General Sessions
'Innovators' Keynote
Wednesday, July 21, 8:30 - 9:45 am
Stephen Laster
Chief Information Officer
Harvard Business School
The Road Ahead: Driving Innovation in the “New Normal”
As the education technology community rises from the ashes of the financial crises, we awaken in a world of tight resources and increased demands. On many campuses technology is perceived with a dichotomy of emotions: a bottomless pit of resource consumption, a silver bullet for collaboration and teaching without borders and travel costs, and a hot bed of innovation that will forever change teaching and learning. For technology leaders, the coming months represent a wave of opportunity or a wave of anxiety. “Driving Innovation in the New Normal” explores these very real tensions and provides insights on how to capture the wave for positive change.
Bio
Stephen Laster is the Chief Information and Technology Officer of the Harvard Business School and a member of the HBS administrative leadership team, which oversees the school’s academic, research and administrative computing teams. Laster sits on several Harvard University committees focused on leveraging technology across the Harvard community. As an educator he has taught courses at the undergraduate, graduate level and executive/ professional level in the areas of web development, problem solving, software design, virtual team management and eLearning product development.
Closing Keynote
Thursday, July 22, 11:00 - 12:00 pm
Josh Baron
Director, Academic Technology and eLearning
Marist College
The Ed Tech Journey and a Future Driven by Disruptive Change
The closing keynote and culmination of Campus Technology 2010 will be Josh Baron’s tantalizing look at the effects of technology innovation on our institutions and the examination of a future that imagines inventive uses of technology that truly revolutionized teaching and learning and facilitated new business models.
After a brief review of our journey down the educational technology path over the past few decades and a reminder of some of the challenges we have faced in affecting real change in our educational systems, Baron will present a scenario in which technologies converge to create a disruptive force within education, from which a fundamental new model of teaching and learning will emerge. Baron will conclude with practical strategies for realizing this future.
Bio
As Director of Academic Technology and eLearning at Marist College, Josh Baron is responsible for overseeing a wide range of instructional technology initiatives, including distance learning, faculty professional development, and learner support. He also plays a leadership role in strategic planning for the College in areas of academic and information technology. Baron was elected to the Sakai Foundation Board of Directors in 2008, for which he now serves as board chair.