Monday, Oct. 26
1:30 - 1:45 p.m. | Welcome
Bill Gaudelli, Dean, College of Lifetime Learning, Georgia Institute of Technology
1:45 - 2:30 p.m. | Keynote — Leading Through Change: Learning for a Lifetime in the Age of AI
Raheem Beyah, Provost and Executive Vice President, Georgia Institute of Technology
Bill Gaudelli, Dean, College of Lifetime Learning, Georgia Institute of Technology
2:45 - 3:40 p.m. | Employer Value in Digital Credentials & Standards
- Moderator: Ronnie Godshalk, Senior Director of Academic Programs, College of Lifetime Learning, Georgia Tech
- Rob Coyle, 1EdTech
- Janelle Simmonds, Siemens
- Noah Geisel, University of Colorado Boulder
- Melanie Diaz, ABET
3:45 - 4:45 p.m. | AI for Learning At-Scale
- Moderator: David Joyner, Interim Vice Provost for AI in Education, Georgia Tech
- Josh Gellers, Dean of Professional and Lifelong Learning, University of North Florida
- Caleb Simmons, Vice Provost, Arizona Online
- Sarah Dysart, Chief Learning Officer, Center for Academic Innovation, University of Michigan
Tuesday Morning, Oct. 27
8:35 – 9:40 a.m. | Aligning Competencies and Credit: A Multi-Institutional USG Approach to Microcredentials
- Moderator: Warren Goetzel, Director of Academic Technology & Engagement and Director of External and Faculty Engagement, College of Lifetime Learning, Georgia Tech
- Shefali D. Dhar, Senior IT Director, University of Georgia
- Anissa Vega, Associate Vice Provost, Kennesaw State University
- Samantha Miller Gurski, Director, Continuing and Professional Education, Columbus State University
- Nancy Byron, Assistant Dean for Marketing, Academic Innovations, Strategic Partnerships, Georgia State University
Breakout Sessions
9:40 - 10:15 a.m. | Designing for Access: AI-Supported Pathways and Stackable Creds
- Amanda M. Brantner, Senior Director of Content and Educational Portfolio Strategy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Chera LaForge, Educational Portfolio Senior Associate Manager, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Eric Larson, Teaching Professor of Business Administration and Shebik Faculty Fellow and Academic Director of Gies Business Minor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Jean Starobin, Senior Associate Manager, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
9:40 - 10:15 a.m. | From Course to Credential Ecosystem: Faculty Led Models for Lifetime Learning
- Elizabeth Robertson Hornsby, Southern University at New Orleans
- Christopher Nitsch, Veritas Global EduConsulting
10:15 - 10:40 a.m. | Principles for Credential Taxonomies
- Eric Sembrat, Director of Digital Learning Technologies, College of Lifetime Learning, Georgia Tech
10:15 - 10:40 a.m. | The Workforce Learning Ecosystem Framework: Connecting Learning, Credentials, and Opportunity
- Kristy N. Williams, Adjunct Faculty, Management, Jackson State University
10:40 - 11 a.m. | Break and Conversations
Breakout Sessions
11 - 11:35 a.m. | Student-Centered Computing FlexStack
- Sabrina Grossman, Program Director, College of Lifetime Learning, Georgia Tech
- Sunni Newton, Senior Research Scientist, College of Lifetime Learning, Georgia Tech
- Jasmine Choi, Research Scientist II, College of Lifetime Learning, Georgia Tech
- Stacy Byous, Instructional Designer, College of Lifetime Learning, Georgia Tech
- Jed Paz, STEAM Innovation Facilitator, College of Lifetime Learning, Georgia Tech
- Love Park, Web Developer, College of Lifetime Learning, Georgia Tech
11 - 11:35 a.m. | Access to Teaching: Student and Alumni Educators in the Participatory Future of Online Graduate Education
- Eric Busch, Director of Online Programs, University of Texas at Austin
- Katie Olsen, Learning Manager, University of Texas at Austin
11:35 a.m. - Noon | Authoring the New Credentialing Landscape: How Micro-Courses, AI, and Credentialed Storytelling Are Building a Learning Society
- Glen D. Spencer, Jr., Founder and CEO, Legacy Collective
11:35 a.m. - Noon | Curricular Pathways/Anchor and Orbit Model
- John Kramkowski, Director of Learning Programs, University of Arizona Online
Tuesday Afternoon, Oct. 27
Noon - 1 p.m. | Lunch
1:05 – 2:10 p.m. | Credentialing Without Interoperability Is Just Marketing
- Blaine Helmick, Vice President, Solutions Engineering, 1EdTech
- Rachel Orston, Chief Customer Officer, Instructure
- Carie Addis, Head of Strategic Partnerships, Pearson
- Suzanne Carbanaro, Vice President, Education Enablement, IQ4
Breakout Sessions
2:10 - 2:40 p.m. | Continuous Improvement At Scale
- Xia "Shane" Hua, Online Program Manager, University of Colorado Boulder
- Wendy Martin, Teaching Associate Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
2:10 - 2:40 p.m. | Designing for Scale: Learning Hubs and AI-Enabled Advising as Infrastructure for Access
