New BoulderTalks: Insights from Education Innovators Series

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New BoulderTalks: Insights from Education Innovators Series Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 12/13/2023 - 11:43

Be part of the conversation shaping the landscape of education.

Discover the future of online education this winter with BoulderTalks: Insights from Education Innovators. Join visiting experts as they delve into quality online education at scale, exploring current themes like learning excellence, innovative credentials, expanding access and opportunity, brand strategy, and ensuring success across various modalities.

Sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), the Office of Academic and Learning Innovation (ALI), the Office of Information Technology (OIT), Continuing Education (CE), University Libraries, Office of Digital Education (ODE) and the College of Engineering & Applied Science (CEAS).

Rupert Ward | AI for Personalized Education

Join us for the inaugural event in this series as leading edtech innovator Rupert Ward takes us on a journey into the fascinating intersection of AI and personalized learning.

Jan. 25, 2024 (Thu.)
4–5 p.m.*
Chancellor’s Hall and Auditorium, Center for Academic Success and Engagement (CASE), 1725 Euclid Ave, Boulder, CO 80309

* Coffee and light snacks will be available starting at 3:30 p.m. outside the auditorium, and will be available until 5:30 p.m. for continued questions and conversation after the talk.

Rupert Ward is Professor of Learning Innovation within the School of Computing and Engineering, University of Huddersfield, UK and Executive Dean (International) of the Sino-British College, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. He is a former Special Adviser to the Royal Household and former Project Lead for iDEA, a badging solution used in over 95% of countries.He has also co-developed one of the leading global technology acceptance models (GETAMEL), and he currently leads the development of a global accreditation standard for badging and micro-credentialing as part of his role as Director of Strategic Partnerships, and a member of the Executive Board, of the International Council on Badges and Credentials. Rupert is a National Teaching Fellow and Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has authored two books on personalized learning (Personalised Learning for the Learning Person and Getting Personal: How we learn and why we don’t) and is an avid learner who is currently completing his tenth postgraduate qualification.

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Yakut Gazi | The Practical and Moral Imperative for At-Scale Learning

February 6 session canceled.

We are rescheduling this session for a later date and will update this page once we have more details. Thank you for your interest in the BoulderTalks: Insights from Education Innovators series.

Join us for the second talk in our series where learning innovation and digital education leader Yakut Gazi will share her experiences and insights on creating innovative online programs while aligning institutional mission, priorities, business and instructional models to expand the impact of institutions. The challenges with the future of work and education are indeed issues of scale and inclusion, especially in a technology-driven post-COVID world. Higher education institutions have an opportunity, and arguably a social responsibility, to utilize effective digital learning and create partnerships for affordability, scale, and impact to reach all corners of the globe. A variety of innovative business and learning models developed within the last decade have already changed the equation for many institutions and learners. These institutions exemplify a relentless commitment to affordability and access that led to impact at scale. What is the next impactful innovation that will enable our institutions to touch many more learners beyond those that walk on our campuses?

CANCELED: We are rescheduling this talk originally scheduled for Feb. 6, 2024 (Tue.) and will update this page once more details are available.

Yakut Gazi is the Vice Provost for Learning Innovation and Digital Education at Duke University. She oversees digital and lifetime learning operations, including the pre-college and retirement programs. Previously, she was the Associate Dean for Learning Systems at Georgia Tech Professional Education. Her higher education experience spans over 29 years in four countries. She served on the Academic Advisory Council for Quality Matters©, is an elected council member and First Vice President of the International Association for Engineering Continuing Education (IACEE), and an at-Large Board Member of the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA). Dr. Gazi has her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Texas A&M University, and an M.A. in Educational Sciences and a B.S. in Teaching Chemistry, both from Bogazici University in Turkey.

David Joyner | The Evolving Roles of ChatGPT & Generative AI in Education

Join us for the final BoulderTalks event this winter as award-winning educator and innovator David Joyner looks forward by looking backward, starting by retracing how technological innovation has changed education in the past and using that context to project how new tools like ChatGPT will change education in the future. With that as a foundation, Joyner will then look at how AI can and should be used to help both students and teachers going forward.

