John Traxler is Director of the Learning Lab at the University of Wolverhampton and an honorary member of the Interdisciplinary Science, Education, Technologies and Learning group at the University of Glasgow. John is co-editor of the book, Mobile Learning: A Handbook for Educators and Trainers and co-author of Commonwealth of Learning. He is co- authoring a second book, Mobile Learning: the Next Generation.
Hear John speak about the trends, developments, opportunities and challenges of mobile learning in Asia - from Asia and for Asia.
Daphne Koller is Professor in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University, co-founder & co-CEO of Coursera and a pioneer of MOOCs. Daphne works in the area of machine learning and probabilistic modeling, with applications to computer vision, systems biology, and personalized medicine. She is the author of over 200 refereed publications.
Listen to Daphne discuss her outlook on MOOCs and Coursera's future plans. As a disruptive innovation in education, Coursera has grown to a global education platform offering courses from more than 1,000 universities and enrolling more than 100,000 students in some courses.
Geoff is the Head of Mobile Learning at Qualcomm and a founder of Mobile Learning. A recognized expert in Learning Technologies and considered the Godfather of Mobile Learning, Geoff advises the mobile industry (GSMA), education departments, and governments (EU, UK, USA) on perfecting the blend between mainstream consumer technologies and enhanced learning and teaching.
Explore with Geoff as he peers into the future of learning and the emerging technologies that will be impacting and shaping learning in the near future.
As Vice President of Learning and Development for Qualcomm, Tamar Elkeles, Ph.D., is responsible for creating and implementing the overall learning and development strategy for the company. Her scope of leadership includes global learning, executive / leadership development, technical development, employee communications, organization development and learning technology for Qualcomm's 20,000 employees worldwide.
Elkeles created the Learning Center within Qualcomm in 1992 to meet the learning and development needs in a rapidly growing and changing high technology environment.
Gráinne Conole is Professor of learning innovation and Director of the Beyond Distance Research Alliance at the University of Leicester.
Listen to Professor Connole speak about Disruptive Learning and how Disruptive Technologies can support pedagogical approaches and learning across different contexts.
She will discuss the ways learning is changing as a result of write my essay services and the impact on formal education in a world in which resources and tools are increasingly freely available and where more open practices are emerging, giving rise to new practices such as OERs (Open Education Resources) and MOOCs.
Katrina Reynen is the Industry Manager, Education, with Optus Business in Australia. Her career has been in education management and technology related improvement of teaching and learning, including a number of years as the General Manager of Innovation in the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) in Victoria.
At DEECD, her portfolio also covered the design of new learning spaces, new models for wider workforce development and eLearning, from leading the development of a strategic vision, to defining the policy implications through to practical implementation of major ICT projects for students and teachers.
