{"615189":{"#nid":"615189","#data":{"type":"news","title":"SALE Summit 2018: Envisioning an Affordable, Accessible and Inclusive Future for Educational Environments","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrom Nov. 29-30, Georgia Tech was host to a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded summit focused on the development of affordable, sustainable, and scalable educational environments, or Scalable Advanced Learning Ecosystems (SALE). The SALE Summit took place at the Global Learning Center and was co-sponsored by the Center for 21st Century Universities (C21U) and Georgia Tech Professional Education (GTPE).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis summit brought academic and industry leaders from across the globe together in the hope of laying the foundation for the next generation of learning ecosystems. Topics such as data analytics, learning design, artificial intelligence, growth and future business models for higher education, and the changing role of university faculty were addressed by keynote speakers and discussed in breakout groups. SALE Summit speakers included:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChris Dede\u003C\/strong\u003E of Harvard University\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKaren Vignare\u003C\/strong\u003E of the Association for Public and Land-grant Universities\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStephanie Norby\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EBrian Mandell\u003C\/strong\u003E of the Smithsonian Science Education Center\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGisele LaRose\u003C\/strong\u003E of WebStudy Foundation\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECary Brown\u003C\/strong\u003E of IMS Global\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003EProvost \u003Cstrong\u003ERafael Bras\u003C\/strong\u003E of Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERob Kadel\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003ERich DeMillo\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003ELindsay Kelly\u003C\/strong\u003E of C21U, Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYakut Gazi\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003ENelson Baker\u003C\/strong\u003E of GTPE, Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAshok Goel\u003C\/strong\u003E of the College of Computing, Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EParticipants were challenged to consider many of the most taxing issues facing higher education today and to work together to begin the planning stages for a new roadmap for education. This roadmap will look to the future of education in the next five to ten years and will outline ways that educators, industry leaders, government officials, and technologists can redesign the future of learning and education.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his plenary presentation, \u003Cstrong\u003ENelson Baker\u003C\/strong\u003E, dean of professional education at Georgia Tech, said, \u0026ldquo;Education is more than a collection of courses. What else might be missing from that collection?\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESummit attendees explored innovative pedagogical and technology-driven educational solutions such as \u003Cstrong\u003EAshok Goel\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026#39;s work with automated, intelligent tutoring systems and the Smithsonian\u0026rsquo;s Science for Global Goals curriculum, presented by \u003Cstrong\u003EStephanie Norby\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EBrian Mandell\u003C\/strong\u003E. Social and economic issues surrounding curriculum design were also discussed. Recognizing that low-income and minority students often fall behind in introductory courses, risking their chances of completing a degree, \u003Cstrong\u003EKaren Vignare\u003C\/strong\u003E, of the Association for Public and Land-grant Universities, gave an eye-opening plenary on using adaptive courseware to assist these students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;How do we achieve 1x1 tutoring at scale and bring down the cost, so that we can still bring education to the students of the future who really need it?\u0026rdquo; asked \u003Cstrong\u003ERob Kadel\u003C\/strong\u003E in his plenary remarks.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis question and many others will be addressed in a white paper produced as an outcome of the SALE Summit.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIf you would like to learn more about the SALE Summit, you can explore the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/c21u.gatech.edu\/salesummit2018\u0022\u003Esummit page\u003C\/a\u003E on the C21U website. To find out more about how can you get involved in the work of C21U or GTPE, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/c21u.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ec21u.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Epe.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis summit was funded by a generous grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) - grant #1824854.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech recently hosted a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded summit focused on the development of affordable, sustainable, and scalable educational environments, or Scalable Advanced Learning Ecosystems (SALE)"}],"uid":"27998","created_gmt":"2018-12-10 17:09:01","changed_gmt":"2018-12-10 17:12:41","author":"Brittany Aiello","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-12-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-12-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"615191":{"id":"615191","type":"image","title":"SALE Summit - Dr. Bras","body":null,"created":"1544461940","gmt_created":"2018-12-10 17:12:20","changed":"1544461940","gmt_changed":"2018-12-10 17:12:20","alt":"Provost Rafael Bras gives remarks at the SALE Summit","file":{"fid":"234258","name":"2018-11-29 06.24.22.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2018-11-29%2006.24.22.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2018-11-29%2006.24.22.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":364437,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2018-11-29%2006.24.22.jpg?itok=lWjw6e8s"}}},"media_ids":["615191"],"groups":[{"id":"66244","name":"C21U"},{"id":"131901","name":"Provost"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"179956","name":"SALE Summit"},{"id":"13481","name":"C21U"},{"id":"76791","name":"GTPE"},{"id":"14381","name":"center for 21st century universities"},{"id":"38531","name":"Georgia Tech Professional Education"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBrittany Aiello\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Program Manager, C21U\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ebaiello@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["baiello@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}