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tbd2
tbd2 is a joint series of strategy & vision sessions initiated by the U.S. Russia Center for Entrepreneurship and O Collider. tbd2 twice stands for Technology, Business, Development and to be defined. The main idea of tbd2 is to get broad vision on how forthcoming technologies impact businesses and society going forward.
The format is
- to invite experts who see opportunities and risks of specific technological innovations or social and cultural changes
- to create platform for discussion between experts and business leaders who build their strategies based on emerging global trends
- to involve a broad audience represented by students and professionals in engineering, economy, culture into discussion
- to build a vision for the future based on consideration of the following points: what has already been or might be researched and developed soon, how it can be introduced to markets and to society, and what will be the consequences of its adoption in the nearest 4-8 years.
Seminar #0: How the Web will Transform Education
April 22nd, 2011
co-located with NёrdCamp 2011
Zelenogorsk (Smolyachkovo), Vostok-6
NёrdCamp tbd2 is a pilot-run session with a topic ‘How the Web will Transform Education’ by Yury Lifshits who is a guest speaker.
"The future of education is already here. Hundreds of startups
are working on every aspect of the ecosystem: content, online
degrees, assessment systems, analytics, online tutoring, education
funding, computerized classrooms, mobile learning apps and
educational games. In the first part of this talk we cover the key
trends in ongoing education transformation.
In second part we focus on innovation in educational video".
To get better prepared for the seminar please have a look at
Preliminary Materials
- 'An Introduction to the LearnTech Industry'
- '100+ Online Resources That Are Transforming Education'
- Russian Foresight 'Education 2030' (in Russian)
Schedule
15:00 Opening. 'About tbd2 concept', Igor Egorov, Sergey Dmitriev
15:10 Main talk 'How the Web will Transform Education', Yury Lifshits
15:40 Comments and questions from experts
16:00 Questions from audience
16:10 break
16:20 Case: 'Innovations in educational video', Yury Lifshits
16:35 Comments and questions from experts
16:55 Ideas from audience
17:10 Closing. Igor Egorov, Sergey Dmitriev
17:15 End of the seminar.
Experts
- Vladimir Aluferov, Business Analyst at Exigen Services and Curator at IT Industry Course
- Yakov Somov, Founder and Director at Lektorium.TV
- Aleksey Knorre, Student at St.Petersburg State University, Fac. of Sociology
Social Media
Please use: #tbd2 for twitter
- Key speaker twitter accounts: @yurylifhshits (EN) and @yuralifshits (RU)
- Hosting event: #nerdcamp
- Blogpost report in Russian
Video
Keynote
Discussion
Case: Video Lectures
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