Open edX in the Spotlight: The Future of Online Education
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Open edX has quickly become the de facto platform for academic organizations and groups looking to host their own MOOCs, blended or paid courses.
Open edX's superior pedagogy and technology is designed to engage students through an interactive, modular experience. In order to promote active participation, instructors are able to create engaging sequences which allow students to alternate between learning concepts and completing exercises.
In this second meetup, Beth Porter, Vice President of Product at edX, will come from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to talk about business opportunities around Open edX technology. The leading university adopting Open edX George Washington University, will explain its innovative, multi-platform strategy. McKinsey Academy's General Manager will open the conference with an insightful presentation. Additionally, the founder of PepperPD will announce a new national network for K-12 students.
This event will be live streamed through this website and open to remote questions via Twitter (http://twitter.com/openedxmeetup).
Join us to find out how Open edX open source technology is currently impacting academic organizations.
We have a great line-up of panelists:
–– First Presentation
edTech Learning: 2 years in
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Michael Keany – McKinsey Academy
General Manager
–– Second PresentationBuilding a Sustainable University Strategy for Online Education
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Paul Schiff Berman - The George Washington University
Vice Provost of Online Education and Academic Innovation
–– Third Presentation
Building Opportunities Around Open edX
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Beth Porter - edX
Vice President of Product
–– Fourth Presentation Building a National Professional Learning Center With Open edX
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Dr. Jack McLaughlin - PepperPD.com - Public Consulting Group
Founder
Agenda:
7:00-8:30pm Presentations & Group Discussion
8:30-9:00pm Networking
Notes:
> Please sign in at the front desk and go to the 10th floor.
> We willlive broadcast the event through this website.
> Bruno Kavanagh (McKinsey Academy) and Michael Amigot (IBL Studios Education) will conduct the event.
> There will be beer on tap and pizza. For free.
Sponsors:
We would like to thank our gracious sponsors:
• McKinsey Academy (https://www.mckinseyacademy.com/)is the venue sponsor.
• IBL Studios Education (http://iblstudios.com), an IT consultancy firm specialized in building Open edX platforms and courses mostly for higher-ed, will organize the event, record in video and live broadcast it.
• WeWork (https://www.wework.com/) is the platform for creators. We provide the space, community and services you need to create your life’s work. To learn more about WeWork's 13 locations in New York City, send an email to joinus@wework.com and let them know you were referred by OpenEdx New York Meetup
• Class Central (https://www.class-central.com/) is the media partner for this event. Class Central, the leading search engine and reviews site for MOOCs, is building an ecosystem to help guide learners towards their educational goals.the platform for creators.
Join us for a memorable night of great learning and networking. See you there!
Live Broadcast / April 9th, 2015 - 7PM
Open edX in the Spotlight: The Future of Online Education