Description of Educational Innovations Video from Harvard: Joel Klein, chief executive officer of Amplify and former chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, discusses innovation in education at the Askwith Forum on Monday, October 1.
Despite the staggering economy, researchers agree that technology advances will only accelerate. This is known as theory of singularity, which states that artificial intelligence will soon surpass human intelligence. Sound
University Video Description from Harvard: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland? Pasi Sahlberg, director general of the Centre for International Mobility and Cooperation, discussed Finland's approach to education at the Askwith Forum on Tuesday, April 23.
University Video Description from Harvard: On October 23, 2013, Michele Cahill headlined an Askwith Forum entitled "Transformative Change in America's Schools" in Longfellow Hall at HGSE.
University Video Description from Harvard: Part of HGSE's Teaching and Learning Week, on October 8th, 2013, an Askwith Forum on Innovations in Teaching was held in Longellow Hall. HGSE Dean James Ryan hosted and moderated the speakers, Robert Kegan and Meira Levinson.
Description of Stanford Business School Video: Andrew Ng speaks about Coursera and its mission to bring education to everyone. Ng shared his views on how MOOCs can optimize and personalize education experiences at a seminar co-hosted by the Stanford Chinese Faculty and Family Club and the China 2.0 initiative at Stanford Graduate School of Business. He also discussed the opportunities opened up by the collection of massive amounts of data from MOOCs. Andrew Ng is a cofounder of Coursera and the director of the Stanford AI Lab.
Description of Yale School of Management Video: Panelists: Joel Klein, Executive Vice President, News Corporation; Ned Lamont '80, Founder and Chairman, Lamont Digital Systems, Inc.; Jennifer C. Niles '98, Founder and Head of School, E.L. Haynes Public Charter School; and Peter Salovey PhD '86, President & Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology, Yale University