05:30 PM

Poster Session

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Christopher Haynes

University of Colorado Boulder

Dr. Christopher Haynes is an Education Innovation Specialist at the University of Colorado Boulder. In addition to designing and delivering his own online courses on popular culture and literary analysis, he works with faculty at CU design and develop scaled learning experiences.

07 March

10:45 AM

A Course Producer’s Guide to Navigating Internal Systems

Course Teams Track

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John Heijligers

Eindhoven University of Technology

Graduated Art School in 1999. Directed more than 50 Plays and Musicals, trained people in presenting themselves in front of a camera. Directed several (short) movies. Directed the bachelor Course on Modeling at the University of Technology in Eindhoven. Started directing MOOCS there in 2008. Made 9 already and there are several in progress.

07 March

10:45 AM

Production, Pedagogy, and Promotion Workshop

Instructor Track

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William Heikoop

University of Toronto

William Heikoop works with the Online Learning Strategies portfolio on University of Toronto eLearning initiatives including the Online Undergraduate Course Initiative, eCampusOntario and Massive Open Online Courses. He brings expertise in online course (re)design and works closely with teams on learning resource development and course production.

05:30 PM

Poster Session

07 March

10:45 AM

Supercharge Your Courses through Data Exploration

Data Track

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Jeff Maggioncalda

Coursera

Jeff Maggioncalda joined Coursera as CEO in June 2017. He previously served for 18 years as the founding CEO at Financial Engines Inc, a company co-founded by economist and Nobel Prize winner William Sharpe. Financial Engines grew rapidly under Jeff's leadership, providing high-quality online investment advice that has helped millions of people save and prepare for retirement. Jeff has also worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company and Cornerstone Research, and continues to serve as a Director of Silicon Valley Bank, Inc. He holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor's degree in Economics and English from Stanford University. In his free time, Jeff is a lifelong learner and proud dad, and enjoys studying music theory and spending time with his wife and three daughters.

06 March

09:30 AM

Keynote Address from Jeff Maggioncalda: Beyond the Campus Walls

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Samantha Mazzero

Fundação Instituto de Administração

Prof. Mazzero is a mathematician by University of São Paulo (USP), holds an MBA in Marketing, MBA in economic & financial management, MSc in Business from USP and is currently a Ph.D. student at the same Institution researching Corporate Foresight & strategy. Her professional experience includes more than 17 years in multinational pharmaceutical companies in Business Intelligence area. She has been a professor for postgraduate students since 2008 for research & market analysis and joined FIA in 2013 teaching International Management for the International MBA. She Joined the Coursera-FIA's project as project manager and Instructor for Budgeting Essentials Course and Strategic Sales Management Specialization.

06 March

05:30 PM

Poster Session

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Amy Moore

05:30 PM

06 March

05:30 PM

Poster Session

07 March

02:45 PM

Experiments with Microcredentials

Administrator Track

02:45 PM

Market Your Content: How to Reach More Learners

Course Teams Track

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Justin Harding

Arizona State University

Justin Harding leads New Media design and production for ASU Online programs and EdPlus strategic projects. Working with a team of multimedia developers and instructional designers, digital media such as interactive learning materials, high definition education videos, and information visualization graphics contribute to an online learning platform that incorporates the latest in educational technology with learning theory and information design.

