November 8 – 10, 2015 Washington, DC

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November 8 – 10, 2015
Washington, DC
Dear Partners:
Welcome to the 2015 edX Global Forum in beautiful Washington, DC. This event,
now an annual tradition, brings together our valued partners from across the globe
for more than two days of discussion, debate, networking, and (hopefully) much
fun. It’s great to see everyone again.
We thank our generous host partner, Georgetown University, for the work and
support they’ve put into this event. As part of the conference, Georgetown is
pleased to invite the edX community to visit two of the most beautiful venues this
capital city has to offer. First, for our Opening Reception on Sunday evening, the
National Academy of Sciences, a nonprofit institution dedicated to highlighting
original research. Second, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, a national
treasure, where we will hold a special dinner event on Monday night.
We think this year’s program will be both insightful and thought-provoking with
many of you leading the sessions. We look forward to brief yet impactful “lightning”
talks by our partners, leadership panels dubbed “Master Classes,” and faculty and
student panels that highlight the pedagogy, course work, and successes we are
achieving together. We aim to continue to build this vibrant global edX community
by sharing knowledge and best practices that all of us can learn from.
I’m also thrilled to have the opportunity to sit down and interview Megan Smith,
the Chief Technology Officer of the United States. Megan is one of the country's
leading technologists and an esteemed thought leader in education. I look forward
to hearing her thoughts on the future of education.
We hope you enjoy the 2015 conference.
Sincerely,
Anant
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Table of Contents
Venues
Global Forum Agenda
Floor Map
Evening Events
Venues
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3700 O St NW, Washington, DC 20057
This historic university serves as host school for this year’s
Global Forum. Though the main conference will be held
off-campus, the University Advisory Board and several preconference meetings will be held here on Sunday, November 8.
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Hotel & Transportation
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Speaker Biographies
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"Thank You" from edX
Georgetown University Campus
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Fairmont Hotel
2401 M Street, NW Washington, DC 20037
Our conference venue and preferred hotel. Expect the
best services and amenities, along with an attendeefriendly layout and plenty of networking spaces.
National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20418
The National Academy of Sciences is a nonprofit
organization of the country’s leading researchers. This
is where our Sunday evening, November 8 Opening
Reception will be held.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
8th St NW & F St NW, Washington, DC 20001
This is one of the nation's most prestigious museums. We
will host a special dinner event here on Monday evening,
November 9.
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November 8
Global Forum Agenda
Sunday
National Academy of Sciences
6:00 – 9:00pm
Opening Reception & Conference Registration
NAS Foyer
Robert M. Groves, Provost, Georgetown University
Anant Agarwal, edX CEO and MIT professor
(See page 13 for transportation and parking)
November 9
Monday
Fairmont Washington DC Georgetown
8:00 – 9:00am
Breakfast & Registration
Colonnade
Breakfast
Conference level
Registration
9:00 – 9:15am
Remarks from the Provost
Grand Ballroom
Provost Robert M. Groves, Georgetown University
9:15 – 9:30am
Welcome & Conference Preview
Grand Ballroom
Anant Agarwal, edX CEO and MIT Professor
9:30 – 10:15am
Keynote Discussion
Grand Ballroom
Featured: Megan Smith, United States Chief Technology
Officer (CTO)
Interviewed by: Anant Agarwal
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November 9
Monday
10:15 – 11:00am
Reality Check: Where Have We Been?
1:30 – 2:15pm
Breakout Sessions:
Grand Ballroom
Featured: Partner Lightning Talks
Moderated by: Jill Downie, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of
Academics, Curtin University
Executive Forum
Dumbarton Suite
Sulgrave Suite
Mission Possible: Sustaining Models
Scaling Up: Research, Faculty Development, Course Design
Hear from Your Peers: Marketing Innovations
Break and Refreshments
2:15 – 2:30pm
Transition Break
11:30am – 12:15pm
Master Class: Lessons from Leadership
2:30 – 3:30pm
Blended Teaching: Faculty Voices
Grand Ballroom
Featured: University presidents and provosts panel
Grand Ballroom
Featured: A panel discussion with experienced global faculty
Moderated by: Randall Bass, Vice Provost of Education,
Georgetown University
11:00 – 11:30am
Conference level
Moderated by: Kevin Carey, Director of Education Policy
Program, New America
12:15 – 1:30pm
Lunch
3:30 – 4:30pm
Town Hall Discussion with Anant
Colonnade
Box-lunch ("grab and go")
Seating available in the Colonnade
Networking spaces available
Grand Ballroom
Anant shares his vision for the future and opens the floor
for an interactive discussion
12:30 – 1:30pm
Optional meet-up: Video Team/Media
4:30 – 6:00pm
Networking Reception
Executive Forum
An informal session for anyone interested in the creation of
successful course and marketing video assets
Colonnade
Network with colleagues and panelists from the day's sessions
Complementary refreshments and hors d'oeuvres
7:00 – 10:00pm
Dinner Event
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Hosted by edX: Clayton Hainsworth, Patrick Cavallario
Grand Ballroom
Optional meet-up: High School Initiative
An informal session for interested leadership, faculty, and
course teams on how to tap this growing learner demographic
Hosted by edX: Elina Hu, Michel Floeckher
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Cocktails, dinner, networking
(See page 13 for transportation and parking)
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November 10
Tuesday
12:00 – 1:45pm
Lunch
Grand Ballroom
Plenary panel begins at 12:45 (during lunch)
7:30 – 9:00am
New Partner Breakfast & Panel Discussion
12:45 – 1:45pm
Master Class: Burning Issues in Global Education
Executive Forum
EdX welcomes our newest partner members (invitation only)
Featured: Panelists share their experiences with new members
Grand Ballroom
Featured: Leadership panel of edX partners
Moderated by: Joshua Kim, Director, Digital Learning Initiatives
at the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning
Moderated by: Kathy Pugh, VP, Education Services edX
8:00 – 9:00am
Breakfast
1:45 – 2:00pm
Transition Break
Colonnade
Complementary breakfast for all other attendees
9:00 – 9:45am
MOOCs Take Flight
2:00 – 3:00pm
Breakout Sessions:
Grand Ballroom
Featured: A panel discussion on the growth of MOOCs in
professional training and development
Executive Forum
Course Team Boot Camp, hosted by edX
Moderated by: John A. Byrne, Editor-in-Chief, C-Change Media
9:45 – 10:30am
Blended Learning: Student Voices
Grand Ballroom
Featured: A panel of students from Georgetown University,
University of British Columbia, Univerity of California Berkeley,
and the University of Massachsuetts Boston
Dumbarton Suite
Decatur Room
xConsortium Committee Meetings:
Platform Development
Teaching & Learning (formerly Instructional Design
and Pedagogy
Libraries
Communications
3:00 – 3:15pm
Transition Break
3:15 – 4:00pm
Reality Check: Where Are We Going?
Grand Ballroom
Featured: Partner Lightning Talks
Moderated by: Anant Agarwal
4:00 – 4:30pm
Thank You & Conference Wrap
Grand Ballroom
Wendy Cebula, President and COO, edX
Sulgrave Suite
Lindens Suite
Moderated by: Martin Irvine, Associate Professor,
Communication, Culture, and Technology Georgetown University
10:30 – 11:00am
Break and Refreshments
Conference level
11:00am – 12:00pm
Breakout Sessions:
Grand Ballroom
MOOCs Moving Forward: Perspectives from Faculty Pioneers
Executive Forum
EdX Product Pipeline Update
Dumbarton Suite
Meeting the Market: STEM, Skills, and Shakespeare
Sulgrave Suite
Models for Collaboration
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Floor Map (Fairmont)
Evening Events
Sunday | National Academy of Sciences
Conference level
We will have food, drinks, and plenty of space for networking! We'll also hear welcome
remarks from the provost of our generous edX host partner: Provost Robert M. Groves of
Georgetown University. As well, edX CEO and MIT Professor Anant Agarwal will welcome our
global edX community to this exciting event. All attendees are welcome.
Third Floor
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Transportation from National Academy of Sciences to the Fairmont:
8:45 and 9:00pm: Shuttle service leaves National Academy of Sciences for the Fairmont
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Monday | Smithsonian American Art Museum
8th St NW & F St NW, Washington, DC 20001
Join us for a lovely night of drinks, networking, food, art, and entertainment. Remarks
will be provided by Frederica Adelman, who serves as the Director of Smithsonian
Collaborative Programming for the Office of Education, and the Director of
Smithsonian Associates.
