Lifetime Education and Innovation
Advancing lifetime education means creating and sharing new knowledge with our learners, campus partners, and peers in higher education. Symposia on delivering degrees-at-scale, learner behavior research, and a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant are among the highlights in 2018.
Academic Master Plan
In the spring, Georgia Tech unveiled its roadmap for the future of higher education. The report, Deliberate Innovation, Lifetime Education is based on the work of the Georgia Tech Commission on Creating the Next in Education (CNE) and presents a bold vision of the university of tomorrow that commits to serving learners of all ages throughout their lives. Because of GTPE’s focus on lifetime learners, which is the fastest-growing learner population in higher education, GTPE and Dean Nelson Baker have been involved in this initiative since its conception in 2015.
Degrees-at-Scale Symposium
Georgia Tech is seen as a thought leader in delivering online degrees-at-scale, and GTPE holds an annual symposia to share knowledge with peers about bringing affordable world-class online education to thousands of learners worldwide. Last fall, GTPE’s Affordable Degrees-at-Scale Symposium, led by Yakut Gazi, associate dean of learning systems, brought together more than 80 top-level administrators from 25 institutions.
Insights on Learners
Providing a meaningful service to our learners requires understanding their needs and learning behaviors. Several research projects, in collaboration with C21U, are under way to enable us to draw deep insights about our learners. Stephen Harmon, associate dean of research at GTPE, explored who our learners are, how they learn now, and how they will learn in the future in a presentation to GTPE staff in September 2018.
Advanced Learning Ecosystems
Thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), GTPE and the Center for 21st Century Universities (C21U) hosted the summit on Scalable Advanced Learning Ecosystems (SALE). The event was held in the Global Learning Center this November and brought together leaders in higher education and educational technology from all over the world to explore ways to create effective, sustainable, and scalable educational environments, also known as SALE (Scalable Advanced Learning Ecosystems).
Nelson C. Baker, Ph.D.
Secretary-general for the International Association for Continuing Engineering Education (IACEE) and President-elect of the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA).
Yakut Gazi, Ph.D.
Member of Quality Matters Academic Advisory Committee, International Advisory Committee, and IACEE Executive Committee. Participated in signature events such as UPCEA SOLA+R and UPCEA SuperCon by presenting and leading roundtable discussions.
Stephen Harmon, Ed.D.
Past-president and Chair of Awards Committee for Association for Educational Communications and Technology; Reviewer for the Educational Technology Research and Development Journal; Member of the Organizing Committee for the International Academic Forum on Educational Research and Innovation; and Organizing Committee and Co-PI for the SALE Summit.
Diane Lee
Member of the Rotary Club of Savannah, Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce, Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce, and Pooler Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau.
Leo Mark, Ph.D.
Former board member, Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL) Graduate Curriculum Committee; Georgia Tech / IT University of Copenhagen exchange program. He is in a unique position to serve adult learners. He supports degrees-at-scale as the head of academic programs at GTPE and he is on the faculty for degree-at-scale programs.
Patrice Miles
Chair of University Professional and Continuing Education Association's (UPCEA) Business Operations Network. Participated in signature events such as UPCEA SOLA+R and UPCEA SuperCon by presenting and leading roundtable discussions.
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