06 March

02:30 PM

Video Production: Quality and Scale

How Learners Can Succeed in Today’s Economy

Administrator Track

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Joanne Veech

PwC

Joanne is an experienced Human Capital Leader with a strong reputation for leadership and impact. Her 30 years in Development and Talent Management, 24 years with PwC International LLC, have provided her with an exceptionally deep network of PwC colleagues world wide that enable her to set and implement organizational goals, change management practices; resulting in significant impact on territory operations and culture. She has cultivated her relationships and her ability to organize, develop comprehensive strategies, and execute across boundaries. She is a team player with energy and passion, and is known for her ability to lead large complex network-wide organizational projects to successful completion. She knows how the network of firms work and has repeatedly demonstrated her leadership skills and her ability to deliver results. Joanne has held, and created many first time network leadership roles within Global Talent and Global Development: Global Onboarding Leader, Global Career Transitions Leader, Global Advisory L&D Leader, Global E-Business L&D Leader, and Global Financial Services L&D Leader. She is currently responsible for PwC's MOOC strategy and is co-leading PwC's Network Badge Program. Joanne is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University, BS Accounting, MBA Finance and started her career with Touche Ross as an Auditor in the NYC Financial Services Practice. She is actively involved in NJ politics and has recently served as Mayor of Randolph, Morris County's second largest township, and is currently a sitting Councilwoman. She has received the Governor's New Jersey State Safety Council Distinguished Service Award for bring "Alive at 25" to New Jersey. Joanne has participated in many boards and committees, and is recognized as leader in her community.

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Emily Glasserg Sands

Coursera

Emily Glassberg Sands is Director of Data Science at Coursera. Her team leads the quantitative measurement, experimentation, and inference that informs Coursera's product and business direction; builds the statistical models and machine learning algorithms that power content discovery and help scale an engaging learning experience; and empowers partners and enterprise customers with on-platform analytics and direct data access. Emily received her Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University where her research leveraged experimental and applied methods to better understand labor markets and consumer decision-making.

06 March

10:45 AM

Product Plenary: Building a Platform for Your Worldwide Campus

06 March

02:30 PM

Leveraging Data on 100 Million Enrollments to Help Learners Succeed

Data Track

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Talia Kolodny

Coursera

Currently leading the efforts to provide Coursera partners with the tools and knowledge they need to create transformational, high quality learning experiences, Talia brings her expertise in adult learning into the world of MOOCs. She is passionate about creating accessible and inclusive education, leading several initiatives promoting social impact and diversity in Coursera courses that include research, training resources and automated tools detecting opportunities to create more inclusive learning environments. Before Coursera, Talia specialized in adult education and change management at the Institute for Leadership and Governance in Israel. There she developed and led programs for executives in Government ministries, NGOs and the private sector, forming cross-sector collaborative initiatives addressing complex social problems. She also served as the senior advisor to the Head of the Education Department at the Municipality of Jerusalem, overseeing 250,000 students, and thousands of teachers and headmasters. Talia served as a board member for the Linda Feldman Rape Crisis Center, where she also facilitated educational workshops to prevent sexual violence in schools, and has extensive experience in formal and informal education as a teacher, a program manager and a policy advisor in non-profits, schools, Universities and community-based organizations in Israel and the United states. She has a MA degree in Conflict management and Resolution and a BA in Political science and Humanities, both from the Hebrew University in Israel.

06 March

02:30 PM

Make an Impact: Social Change & Online Learning

Instructor Track

06 March

02:30 PM

Leveraging Data on 100 Million Enrollments to Help Learners Succeed

Data Track

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Juhi Singh

Coursera

Juhi has been with Coursera for nearly two years. She helps empower internal and external stakeholders through data and help them make data-driven decisions. At the conference, she looks forward to meeting and learning more about our partner's needs.

07 March

10:45 AM

Supercharge Your Courses through Data Exploration

Data Track

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Sean Gallagher

Northeastern University

Dr. Sean Gallagher is founder and Executive Director of Northeastern University’s Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy, and Executive Professor of Educational Policy.

Sean joined Northeastern in 2009 and is a nationally recognized expert with nearly 20 years of experience in higher education. As Chief Strategy Officer for Northeastern’s Professional Advancement Network, Sean built a central strategy function unique among universities – working across colleges and academic domains to launch growth initiatives including the development of new campuses and degree programs. Prior to Northeastern, Sean worked for a decade at Eduventures, advising executives at hundreds of universities, education companies, and investors. Sean directed the firm's largest and most profitable business unit, and played an instrumental role in the company’s growth by developing and leading many of its research practices.

