Digital Education: Fad or Future of Learning?

The MIT Enterprise Forum of Atlanta presents Digital Education: Fad or Future of Learning?, featuring a panel of experts moderated by C21U Director Rich DeMillo.

How are the trends in online learning remaking the education landscape for students, teachers and administrators? Is this a game-changing disruptive movement in action or a fad that will fade as challenges are uncovered? Will four-year college on a campus become a thing of the past? Who are the entrepreneurial companies that are enabling the future?

The digital education movement is gathering significant steam, presenting what could be considered the largest potential for change and disruption to our education system in modern memory. Join us to discuss some of the most relevant and exciting topics facing educators and students alike with an all-star panel featuring many names that are shaping the conversation today. We will discuss some of the new models that have emerged and how new startups are partnering (and competing) with traditional institutions for students and mindshare.

Schedule
5:30–6:00 pm Member Reception (Klaus Atrium-Forum Members Only)

6:00–7:00 pm Networking/Light Dinner/Start Up Alley (Klaus Atrium)

7:00–8:30 pm Program/Q & A (Klaus 1116)

Panelists
Dr. Curtis A. Carver Jr.
Vice Chancellor/CIO, Board of Regents, University System of Georgia 

Frank Bonsal III
Education Investor and Venture Partner, New Markets Venture Partners

Registration
MIT Enterprise Forum of Atlanta offers a special registration fee of $25 to students and faculty who are nonmembers of the forum.

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The Center for 21st Century Universities (C21U) is Georgia Tech's living laboratory for fundamental change in higher education. Disruptive innovations in higher education are evolving, and Georgia Tech is committed to leading the initiatives that will define the next generation of educational practices and technologies. In July 2012, C21U led the development of Georgia Tech’s strategic partnership with Coursera to offer massive open online courses (MOOCs) as a member of the company’s second cohort of prestigious universities.

Event Details

  • Date/Time:
    Thursday February 28, 2013
    5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

  • Location:
    Klaus, 1116 & Atrium
  • Phone:
    (404) 385-2218
  • Fee(s):
    $25.00
  • Extras:
    Free food!
  • Download a .vcs file for this event

Contact

Josie Giles
C21U Communications Officer
(404) 828-0831
C21U@cc.gatech.edu

Further Information

The MIT Enterprise Forum of Atlanta is a volunteer, non-profit organization whose mission is to provide educational programs and services that promote and strengthen innovation and entrepreneurship at the intersection of business and technology in the Southeast.

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