David WileyChange Isn't Necessary, Because Survival Isn't Mandatory Dr. David Wiley is a pioneer of the open content movement, continually questioning, testing and innovating our models for sharing knowledge. His career is dedicated to increasing access to educational opportunity for everyone around the world. To this end, David has founded and influenced many of the projects and organizations forwarding the open education movement. He created and acted as the Director of the Center for Open and Sustainable Learning at Utah State University to define a cost-effective approach to develop open educational content. He is the Chief Openness Officer of Flat World Knowledge, a company developing open textbooks for higher education. David is Founder and board member of the Open High School of Utah, an online high school that uses only open educational resources in its curriculum. David also created the Open Education Conference that annually convenes hundreds of open education innovators. Each of these initiatives has created new models and new content that are being replicated, shared and reused around the globe. David is an Associate Professor of Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University. He has been a Nonresident Fellow at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, a Visiting Scholar at the Open University of the Netherlands, and a recipient of the US National Science Foundation's CAREER grant. David is also the Founder of OpenContent.org and was recently named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company magazine. He lives in Utah with his wife, Elaine, and their five children. |
rSmart | Southern Alberta Institute of Technology | Grant MacEwan University |
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Bill GeorgeLeading Through Crisis Bill George is a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, where he has taught leadership since 2004. He is the author of three best-selling books True North, Finding Your True North, and Authentic Leadership. Bill George will be signing his book at the Conference
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Northern Alberta Institute of Technology |
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology |
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology |
Sarita E. BrownTapping the Potential of America’s Latino Populations Ms. Brown is active in national educational organizations and currently serves on the Board of Directors for ACT Inc., the National College Access Network (NCAN) and on advisory boards for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund, and the Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. In January 2009, Governor Timothy M. Kaine appointed her to the Board of Visitors for Old Dominion University. An outstanding public speaker, Ms Brown travels throughout the country to advocate for Latino college-going talent. Her writing on the topic includes her chapter; “Making the Next Generation Our Greatest Resource” in Latinos in the Nation’s Future (2009) edited by Henry Cisneros and published by Arte Público Press. She holds a bachelor's of arts in ethnic studies and a bachelor's of science and master's of arts in communication from The University of Texas at Austin. In 2009, she received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree from North Carolina State University.
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Johnson County Community College | Wisconsin's Technical Colleges | Maricopa County Community College District |
Joan McArthur-BlairA Quivering Heart: Leading in Education Dr. Joan McArthur-Blair, NSCC President, is a post-secondary educator with over 20 years experience. She is a strong advocate for the unique work community colleges undertake in changing the lives of individuals and supporting the economic and social fabric of the province. Joan is Co-Chair for the Association of Canadian Community Colleges National Executive Leadership Institute for potential Vice Presidents and Board Member of the International Advisory Board for the Chair Academy which provides worldwide leadership training for post-secondary leaders. Joan also serves on several national and international boards.
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Mt. Royal University | Suffolk County Community College | Humber College |