Sean is a frequent invited speaker at conferences and events, and his writing and commentary have been featured in leading media outlets such as The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and CBS Television. Sean's research has been cited in numerous academic papers and books. His book, "The Future of University Credentials: New Developments at the Intersection of Higher Education and Hiring," was published in 2016 by Harvard Education Press.

Sean holds a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) degree from Northeastern University; an M.B.A. from the New York Institute of Technology; and a B.S. in Marketing from Northeastern.

06 March

09:00 AM

Keynote Address from Sean Gallagher: The Future of Credentials

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Mariam Kakkar

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Mariam Wali-Kakkar, Chief, Talent Development Unit- Office of Human Resources, Bureau for Management Services, United National Development Programme (UNDP)
Mariam Wali-Kakkar is a talent management professional with over 17 years of experience in the public sector. She has spent the last 13 years working in the UN system at UNDP, UNICEF and UNFPA in the areas of organizational development, integrated talent management, high potential development, career development, executive talent management, knowledge management, innovation employee engagement and leadership development.
Mariam leads the Talent Development Unit @UNDP, which is responsible for developing individual, team and organizational capabilities to meet the organization’s strategic mission and lead the implantation of processes, systems and tools to create a culture of continuous learning, knowledge sharing, growth, innovation and development. The team works with a variety of partners from the private sector and academia including Deloitte, IMD, Coursera, MIT, Harvard, and IESE.
Before joining the UN, Mariam worked at the Center for Learning and Performance at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec and the Ministry of Education of Quebec. She has a doctorate in Educational Technology from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

07 March

08:45 AM

Keynote Address from Mariam Kakkar: Enabling Cultural Transformation Through Continuous Learning

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Nikhil Sinha

Coursera

Nikhil Sinha is the Chief Content Officer at Coursera. In this role, he oversees the company's content strategy and relationships with university and industry partners. Prior to joining Coursera, Nikhil was the founding Vice Chancellor of the Shiv Nadar University. He has also served as a faculty member and as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Texas, and has held senior positions in several organizations, including Silverskills, eFunds Corporation, iDLX Technology Partners, and Adams Capital Management. Nikhil is currently Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of HCL Infosystems, a Director of Silverskills Pvt. Ltd., a Director Emeritus of the US-India Business Council, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and his B.A. (Honors) from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University.

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Deanna Raineri

Coursera

Deanna Raineri is the Chief Academic Strategist at Coursera. Deanna joined Coursera in May 2016 from the position of Associate Provost for Education Innovation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she provided campus-wide leadership for innovations in classroom and online education. She also led the University's partnership with Coursera and developed other strategic partnerships at the national level that positioned Illinois as a leader in teaching and learning. Dr. Raineri joined the University of Illinois in 1992 after earning a PhD in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology from the University of Southampton Medical School and completing a postdoctoral appointment at the University of Washington. Prior to joining the Provost’s Office she held a faculty appointment in the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology. She also served as Associate Dean for Instructional Technologies and Information Services in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and as Director of LAS Online.

