conference, Nielsen's Training Leadership Summit, the Society for Information Management's (SIM) Advanced Practices Council and Business Week's Breakthrough Conference. Tony also frequently provides expert analysis and interviews to media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Wired Magazine, Virtual Worlds News, Chief Learning Officer Magazine, Training Magazine and for industry analysts such as Gartner and Forrester.

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2009 Keynotes

ICELW was pleased to have two fantastic keynote speakers for ICELW 2009: Dr. Allison Rossett and Marc Rosenberg.

Dr. Allison Rossett

Professor of Educational Technology, San Diego State University
Consultant in training and technology performance

Talk: E-Learning is what?

What is e-Learning? Today, most would conjure up a picture of online exercises, often problem and scenario-based, with opportunities to practice and grow. Others would see it as PPT slides with a voice over. Whatever they see, it is typically singular and habitual. Is that all there is? Today, employees increasingly reach for lessons, information, and guidance, as they need it, in the workflow. A recent ASTD report put it like this, "As learning becomes more integrated with work, the learning function's activities and impact are becoming more transparent and integrated with other performance improvement strategies." Let's look to a broader view of the possibilities… and discuss implications for the people and organizations we serve.

About Allison Rossett
Dr. Allison Rossett, long time Professor of Educational Technology at San Diego State University, is also a consultant in training and technology-based performance, and a member of the Training magazine HRD Hall of Fame. Allison also serves on the Board for the Elearning Guild and Chief Learning Officer magazine. She was selected as a Distinguished Fellow of the Naval Education and Training Learning Strategies Consortium. Rossett's most recent book is Job Aids and Performance Support: Moving from Knowledge in the Classroom to Knowledge Everywhere. She also authored The ASTD E-learning Handbook: Best Practices, Strategies and Case, published by McGraw-Hill. She is the co-author of Beyond the Podium: Delivering Training and Performance to a Digital World, winner of the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) Instructional Communications award, 2002. Rossett's book, First Things Fast: A Handbook for Performance Analysis and web tool, won the International Society for Performance Improvement's Instructional Communications award in 1999.

Dr. Marc J. Rosenberg

Marc Rosenberg and Associates

Talk: Making E-Learning Succeed: The Organizational Culture Dimension

With all the excitement over new e-learning and Web 2.0 tools, it's easy to think that simply upgrading your technology portfolio is all you need to maintain a successful and sustainable e-learning program. Not so fast. In addition to keeping on top of the changing nature and capabilities of e-learning, success over time, requires that you implement effective change management, communication, governance and leadership strategies as well. When great e-learning comes up against a lousy organizational culture, the culture wins every time. Learn what managers need to do to avoid this fate and build the organizational components of a lasting e-learning strategy that allows your programs and technologies to shine

About Dr. Marc J. Rosenberg
Dr. Marc J. Rosenberg is an independent New Jersey, U.S.A.-based management consultant, writer, educator and leading figure in the world of training, organizational learning, e-learning, knowledge management and performance improvement. Marc's expertise extends across all of the emerging fields of e-learning strategy, knowledge management, performance support technologies, change management, as well as instructional design, performance improvement and evaluation. His clients include major U.S. and international corporations, professional associations and trade groups across multiple industries, including telecommunications, energy, technology, insurance, manufacturing and financial services/securities, among others.

Dr. Rosenberg is a veteran of thirty years in the field of organizational learning, with an international reputation as a leading advocate and expert on using integrated performance improvement systems to enhance individual and organizational effectiveness. He was a pioneer in the development of electronic performance support systems (EPSS). His career includes 18 years in management positions at AT&T where he developed the company's education and training strategy and directed major corporate initiatives in learning technology, performance management, and education and training reengineering. Marc also served as the e-learning and knowledge management field leader for consulting firm DiamondCluster International.

Dr. Rosenberg is the author of the best-selling book, E-Learning: Strategies for Delivering Knowledge in the Digital Age (McGraw-Hill). His new book is, Beyond E-Learning: Approaches and Technologies to Enhance Organizational Knowledge, Learning and Performance (Pfeiffer). A highly regarded thought leader and much-sought-after presenter, Dr. Rosenberg has spoken at The White House and keynoted at numerous professional and business conferences. He has authored more than 40 articles and book chapters, and is a frequently quoted expert in major business and trade publications, including HR Magazine, Investor's Business Daily, Knowledge Management Magazine, Training, Training and Development, Performance and Instruction, E-Learning, Online Learning, Learning Circuits, Context, Fast Company, Sales and Marketing Management, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and CFO Magazine. Marc has also been featured on CIO Radio (a service of CIO Magazine). He is a past president of the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI); a founding editorial board member of Performance Improvement Quarterly; co-editor of ISPI's Performance Technology: Success Stories, and a contributing author to the Handbook of Human Performance Technology, as well as the American Society for Training and Development's (ASTD) Handbook for Workplace Learning Professionals (2008), Models for Human Performance Improvement, and the 2002 ASTD E-Learning Handbook. Academic presentations include Columbia University, the Darden Business School (University of Virginia), Farleigh Dickinson University, Florida State University, San Diego State University and the University of Calgary (Canada). International presentations include Britain, Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, Canada, Mexico and Brazil. He serves on the advisory board for The E-Learning Guild, and is the subject matter expert and lead facilitator for ASTD's "Managing Organizational Knowledge" two-day certificate program.

