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The Educational Innovation (EI) Initiative welcomes the campus community to attend a special guest presentation by internationally renowned, digital learning expert and theorist, and executive director of the LINK Research Lab at University of Texas-Arlington, George Siemens.
The presentation will be held on Tuesday, January 26, from 3-4:30pm in the WID Town Center, followed by an open reception from 4:30-5:30pm. Light refreshments will be provided.
Dr. Siemens’s presentation will highlight some of the recent changes in higher education concerning government policy, student expectations and growth of for-profits, among other areas. These changes, while indicating significant risk tohigher education, are presented as “innovations." This presentation will explore both these false promises of innovations - those ideas that might enrich shareholders, but deplete the vibrant intellectual exploration that higher education offers today – as well as innovations that preserve faculty autonomy, foster learner creativity, and promote a vision of learning that is inclusive, future-focused, and embodies ideals of a creative humanity.
Biography:
George Siemens researches, technology, networks, analytics, and openness in education. Dr. Siemens is Professor and Executive Director of the Learning Innovation and Networked Knowledge Research Lab at University of Texas, Arlington and cross-appointed with the Centre for Distance Education at Athabasca University. He has delivered keynote addresses in more than 35 countries on the influence of technology and media on education, organizations, and society. His work has been profiled in provincial, national, and international newspapers (including NY Times), radio, and television. His research has received numerous awards, including honorary doctorates from Universidad de San Martín de Porres and Fraser Valley University for his pioneering work in learning, technology, and networks.
Dr. Siemens is a founding President of the Society for Learning Analytics Research (http://www.solaresearch.org/). He has advised government agencies Australia, European Union, Canada and United States, as well as numerous international universities, on digital learning and utilizing learning analytics for assessing and evaluating productivity gains in the education sector and improving learner results. In 2008, he pioneered massive open online courses (sometimes referred to as MOOCs). He blogs at http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/ and on Twitter: gsiemens
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Maury Cotter, Director, Office of Quality Improvement
maury.cotter@wisc.edu
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