06 March

02:30 PM

Co-Creating the Future: Building new credentials on Coursera

Administrator Track

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Larry DeBrock

Gies College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Larry DeBrock served as ninth dean of the Gies College of Business from 2009 to 2015. He has been a faculty member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 1979, completing his Ph.D. in economics from Cornell University.
DeBrock has been a longtime technology and online champion, well understanding the role of technology in higher education, and leading the College’s charge into fully democratizing online education. From both a leadership perspective as a dean and an instructor’s perspective as a professor, DeBrock knows the value of technology in the classroom, and he has both advocated its use for the College and modeled its effective application for other instructors.
Under DeBrock’s leadership, the College’s online infrastructure was built, recording studios for online teaching were created, the eLearning office was established, and the iMBA program, created in partnership with Coursera, was conceptualized, approved, and created. The iMBA, launched in 2016, has been highly successful, and is the first online MBA degree program offered through Coursera.
DeBrock did more than support and oversee the iMBA; he was one of the first professors to teach in the program. His “Firm Level Economics: Consumer and Producer Behavior” course is one of the program’s highest-rated courses, with an average user rating of 4.8 out of 5. DeBrock has proven to be an online innovator, expertly blending content from multiple subject areas in his courses and engaging his students from around the world. He makes full use of the advantages the technology offers by building his courses specifically for online learners, from whom he has consistently earned rave reviews.
Though DeBrock has been a senior all-star faculty for many years, he loves teaching Business 101, a foundational course for all Gies College of Business freshmen and transfer students that addresses ways to develop professional responsibility as an individual, in a profession, and as a member of organizations that play a critical role in society. As a professor, he has touched the lives of numerous undergraduate and graduate students across a spectrum of programs, including the full-time and professional MBA, the Executive MBA, the iMBA, and more.
As dean, DeBrock began his tenure with the opening of the Business Instructional Facility, the first building at any public university business school to receive LEED Platinum certification for its green design and construction. He advanced technology in the College through the creation of an online business minor, multiple online courses in partnership with Coursera, and the first-ever 3D printing lab in a college of business. His commitment to excellence led to the College’s continued accreditation in business and accounting by AACSB International (placing it among the top five percent of the world’s business programs), students’ education in professional responsibility through Business 101, faculty successes, partnerships with other institutions, the continuously high placement numbers of Business Career Services, and the number of companies who recruit our students and alumni.
In addition to his accomplishments as dean, DeBrock has displayed a consistent record of outstanding achievements throughout his career. He has received numerous department, College, and University awards for teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels from 1983 to the present. MBA program students named him Faculty of the Year seven times, and he has won professional, graduate, and undergraduate campus teaching awards, and a teaching award from the Commerce Alumni Association. Over his 38 years at Illinois, DeBrock’s students have noted his gift for making complex economic concepts both compelling and understandable.

07 March

09:45 AM

Keynote Address from Larry DeBrock: The new face-to-face: Making the virtual real with high engagement

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Lauren Atkins Budde

University of Michigan

As Associate Director of Design Management at the University of Michigan's Office of Academic Innovation (AI), Lauren Atkins Budde leads a talented team (including design managers, iteration and engagement managers, and course builders) that works with diverse groups of stakeholders to enable institutional change, strategic research, and educational experimentation through consensus and community building, impact analysis, and clear communication, and project design. Since joining the Academic Innovation team almost three years ago, Lauren has overseen the development and delivery of dozens digital education initiatives including MOOCs, specializations and Teach-Outs, and is constantly energized by both the hundreds of impact opportunities available in this space and the challenge of scaling up and spreading innovations throughout and beyond the University of Michigan community. Before coming to AI, Lauren worked in the e-portfolio startup space as an educational services lead, and as an instructional technology consultant at U-M's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.

06 March

02:30 PM

Make an Impact: Social Change & Online Learning

How Learners Can Succeed in Today’s Economy

Administrator Track

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Jen Mazzon

Coursera

Jen Mazzon is a Director of Product Management at Coursera. She has previously led product teams at Google, Intuit and several Silicon Valley startups. Jen was the founding product manager for Google Docs and its pre-acquisition antecedent, Writely. Jen holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA with Honors from Yale University. She has served on the boards of the Stanford Alumni Consulting Team and Blue Blanket Improv in Half Moon Bay, California.