11. Lindens Suite
2. Grand Ballroom 1
12. Potomac Suite
3. Grand Ballroom 2
13. Sulgrave Suite
4. Alice Longworth Room (Prayer Room)
14. Dumbarton Suite
5. Benjamin Latrobe Room
6. Lorde Culpepper Room
7. Roosevelt Room (Networking Gallery)
If you're not taking the shuttle:
The National Academy of Sciences Building (2101 Constitution Ave NW) is located in the
Foggy Bottom area of Washington, D.C. It is accessible by Metro’s Orange and Blue lines.
Onsite parking available on a first come, first served basis. The entrance is on 21st Street.
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1. Executive Forum
8. Imperial Room 1
Transportation to National Academy of Sciences:
5:15pm and 5:35pm: Shuttle service leaves the Fairmont for National Academy of Sciences
A special thank you to sponsor IMF (International Monetary Fund) for its support of the
evening's event. Remarks will be provided by Sharmini Coorey, Director IMF Institute
for Capacity Development.
Transportation to the Smithsonian American Art Museum:
6:15 and 6:45: Shuttle service leaves the Fairmont for the Museum
Transportation from the Smithsonian American Art Museum to the Fairmont:
9:30 and 9:50: Shuttle service leaves the Museum for the Fairmont
If you're not taking the shuttle:
The museum is located on 8th and F Streets, NW, Washington, DC. It is accessible by
the Gallery Place-Chinatown station (red, yellow, and green lines).
There are 7 paid parking garages within the vicinity of the Museum, we recommend
System Parking, located at 701 G Street NW. +1 202-347-5440
9. Imperial Room 2
10. Decatur Room
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Hotel Information
Transportation to
the Fairmont
Fairmont Washington DC, Georgetown
Hotel Parking:
2401 M Street, NW
Washington, District of Columbia, United States 20037
The cost for parking at Fairmont Washington, DC, Georgetown is:
tel: + 1 202 429 2400
fax: + 202 457 5010
Check-in time: 4:00pm/ET
Check-out time: 1:00pm/ET
$15.00 for the first hour
$20.00 for one to two hours
$25.00 for two to three hours
$35.00 for all day - three to ten hours
$48.00 for after ten hours/overnight
*All rates are quoted in USD.
WIFI Code During the Forum:
Closest Metro Stations:
GF2015
The closest metro stations to Fairmont Washington, DC, Georgetown are:
Please note there are 3 different WIFI zones in the Fairmont hotel:
• Foggy Bottom Metro Station
1.Conference level: Conference guests please use GF2015 to get WIFI on the
Conference level of the hotel. This code will work on Monday, November 9 and
Tuesday, November 10.
• Dupont Circle Metro Station
2.Lobby and main hotel: Please log on using the hotel's complimentary visitors access.
The closest airports to Fairmont Washington, DC, Georgetown are:
3.Guest rooms: High speed Internet access in your guest room is available upon
joining the Fairmont President's Club upon checking in to the hotel.
• Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) - 5 miles/15 minutes
Business Center:
An on-premise, full-service business center is available to respond to all of your
needs—no matter how large or small.
Closest Airports:
• Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) - 26 miles/35 minutes
• Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) - 35
miles/45 minutes
Balance Gym:
Part of the locally based award winning Balance Gym Company, Balance Gym Foggy
Bottom is located on the Mezzanine level. Access is included for all hotel guests. The
gym offers an indoor salt water pool, a steam room, sauna and whirlpool.
Running Maps:
Frequently recognized as one of the fittest cities in the nation, Washington, DC offers a
variety of jogging and cycling trails near our Georgetown luxury hotel. Suggested trails
are listed in each guest room; maps are available at the Concierge desk.
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Megan Smith / United States Office of Science
and Technology Policy
Speakers
Chief Technology Officer
In September 2014, President Obama named Megan Smith
the United States Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in the Office
of Science and Technology Policy. In this role, she serves as
an Assistant to the President. As U.S. CTO, Smith focuses on
how technology policy, data and innovation can advance the
future of our nation.
Keynote Speaker
Megan Smith is an award-winning entrepreneur, engineer,
and tech evangelist. She most recently served as a Vice
President at Google, first leading New Business Development
-- where she managed early-stage partnerships, pilot
explorations, and technology licensing across Google’s
global engineering and product teams for nine years -- and
later serving as a VP in the leadership team at Google[x] -where she co-created the company’s “SolveForX” innovation
community project as well as its “WomenTechmakers” techdiversity initiative and worked on a range of other projects.
During her tenure she led the company’s acquisitions of
major platforms such as Google Earth, Google Maps, and
Picasa, and also served as GM of Google.org during its
engineering transition, adding Google Crisis Response, Google
for Nonprofits, and Earth Outreach/Engine, and increased
employee engagement.
Megan previously served as CEO of PlanetOut, a leading LGBT
online community in the early days of the web, where the
team broke through many barriers and partnered closely with
AOL, Yahoo!, MSN, and other major web players. Megan was
part of designing early smartphone technologies at General
Magic and worked on multimedia products at Apple Japan.
Over the years, Megan has contributed to a wide range of
engineering projects, including an award-winning bicycle lock,
space station construction program, and solar cookstoves.
She was a member of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) student team that designed, built, and raced
a solar car 2000 miles across the Australian outback.
Megan has served on the boards of MIT, MIT Media Lab, MIT
Technology Review, and Vital Voices; as a member of the
USAID Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; and as
an advisor to the Joan Ganz Cooney Center and the Malala
Fund, which she co-founded. She holds a bachelor's and
master's degrees in mechanical engineering from MIT, where
she completed her master's thesis work at the MIT Media Lab.
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Frederica Adelman / Smithsonian Institution
Randall Bass / Georgetown University
Director, Collaborative Programming for the Office
of Education
Vice Provost, Education
Director, Smithsonian Associates
Ms. Adelman serves as the Director of Smithsonian
Collaborative Programming for the Office of Education,
and the Director of Smithsonian Associates. In this
role she oversees the Smithsonian’s educational,
revenue generating program committed to enlivening
collections, exhibitions and research through wide-ranging
experiences, including courses, performances, tours and
events for adults, families and youth audiences. Prior
to Smithsonian Associates, Fredie served as Director
of Exhibitions for the Smithsonian Institution Traveling
Exhibition Service (SITES). Her past experience includes
preliminary concept planning at the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum, and she served as assistant
director at a small, independent museum of Jewish history
and culture in Washington, D.C. She has taught middleschool science and French language at the Washington
International School. Fredie has a B.A. in anthropology
from Bryn Mawr College, a Baccalaureate in Biology
from the Lycée Français de New York, a MAT in Museum
Education from The George Washington University, and a
certificate from the Getty Museum Leadership Institute.
Anant Agarwal / edX
CEO, edX
Professor, MIT
Anant Agarwal is the CEO of edX, an online learning
destination founded by Harvard and MIT. Anant taught
the first edX course on circuits and electronics from MIT,
which drew 155,000 students from 162 countries. He has
served as the director of CSAIL, MIT's Computer Science
and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and is a professor of
electrical engineering and computer science at MIT. He is a
successful serial entrepreneur, having co-founded several
companies including Tilera Corporation, which created the
Tile multicore processor, and Virtual Machine Works.
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Professor of English
Randy Bass is Vice Provost for Education and Professor
of English at Georgetown University, where he leads the
Designing the Future(s) of the University Initiative and
the Red House Incubator for curricular transformation.
For 13 years he was the Founding Executive Director of
Georgetown’s Center for New Designs in Learning and
Scholarship (CNDLS). From 2003-2009 he was a Consulting
Scholar for the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching, where he served, in 1998-99, as a Pew Scholar
and Carnegie Fellow. In 1999, he won the EDUCAUSE
Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Technology and
Undergraduate Education. Dr. Bass is the author and
editor of numerous books, articles, and electronic projects,
including recently, "Disrupting Ourselves: the Problem of
Learning in Higher Education" (Educause Review, March/
April 2012). He is currently a Senior Scholar with the
American Association for Colleges and Universities.
Vincent Blondel / Université Catholique de
Louvain
President
Vincent D. Blondel is professor of applied mathematics
and president of the Université catholique de Louvain
(UCL) in Belgium. He received an engineering degree, a
degree in philosophy, and a PhD in applied mathematics
from the Université catholique de Louvain, and a MSc in
pure mathematics from Imperial College (London, UK). He
has also completed a master thesis at the Institut National
Polytechnique de Grenoble (France). He was a visiting
scientist at Oxford University in 1993. During the academic
year 1993-1994, he was the Göran Gustafsson Fellow at
the Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden).
