3. Digital Transformation in Higher Ed: What It Means for You: We are at the start of a digital transformation (DX) in higher education that brings with it unprecedented impact on our culture, workforce, and use of technology. DX also brings great potential. This session will unveil EDUCAUSE Digital Transformation Task Force recommendations for how to embrace DX and address DX challenges.
4. The Future of Higher Education: Our Response to Disruption: Higher education is experiencing transformational forces from many directions. The digital transformation is impacting user expectations, skills, risks, and opportunities. Financial challenges are impacting students and institutions. The workforce needs for education are shifting toward lifelong learners. Institutions will need to respond in many different areas. Learn about the challenges and trends and the responses that higher ed institutions need to take to remain relevant in these shifting times.
5. Advice for Women Aspiring to Leadership Roles in IT: This session will feature discussion with women CIOs on their perspectives regarding effective approaches to managing conscious and unconscious gender bias and other professional leadership development topics for women who seek IT leadership roles.
6. #EDU2030: Higher Education Reimagined: The Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology challenged innovators to share their visions for the future of higher education. The 10 winners, including two selected through public choice, were announced in October. This session reflects on ideas that were proposed and how traditional higher education actors, new technology providers, and the general public view the transformation that is needed in higher education.
7. Blockchains and Credentialing: Educational Use Cases and Technologies of Trust: Blockchains have emerged with the potential to transform business, education, and governments. From incentivizing community participation via monetary rewards to providing trust-enabling autonomy and agency to mobile learners, what are the educational use cases that blockchains support? Is it hype or substance? Learn what the ASU and Salesforce partnership has found.
8. What Do We Owe Students When We Collect Their Data? In this session, presenters will engage in a thoughtful exploration of the new responsibilities leaders take on as the collection and use of student data have become a key part of practice. They will explore the ethical issues in the use of big data that are often overlooked as they respond to excitement over the possibilities.
9. Creating Skills Transparency for Employers Through Digital Credentials: Formal records of knowledge have traditionally been limited to schools, governments, and professional certifiers. Today, employers and employees seek to validate skills gained on the job with precise, data-rich credentials. Learn how Lumina Foundation, ACE, and Credly are partnering to empower employees with usable, competency-based records.
10. Closing out the show is Serena Williams’ husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, who will share lessons he’s learned from co-founding Reddit, along with best practices for design and community that he imparts to the startups he advises and invests in. “Make Something People Love” kicks off at 10:15 a.m. on Nov. 2 in the Bellco Theater.
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