06 March

10:45 AM

Product Plenary: Building a Platform for Your Worldwide Campus

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07 March

02:45 PM

Improve Learner Outcomes Through Behavioral and Pedagogical Interventions

Data Track

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Simone Buitendijk

Imperial College London

Professor Simone Buitendijk MD, MPH, PhD is Vice-Provost (Education) at Imperial College London, leading its vision for an innovative and globally-leading learning and teaching environment, and an excellent student educational experience. Professor Buitendijk is currently implementing a new Learning & Teaching Strategy at Imperial College, in which the online and digital elements are vital components. She has been a member of Coursera’s University Advisory Board since 2015, both in her previous role as Vice-Rector Magnificus at Leiden University and now at Imperial College. Professor Buitendijk studied Medicine in Utrecht, received a Master’s degree in Public Health at the Yale School of Medicine in the US, and earned her PhD degree in Leiden. She held the Netherlands’ first professorial chair for Midwifery Studies at the Amsterdam Medical Center. She is Chair of the League of European Research Universities’ (LERU) steering group for teaching and learning, and she co-authored the LERU position papers ‘'Women, research and universities: excellence without gender bias" (2013) and “Gendered research and innovation” (2015).

06 March

01:00 PM

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Ronak Shah

Coursera

Ronak joined Coursera in early 2017, and leads the team responsible to empower our partners and enterprise customers with data and visualizations, including the on-platform analytics, data exports and direct data access. Ronak has always been close to data and has worked at some of the world's highly data driven companies like Amazon and Glassdoor, prior to joining Coursera.

07 March

01:15 PM

Tips and Tricks to Design Your Own Research

Eindhoven University of Technology

Hilde holds an Engineering degree (ir.) and a M.Sc. in Management from Leuven University. She first spent two years at the Antwerp University developing machine learning algorithms in the medical imaging domain. She subsequently worked as a data scientist in various industries before finding her true passion in the application of data science in the (online) education domain in 2015. She has since founded a company specialized in Leaning Analytics and is currently working as a Learning Analytics project manager for the Eindhoven University of Technology.

07 March

10:45 AM

Supercharge Your Courses through Data Exploration

Data Track

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Chris Palmatier

Coursera

Chris is a senior product designer at Coursera, transforming online education by designing authoring and administration tools for instructors, instructional designers, and other users at our university partners. He is also the design owner of our component library, helping keep design and front-end engineering aligned and looking good.

06 March

10:45 AM

Product Plenary: Building a Platform for Your Worldwide Campus

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06 March

05:30 PM

Poster Session

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Taeho Yu

University of Virginia (UVA)

Dr. Taeho Yu is an Assistant Professor of Instructional Design and Technology at the School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) at the University of Virginia. He has an expertise in instructional design and technology, teaching pedagogies and strategies, student retention, formative and summative evaluation, faculty development, student satisfaction and learning outcomes, competency-based learning, and course assessments. His research interests are in learning analytics and the learner’s perception, self-efficacy, and competencies on taking online learning courses. He is currently working on a scale development project to measure Student Online Learning Readiness (SOLR) focusing on social, communication, and technical competencies in online learning.

06 March

05:30 PM

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Andreas Cangellaris

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Andreas Cangellaris is the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Cangellaris received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 1981, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1983 and 1985, respectively. Following a two-year tenure as Senior Staff Engineer with the Electronics Engineering Department of General Motors Research Labs, he joined the faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ, in 1987. In 1997, he joined the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, as Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His administrative career at the University of Illinois includes a two-year tenure as Associate Provost Fellow from 2006-2008, at which time he led the activities of a campus-wide committee to review and update the Campus’ Promotion and Tenure procedures. He became the M.E. Van Valkenburg Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2007. He served as head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 2009 until 2013 and then became Dean of the College of Engineering from 2013 to 2017.