Blondel's major current research interests lie in several
area of mathematical control theory, theoretical computer
science and network science. He is a former associate
editor of the European Journal of Control (Springer) and an
associate editor of Systems and Control Letters (Elsevier)
and of the Journal on Mathematics of Control, Signals, and
Systems (Springer).
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Peter K. Bol / Harvard University
Krista Brookman / Catalyst
Vice Provost, Advances in Learning (VPAL)
Vice President
Charles H. Carswell Professor, East Asian Languages
and Civilizations
Ms. Brookman is responsible for leading the Inclusive
Leadership Initiative which is transforming Catalyst’s
research, knowledge and expertise into skill-building global
leadership training courses and programs for emerging
leaders. The courses are delivered through edX and as
blended learning experiences.
As Vice Provost he is responsible for guiding support
and services for faculty to create the best, highest-quality
21st century learning and research environment (oncampus and online). Through his office, Bol has budgetary
oversight of HarvardX, the Harvard Initiative in Learning
and Teaching (HILT), HarvardX research and research
collaborations to advance the science of learning.
With input from the VPAL Advisory Committee, he works
across the University to develop policies and best practices
for online and blended learning. With his colleague William
C. Kirby, he also teaches the HarvardX course, ChinaX,
one of the most ambitious and comprehensive MOOCs
(massive open online courses) ever produced, with content
spanning over 15 months. He has taught on-campus
versions of the course in both traditional and blended
formats for several decades.
Vincent Botti / Universitat Politècnica de València
Full Professor, Computer Science
Vicent Botti holds a position of Full Professor of Computer
Sciences at the Universitat Politècnica de València where
he has been teaching since 1984. He is Head of Grupo de
Tecnología Informática-Inteligencia Artificial (http://www.
gti-ia.upv.es/) and of the Microcluster Social and Economic
Computing, and Vice-Rector for the Development of ITC
Technologies at Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain. He
has been working in the area of artificial intelligence and multiagent systems for 30 years. He has authored and co-authored
around 350 papers in highly referred journals and conference
proceedings. He has taken part in 54 research projects, having
been the principal investigator in 26. He is Emeritus member
of the board of the European Association for Multi-Agent
Systems and he was awarded the 2005 Prize of Research of
the Spanish Association on Artificial Intelligence.
Vicent is Head of the UPV[X] project, the MOOC platform
of the Universitat Politècnica de València, and head of the
UPValenciaX Project the MOOC UPV Project in edX.
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Ms. Brookman has spent nearly 20 years in marketing,
business development and managerial positions with her
latest role working in Deloitte’s manufacturing practice. Ms.
Brookman received a BA and MBA from the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
John A. Byrne / C-Change Media
Editor-in-chief
John A. Byrne is chairman and editor-in-chief of C-Change
Media Inc., a digital media startup that has launched a
network of higher education websites in business and law.
Before founding C-Change, Byrne was the executive editor
of BusinessWeek and editor-in-chief of BusinessWeek.
com. He led BusinessWeek.com to record levels of reader
engagement and traffic and launched extensive new
areas of coverage on management and lifestyle. Under
his leadership, BusinessWeek.com won two consecutive
National Magazine Awards, the most prestigious recognition
in magazine publishing.
Mr. Byrne is also the author or co-author of eight books
on business, leadership, and management, including two
national bestsellers. Mr. Byrne has a master's in journalism
from the University of Missouri and an undergraduate
degree in English and political science from William Paterson
College. He is on the board of advisors of the Peter Drucker
Institute at Claremont Graduate as well as the dean’s
advisory board of William Paterson University’s Cotsakos
College of Business.
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Chris Caplice / Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Executive Director, MIT Center for Transportation
and Logistics
Dr. Caplice has been teaching logistics and supply
chain management at MIT for over a decade. He is also
responsible for the planning and management of the
research, education, and corporate outreach programs
for the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics as well as
MIT’s Global SCALE Network. He is the founder of the MIT
FreightLab – a research initiative that focuses on improving
the way freight transportation is designed, procured,
and managed. Prior to joining MIT, Dr. Caplice held
senior management positions in supply chain consulting,
product development, and professional services at several
companies to include Logistics.com, SABRE, and PTCG. He is
also the Chief Scientist for Chainalytics, a leading analytical
supply chain consulting firm. Dr. Caplice served five years in
the Army Corps of Engineers, achieving the rank of Captain.
He received a Ph.D. from MIT in 1996 in Transportation and
Logistics Systems, a Master of Science in Civil Engineering
from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Bachelor
of Science in Civil Engineering from the Virginia Military
Institute (VMI).
Candice Carpenter Olson / Fullbridge
Executive Chairman and Founder
Candice Carpenter Olson is Executive Chairman and
founder of Fullbridge. For the past 20 years, she has
devoted her efforts to forging paths for entrepreneurs and
inspiring others to succeed by identifying opportunities at
the intersection of life transitions, communities of peers,
and the Internet. As the Founder and CEO of iVillage.
com, a pioneer in online social networks, Candice became
one of the first women to lead an IPO in the U.S. She
received an Emmy Award for prime-time documentary TV
programming, was the recipient of the New York Women
in Communications “Matrix Award” and the MIT Institute
Award for Entrepreneurial Leadership. She has held
executive positions at American Express and Time Warner,
was an advisor at AOL and is a founding Board member
of the Brooklyn Prospect Charter School. Candice holds
a BA from Stanford University, and an MBA from Harvard
Business School.
Kevin Carey / New America
Patrick Cavallario / edX
Director, Education Policy
Manager, Content and Site Merchandising
Kevin Carey directs the education policy program at New
America. His writing has appeared in The New York Times,
Slate, The New Republic, The American Prospect, Washingtonian, Democracy, and other publications. He is a
contributing writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education
and edits the annual Washington Monthly college guide. His
work was anthologized in Best American Legal Writing and
has received two Education Writers Association awards for
commentary.
Patrick Cavallario is the Manager of Content and Site
Merchandising at edX. He has been with edX since 2013,
and prior to his current role served as the edX Community
Manager, focusing on social media, email marketing,
course marketing and training. Previously he worked at
Alleyoop, a Pearson Education incubated start up focused
on gameified learning for high schoolers, and Boston
University Questrom School of Business.
Prior to joining New America, Carey worked as the policy
director of Education Sector, and as an analyst at the Education Trust and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Carey is a graduate of Binghamton University and the Ohio
State University. His most recent book, “The End of College,”
published in 2015 focuses on the intersection of technology and higher education, including the prospects of digital
badges in education, and Massive Open Online Courses.
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Wendy Cebula / edX
Rya Conrad-Bradshaw / Fullbridge
President, COO
VP, Managing Director
Wendy Cebula is president and chief operating officer at
edX, managing the nonprofit’s day-to-day operations and
positioning it for accelerated growth. Wendy brings strong
digital and business expertise and has successfully grown
and run large online businesses. She is best known for
her 13-year tenure at Vistaprint, a leading online provider
of professional marketing products and services to micro
businesses and the home, where she recently served as
chief operating officer and helped grow and scale the
company from $1 million to more than $1 billion in revenue
globally. Wendy is a member of the Board of Directors for
ResearchNow and also serves on the Board of Directors of
the Commonwealth Institute, a nonprofit founded to help
women-led businesses become and stay successful. Wendy
received her B.S. in international finance from Rochester
Institute of Technology. Outside of work, you will most often
find Wendy enjoying time with her family.
Rya Conrad-Bradshaw leads strategy and strategic
partnerships at Fullbridge, a company pioneering a new
model of education to prepare young people with the
capabilities needed to succeed in the global economy. In her
three years with the company, she has has also led program
operations and coach training as well as college partnerships.
Prior to Fullbridge, Rya was a consultant with McKinsey &
Company, with a focus in strategy and organization for global
Fortune 100 clients. Rya also has experience in international
non-profit strategy and innovation across sectors. She is a
graduate of MIT Sloan, the Courtauld Institute of Art, and the
University of Pennsylvania.
Estella Chen / National Chengchi University
Sharmini Coorey / International Monetary Fund
Faculty Member
Director, IMF Institute for Capacity Development
Estella obtained her Master’s degree from the University
of Southern California (USC) where her passion for applied
linguistics began to take root leading her to pursue a
Chinese teaching certification from California Commission
on Teaching Credentialing. Fueled by her passion for
education, Estella has continued her studies at USC and
is now working on her doctorate degree in Educational
Leadership.
