Tackling Global
Education Challenges

Subjects and Speakers

Each session’s topic seeks to promote an exchange of knowledge and experiences amongst participants, and to inspire new lines of research across borders.

The speakers are prestigious professors who have extensive teaching and research experience and whose work has been widely published in their respective fields. Sessions are structured around the presentation of articles, case studies, and work of the speakers themselves, presenting reviews of their work and the current state of issues involved

INTERACTIVE LEARNING: TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM

Eric Mazur
Eric Mazur
Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics,
Academic Dean for Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

NEW CREDENTIALS AND NEW WAYS OF PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES

Christopher Capozzola
Christopher Capozzola
Professor of History, MacVicar Faculty Fellow, Senior Associate Dean for Open Learning
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

LEARNING IN A VUCA WORLD: NEW VISION FOR LEARNERS AND A DEVELOPING WORKFORCE

Tina Grotzer
Tina Grotzer
Principal Research Scientist in Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education

LEVERAGING GENERATIVE AI FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING: A HANDS-ON WORKSHOP

Dan Levy
Dan Levy
Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School of Government

THE CHANGING ROLE OF ACADEMIA IN THE DIGITALLY NETWORKED AGE

Fawwaz Habbal
Fawwaz Habbal
Executive Dean for Education and Research, Senior Lecturer on Applied Physics, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)
Harvard University

CASE BASED TEACHING GROUP PROJECT (I) AND (II)

Sonia Hernandez-Diaz
Sonia Hernandez-Diaz
Professor of Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

¿ WHAT IS MISSING AND WHAT SHOULD BE MAINTAINED IN THE HUMANITIES APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY?

Doris Sommer
Doris Sommer
Ira Jewell Williams Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Director of Graduate Studies in Spanish
Harvard University

FOSTERING MULTIMODAL LITERACY FOR TEACHERS, SCHOLARS AND STUDENTS: NEW APPROACHES TO MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION AT HARVARD

Marlon Kuzmick
Marlon Kuzmick
Director, Learning Lab at the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning
Former Creative Director, HarvardX
Harvard University

THE CHALLENGE OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN A HYPER COMPETITIVE MARKET

Sebastián Royo
Sebastián Royo
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Professor of Political Science Department of Political Science

Clark University

 


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*Sessions are conducted in English and require active participation of all attendees. Required readings are also in English. For more details or questions, write to: iap.symposia@uam.es





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