06 March

01:00 PM

Provost Forum

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Alexander Kuptsov

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Under the guidance of Alexander were developed: The first Russian MOOC on Coursera (2013) The first Russian specialization on Coursera "Machine learning and data analysis" (2016) More than 100 developed MOOCs, from which more than 40 for Coursera platform

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Christopher J. Martin

University of Pennsylvania

Chris is a Senior I.T Support Specialist & Multimedia Manager at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he specializes in online learning, live webcast production, I.T. support and consultation, and website building. Since 2012, he has worked with Professor Al Filreis to create and offer Modern and Contemporary Poetry (ModPo), one of Coursera's first courses, to more than 100,000 students. Known for its high levels of student engagement and retention, the course offers a very popular series of 10+ live webcasts each Fall. During these broadcasts, students around the world are given the opportunity to call, tweet and tune into the webcast to ask questions and have discussions directly with Professor Filreis and his teaching assistants. Chris and the team use the free webcasting platforms, YouTube Live and Facebook Live, to create and stream these broadcasts. To date, ModPo’s YouTube videos have been viewed more than 200,000 times.

06 March

05:30 PM

Poster Session

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Adam Fein

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Adam Fein is the Assistant Provost for Educational Innovation and is involved in shaping campus strategy and providing campus-wide support for innovations in classroom and online education. He assists academic units with the development of new types of educational programs, especially online programs, guiding campus policies around online programs, and promoting the use of data-driven research and analytics to improve student learning outcomes. Adam received his Ph.D. in 2017 in Educational Policy, Organization & Leadership from the University of Illinois. His research focused on the examination of the cognitive theory of multimedia learning and the effects of disruptive innovation theory in higher education. Adam serves on the Coursera council and will be co-developing and co-teaching a MOOC later in 2018.

06 March

02:30 PM

Co-Creating the Future: Building new credentials on Coursera

Administrator Track

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James DeVaney

University of Michigan

James DeVaney is the Associate Vice Provost for Academic Innovation at the University of Michigan. In this role he provides leadership for the Office of Academic Innovation and strategic initiatives that span the institution. He provides strategic and operational oversight of a talented team of positive problem solvers that seek to create a culture of innovation in learning at U-M and unlock new opportunities for the U-M community and learners around the world. James serves on the Coursera Council and is responsible for U-M’s strategic partnership with Coursera. Prior to establishing a new model for academic R&D through the Office of Academic Innovation, James was a senior director at Huron Consulting Group where he co-founded the firm’s global education and digital education practices. In this role James worked with and provided strategic counsel to more than 50 universities across the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, Australia and North America. In addition to world-class research universities, James has advised startup colleges and universities, new educational ventures, international branch campuses, government agencies, national libraries, museums, think-tanks, social enterprise organizations, and K-12 focused nonprofits.

06 March

02:30 PM

Co-Creating the Future: Building new credentials on Coursera

High Quality at Scale: Breakthrough Innovations in Online Degrees

Administrator Track

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John Hart

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

John C. Hart is Professor and Director of Online and Professional Programs in the Department of Computer Science, and the Executive Associate Dean of the Graduate College of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He designed, launched and directs the Master of Computer Science in Data Science program, an innovative new online masters degree program in data science offered by the University of Illinois through the Coursera MOOC platform, where his “Data Visualization” MOOC has been taken by over 120,000 students.

07 March

10:45 AM

High Quality at Scale: Breakthrough Innovations in Online Degrees

Administrator Track

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Charles Severance

University of Michigan

Charles is a Clinical Associate Professor and teaches in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. He is the Chair of the Sakai Project Magament Committee (PMC). Previously he was the Executive Director of the Sakai Foundation and the Chief Architect of the Sakai Project and worked with the IMS Global Learning Consortium promoting and developing standards for teaching and learning technology. Charles teaches ten popular MOOCs and two specializations to students worldwide on the Coursera platform: Internet History, Technology, and Security, Web Applications for Everybody, and Python for Everybody and is a long-time advocate of open educational resources to empower teachers.

