Supporting International (new) Students in a COVID-era
- learnings from the experts -
Boston time: 09 September 2020 – 19:00 EDT
Melbourne time: 10 September 2020 – 09:00 AEST
About the Panel Discussion
In the midst of the current global events, universities world-wide were abruptly forced to act agile and implement fast changes to their traditional way of delivering higher education, and to the onboard and support for their students.
Because of the magnitude of the Spring semester and a large corridor from China, Australia’s intake was heavily impacted about 6 months earlier than institutions in the Northern hemisphere. The Vice-Chancellor and President of The Australian National University, Professor Brian P. Schmidt, will share what can be grasped from their experience.
edX is one of the world’s leading organisations serving fully online learners; their founder, Anant Agarwal will discuss vision, learning, needs, and best practices involved around online higher education.
Join our session to learn:
the vision on what will be the most profound impact of the crisis on higher education
impact, learnings, and tips
the vision on the future of education
best practice on online learning, and how institutions can leverage it best for the upcoming semester, but also for the long time future
Registration deadline: 9 September 2020
Speakers
Professor Brian P. Schmidt
Vice-Chancellor and President
The Australian National University
2011 Nobel Laureate Physics
Professor Brian P. Schmidt is the Vice-Chancellor and President is the leader and chief executive officer of ANU. The Vice-Chancellor provides executive leadership to the University and takes overall responsibility for delivering the ANU Strategy. He chairs key management committees including the University Senior Management Group and the ANU Executive, and is also a member of the ANU governing body, the Council. The Vice-Chancellor is the University's primary representative to government and wider society, and to national and international organisations.
Professor Brian P. Schmidt was appointed the 12th Vice-Chancellor of ANU in January 2016. Professor Schmidt is one of Australia's most eminent scientists. Winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics, alongside many other academic awards and distinctions, Professor Schmidt spent most of his academic career as an astrophysicist at the ANU Mount Stromlo Observatory and Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics before becoming Vice-Chancellor.
Professor Schmidt makes a significant contribution to public debate through the media, and via his membership of bodies including the Prime Minister's National Science and Technology Council. Professor Schmidt received undergraduate degrees in Astronomy and Physics from the University of Arizona in 1989, and completed his Astronomy Master's degree (1992) and PhD (1993) at Harvard University. Under his leadership, in 1998, the High-Z Supernova Search team made the startling discovery that the expansion rate of the Universe is accelerating. Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, The United States Academy of Science, and the Royal Society, he was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2013.
Anant is the Founder and CEO of edX. He taught the first edX course on circuits and electronics from MIT, which drew 155,000 students from 162 countries. He has served as the director of CSAIL, MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT. He is a successful serial entrepreneur, having co-founded several companies including Tilera Corporation, which created the Tile multicore processor, and Virtual Machine Works.
Anant won the Maurice Wilkes prize for computer architecture, and MIT's Smullin and Jamieson prizes for teaching. He is also the 2016 recipient of the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize for Higher Education, which recognized his work in advancing the MOOC movement. Additionally, he is a recipient of the Padma Shri award from the President of India and was named the Yidan Prize for Education Development Laureate in 2018. He held a Guinness World Record for the largest microphone array, and is an author of the textbook 'Foundations of Analog and Digital Electronic Circuits'
Scientific American selected his work on organic computing as one of 10 World- Changing Ideas in 2011, and he was named in Forbes' list of top 15 education innovators in 2012. Anant, a pioneer in computer architecture, is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a fellow of the ACM.
He hacks on WebSim, an online circuits laboratory, in his spare time. Anant holds a Ph.D. from Stanford and a bachelor's from IIT Madras. Anant's twitter handle is @agarwaledu.
About edX edX is the trusted platform for education and learning. Founded by Harvard and MIT, edX is home to more than 33 million learners, the majority of top-ranked universities in the world and industry-leading companies. As a global nonprofit, edX is transforming traditional education, removing the barriers of cost, location and access.
About edX Online Campus edX Online Campus is the world’s go-to online teaching and learning platform. Designed by educators. Loved by students. Colleges and universities leverage Online Campus to easily create or scale blended learning programs using edX’s library of high-quality online courses from the world’s leading universities and companies. With Online Campus, higher ed institutions are able to maintain learning continuity, support faculty with more digital resources, and attract and engage students.
Edwin is the CEO and Co-Founder of Studyportals. He is continuously looking to optimise our long-term world impact. Apart from his overall management tasks, he seeks strategic partnerships and focuses on further developing our products and services together with students and universities.
Edwin was educated in Industrial Engineering and Management Science where he specialised in knowledge-intensive processes and innovation management. He gained project management and analytic experience as a strategy consultant for a multitude of large corporations. As part of his Master's degree he spent one year at Osaka University in Japan and he worked in the IT services team for the Olympic Games both in Athens and Turin. Edwin is a strong believer of international and intercultural experiences for the benefit of Personal and Professional development as well as society at large- through Studyportals he wants to stimulate and help others to broaden their horizon.
He is the chair of the Marketing & Recruitment Expert Community of the EAIE (European Association for International Education) and a frequent speaker at international Education conferences. In September 2013 Edwin was honoured with the EAIE Rising Star Award for – despite his young career – making a notable contribution to international education.