Beth McMurtrie
Beth has worked for The Chronicle of Higher Education since 1999, where she has covered a range of topics, both as a reporter and an editor. Since 2017 she has written about college teaching and the future of learning. Her reporting during this time has examined how education technology is affecting the classroom, the pivot to online learning during the pandemic, the behaviors and attitudes of Generation Z in the classroom, and how generative AI is reshaping teaching.
Maryanne Wolf
Maryanne Wolf is a scholar, teacher, and global advocate for literacy. Wolf completed her doctorate at Harvard University, in the Department of Human Development and Psychology, where she began her work in cognitive neuroscience and psycholinguistics on the reading brain, language, and dyslexia. She directs UCLA’s Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice. She has published four books connecting reading with brain science: Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World, Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain, Tales of Literacy for the 21st Century, and Dyslexia, Fluency and the Brain. She was elected a permanent member of the Pontifical Academy of Science.
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Our theme this year is Why Reading Matters to the Future of Learning.
As we navigate a world of rapid information transfer and artificial intelligence, reading remains essential to our development of foundational learning skills like writing, comprehension, critical thinking, and the ability to solve complex problems. In higher education, we are witnessing a change in reading habits and skills, posing challenges for students, instructors, and institutions. Does reading matter to the future of learning?
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Carl Weiman
Noble Prize, Physicist and Educationist
Alan November
Co-founder of the Stanford Institute for Educational Leadership Through Technology
Mamokgethi Phakeng
Vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town
Ken Bain
Author, Professor, & President of the Best Teachers Institute
Angela Duckworth
MacArthur grant winner, researcher, & author, "Grit"
Dr. Zeynep Tufekci
Writer & Academic, NYT & The Atlantic
Jesse Thaler
Director of NSF Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions
Stephen Wolfram
Co-Founder & CEO, Wolfram Research
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