World-renowned open learning pioneer Dr. Candace M. Thille (Stanford University) delivered a captivating keynote address on the campus of Haverford College on Saturday, June 18th. This talk was a major highlight on the program of LACOL2016, a two-day, consortium-wide workshop organized by LACOL. In her remarks, Dr. Thille shared thoughtful and provocative commentary on the opportunities and risks ahead as we move further into the blended, digital future of teaching and learning for the liberal arts. She invited faculty, staff and students at small liberal arts colleges to engage and contribute to shaping a more positive, open and transparent future.
Speaker: Dr. Candace Thille, Stanford University
Keynote Talk: The Science of Learning, Technology, and Student Success in Liberal Education
Date: Saturday, June 18th
Time: 11:30am-12:30pm
Location: Stokes Auditorium on the campus of Haverford College
Video Highlights:
Candace Thille Keynote, “The Science of Learning, Technology, and Student Success in Liberal Education” LACOL 2016, June 18, 2016 at Haverford College
Q&A with Candace Thille: algorithms, feedback and measuring the unmeasurable
Q&A with Candace Thille: complex trajectory of learning and forgetting
Q&A with Candace Thille: grades and warrants
Q&A with Cancade Thille: limnal learning
Dr. Candace Thille on The Science of Learning, Technology, and Student Success in Liberal Education
Related Reading by Dr. Thille:
- The Open Learning Initiative: Enacting Instruction Online (from Game Changers: Education and Information Technologies, EDUCAUSE)
- As Big-Data Companies Come to Teaching, a Pioneer Issues a Warning (Chronicle Feb 2016)