Dr. Rosenberg holds a Ph.D. in instructional design, plus degrees in communications and marketing. He holds the Certified Performance Technologist (CPT) designation from ISPI, reflective of his experience and expertise in the field of organizational performance improvement. He is also an elected member of his local community's Board of Education.

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2008 Keynote

ICELW was pleased to have electronic performance support expert Gary Dickelman as our ICELW 2008 keynote.

Gary J. Dickelman

EPSScentral LLC

Talk: Achieving Competency at the Speed of Work

Through the years the notion of "performance support" has gained acceptance, based on the work of Gloria Gery and her groundbreaking work "Electronic Performance Support Systems" published in the early 1990s. It is more relevant than ever as today workers touch 5 – 12 enterprise computer systems in the course of their day. These systems remain difficult to use, disparate in design and function, and place a high-cost cognitive burden on the performer. Add to this that the speed of work is brisk and relentless as business rules change at the drop of a hat for companies to remain competitive. Finally, organizational loyalties are a thing of the past, as careers have become sequences of jobs based on individual needs. All this means that workers cannot quickly and efficiently perform their tasks around systems, processes and procedures, and the result is that organizational competency is routinely compromised. Training workers in advance misses the fact that 83% of what workers need to perform is acquired on the job, does nothing to reduce the many hours workers spend looking for critical information, and overlooks the fact that much critical information in is the minds of a few.

This session will explore the techniques, technologies and realities of enabling worker competency at the speed of work while removing complexity, capturing organizational memory, making organizational memory explicit and accessible and, generally, providing knowledge and tools at the time of need. The talk will feature an overview of the latest and greatest technologies and methods for gathering quality metrics for knowledge workers, determining task distributions by risk and complexity, capturing organizational memory, building enterprise applications without writing computer code and further applying technology to reshape the work environment so that performance is achieved on day one and time-to-competency is reduces to the speed of work. The session will include a number of recent case studies.

About Gary J. Dickelman
Gary J. Dickelman is President & CEO of EPSScentral LLC. He is a thought leader in performance-centered design, applying knowledge management, human factors engineering, learning technology, and business process engineering to creating systems that human beings can actually use. He is the author/editor of EPSS Revisited, a contributing author of Using Computers in Human Resources and The Instructional Technology Handbook. He has authored numerous industry articles, plus he serves on the faculties of George Mason University and Boise State University. For eleven years EPSScentral has sponsored the Performance-Centered Design Awards where organizations are recognized for the latest and greatest technologies and solutions in the field, providing Dickelman with a unique perspective on the state of the practice. In his spare time Gary plays tuba and percussion and writes for Drum Corps World magazine.

Dr. Chris Dede

Associate Director for Research, National AI Institute for Adult Learning and Online Education (AI-ALOE)Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of EducationCambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Dr. Christina Katopodis

Senior Postdoctoral Research AssociateCUNY Humanities AllianceNew York, NY, USA

Dr. Alina von Davier

Chief of AssessmentDuolingoPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Dr. Lydia Liu

Principal Research DirectorETSPrinceton, New Jersey, USA

Dr. Tony O'Driscoll

Adjunct Professor, Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business & Pratt School of EngineeringResearch Fellow, Duke Corporate EducationDuke UniversityDurham, North Carolina, USA

Dr. Maria Rosaria Re

Full Professor in Experimental PedagogyUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaRome, Italy

Dr. Joiselle Cunningham Smith

CEOPathways to Creative IndustriesNew York, New York, USA

Dr. Ryan Baker

Associate Professor, Graduate School of EducationDirector, Penn Center for Learning AnalyticsUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Dr. Ian Bogost

Professor, Computer Science and EngineeringProfessor and Director, Program in Film & Media StudiesWashington University in St. LouisSt. Louis, Missouri, USA

Dr. Antonella Poce

Full Professor in Experimental PedagogyUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaRome, Italy

Prof. Dr. Ilona Buchem

Professor of Media and CommunicationFaculty of Economics and Social SciencesBeuth University of Applied Sciences BerlinBerlin, Germany

Deborah Howes

Professor, Museum Studies Program, Johns Hopkins UniversityPresident of Howes Studio Inc New York, NY, USA

Michael Kanaan

Director of OperationsDepartment of the Air Force / MIT Artificial IntelligenceCambridge, Massachusetts, USA

David Kelly

EVP & Executive DirectorThe Learning GuildNew York, NY, USA

Dr. Alicia Sanchez

Director of InnovationDefense Acquisition UniversityDepartment of DefenseFort Belvoir, Virginia, USA

Ryan Baker, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, University of PennsylvaniaDirector, Penn Center for Learning AnalyticsPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Antonella Poce, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, qualified as Full Professor, in Experimental PedagogyDepartment of Education. Roma Tre UniversityRome, Italy

Meredith Broussard

Assistant Professor, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York UniversityNew York, NY, USA

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.

