50 Shades of Adaptive

LearningAn Honest Debate

SXSWEdu Panel Picker 2014

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The Market

Global Industry Analysts, Inc. “The global market for eLearning is projected to reach US$168.8 billion by 2018, driven by increasing user adoption across corporate as well as academic sectors.”

Inside Higher Ed “Adaptive learning is hot. The technology, loosely defined as data-driven tools that can help professors mold coursework around individual students‟ abilities, is developing at a dizzying pace.”

More Than MOOCs- AusTrade “Adaptive learning technologies enable education to be personalised to the individual student in ways never before possible.”

The Panel

Moderator- Rahim Rajan

Speaker- Adam J Newman

Speaker- Dr. Alan Drimmer

Speaker- Dr. Dror Ben-Naim

Rahim Rajam- Moderator

Senior Program Officer, Postsecondary Success, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

“Technology is not a panacea and will not solve all of our challenges and problems. We shouldn't be so naive. Nevertheless, technology can provide our educational institutions with data, rich learning environments… as well as fundamentally accelerate and improve the quality of the learning experience…”

Adam Newman- Panelist

Co-Founder & Managing

Partner at Education

Growth Advisors

"In the era of MOOC

mania… and complicated

policy debates about how

best to increase access to

higher education

…adaptive learning may

play out to be a significant

ingredient to alleviating the

escalating pressures on

higher education"

Dr. Alan Drimmer- Panelist

Chief Academic Officer at

Apollo Group

“As more options for online

and blended learning

continue to increase

competition in the market,

universities must not only

provide first-rate curriculum

and cutting-edge

technology, but must

ensure outstanding student

support to maintain and

grow the institution”

Dr. Dror Ben-Naim

Founder & CEO of

Smart Sparrow

“It is time to break away

from the tyranny of the

LMS, the PDF and the

Multiple Choice Quiz-

online learning can and

should be much more

engaging.”

About The Panel2013 Inside Higher Ed Survey shows that college academics see

66% more potential in adaptive learning to make a „positive impact

on higher education‟ however, what exactly is it?

This panel is an open, honest debate that offers a diverse range of

players and their opinions on adaptive learning. What is adaptive

learning and how do you deliver it?

„50 Shades of Adaptive Learning‟ brings to you some of the most

distinguished players in education with three reputable panellists

including: Adam J Newman, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at

Education Growth Advisors, Dr. Alan Drimmer, Chief Academic

Officer at Apollo Group, Dr. Dror Ben-Naim, Founder and CEO of

Smart Sparrow, and lastly Senior Program Officer from Bill &

Melinda Gates Foundation Rahim S. Rajan as Moderator.