Twice as many sessions as last year with inspiring thinkers and educators on topics like AI and lifelong learning
SALT LAKE CITY, June 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Instructurethe leading learning ecosystem, announces keynote speakers for its upcoming edition InstructureCon 2024 event. This year’s first educational professional learning event will take place from From July 9 to 11 at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas. InstructureCon, featuring keynote speeches from Jimmy Chin, Marie Murphy and Dr. Jordan Nguyencovers some of the most impactful trends in edtech and how to adapt to the modern learning journey. With over 260 sessions to choose from, attendees will learn classroom-tested best practices, dive into the latest innovations, and collaborate with other members of the Instructure community focused on student success.
Instructure’s ever-expanding partner community, The Edtech Collective, includes over 1,000 partners and connects institutions with their preferred solutions within the Instructure ecosystem. Nearly 65 valued Instructure partners are sponsors of InstructureCon and will be on hand throughout the event to engage with users, showcase their solutions, and facilitate discussions. AWS, K16 Solutions, and Lincoln Learning Solutions are exclusive Diamond sponsors of InstructureCon 2024. Platinum sponsors include Microsoft, Salesforce, Cidilabs, Respondus, Class, Jax Council and Intelliboard.
“At InstructureCon 2024, our unique community of engaged educators is invited to explore the Ed-cosystem, our educational ecosystem of innovative products and partner solutions,” said Melissa Loble, Chief Academic Officer of Instructure. “Each year, attendees gain valuable insights and learn effective strategies that we can apply directly in the classroom. This year, we will explore critical topics such as how lifelong learning is driving a rapidly changing educational landscape and how institutions can adapt and ensure technologies like AI enable personalized, relationship-driven learning experiences that improve student outcomes.”
Invited speakers in 2024 include:
Jimmy Chin is a professional mountain athlete, National Geographic photographer, Academy Award-winning filmmaker, and New York Times bestselling author. His dual career as a world-class adventure athlete and artist is unparalleled: he is as respected for his groundbreaking mountain climbing and skiing exploits as he is for his breathtaking photography and filmmaking. Chin has been a professional mountaineer and skier on The North Face Athlete Team for over 20 years and has led cutting-edge expeditions around the world. With his wife and co-director, Elisabeth Chai VasarhelyiHe has produced several award-winning films including Meru, Free Solo, The Rescue and their first scripted feature, Nyad.
Ryan LufkinInstructure’s vice president of global academic strategy, will interview Chin in the closing session on exploring passion and perseverance.
Mary C. Murphy is the Herman B Wells Professor of Psychology and Brain Sciences at Indiana University. Her award-winning career also includes developing and directing the CASBS Summer Institute on Diversity in Stanford University and found the Equity Accelerator, a research organization focused on creating more equitable learning and working environments.
Mary’s research has been featured in The New York TimesForbes, Harvard Business Review, Scientific American, and NPR. His new book, Cultures of Growth, shows how organizational mindsets can shape individual behaviors and inspire cultures of learning, innovation, and achievement.
During Tuesday’s keynote presentation, Instructure Melissa Loble will interview Murphy about how educators can shape behavior to inspire a culture of learning, innovation and achievement.
Dr. Jordan Nguyen is a leading Australian engineer, award-winning documentary presenter, inventor and author of the book “A Human’s Guide to the Future”. He also presented at InstructureCon 2023. Dr. Nguyen is committed to improving as many lives as possible and being a driving force for human and technological evolution. As the founder of social enterprise Psykinetic, he designs inclusive technologies that change the lives of people with disabilities in aged care and beyond. As a documentary presenter, he has witnessed some of the greatest advancements of our time and believes our younger generations are the changemakers of tomorrow with the potential to create solutions to the world’s greatest challenges.
Dr. Nguyen will participate in the keynote address titled “Together We Thrive – Welcome to the Education Ecosystem.” The address will feature presentations from Instructure’s CEO Steve DalyDirector of Strategy Mitch Benson and CEO of Parchment Matthew Pittinsky on Instructure’s vision to be the ecosystem that powers lifelong learning and transforms education into opportunity. They will discuss Dr. Nguyen’s global exploration as he shares his inspiration for his inclusive and life-transforming technology innovations.
On Wednesday July 12Product Manager at Instructure Shiren Vijiasingam The event will cover Instructure’s product roadmap and highlight the company’s goal of putting teachers—and their relationships with students—at the center of the learning experience. At the forefront will be the unveiling of several new AI-powered innovations to deliver more personalized and intuitive learner-teacher experiences. Other topics will include the new traditional learner, credentials, the complete learner record, and connecting evidence of learning to employment opportunities. Sal KhanKhan Academy Founder and CEO, will join Vijiasingam on stage to discuss the latest on the integration between Canvas and their AI-powered teaching tool, Khanmigo.
This year, InstructureCon saw a 20% increase in registered attendees over last year’s event. Last year’s InstructureCon featured powerful keynote presentations from Deepak Chopra And Arianna Huffington. Previous years’ keynote speakers have included inspiring innovators and thought leaders such as The Var BurtonWilliam, Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Bettina Love And Dan Heath.
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