Previously, she was Deputy Director in the IMF’s African
Department where her oversight responsibilities included
Southern Africa and the CEMAC region. She has led IMF
missions to South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Ireland and
headed the U.K. and Nordic division in the IMF’s European
Department. Her experience includes work on surveillance
and Fund-supported programs in a range of advanced and
emerging economies in Europe, Asia, and North and South
America, as well as on various IMF policy issues. She has
served on the Editorial Committee of IMF Staff Papers and
been a visiting researcher at George Washington University’s
Elliott School of International Affairs. Ms. Coorey holds Ph.D.
and A.B. degrees in Economics from Harvard University. She
has published papers on inflation and economic growth in
transition and developing countries and edited a book on
managing the CEMAC’s oil wealth.
Aside from teaching, Estella’s strong entrepreneurial spirit
drove her to found MandarinX with the dream of making
Chinese language and culture more widely accessible
and understood around the world. With advances in
technology that make online learning so widely accepted,
and in light of current world economic trends, her overall
goal is to facilitate the growth of Mandarin Chinese as a
global language on par with English.
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Naomi Coquillon / Smithsonian’s National
Museum of American History
Ted Dodds / Cornell University
Manager, Youth and Teacher Programs
Vice President, Information Technologies
Naomi Coquillon is the Manager, Youth and Teacher
Programs, at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of
American History (NMAH), where she designs and delivers
workshops for K-12 teachers and develops online materials
and programs for K-12 classrooms. She is an instructor for
the edX course Teaching Historical Inquiry with Objects.
Naomi holds master’s degrees in history from the University
of Maryland and in museum education from Bank Street
College of Education, and a bachelor’s degree in History
and Literature from Harvard College. Prior to joining the
education department at NMAH, Naomi was a classroom
teacher and served in a variety of roles in the education
department at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore.
Ted Dodds is Cornell’s Chief Information Officer and
Vice President for Information Technologies. He arrived
at Cornell in January 2011 to advance the university’s
strategic goals through sound information technology
investments. As CIO, he has responsibility for the entire
IT@Cornell community, including the central organization
and the distributed IT Service Groups (in collaboration with
other executives). Dodds is pursuing strategies to achieve
scale economies in the delivery of utility IT services in order
to make increased investments in academic technologies.
Cec d'Oliveira / Massachusetts Institue of
Technology
Associate Dean, Digital Learning
Cecilia (Cec) d’Oliveira is Associate Dean of Digital Learning
within the Office of Digital Learning (ODL) at MIT, with
responsibilities for OpenCourseWare (OCW) and MITx
on edX, MIT’s two major open education initiatives. Cec
served as the Executive Director of OCW from 2008 to
2014 and has been a member of the MIT community for
the greater part of four decades, first as a student and
then as a staff member in a variety of IT-related roles.
Chief Information Officer
Dodds served for 13 years at the University of British
Columbia, initially as Chief Information Officer and
Associate Vice President for Information Technology and
then as Vice Provost for Information Technology. Dodds’
information technology experience includes six years as
Director of Computing Services at University of Windsor.
From 2009-2012 Dodds served as an elected member of
the EDUCAUSE Board of Directors and functioned as its
chair in 2010.
Jill Downie / Curtin University
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academics
Professor Jill Downie was appointed to the position of
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic in July 2012. From 2007
– 2012 Jill was Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Health
Sciences and also Professor of Nursing at Curtin University.
She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company
Directors.
Professor Downie is an established national and
international researcher with numerous grants, publications
and conference presentations, including keynote addresses.
In her role as DVC Academic, Jill is responsible for teaching
and learning across the University; Student Support
Services which include the Library, Counselling and Disability
Services, Health Services, the Curtin Stadium/Recreation
Services and Child Care. The Careers Service, Housing,
Learning Centre, Student Services from Admissions though
the continuum to Graduation, Ethics, Equity and Social
Justice, the Centre for Aboriginal Studies and the University’s
Indigenous strategy.
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Alison Dulin / EdSurge
Armando Fox / University California Berkeley
Director, Higher Education Strategy
Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer
Science, Faculty Advisor to the UC Berkeley
MOOCLab
Allison is Director of Higher Education Strategy at EdSurge
where she specializes in digital learning and change
management in higher education.
Previously, she directed special projects for the President
at Davidson College. Among her projects, Allison developed
a unique R&D framework for testing new approached
to education, lead Davidson’s partnership with edX and
product managed multiple MOOCs. She also started
Davidson's Entrepreneurship Initiative, a model highered program for teaching students design thinking and
innovation first-hand.
Allison started her career as a social justice educator
designing experiential learning programs for
undergraduates in the U.S. South and rural Thailand.
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He co-designed and co-taught Berkeley's first MOOC,
"Engineering Software as a Service", which over 10,000
students worldwide have completed and inspired the
highly-rated textbook of the same name. He also serves
on the Technical Advisory Committee of EdX, helping to set
the technical direction of the OpenEdX MOOC platform. He
has received numerous awards for teaching, mentoring,
and research, and has addressed the California legislature,
the China Ministry of Education, and the Japan Top Global
University Project on topics around online and hybrid
education. His current research includes automatically
helping students improve their coding style and improving
engagement and learning outcomes in MOOCs. His
degrees are from MIT (BS EECS), the University of Illinois
(MSEE), and UC Berkeley (PhD CS).
Samantha Earp / Harvardx
Julie Goff / Davidson Next
Executive Director
Project Manager
Samantha Earp is Executive Director of HarvardX, Harvard’s
University-wide strategic initiative to enable faculty to build
and create open online learning experiences and to enable
groundbreaking research in online pedagogies. Prior to
HarvardX,Samantha led university-wide academic IT services
for Harvard and for Duke University. She has taught at the
community college, undergraduate and masters level in the
U.S. and in France, and has held a variety of roles spanning
software development, translation, teaching and learning,
academic technology and university strategic initiatives. She
holds a B.A. in French from Berea College and an M.A. in
French Linguistics from Indiana University.
Since June 2014, Julie has lead Davidson Next—a
collaboration among Davidson College, the College
Board and edX to build high-quality content aligned
with Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Davidson Next
launched edX MOOCs for 3 AP topics in July 2015. Since
the beginning of the 2015-2016 academic year, more
than 200 high school AP teachers have started using
Davidson Next for blended learning in their classrooms
(impacting more than 3,000 AP students worldwide, in
addition to general enrollment in the MOOCs). Before
joining Davidson Next, Julie worked at Bank of America in
Charlotte, N.C. for 8 years, serving in a variety of project
management leadership roles, including financial literacy
and online education initiatives. Julie graduated from
Davidson College with an Economics degree and is a
member of the North Carolina Bar.
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Michael Goudzwaard / Dartmouth College
Bassem R. Haddad, MD / Georgetown University
Instructional Designer
Professor, University Medical Center
Mike is an Instructional Designer working with learning
design teams to build and offer DartmouthX courses at
Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. Mike
received a B.A. in History from Calvin College and a M.S.
in Environmental Studies from Antioch University New
England. His research interests include evidence-based
learning, micro-credentials, and learning pathways. Mike
has taught courses in environmental science and statistics
and been involved with offering MOOCs for several years,
including as co-instructor for Introduction to Psychology
(Keene State College) and Introduction to Environmental
Science (Dartmouth College).
Co-Director, Medical School Molecular and Human
Genetics course
Robert Groves / Georgetown University
Felienne Hermans / Delft University of
Technology
Provost
Robert M. Groves is the Gerard J. Campbell, S.J. Professor
in the Math and Statistics Department as well as the
Sociology Department at Georgetown University where
he has served as the Executive Vice President and Provost
since 2012.
Groves is a Social Statistician, who studies the Impact of
Social Cognitive and Behavioral Influences on the quality of
Statistical Information.
His research has focused on the impact of mode of data
collection on responses in sample surveys, the social and
political influences on survey participation, the use of
adaptive research designs to improve the cost and error
properties of statistics, and public concerns about privacy
affecting attitudes toward statistical agencies.
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Bassem R. Haddad, MD is a Professor at Georgetown University
Medical Center and the Co-Director of the Medical School
Molecular and Human Genetics course. Dr. Haddad has an
active molecular cytogenetics research laboratory working in
the areas of translational research and biomarker discovery.
His research focuses on understanding the genetic aberrations
and instability that occur in genetic diseases, particularly cancer.
