University College Announces Launch of the Center for Innovation and Excellence in e-Learning (CIEE)

University College Announces the Launch of the Center for Innovation and Excellence in e-Learning (CIEE)

Thursday  May 3, 2012
10 a.m.-Noon
Ryan Lounge, 3rd Floor (McCormack Hall)

Greetings from Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Winston E. Langley

Welcoming remarks:
University College Dean Philip DiSalvio

Keynote:
Variability and Learning Analytics: Why UMass Universities Must “Own” the Big Data

Todd Rose
Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) & Harvard Graduate School of Education

Learn why keynote speaker Todd Rose believes UMass Boston (and sister campuses of the UMass System) can become a dominant force in the new era of analytics-enabled cyberlearning. Rose contends that variability is a conceptual innovation; and asserts that dealing directly with variability can pay public dividends.

Followed by a Panel Discussion:
The Future of Learning Analytics at UMass

• Betzi Bateman, Instructional Design Program Director, University College, University of Massachusetts Boston  (newly-appointed program director)

• Roger Blake, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems, College of Management, University of Massachusetts, Boston.

• Nishikant (Nish) Sonwalkar, (Sc. D., MIT), Director of Research, United States Distance Learning Association, Former Director of Hypermedia Teaching Facility and Principal Educational Architect, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

• Matthew Harris, owner and operation of College Miner, Inc., Quincy, Massachusetts.

• Neil Heffernan III, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

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