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Transformation of Higher Education by Technology and What It Means to You!

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Melissa J. Loble, Associate Dean of Distance Learning, University of California - Irvine

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Do you want your children to go to college? Clueless about the changes in higher education with the new technologies out there? Come for an exciting glimpse into the transformation of higher educations by technology and what it means to you and your children's future…

Associate Dean of Distance Learning, Melissa J. Loble, will sharing new ways in which higher education is utilizing technical innovations to train up the next generation of graduations and to improve the learning and student engagement process.

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This presentation will equip parents by answering burning questions such as:

  • How can you, as parents, prepare for the changes in education?
  • How can you better equip your children for success in higher education?
  • How is higher education adapting to the new generations of learners? And future generations?
  • What is open education and what role does it play in this transformation?
  • How can you leverage open education to your benefit?
  • How are instructors utilizing new technology to engage students and deepen learning?

With President Obama’s vision for higher education and technology, it is critical for parents and mature learners to understand how higher education is changing, and flipping from the traditional classroom, to the proliferation of open resources and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs.) This is making higher education more obtainable at everyone across the globe. Do you know what your options are?

** Free hors d'oeuvres reception prior and following the event. **

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