- Amanda M. Brantner, Senior Director of Content and Educational Portfolio Strategy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Jean Starobin, Senior Associate Manager, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Cory Thoss, Director of Academic Affairs, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2:40 - 3:10 p.m. | Designing Assessments That Scale: Navigating AI Opportunities and Challenges in Higher Education
- Min Yuan, Lead Instructional Designer, College of Lifetime Learning, Georgia Tech
- Fatimah Wirth, Senior Instructional Designer, College of Lifetime Learning, Georgia Tech
2:40 - 3:10 p.m. | A Per-Student AI Agent: Personalized Coherence at Scale Without Adding Faculty Load
- Vishal Sachdev, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
3:10 - 3:30 p.m. | Break and Conversations
Breakout Sessions
3:30 - 4 p.m. | Using Simulations as a Scalable Learning Modality
- Ken Spero, President and Founder, SchoolSims
- Elizabeth Azukos, Senior Research Associate, Georgia Tech
3:30 - 4 p.m. | Pedagogical Framework that Scales Faculty Learning
- Jeffrey Olimpo, Director, Office of Educational Innovation and Assessment, Lehigh University
- Xiangyu Hu, Graduate Assistant, Lehigh University
4 - 4:30 p.m. | Conversational AI tools for At-Scale Programs
- Rahul K. Dass, Research Scientist II, Georgia Institute of Technology
4:30 - 5 p.m. | Postmodern apprenticeship (in Higher Education): Sustainably and Scalably Connecting Classroom Learning with the Wild World
- Alex Luu, Graduate Student, University of Georgia
- Theodore Kopcha, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, University of Georgia
4:30 - 5 p.m. | Fixing the Foundation: Structural Priorities for Breaking Organizational Bottlenecks
- Elizabeth Smith, Chief Catalyst, Administration and Operations, College of Lifetime Learning, Georgia Tech
- Peter Rubow, Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives, College of Lifetime Learning, Georgia Tech
5 - 5:30 p.m. | From Discovery to Re-Engagement: Designing AI-Guided Lifetime Learning Pathways
- Jonna Lee, Director of Research in Education Innovation, College of Lifetime Learning, Georgia Tech
- Sanghyun Hang, Korea Education and Research Information Service
5:35 p.m. | Dinner, Atrium, Global Learning Center
Wednesday, Oct. 28
Breakout Sessions
8:35 – 9:45 a.m. | Learning Across a Lifetime: Turning Knowledge into Action, Opportunity, and Purpose
- Moderator: Mario Herane, Chief Catalyst, Content and Product Strategy, College of Lifetime Learning, Georgia Tech
- Renee Hayes, Executive Director, Evergreen Learning, University of North Georgia
- Nia Adams, Executive Director and Founder, Perspectives
8:35 - 9:10 a.m. | Global Workforce Starts Local: Universities as Anchor Institutions for Lifelong Learning
- Malaika Serrano, Director, Atlanta Global Studies Center, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Cecelia Borgman, Project Manager, Anchor Institution, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Christopher Burke, Executive Director, Community Relations, Georgia Institute of Technology
9:10 - 9:45 a.m. | West Africa Women’s Initiative
- Casey LaFrance, Professor and Graduate Program Director, Western Illinois University
- Harri Emari, Project Management Professional and Partner/Volunteer, Western Illinois University
- Bimpe Jesujobi, Founder, EDEN-EDUCARE
- Derrick Amponsah, Co-Project Manager for the Western Illinois and Western Africa Women Initiative
- Michael Pace, History Student, Santa Clara University
9:45 - 10: 15 a.m. | From Learned Society to Learning Society: Centering Learner Stories in the Codesign of Lifelong Learning
- Kelly Page, University of Colorado Denver
9:45 - 10:25 a.m. | The Teach with Joy Network: Building a Collaborative Infrastructure for Institutional Change
- Denise Ousley-Exum, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina Wilmington
- Daisy Barreto, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina Wilmington
- Sarah Bonner, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina Wilmington
- Amy Garrett Dikkers, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina Wilmington
10:15 - 10:45 a.m. | Leadership Development
- Rolandria Justice, Chief Executive Officer, Justice Consulting Group
10:25 - 10:45 a.m. | The Longevity Project
- Mary Ellen Lynch, Coastal Carolina University
10:45 - 11 a.m. | Break and Conversations
11 a.m. - Noon | Build, Buy, or Partner? Take Control of Your Learning Ecosystem
- Introduction: Seyedahmad “Ahmad” Rahimi, Associate Professor, College of Lifetime Learning
- Sarah Dysart, Chief Learning Officer, Center for Academic Innovation, University of Michigan
- James Cleaver, Chief Marketing Officer, Center for Academic Innovation, University of Michigan
Noon - 12:15 p.m. | Thank you and Conclusion
12:15 - 1 p.m. | Grab-and-Go or Sit-and-Stay Lunch