Dr. Haddad received his MD and residency training in obstetrics
and gynecology from the American University of Beirut and
completed his fellowship training in molecular cytogenetics
at Boston University School of Medicine, Baylor College of
Medicine, and the NIH. He is a longtime member of the
Georgetown University Medical School faculty and has been
involved in genetic teaching for many years. He has recently
developed a MOOC course on personal genomics entitled
“Genomics Medicine Gets Personal.”
Assistant Professor
In 2013 she defended her Ph.D. thesis “Analyzing and
Visualizing Spreadsheets” and continues to work at Delft
on the application of software engineering methods
to spreadsheets. She is the recipient of a STW Open
Competition grant. While completing her Ph.D., Felienne
founded the company Infotron, which develops and
delivers spreadsheet quality analysis tools to the market,
currently serving customers including KLM Air France and
Robeco. Felienne has a passion for sharing her enthusiasm
for programming with others. She is one of the founders
of the Joy of Coding conference, a developer conference
in Rotterdam. And every Saturday at a local community
center, you will find Felienne teaching children LEGO
Mindstorms programming.
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Peter Høj / University of Queensland
Nina Huntemann / edX
President and Vice-Chancellor
Director, Academics and Research
Peter's previous appointments include President and ViceChancellor of the University of South Australia, CEO of the
Australian Research Council, and Managing Director of the
Australian Wine Research Institute.
Nina Huntemann is Director of Academics and Research
at edX. In this role, Nina is leading cross institution faculty
initiatives, developing curriculum strategies and providing
pedagogical expertise, managing educational policy projects,
and facilitating research across edX university partners.
Nina has over 15 years of college-level teaching, program
administration, and faculty development experience. Prior
to joining edX, she was an associate professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism at Suffolk University
in Boston where she taught courses and published research
in digital media studies. Nina received her Ph.D. in communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Peter was educated at the University of Copenhagen,
attaining a Master of Science in biochemistry and genetics
and a PhD in photosynthesis.
He is on the edX University Advisory Board and is the senior
consultant to Hanban in the Oceania Region. He is a Fellow
of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and
Engineering, a Foreign Member (Natural Sciences Class) of
The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, and has
honorary doctorates from the University of Copenhagen and
the University of South Australia.
Kristín Ingólfsdóttir / University of Iceland
Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Marnie Hughes-Warrington / Australian
National University
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Professor Hughes-Warrington's key aim is to make
ANU a world-leader in education innovation, including
strengthening local and global connections in curriculum
and education commercialisation.
She is an active researcher, with six books and $18 million
in grants to her name. She was a key driver with the head
of Philanthropy in developing the Tuckwell program and has
a particular interest in providing support for outstanding
students and citizens from any background to reach their
full potential.
She is Chair of the Tuckwell Scholarships Board, the Freilich
Foundation Board, National Secretary of the Rhodes
Scholarships for Australia and a member of the Office for
Learning and Teaching's Expert Advisory Group.
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Visiting Professor, MIT and edX
Kristin Ingolfsdottir was president of the University of
Iceland from 2005 to 2015. She is professor at the Faculty
of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Iceland and
is currently a visiting professor at MIT and edX. Kristin is on
the Board of Governors of the University of Luxembourg
and until recently a board member of the European
University Association (EUA) and the Nordic University
Association (NUS).
Kristin received her first degree in pharmaceutical sciences
at the University of Iceland and her PhD degree from King´s
College, University of London in the field of pharmaceutical
chemistry. Apart from pharmaceutical concerns, her
interests are focused on educational innovation, such as
MOOCs and other developments for enhancing teaching
and learning.
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Martin Irvine / Georgetown University
Gregor Kiczales / University of British Columbia
Founding Director and Associate Professor,
Communication, Culture, and Technology
Provost's Fellow, Flexible Learning Strategy
Martin Irvine is the Founding Director and Associate
Professor in the graduate program in Communication,
Culture & Technology (CCT) at Georgetown University,
where he has taught and held many administrative positions
over the past 20 years. He has a broad interdisciplinary
background in both humanities and computational fields,
and his current research, publication, and teaching interests
include semiotics, digital media, design thinking, and Web
technologies. He has been a pioneer and advocate of
Internet computing in the university since the early 1990s,
and has been teaching with his own designed course
Web sites for 15 years. In 2014, Professor Irvine designed
and launched the first online-only, for-credit course in
Georgetown’s Graduate School and CCT, “Key Concepts in
Technology.” He is currently working on a book on design
principles in digital technology, and continues to work with
colleagues on future directions for the university across the
continuum of technologies and teaching modalities.
Gregor Kiczales is Professor of Computer Science at
the University of British Columbia and a Fellow of the
Association of Computing Machinery. He serves as the
Provost’s Fellow on Flexible Learning Strategy and leads
UBC’s use of edX for both public and on-campus courses.
His Systematic Program Design MOOC, first offered on
Coursera, is now a 3 course XSeries on edX. His MOOC
is also used to support active learning in a 1,200 student
course at UBC.
Professor, Department of Computer Science
Joshua Kim / Dartmouth College
Director, Digital Learning Initiatives at the Dartmouth
Center for the Advancement of Learning
Dr. Joshua Kim is the Digital Learning Initiatives at the
Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL).
Raymond Jack / Association of Chartered
Certiﬁed Accountants
Executive Director, Finance and Operations
Raymond joined ACCA in January 2013. He qualified as
a Chartered Accountant at Coopers & Lybrand (now
PwC) where he worked for 12 years largely in Corporate
Finance, Recovery and Consulting. He joined the retail arm
of Scottish Power in 1997 and held posts including Sales
& Marketing Director, Business Transformation Director
and latterly was Executive Director of Scottish Power,
Energy Retail. Raymond has a degree in Accountancy and a
Masters Degree from the University of Cambridge. Outside
work he is married with four boys and enjoys golf, football,
rugby, skiing, curling and sailing as well as spending time
supporting local Charities in a non-executive capacity.
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Prior to starting this new role at Dartmouth, he helped to
build Dartmouth’s first graduate online/blended degree
program designed for working professionals. Josh has a PhD in sociology and demography from Brown
University. He started his career on the faculty at West
Virginia University, helped start Britannica.com’s Education
division in San Francisco, and was one of the original
founders of Quinnipiac University Online. He has taught
both on-ground and online courses in sociology, marketing,
and higher education leadership. Josh is best known for his daily blog on Technology and
Learning on InsideHigherEd.com, a website that receives
over 1.2 million unique monthly visitors. Josh and his wife
Julie, a pediatric oncologist, live in Hanover and have two
daughters who will be starting their own college careers in
2016 and 2017.
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Timo Kos / Delft University of Technology
Caroline Levander, Ph.D / Rice University
Director, Education and Student Affairs
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Digital Education
Timo Kos is Director of Education and Student Affairs at Delft
University of Technology (TU Delft) and program manager of
the university wide program for Open and Online Learning. He
founded the non-profit foundation Khan Academy NL, a Dutch
branch of the khanacademy.org with the goal to make the Khan
academy available in Dutch for students in the Netherlands.
Prior to this, he was manager of the education & employment
group at Capgemini Consulting. He graduated from the
University of Amsterdam with a specialization in the history
of science and pre-Darwinian evolution theories. As program
manager for Open & Online Education he is responsible for the
development & delivery of all open & online education of the
TU Delft. This ranges from Open Course Ware Delft is one of
the sustaining members of the OpenCourseWare Consortium
– to blended learning, modular online bachelor & master
courses, online master programs and MOOCs.
Caroline Levander leads the digital learning and scholarship
endeavor, including overseeing all online curricula as well as
K-20 digital initiatives at Rice University. An award-winning
cultural and literary critic and Carlson Professor of Humanities
and English at Rice University, Levander teaches, talks, and
writes about American life and culture. Her writing has recently
appeared in Slate, The New York Times, and Business Insider,
and her latest book, Hotel Life: the Story of a Place Where
Anything Can Happen, is about the everyday work of one
of the world’s most fascinating and strange institutions. In
addition to authoring and co-authoring four books and editing
numerous others, Levander spends time thinking about the
future of higher education. She writes and speaks regularly in
venues such as Inside Higher Ed and at international higher
education and innovation summits.
Cathy Koshland / University of California
Berkeley
Toru Liyoshi / Kyoto University
Vice Chancellor, Undergraduate Education
Catherine P. Koshland is the Vice Chancellor for
Undergraduate Education at the University of California,
Berkeley, and the Wood-Calvert Professor in Engineering. She
is a professor of Environmental Health Sciences in the School
of Public Health and a professor in the Energy and Resources
Group. Professor Koshland graduated with a B.A. in Fine Arts
from Haverford College, studied painting at the New York
School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, and received her
M.S. in 1978 and her Ph.D. in 1985 in Mechanical Engineering
from Stanford University. She was a former member of the
Haverford College Board of Managers from 1994 – 2014 and
served as Board Co-Chair from 2005 - 2009 and Chair from
2009 to 2014.
