eLearning at Stanford University

We met at the Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning, centered at the new Wallenberg Hall on the Stanford Quad. We heard how eLearning is now being deployed in the classrooms at Stanford but also what next generation eLearning technologies and applications are being developed in SCIL's R&D projects.

Meeting summary

Jay Cross provided a summary page

Program details (and archive)

Links indicate archived presentations. Also see the multimedia archives produced by and hosted at Mentorware.

Innovative Classrooms in Wallenberg Hall: Where eLearning and traditional learning intersect.

Robert Smith, Associate Director for Technology, Stanford Center
for Innovations in Learning.

Consider how a class might be different if students could move from lecture to small discussion groups in just seconds. Envision moving from one presentation media to another, seamlessly. Imagine featuring a guest speaker from another country-who can visit the classroom from his own office. Robert Smith details how Flexible furniture, wall displays, collaboration stations, iSpace software, Huddleboards and CopyCams come together to create a new experience for Stanford learners.

Collaborations in eLearning between the US,
Sweden and Germany via the Wallenberg Global Learning Network (Requires Acrobat reader 5)

John Nash, Director of Evaluation, Wallenberg Global Learning
Network (WGLN).

John Nash gives an overview of the WGLN's targeted grants program committed to tackling the challenges facing universities related to teaching with technology. Today the WGLN funds collaborative, international research and development on technology-supported pedagogy in medicine, liberal arts, engineering and computer science.

New eLearning initiatives at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (Requires Acrobat reader 5)

Melissa Regan, Director of eLearning Product Development,
Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB).

Melissa Regan gives an overview of new hybrid eLearning products at the GSB which combine distance learning and face-to-face techniques for executive education.

eLearning strategies for delivery professional development at Stanford University (Requires Acrobat reader 5)

Andy DiPaolo, Executive Director, Stanford Center for Professional Development.

Andy DiPaolo describes the Stanford Center for Professional Development (SCPD), created in 1994 at Stanford to support the education and training needs of professionals in the areas of engineering, computer science, information technology, management, and the sciences. Today, this large-scale educational enterprise delivers credit courses, certificate programs, graduate degree programs, professional education courses, and contract training via the internet/web (Stanford Online) broadcast television (Stanford Instructional Television Network), two-way video, multimedia, and customized courseware.