2023 Keynote and Featured Speakers

  • Strategies and Opportunities for Implementing MOOCS

    Thursday | October 12, 2023 | 9:00 - 10:00

    IEEE LWMOOCS is honored to have Dr. Stephanie Blackmon join us Thursday morning for an engaging discussion on different strategies and areas of opportunity for implementing MOOCS. Click the link to watch an introductory video by Dr. Blackmon now! 

  • Overcoming the Challenges of AI in Higher Ed

    Thursday | October 12, 2023 | 11:15 - 11:30

    Venkat Srinivasan will discuss some of the key challenges that higher education institutions face with AI and the need for Explainable AI. He will also discuss how AI can impact critical areas, such as course building, research, and assessments. 
     

  • Fireside Chat w/ Jeff Maggioncalda

    Thursday | October 12, 2023 | 14:00 - 14:45

    Join us for an engaging Fireside Chat with Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda! Jeff Maggioncalda joined Coursera as CEO in June 2017 and has helped the company grow to over 100 million learners and 7,000+ institutions, served by high-quality learning content from 300+ of the world’s top universities and industry educators. He served 18 years as the founding CEO at Financial Engines Inc., a company co-founded by economist and Nobel Prize winner William Sharpe.

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      Coursera

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      Class Central

  • Empowering Tomorrow's Workforce: Harnessing Industry-Recognized Credentials to Enhance the Career Readiness of Undergraduate Students

    Monday | October 12, 2023 | 14:30 - 14:45

  • MOOCs: Past, Present, and Future

    Friday | October 13, 2023 | 9:00 - 9:15

    Christopher Capozzola, Senior Associate Dean for Open Learning at MIT, will open LWMOOCS 2023's final day with a Welcome Address on behalf of MIT Opening Learning. 

  • Lessons from the Digital Learning XPRIZE: Improving Outcomes while Experimenting at Scale

    Friday | October 13, 2023 | 11:00 - 11:15

  • Fireside Chat w/ Dhawal Shah & Anant Agarwal

    Friday | October 13, 2023 | 14:00 - 14:45

    IEEE LWMOOCS is excited to have the Chief Platform Officer of 2U and Founder of edX, Anant Agarwal, and the CEO and Founder of Class Central, Dhawal Shah, join us Friday afternoon for an interactive Fireside Chat. Click the link to watch Anant's introductory video! 

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      2U & edX

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      Class Central

  • The Future of the MOOC Community Discussion

    Friday | October 13, 2023 | 16:30 - 17:15

    Carlos Delgado Kloos will kick off this conversation with a 15-minute talk to discuss ideas on the future of MOOCs and our MOOC-making communities in the context of the influence of AI. Following the talk, Carlos will moderate a discussion between panelists and the audience to reflect on the future of the MOOC community and its evolving relationship with industry partners, higher ed, and K-12 as we close out this year’s conference.