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OCT 19, 2021

(R)evolution of Courseware: An EEP-Fostered Collaboration Success

At the 2019 EEP Summit, Carnegie Mellon University announced the open-source release of OpenSimon, an infrastructure for empirical education, worth $100 million. Listen in as Ariel, Kelvin, Michael, and Norman discuss how the collaboration between CMU and ASU’s ETX Center is expanding the contribution to take a leap forward in courseware and learning experience design.

• Ariel Anbar, Director, Center for Education Through eXploration at ASU
• Kelvin Bentley, Senior Consultant, WGU Labs 
• Norman Bier, Director, Open Learning Initiative & Executive Director, The Simon Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University
• Michael Feldstein, Chief Learning Officer, Argos Education

OCT 20, 2021

Active Learning in a Ubiquitously Blended World

Revisit an interactive workshop with Andreina, Stephanie, and Whitney where they addressed the immediate challenges and opportunities of virtual education:

• What works well in a virtual teaching environment?
• What doesn’t work well online?
• As educators, how do we design optimal experiences to connect with students?
• Why is what we witnessed in 2020 not a variety of online learning on which we should be basing decision making or strategic planning?

• Whitney Kilgore, Co-Founder and CAO, iDesign
• Stephanie Moore, Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico
• Andreina Bloom Parisi-Amon, VP, Learning & Teaching, Engageli

OCT 21, 2021

Using Data to Inform Humane Teaching

Watch as Daphne and Michael discussed how data can be used to improve teaching strategies and support active learning in a blended world.

• Daphne Koller,
  Co-Founder, Coursera, and Engageli
• Michael Feldstein, Chief Learning Officer, Argos Education