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Monday, Oct. 6

The Arc of Lifetime Learning


2 p.m.  |  Check-in

3 p.m.  |  Welcome Remarks

3:05 – 4 p.m.  |  Keynote: The Emergence of Lifetime Learning as a Strategic, Interdisciplinary Field

4:05 – 5 p.m.  |  Panel:  Building Capacity for Cutting-Edge Computer Science Teaching and Learning in Rural Georgia High Schools

5 – 5:15 p.m. |  Break and Conversation

5:15 – 6:15 p.m.  |  Panel:  Bridging Boundaries: Interoperable Pathways for Every Learner

6:30 – 8 p.m.  |  Reception
 

Tuesday, Oct. 7
Morning Sessions | Alternative Credentials


7:45 – 8:30 a.m.  |  Breakfast

8:30 a.m.  |  Welcome Remarks

8:30 – 9:35 a.m.  |  Panel: Alternative Credentials Lessons: Engineering Workforce Development

9:40 – 10:40 a.m.  |  Breakout Sessions

Presentations (Global Learning Center 236):

  • From Camp to Credential: Designing Lifelong Learning Pathways from Youth to Workforce (30 minutes)
  • Hear it from High Schoolers: Research and Recommendations for Dual Credit and Career and Technical Education Classes (30 minutes)
    • Dania Ibrahim, University of California San Diego and Education Systems Center at Northern Illinois University

Roundtables (Hall):

  • AI for Everyday Life: How Prompting Frameworks Help Learners Engage with Generative AI
  • When Credentials Cause Harm: Unpacking the Risks in Verifiable Learning and Employment Records
    • Kelly Page, LWYL Studio and University of Colorado Denver
  • Disrupting The Regular: Hip-hop Culture's Guide to Post-Secondary Preparation, Access, and Success
    • Jelani Liddell, The Higher Ed Plug, LLC

10:40 – 11 a.m.  | Break and Conversation

11 a.m. – Noon  |  Breakout Sessions

Presentations (Global Learning Center 236):

  • Empowering Learning Through Credentialing (40 minutes)
  • Innovations in Credentialing: Separating Hype from the Reality of Demand (20 minutes)

Roundtables (Hall):

  • The 4T Framework for Curriculum–Credential Alignment
  • Bridging Theory and Practice Through Analytics Practicums
  • From Ideas to IP: Frequency-Based AI Credentials for Lifetime Entrepreneurial Ownership

Noon – 1 p.m. Lunch

Tuesday, Oct. 7

Afternoon Sessions | Affordable At-Scale Programs 
& Impactful Online Research
 

1:05 – 2:10 p.m.  |   Panel: Personalization at Scale with Generative AI

2:15 – 3:20 p.m.  |  Breakout Sessions

Presentations (Global Learning Center 236):

  • AI-Driven Video Development: Scaling Innovation in Business Education with AI Avatars (30 minutes)
  • Scaling Critical Thinking: AI-Powered Instructional Design for Lifetime Learning (35 minutes)

Presentations (Global Learning Center 235):

3:20 – 3:40 p.m.  |  Break and Conversation

3:45 – 4:50 p.m.  |  Breakout Sessions

Presentations (Global Learning Center 236):

  • Breaking the Assessment Bottleneck: Finding Human-AI Balance in Feedback at Scale (50 minutes)
  • Feedback Fusion: Leveraging AI for Educational Insight (15 minutes)

Presentations (Global Learning Center 235):

Roundtables (Hall):

  • The Role of Utility Value in Online Learning
  • Apprenticeships as Pathways to College and Career Readiness

4:55 – 6 p.m. | Breakout Sessions

Panel (Global Learning Center 236):

Presentations (Global Learning Center 235):

  • Comparing Online and On-Campus Graduate Student Populations (30 minutes)
  • Designing for Understanding and Transfer in Large-Scale Classrooms (30 minutes)
    • Dania Ibrahim, University of California San Diego and Education Systems Center at Northern Illinois University

Roundtables (Hall):

6:15 p.m. | Dinner
Global Learning Center Atrium

Wednesday, Oct. 8
Value Proposition of Lifetime Learning

 

7:45 – 8:30 a.m.  |  Breakfast

8:30 a.m.  |  Welcome Remarks 

8:35 – 9:35 a.m  |  Panel:  Lifetime Learning:  A Higher Education Imperative

9:40 – 10:40 a.m. | Breakout Sessions

Presentations (Global Learning Center 236):

  • Rethinking Metrics for Affordable At-Scale Programs (40 minutes)
  • From Mere Retention to Learner Lifetime Value (20 minutes)

Presentations (Global Learning Center 235):

  • The Pleasures of Lifetime Learning: Amateurs, Dilettantes, and the Past and Future of Higher Learning (30 minutes)
  • Higher Education at a Crossroads: Navigating Skills, Credentials, and the Future of Learning (30 minutes)

10:40 – 11 a.m. |  Break and Conversation

11 a.m. – Noon  |  Strategic Frameworks for Chief Online Learning Officers

12:05 – 12:30 p.m.  |  Thank you and Conclusion

12:30 p.m.  |  Lunch (Grab and Go or Sit and Stay)
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