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Among Vice Chancellor Koshland’s responsibilities are major
operating units including University Extension; Summer
Sessions, Study Abroad and Lifelong Learning; the Student
Learning Center, the Athletic Study Center, The Center for
Teaching and Learning, and Educational Technology Services,
American Cultures, The BLUM Center and Berkeley Connect.
Her office has responsibility for several strategic academic
initiatives as well as providing support to faculty development
in teaching and learning. In addition, her office advises on
enrollment planning and management, and serves as a liaison
for academic units with many campus administrative offices.
She co-chairs the Undergraduate Initiative with Provost
Claude Steele.
Deputy Vice President, Director, and Professor at
the Center for the Promotion of Excellence in Higher
Education
Toru Liyoshi is Deputy Vice President, and Director and
Professor at the Center for the Promotion of Excellence in
Higher Education of Kyoto University. Previously, he was
a senior scholar and Director of the Knowledge Media
Laboratory at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching (1999-2008), and Senior Strategist in the Office
of Educational Innovation and Technology at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (2009-2011). He has served as a
member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda
Council on Technology and Education as well as a juror for
major international awards and competitions in the field of
educational media and technology.
Dr. Iiyoshi’s current work areas include educational
innovation and technology, open education, technologyenhanced scholarship of teaching and learning, and
future of higher education systems. He works with
various international educational initiatives, projects,
and organizations in an advisory role to provide vision
and leadership. Dr. Iiyoshi is a co-editor of the Carnegie
Foundation book, "Opening Up Education: The Collective
Advancement of Education through Open Technology, Open
Content, and Open Knowledge" (MIT Press, 2008) and an
author or co-author of three books.
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Robert Lue / Harvard University
Professor of Molecular & Cellular Biology,
Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Derek
Bok Center for Teaching and Learning
Robert is responsible for fostering innovative teaching
in Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Lue earned his
Ph.D. in biology from Harvard, and since 1988 has taught
undergraduate courses acclaimed for their innovative
and interdisciplinary approach. In 2012, Lue’s extensive
work on using technology to enhance learning took a new
direction when he became faculty director of HarvardX,
Harvard’s university-wide online education initiative that
includes the edX partnership with MIT. Lue now helps
to shape Harvard’s engagement in online learning to
reinforce its commitment to teaching excellence and
expand its reach and impact globally. He also serves as the
director of Life Sciences Outreach and faculty director of
the Harvard Ed Portal.
Edward Maloney / Center for New Designs in
Learning and Scholarship
Executive Director
Professor of English
Eddie Maloney is the Executive Director of The Center
for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS)—a
center for teaching excellence, learning design, and
technology innovation—and a Professor in the Department
of English at Georgetown University. He holds a Ph.D.
from The Ohio State University in English Literature.
As Executive Director of CNDLS, he helps to define
Georgetown’s strategy to advance teaching and learning
practices at the University, including developing innovative
approaches to technology-enhanced learning, learning
design, and fulfilling the Jesuit mission of teaching to the
whole student. He teaches undergraduate and graduate
courses on modernism, postmodernism, critical and
narrative theory, as well as approaches to teaching
literature. His recent work is on the role of narrative in
teaching and learning.
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Shigeru Miyagawa / Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Professor, Linguistics
Shigeru Miyagawa was on the original MIT committee that
proposed OpenCourseWare, and he has helped to start
OpenCourseWares around the world. For his work with
OCW, he was awarded the President’s Award for OCW
Excellence. With the Pulizer-prize winning historian John
Dower of MIT, and Andrew Gordon of Harvard, he created
Visualizing Japan, a MOOC offered by edX. Visualizing Japan
was recently nominated for the Japan Prize.
In linguistics research, he works on syntax, morphology, and
Altaic and East Asian linguistics. His research on language
evolution was featured recently in a BBC Radio 4 program,
Nature podcast, and Science News.
He is Professor of Linguistics at MIT and holds a chair in
Japanese studies. Since 2014, he has a joint appointment at
the U of Tokyo, where he is the Director of Online Education.
Jacquie Moen / Smithsonian Enterprises
Vice President, Online Education Platforms
Jacquie Moen is the VP, Online Education Platforms at
Smithsonian Enterprises, a division of the Smithsonian
Institution. In this role, she oversees the Smithsonian’s
relationship with edX, and is building the Smithsonian’s
initial portfolio of MOOCs. Ms. Moen partners across
the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, 9 research centers,
and the National Zoo to bring the Smithsonian’s vast
collections and scholarship to global audiences. Ms.
Moen’s background is in developing interactive online
experiences at scale, and working with educators to find
the intersection between innovative online education
and consumer-friendly technology. She worked for AOL
for ten years, developing content and products for family
audiences, including AOL@School, AOL Kids, and AOL
Teens. She has won two Telly awards for her work in
online education programs, and has consulted with a wide
range of companies, including National Geographic and
Pearson. Ms. Moen received her BA from Princeton and
MBA from Columbia, with an emphasis in Media.
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Ildi Morris / edX
Sasha Norkin / edX
Manager, Training and Partner Enablement
Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Ildi Morris is Manager of Training and Partner Enablement
at edX. With over 20 years of experience, Ildi has held
various positions in learning consulting, instructional
design and program management at companies such as
Digital Think, Education Development Center, and WGBH
Boston. Prior to edX, she worked at Memento Security
developing and implementing their software training
program from start-up stage through acquisition. Ildi
has an M.Ed. from Harvard University in Technology in
Education, and a B.A. from Boston University in European
history. When she is not at work, she is doing something
outdoorsy with her husband and two daughters in the
White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Sasha Norkin is vice president of marketing and
communications for edX, leading edX marketing initiatives
and partnerships. Prior to joining edX, Sasha was vice
president of marketing at Barnes and Noble for five years,
launching the NOOK digital reading brand and responsible
for all retail, channel online and off-line marketing and
CRM for NOOK and digital content. Most recently, she
consulted for J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore. Previously, she
was a founding team member at various startups and held
key management roles, including chief revenue officer
at Gifts.com and vice president of strategic partnerships
at AnyDay.com, which was acquired by Palm. Sasha also
spent nearly two decades in higher education as an
associate professor at Boston University in the College of
Communication. Sasha holds a M.S. from Boston University
and a B.A. from Wellesley College.
Anka Mulder / TU Delft
Dr. Deepak Bhaskar Phatak / IIT Bombay
Vice President, Education and Operations
Anka Mulder studied History at the University of
Groningen, where she later lectured in International
Relations. After a career in business in Brussels, Vienna
and The Hague she became Director of Education at TU
Delft in 2004. In 2008 she was a member, from 2011
to 2013 president of the board of the international
OpenCourseWare Consortium. The Consortium is the
largest international organisation in the field of free online
education. From 2011 to 2013 she combined the post of
director with that of Secretary General of the university.
In 2013, she became the vice president of TU Delft. Her
responsibilities include Education, Operations, Finance and
Communication. She is a member of the edX University
Advisory Board, member of the Board of Trustees of the
Hotelschool The Hague/Amsterdam and of the Comité
d’orientation stratégique of the University of Sorbonne.
Dr. Deepak B. Phatak is a teacher, and has been serving
with IIT Bombay since 1971. He started the country’s first
interactive distance learning program using VSATs in 2000,
which has since moved to the Internet. He is currently
executing the scaled up T10KT (Train 10,000 Teachers at a
time) project. He successfully executed a national project
to deploy 100,000 low-cost Aakash tablet computers to
students and teachers across 300 institutions. He was
conferred ‘PadmaShri’ by the Government of India in April
2013, and was awarded the Life Time Achievement award
by IIT Bombay in August 2014.
Since 2012, Dr. Phatak has been working on MOOCs. He
has played an instrumental role in the IIT Bombay and edX
partnership. He has also led efforts to build an Indian open
source platform using the Open edX platform (https://
iitbombayx.in).
Most recently, he has designed a blended learning model
around his edX courses. To date, this model has been
adopted by over 50 of India’s higher education institutions,
and these institutions are integrating these blended MOOCs
into their regular degree programs.
