As an educational developer, learning research consultant, and international learning ambassador with experience working in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, I welcome opportunities to engage with a range of institutions--public and private--in both the education and business sectors. I facilitate design thinking sessions, provide and design workshops for faculty development, offer webinars, and deliver keynote addresses and other interactive presentations in the areas of assessment, teaching, learning technology, learning spaces, and analytics. Select and recent examples of my speaking engagements appear below. For a complete list, see my CV.
Selected Keynote Address with Slides
Ambrose, G. Alex, Anggara, Trunojoyo (2018) “Liberate Learning Through Next Generation Assessment” Association of American Colleges & Universities, 9th Annual Forum on Digital Learning and ePortfolios Closing Plenary. Washington, D.C
Ambrose, G. Alex (2015) “ePortfolios @ Scale and Beyond with Badges & Analytics” Association of Authentic, Experiential Evidence-Based Learning (AAEEBL) Annual Conference Closing Keynote, Boston, MA.
Selected International Projects
U.S. State Department, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Co-PI and Faculty Development Consultant (2016). University of Notre Dame Partnership with Afghanistan's Balkh University to design, train, deliver, & assess a new Master’s Degree in Finance & Accounting
U.S. State Department, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Co-PI and Advisor (2015). Research Fellowship / IBM Research, Smarter Education, India. Affect detection and prediction in a MOOC setting, Bangalore, India.
Ambrose, G. A. (2016) Design Thinking Workshop on Digital Portfolios & Badges to Support Women in the Workforce Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates IBM Shared University Research Grant, Co-PI (2015). Smarter Higher Education with Affect Learning Analytics in MOOCS. IBM Smarter Education Bangalore, India.
Luksic Grant, Kaneb Center for Teaching & Learning collaboration with Pontificia Universidad Católica (2016) Flipped Finals: Assessment as Learning via Culminating ePortfolios
Selected Faculty Development Workshops
Ambrose, G. Alex, Clark, C (2018) “Teaching in Flexible Spaces” Faculty Workshop. Kaneb Center for Teaching & Learning
Ambrose, G. Alex, Rudenga, Kristi (2016) “Engaging Students with Active Learning Strategies” Faculty Workshop. Kaneb Center for Teaching & Learning
Arul, Monica Ambrose, G. Alex (2018) “Mind Mapping: Strategies & Tools for the Classroom” Faculty Workshop. Kaneb Center for Teaching & Learning
Arul, Monica Ambrose, G. Alex (2018) “Design Thinking for the Classroom” Faculty Workshop. Kaneb Center for Teaching & Learning
Barry, Kevin, Rudenga, Kristi, Clark, Chris, Hubbert, Dan, Ambrose, G. Alex (2018) “Teaching Well by Design” New Faculty Workshop Series. Kaneb Center for Teaching & Learning
Rouamba, Guieswende, Rudenga, Kristi, Ambrose, G. Alex (2018) “Online College Teaching Institute” Grad Student Workshop. Kaneb Center for Teaching & Learning
Ambrose, G. Alex, Lanksi, Alison (2018) “Alternative/Flipped Finals - Beyond Blue Books and Bubble Sheets” Faculty Workshop. Kaneb Center for Teaching & Learning
Ambrose, G. Alex (2017) “A Landscape View of Digital Teaching and Learning: How to Jump In” Faculty Workshop. Kaneb Center for Teaching & Learning
Selected Webinar & Recorded Presentations
Abbot, Kevin, Dawson, Maureen, Ambrose, G. Alex (2018) “How to Use Sakai and the Open Learning Record Warehouse with Learning Analytics to Empower First-Year Students to Thrive” Apereo Teaching & Learning Awards (ATLAS), Open Apereo Conference
Ambrose (2015) "Pairing Digital Portfolios & Badges to Recognize Informal Learning" The Badge Alliance's Open Badges in Higher Ed, Webinar