06 March

05:30 PM

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Jeremy works on a small team of software developers who develop, test and deploy cloud based microservices. He is also a graduate student pursuing his Masters in Computer Science - Data Science degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

07 March

02:45 PM

Student Perspectives: Community & Connection in Online Degrees

Instructor Track

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Quentin McAndrew

University of Colorado Boulder

Dr. McAndrew serves as the Provost's Office's representative for the development, negotiation, and management of major academic initiatives and partnerships at the University of Colorado Boulder, both nationally and internationally. She has been a key member of the team setting CU Boulder's strategy for MOOCs for the past three years, and she currently directs all MOOC efforts on campus, including non-credit and for-credit initiatives; CU Boulder's MOOC development team reports to her. In addition, Dr. McAndrew conceived of and designed the Coursera non-credit specialization, Effective Communication, and serves as the instructor for Business Writing in that offering. Previously, Dr. McAndrew served as Assistant Dean of the Graduate School at CU Boulder, where she led development of new professional graduate programs. She teaches American literature and business writing on campus and has won awards for original research and writing. Dr. McAndrew brings more than a decade of high-level corporate experience to the University. Her professional background comprises strategic business development, new product development, marketing, and client relationship management. Dr. McAndrew holds a B.A. and M.A. from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado Boulder, all in English.

Schedule

Registration and Breakfast

Welcome Remarks

Keynote Address from Sean Gallagher: The Future of Credentials

Keynote Address from Jeff Maggioncalda: Beyond the Campus Walls

Coffee and Tea Break

Product Plenary: Building a Platform for Your Worldwide Campus

Lunch

Provost Forum

Breakout #1

Make an Impact: Social Change & Online Learning

Video Production: Quality and Scale

Leveraging Data on 100 Million Enrollments to Help Learners Succeed

Co-Creating the Future: Building new credentials on Coursera

Breakout #2

Bringing the Benefits of Online Courses Back to Campus

Advanced Strategies for Experienced Course Teams

Apply Cutting-Edge Online Course Research to Improve Content

Connect to Collaborate: Bringing together University and Industry Partners

Poster Session

Special Welcome Reception hosted by Arizona State University President Michael M. Crow

Registration and Breakfast

Welcome Remarks

Keynote Address from Mariam Kakkar: Enabling Cultural Transformation Through Continuous Learning

Coffee and Tea Break

Keynote Address from Larry DeBrock: The new face-to-face: Making the virtual real with high engagement

Breakout #3

Production, Pedagogy, and Promotion Workshop

A Course Producer’s Guide to Navigating Internal Systems

Supercharge Your Courses through Data Exploration

High Quality at Scale: Breakthrough Innovations in Online Degrees

Lunch

Breakout #4

High-Touch Learning, and How to Scale it

Developing Meaningful Courses on a Budget

Tips and Tricks to Design Your Own Research

How Learners Can Succeed in Today’s Economy

Breakout #5

Market Your Content: How to Reach More Learners

Improve Learner Outcomes Through Behavioral and Pedagogical Interventions

Experiments with Microcredentials

Student Perspectives: Community & Connection in Online Degrees

Breakout #6

Networking Session with Coursera’s Product Leaders

Administrator Networking Session

A Conversation for Industry Partners

Closing Remarks & Outstanding Educator Awards with Andrew Ng

Dinner

Partner Meetings

Speakers

Dmitry Abbakumov

06 March

Apply Cutting-Edge Online Course Research to Improve Content

Mathew Constantine

06 March

Bringing the Benefits of Online Courses Back to Campus

Lauren Criscione

06 March

Video Production: Quality and Scale

Pieter Cuijpers

07 March

Production, Pedagogy, and Promotion Workshop

Paige Cunningham

06 March

Poster Session

07 March

Tips and Tricks to Design Your Own Research

Tanja de Bie

07 March

A Course Producer’s Guide to Navigating Internal Systems

Dr. Rebecca Graetz

07 March

Developing Meaningful Courses on a Budget

Monika Hamori

06 March

Poster Session

Christopher Haynes

07 March

A Course Producer’s Guide to Navigating Internal Systems

John Heijligers