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Ting-Chuen Pong / Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology
Vincent Price / University of Pennsylvania
Senior Advisor to the Executive Vice-President &
Provost
Steven H. Chaffee Professor in the Annenberg School
for Communication
Director of the Center for Engineering Education
Innovation and Professor of Computer Science &
Engineering
Ting-Chuen Pong is currently a Senior Advisor to the
Executive Vice-President & Provost, Director of the Center
for Engineering Education Innovation and Professor
of Computer Science & Engineering at HKUST. He is
a founding faculty member of HKUST, where he had
served as the Associate Vice-President for Academic
Affairs, Associate Dean of Engineering and Director of the
Sino Software Research Institute. He also served as an
Academic Research Adviser for the Hong Kong University
Grants Committee (UGC) from 2010 to 2012. Before
joining HKUST, he was an Associate Professor of Computer
Science at the University of Minnesota – Minneapolis in
the US. He received his PhD in Computer Science from
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1984.
Professor Pong's research interests include computer
vision, multimedia computing and IT in Education.
Provost
Vincent Price is Provost of the University of Pennsylvania and
the Steven H. Chaffee Professor in the Annenberg School
for Communication. As the University’s Chief Academic
Officer, he has advanced initiatives to diversify the faculty,
expand Penn’s global presence, enhance arts and culture,
facilitate interdisciplinary research and teaching, and
develop new forms of teaching and learning both on campus
and online. A scholar of public opinion, social influence
and political communication, he is former editor-in-chief
of Public Opinion Quarterly, and his work has been widely
cited, published in six languages, and taught in courses
around the world. The recipient of a number of awards for
teaching and research, Price formerly served on the faculty
of the University of Michigan, has been a visiting scholar
at the University of Paris-Sorbonne and the University of
Amsterdam, and has delivered more than 100 presentations
at universities and colloquia around the world.
Kathy Pugh / edX
Vice President, Education Services
Beth Porter / edX
Vice President, Product
Beth is vice president of product and will lead the strategy,
development, and implementation of edX’s product
roadmap. Prior to edX, Beth was vice president of software
product management at Pearson Education where she led
product and service development for large-scale online
education systems. Beth has spent her career envisioning
and developing computer-enabled and online teaching
and learning experiences. Her education expertise helps
edX develop a cutting-edge platform to help professors,
learners, and institutions transform education. Beth holds
a BA and an MAT from Cornell University.
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As vice president of education services at edX, Kathy directs
and oversees the management of the course development
teams and is responsible for university relations with edX
consortium members. She brings extensive experience
as a top executive in the software and financial services
industries. Most recently in charge of global services at
Courion Corporation, Kathy has a nationally recognized
track record of success in expanding and streamlining
businesses. She has worked in long-established businesses
as well as start-ups, and brings her valued business
acumen and organizational talents to edX. When she is
not at edX, Kathy enjoys tennis, swimming, rowing, cycling,
and watching her son play hockey. She holds a B.A. in
economics from the College of the Holy Cross.
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Carol Quillen / Davidson College
Philip Regier / Arizona State University
President
University Dean, Educational Initiatives
Carol Quillen became the 18th president of Davidson
College on August 1, 2011. A respected scholar and an
accomplished administrator, Quillen came to Davidson
from Rice University in Houston, Texas, where she served
most recently as vice president for international and
interdisciplinary initiatives. Quillen grew up in New Castle,
Delaware, a small town where she says "it was second
nature to support the community and look out for other
people." A Presbyterian, she attended Quaker schools from
pre-kindergarten through high school. She earned a B.A.
degree in American history from the University of Chicago,
graduating Phi Beta Kappa with special and general
honors, then received a Ph.D. degree in European history
from Princeton.
CEO, EdPlus at Arizona State University
Ravi Ravishanker / Wellesley College
CIO & Associate Dean, WellesleyX
Ravi leads the merged library and technology organization
and the Registrar's Office, which collectively provide a
wide range of support for students, faculty, staff and
increasingly alumnae. Ravi also leads the partnership with
edX and is a member of the team that helped produce and
run Wellesley’s four MOOCs.
Philip Regier is responsible for Arizona State University’s
expansion into online learning and has been a member
of the university leadership team focused on education
innovation since 2009. In the first six years of his tenure as
dean of ASU online, the fully online student population grew
from 400 to more than 19,000, with the number of degree
programs offered growing from six to more than 91.
Today, online programs at ASU utilize more than 150
technologies and the university is a co-convener of the
ASU+GSV Education Innovation Summit, the largest and
most recognized convening of education technology
entrepreneurs, investors and users in the world.
In 2015, Regier was named University Dean for Educational
Initiatives and Chief Executive Officer of EdPlus at ASU for the
purpose of expanding upon the success of the university’s
digital-immersion programs and extending online teaching
and learning globally.
Regier previously served as executive dean at the W. P.
Carey School of Business at ASU. He is an accounting
faculty member and has published research in leading
academic journals on postretirement benefits, corporate
restructuring and market-based accounting. Regier earned
his undergraduate degree in philosophy and mathematics
from St. John’s College and his Ph.D. in accountancy from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Angela Redish / University of British Columbia
Provost and Vice President Academic pro tem
Angela Redish received her PhD from the University of
Western Ontario and has been a Professor of Economics
in the Faculty of Arts at UBC since then. Her teaching and
research have focused on the history of monetary and
banking systems in Europe and North America European
and North American monetary and banking systems. In
2000-2001 Redish served as Special Advisor at the Bank of
Canada.
From 2001 to 2006 she was Head of the Department of
Economics, and then served as senior advisor to UBC
President Toope. From 2012 to 2015 she was Vice Provost
and AVP at UBC. Since 2015, Redish has served as UBC’s
Provost and Vice President Academic pro tem.
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Björn Rettig / Microsoft
Senior Director
Björn is the Senior Director for Technical Content in the
Learning Experiences team at Microsoft, a husband, a
father of two STEM girls, and proud geek.
After 23 years at Microsoft in different engineering roles
Bjorn got exposed to MOOCs through an intern in his
team. He then set his goal to join the Learning Experience
team to be part of the learning revolution.
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Mario Ricci / University of Adelaide
Michael Rutter / Harvard University
Associate Professor and the Stephen Cole the Elder
Fellow in the Faculty of Health Sciences
Communications Director in the Office of the Vice
Provost for Advances in Learning
He is coordinator of first year Human Biology in the
Bachelor of Health Sciences program and course lead
for the first MOOC offered by the University of Adelaide,
Essential Human Biology: Cells and Tissues. Over the past
decade Mario has used a variety of innovative teaching
approaches to improve student engagement, satisfaction,
retention and outcomes. His human biology educational
YouTube videos have been viewed more than 260,000 times
with 6000+ subscribers. Mario’s achievements have been
recognized by receipt of an Office of Learning and Teaching
Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning,
the University of Adelaide Vice Chancellor and President's
Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Stephen Cole the
Elder Award for Excellence in Teaching, and admission into
the global Apple Distinguished Educator program.
Michael Patrick Rutter is Communications Director in the
Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning (VPAL)
at Harvard University. He oversees communications,
marketing, media, and related strategic efforts for the
office. Responsible for HarvardX, the Harvard Initiative
for Learning and Teaching (HILT), and a newly formed
integrated research group, VPAL offers faculty and
students support and services to create the best, highestquality 21st century learning and research environment.
The ultimate aim is to ensure that Harvard remains the
leader in teaching and learning innovation.
Andreas Schleicher / OECD
Dr. Michael Richey / The Boeing Company
Boeing Associate Technical Fellow
Michael is responsible for leading a team conducting
engineering education research projects that focus on
improving the learning experience for students, incumbent
engineers and technicians. His research encompasses,
Sociotechnical Systems, Learning Curves, and Engineering
Education Research.
Michael has served on various advisory groups including,
the editorial board of the Journal of Engineering Education,
Boeing Higher Education Integration Board, American
Society for Engineering Education Project Board and the
National Science Foundation I-UCRC Industry University
Collaborative Research Center Advisory Board. Michael
has authored or co-authored over 25 publications in
leading journals including Science Magazine, The Journal
of Engineering Education and INCOSE addressing topics
in large scale system integration, learning sciences and
systems engineering. Michael holds a B.A and M.Sc. from
ESC Lille in Program Project Management and Ph.D. from
SKEMA Business School with a focus on Engineering
Education Research.
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Director for Education and Skills, and Special Advisor
on Education Policy to the Secretary-General
As a key member of the OECD Senior Management team,
Mr. Schleicher supports the Secretary-General’s strategy to
produce analysis and policy advice that advances economic
growth and social progress. He promotes the work of the
Directorate for Education and Skills on a global stage and
fosters co-operation both within and outside the OECD.