Psychologist at Barnard College,Columbia UniversityNew York, NY, USA

Barbara Oakley, Ph.D.

Professor, Oakland UniversityRochester, Michigan, USA

Shawn Patton

Principal Designer, Schell GamesPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Donald H Taylor

Chairman, Learning and Performance InstituteLondon, UK

Dr. Alicia Sanchez

Games Czar, Defense Acquisition UniversityCEO, Czarina GamesAlexandria, VA

Clark Quinn, Ph.D.

Executive DirectorQuinnovationWalnut Creek, California, USA

John Black, Ph.D.

Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Telecommunications and EducationTeachers College, Columbia UniversityNew York, NY, USA

Dr. Ian Bogost

Ivan Allen College Distinguished Chair in Media Studies and Professor of Interactive ComputingGeorgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Katrina Pugh

Columbia University Information and Knowledge Strategy Master's Program,New York, New York, USA

Steve Wheeler

Associate Professor of Learning TechnologiesPlymouth University, UK

Peta Hellmann, Ph.D.

Senior HR Officer, Global Talent Management & RewardsWorld Bank Group, USA

Jane Hart

Social Learning & Collaboration AdvisorCentre for Learning and Performance Technologies, UK

Dr. Will Thalheimer

Work-Learning Research, USA

Dr. Ruth Clark

Principal/PresidentClark Training & Consulting, USA

Dr. Saul Carliner

Program Director, PhD in EducationAssociate Professor of EducationConcordia University, Canada

Jay Cross

Chair, Internet Time Alliance, USA

Dr. Jay Liebowitz

Orkand Endowed Chair of Managementand Technology Graduate School of Management & TechnologyUniversity of Maryland University College (UMUC)

Jonathon Levy

LeveragePoint Innovations Inc.Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Dr. Tony O'Driscoll

Professor of the PracticeFuqua School of BusinessDuke University

Dr. Allison Rossett

Professor of Educational Technology, San Diego State UniversityConsultant in training and technology performance

Dr. Marc J. Rosenberg

Marc Rosenberg and Associates

Gary J. Dickelman

EPSScentral LLC

Associate Director for Research, National AI Institute for Adult Learning and Online Education (AI-ALOE)
Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate
CUNY Humanities Alliance
New York, NY, USA

Chief of Assessment
Duolingo
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Principal Research Director
ETS
Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Adjunct Professor, Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business & Pratt School of Engineering
Research Fellow, Duke Corporate Education
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina, USA

Full Professor in Experimental Pedagogy
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Rome, Italy

CEO
Pathways to Creative Industries
New York, New York, USA

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education
Director, Penn Center for Learning Analytics
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Professor and Director, Program in Film & Media Studies
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Full Professor in Experimental Pedagogy
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Rome, Italy

Professor of Media and Communication
Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin
Berlin, Germany

Professor, Museum Studies Program, Johns Hopkins University
President of Howes Studio Inc
New York, NY, USA

Director of Operations
Department of the Air Force / MIT Artificial Intelligence
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

EVP & Executive Director
The Learning Guild
New York, NY, USA

Director of Innovation
Defense Acquisition University
Department of Defense
Fort Belvoir, Virginia, USA

Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Penn Center for Learning Analytics
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Associate Professor, qualified as Full Professor, in Experimental Pedagogy
Department of Education. Roma Tre University
Rome, Italy

Assistant Professor, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute,
New York University
New York, NY, USA

Psychologist at Barnard College,
Columbia University
New York, NY, USA

Professor, Oakland University
Rochester, Michigan, USA

Principal Designer, Schell Games
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Chairman, Learning and Performance Institute
London, UK

Games Czar, Defense Acquisition University
CEO, Czarina Games
Alexandria, VA

Executive Director
Quinnovation
Walnut Creek, California, USA

Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Telecommunications and Education
Teachers College, Columbia University
New York, NY, USA

Ivan Allen College Distinguished Chair in Media Studies and Professor of Interactive Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Columbia University Information and Knowledge Strategy Master's Program,
New York, New York, USA

Associate Professor of Learning Technologies
Plymouth University, UK

Senior HR Officer, Global Talent Management & Rewards
World Bank Group, USA

Social Learning & Collaboration Advisor
Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies, UK

Principal/President
Clark Training & Consulting, USA

Program Director, PhD in Education
Associate Professor of Education
Concordia University, Canada

Orkand Endowed Chair of Management
and Technology Graduate School of Management & Technology
University of Maryland University College (UMUC)

LeveragePoint Innovations Inc.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Professor of the Practice
Fuqua School of Business
Duke University

Professor of Educational Technology, San Diego State University
Consultant in training and technology performance