March 21, 2024 (Thu.)
4–5 p.m.*
Chancellor’s Hall and Auditorium, Center for Academic Success and Engagement (CASE), 1725 Euclid Ave, Boulder, CO 80309

* Coffee and light snacks will be available starting at 3:30 p.m. outside the auditorium, and will be available until 5:30 p.m. for continued questions and conversation after the talk.

David Joyner is Executive Director of Online Education & OMSCS in Georgia Tech's College of Computing. His research focuses on online education and learning at scale, especially as they intersect with for-credit offerings at the graduate and undergraduate levels. His emphasis is on designing learning experiences that leverage the opportunities of online learning to compensate for the loss of synchronous collocated class time. This includes leveraging artificial intelligence for student support and assignment evaluation, facilitating student communities in large online classes, and investigating strategies for maintainable and interactive presentation of online instructional material. As part of his work, Joyner teaches online versions of Educational Technology, Human-Computer Interaction, Knowledge-Based AI, and Introduction to Computing. He is also Vice-Chair of the Steering Committee for the ACM Learning @ Scale conference, as well as the General Chair for the 2019 and 2020 conferences. Joyner has received several awards for his work in teaching online, including the 2019 USG Regents' Teaching Excellence Award for Online Teaching, 2018 Georgia Tech Center for Teaching & Learning Curriculum Innovation Award, and the 2016 Georgia Tech College of Computing Lockheed Excellence in Teaching Award.

Watch this BoulderTalks session on YouTube.

Join us for AI for Personalized Education as leading edtech innovator Rupert Ward taskes us on a journey into the fascinating intersection of AI and personalized learning—the inaugural event of the new BoulderTalks: Insights from Education Innovators speaker series.

Discover the future of online education with BoulderTalks: Insights from Education Innovators. Join visiting experts as they delve into quality online education at scale, exploring current themes like learning excellence, innovative credentials, expanding access and opportunity, brand strategy, and ensuring success across various modalities. Sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), the Office of Academic and Learning Innovation (ALI), the Office of Information Technology (OIT), Continuing Education (CE), University Libraries, Office of Digital Education (ODE) and the College of Engineering & Applied Science (CEAS).

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In-Person ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ Event Builds Community Among Online Graduate Students

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BOULDER, CO – More than 80 students, community members, and guests gathered at the University of Colorado Boulder's Discovery Learning Center this evening for an open house. The interdepartmental networking event was specifically tailored for online learners in the Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MS-EE), Master of Engineering in Engineering Management (ME-EM), Master of Science in Data Science (MS-DS), and Master of Science in Computer Science (MS-CS) programs.

The occasion opened with a warm welcome from Keith Molenaar, dean of engineering and applied science. Afterward, faculty directors Sriram Sankaranarayanan, Christy Bozic, Brian Zaharatos, and Kevin Gifford provided updates on their respective programs. The remainder of the event was dedicated to students and their guests, allowing them to interact with faculty and staff, network with industry professionals, and share stories with peers.

"This event provided valuable insights into the program's structure and connected me with professors who offered invaluable guidance for my research project," shared one engineering management graduate student.

Randall Fullington, assistant vice provost and executive director of academic and learning innovation, underscored ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ's dedication to building and recognizing the community of off-campus learners. "At ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ, we relish the opportunity to connect with our off-campus students through virtual education and tangible real-world connections. In addition to creating a space for community building, our hub city meetups offer in-person networking opportunities with open houses in Colorado and other locations, as well as on-campus commencement ceremonies." The Office of Academic and Learning Innovation provided additional support for the biannual gathering.

These unique graduate programs offered by ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ, accessible through the Coursera learning platform, present a rare opportunity for learners worldwide to attain fully accredited master’s degrees from a top-tier institution, irrespective of their academic credentials. Featuring a flexible, pay-as-you-go tuition structure and simplified admissions criteria based on performance in three "pathway" courses, these degrees are breaking down barriers and, expanding access to graduate education beyond the confines of traditional university boundaries.

Data science student Gabriel Colbert spoke with staff members, highlighting his attraction to the program because of its open, online, and accessible nature. He emphasized, "It can be accessible anywhere in the world and is taught by awesome faculty.”

The University of Colorado Boulder, a leading public research university, is dedicated to providing accessible and high-quality education to learners worldwide. Learn more about ��ý�Ļ��Ʒ's innovative online master's degrees designed to meet the evolving needs of today's learners in electrical engineering, engineering management, data science, and computer science on the university website.

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