In addition to policy and country reviews, the work of the
Directorate includes the Programme for International Student
Assessment (PISA), the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC),
the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS),
and the development and analysis of benchmarks on the
performance of education systems (INES).
Before joining the OECD, Mr. Schleicher was Director for
Analysis at the International Association for Educational
Achievement (IEA). He studied Physics in Germany and
received a degree in Mathematics and Statistics in Australia.
He is the recipient of numerous honours and awards,
including the “Theodor Heuss” prize, awarded in the name
of the first president of the Federal Republic of Germany for
“exemplary democratic engagement”. He holds an honorary
Professorship at the University of Heidelberg.
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Dr. Daniel Seaton / Internation Monetary Fund
Timothy Tong / Hong Kong Polytechnic University
President
Dr. Daniel Seaton received his B.Sc. in Physics from
Auburn University, and his Ph.D. in computational physics
from the University of Georgia. While in graduate school,
Daniel developed a passion for teaching and scholarship
in education. This passion led him to a series of postdocs
at MIT, the first in physics education research, and the
second as researcher studying Massive Open Online
Courses (MOOCs). His early work studying MITx and
HarvardX MOOCs culminated in a series of working papers,
and foundational results showing teachers make up a
significant number of MOOC enrollees. After briefly working
as a data analyst in MIT's Office of Institutional Research,
Daniel shifted to Davidson College to work on the Davidson
Next project. His primary roles have involved developing
interactive assessment applications within the edX platform,
adapting tools to support high school teachers’ use of
MOOC content in blended formats, and studying learning
behavior using data captured by the edX platform.
Professor Timothy W. Tong was born and raised in Hong Kong.
After completing his secondary education, he pursued further
studies in the United States, where he received his B.S. degree
in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State University
(OSU) in 1976, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in the same discipline
from the University of California at Berkeley in 1978 and 1980
respectively.
Dr. Patrick Sellers / Davidson
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships
Dr. Sellers' current responsibilities focus on developing
collaborations between Davidson and foundations,
corporations, and other educational institutions, in order
to create new opportunities for Davidson students, faculty,
and staff. He also guides Davidson's planning for SACS
reaccreditation, helps lead the Davidson Next project
with edX and College Board, and works with campus
constituencies to expand the use of data analytics in
decision making. Pat came to Davidson in 2000 to teach
in the political science department. He has published
numerous articles in leading journals of political science, as
well as an award-winning book Cycles of Spin.
Professor Tong takes office as President of The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University with effect from 1 January 2009. Prior
to his current appointment, Professor Tong was Dean of the
School of Engineering and Applied Science at The George
Washington University in the United States.
Suchil Vachani / Indian Institute of
Management Bangalore
Director
Sushil Vachani is the Director of Indian Institute of
Management, Bangalore. Under his leadership, the Institute
has focused on three major areas: globalization, technologyenabled education, including MOOCs, and entrepreneurship.
Before joining IIM Bangalore, Dr. Vachani was a Professor
of Strategy and Innovation at Boston University, where
he served in many leadership positions including Faculty
Director of the Japan Program, Chairman of the Strategy
Department, Chairman of the Doctoral Program and Special
Assistant to the University’s President for its India Initiative.
He has taught in the US, Japan, China and India. He has
extensive managerial and consulting experience with the
Boston Consulting Group, Philips and the Tata Administrative
Service.
Dr. Vachani received his doctorate from the Harvard Business
School, a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and a Bachelor
of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology,
Kanpur.
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Peter Van Roy / Université Catholique de
Louvain
Full Professor, Computing Science and Engineering
Peter Van Roy is full professor of Computing Science and
Engineering at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)
in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. He is well-known for the
textbook « Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer
Programming » that explains many difficult programming
concepts in a simple and insightful way. For more than
ten years he has been teaching two popular programming
courses at UCL based on this approach. His research is
focused on the general theme of increasing the expressive
power of programming languages, with a special focus on
large-scale distributed computing. He uses a combination
of theory and practical system building to understand how
to simplify programming and bring it to a higher level. He is
a developer of the Mozart Programming System, a highquality open-source development platform based on the Oz
multiparadigm programming language, which he often uses
as a research vehicle to explore and test new ideas.
Ulrike Wild / Wageningen University
Director, Online and Open Learning
Ulrike Wild worked as a musician, psychologist, trainer,
consultant, coach, innovation manager and business
development manager before settling in the field of open
and online higher education. She works now as Director
online and open learning at Wageningen University in the
Netherlands.
She is responsible for the development of online degree
programmes and open and online courses. Her motto:
when the winds of change blow, some people build walls,
others build windmills.
John Wilton / University of California Berkeley
Vice Chancellor, Administration and Finance
Lou Wang / edX
Director, Product
Lou Wang is the Director of Product at edX and leads the
product management team. Prior to edX, Lou has held
product leadership positions at Microsoft, Oracle, Electronic
Arts, and several startups with a focus on mobile design and
strategy, online media, eCommerce, and gaming.
John Wilton is the vice chancellor for administration
and finance at the University of California at Berkeley.
In this position, Wilton is responsible for managing: the
university’s annual operating budget of more than $2
billion; the continuing design and implementation of
Operational Excellence; the stabilization of the campus
budget; and the establishment of a sustainable financial
model for Berkeley’s future.
Prior to arriving at Berkeley, he served as the
director of international research for Farallon Capital
Management LLC, a global, multi-strategy, U.S.-based
investment management firm. He was also an advisor
on developments in the global economy to Hellman and
Friedman LLC, a private investment company. Prior to
joining Farallon, he worked for the World Bank for 24
years. At the Bank, he served in positions including chief
financial officer, vice president for strategy, finance and risk
management, and senior economist.
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Diana Wu / University of California Berkeley
Adam Yukelson / Presencing Institute
Dean, UC Berkeley Extension,
Action Research Fellow
Executive Director, Berkeley Resource Center for
Online Education
Adam Yukelson is an Action Research Fellow at the
Presencing Institute and, along with course Instructor Otto
Scharmer, leads the design and delivery of the MITx course
“Transforming Business, Society, and Self with U.Lab.”
Dr. Diana Wu has been a senior administrator at top
public universities during her 20 year career in higher
education. She is a leader in continuing, professional, and
online education and has been the Dean of University
Extension at the University of California, Berkeley since
2008. In 2012, she was appointed to an additional role as
the first Executive Director of the newly created Berkeley
Resource Center for Online Education. She develops and
runs self-supporting, revenue-generating operations and
programs that increase access to Berkeley, improve the
student learning experience, train the global workforce,
and maintain and build Berkeley’s excellence. She holds a
doctorate in higher education from UCLA and a master’s
in educational psychology from UCLA. Her undergraduate
degree is in psychology from Stanford University. Dr. Wu is
a native of San Francisco, California.
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He has contributed writing and research for Presencing
Institute programs such as the Global Wellbeing and Gross
National Happiness Lab, which brings together innovative
thinkers from developing and industrialized countries to
prototype new ways of measuring well-being and social
progress. Previously, Adam supported Otto Scharmer and
Katrin Kaeufer with the research and writing of their latest
book, Leading From the Emerging Future: From EgoSystem to Eco-System Economies.
Adam has also with the Millennium Villages Project
in Ghana, youth mentoring programs in the US, and
grassroots NGOs focused on social and emotional learning
in India. He holds a Master’s in Sustainability Management
from Columbia University.
Xinjie Yu / Tsinghua University
John Zornig / University of Queensland
Professor
Director, UQx
Dr. Xinjie Yu received his Bachelor’s and Ph.D. from
Tsinghua University in 1996 and 2001, respectively. He
was a visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in 2003 and Waseda University in 2008. Dr.
Yu’s textbook for the course has been recognized as
the premier textbook in the field by China’s Ministry of
Education and Beijing City. Dr. Yu was named the Elite
Researcher of Beijing City in 2006 and the New Century
Talent of China’s Ministry of Education in 2012.
UQx represents UQ’s engagement in edX. His research
interests include the structure of knowledge, video as an
online information resource, and just-in-time learning.
In recent years at UQ he managed a team developing
learning tools and LTI, and worked on establishing the
Australian Access Federation. Previously, John amassed
twenty years of experience as a consulting technologist
and at various technology companies, including Pyramid,
Sun, Fujitsu and Apple.
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"Thank You" from edX
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