Trends and Opportunities in Education 4.0

Saturday, September 04.2021, IIT Jodhpur

The Education Technology Vertical of the Centre for Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Development (CETSD) at IIT Jodhpur invites your participation in its Inaugural Workshop on ‘Next-Generation Education Technology: Trends and Opportunities in Education 4.0’ on Saturday, September 04, 2021.

Educational institutions and policymakers around the globe have begun to embrace immersive teaching-learning technologies to enable a personalized and flexible learning environment catering to the needs of every individual learner. Immersive Reality, Serious Gaming, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, and Learning Analytics are bringing interactive technologies and learning behavior together into innovative academic programs, and opening a landscape of creative avenues for interactive, engaging, and personalized education to better prepare students for the future.

This workshop, organized as a part of Teachers’ Day 2021 Celebrations, aims to create discourse on the three major activity directions of the Education Vertical of IIT Jodhpur, including, but not limited to

1. Research in Pedagogical Innovation
2. Services, Training and Translational Development
3. Social Outreach

Who should attend?

Educators, administrators, researchers, industry professionals and students excited about education, technology-enhanced learning, and outreach to grassroots in education

Invited Speakers

Professor Sahana Murthy

Professor, Interdisciplinary Program in Education Technology, IIT Bombay

Prof. Sahana Murthy is Professor in the Educational Technology interdisciplinary program at IIT Bombay. Her research interest is in ‘Technology enhanced learning of disciplinary practices’, which includes developing students' problem-solving, design thinking and inquiry practices in STEM domains via interactive technology-enhanced learning environments. Another area of focus is ‘Teacher use of educational technologies’, which has led to the design of models and large-scale teacher professional development workshops. One such model, the learner-centric MOOC (LCM) model has formed the basis for several online and blended courses on SWAYAM and IITBombayX platforms. Before joining IIT Bombay, she was a post-doctoral researcher in Physics Education Research at MIT, USA and Rutgers University. She received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Mumbai, Master’s degree in physics from IIT Bombay, and PhD in physics from Rutgers University.

Alex Howland, PhD

President & Co-Founder, Virbela

Alex Howland, Ph.D., is president and co-founder of Virbela, a virtual world platform for remote work, learning, and events. Howland created Virbela in 2012, before it was purchased and made public by eXp World Holdings in 2018. Virbela’s mission is to help organizations and people thrive in a remote-first future. Alex leads the development of Virbela’s products and services -- continuing to expand the platform to accommodate not just business workspaces, but classrooms, event spaces, and recreational areas as well. Prior to co-founding Virbela, Howland was an instructor in the Psychology Department at University of California, San Diego, where he taught Industrial and Organizational Psychology to undergraduate students. His expertise in organizational psychology gives him a unique perspective on creating virtual work and education spaces. He designed Virbela specifically to create a unique virtual experience where users feel psychologically safe and are more likely to collaborate, brainstorm, and succeed. Howland has a bachelor of science in psychology from Providence College, and his Ph.D. in organizational psychology from Alliant International University, San Diego.

Dr Kuldeep Yadav

Director, AI @ SHL, Founding Member & Former CTO, VideoKEN

Dr Kuldeep Yadav is the Director of AI at SHL. Previously, he was a founding member of an EdTech startup VideoKen where he led different technology and AI initiatives. VideoKen's indexing technology has been used by many enterprises across the world and top AI/ML conferences including NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, and SIGKDD. His work in VideoKen led to many accolades including Nasscom AI Game Changer Award. Before VideoKen, he was working as a researcher in Xerox Research Centre, India. He finished his Ph.D. from IIIT-Delhi and was a recipient of the Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship.

Ms Kripa Subramony

Head of Operations, eVidyaloka

A teacher at heart, a student for life, a wife, a mother to a 5-year old, and a support system to her folks at home and at work, Kripa is personally motivated to make learning joyful, for everyone. In her personal and professional capacity, she aspires to bridge the gap between Bharat and India and bring inclusivity in our country for all. Been in the social space for almost a decade now, focusing on the educational demands in rural India. In her current role at eVidyaloka, a non-profit organization, as the Head of Business Development and Operations for growth programs, she enables learning for lakhs of children in the remotest villages of India. She was awarded the Her Rising Working Woman Professional Award by JobsforHer in 2019.

Ms Pratiti Sarkar

Research Scholar, Immersive Media Experience Design (IMXD) Lab, IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay

Pratiti is currently pursuing her Ph.D. from IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay. She is also a gold medalist at IIT Kanpur where she completed her Masters in Design. She is skilled in User Experience Research and Design, Augmented Reality, HCI, and Educational Technology. Her research interest lies in establishing Augmented Reality (AR) technology in school education. For this, she has been investigating the design strategies for AR-based learning experiences in K-12 classrooms. She has actively conducted workshops and sessions on AR in education with students, teachers, and professionals at Indian and international platforms. For two years, Pratiti has been part of the IndiaHCI organizing team, by chairing tracks like Student Design Consortium & Showcase. She is also currently the chair of IIT Bombay ACM SIGCHI Student Chapter.

Program

3:00 PM Workshop Introduction

3:05 PM Workshop Address by Professor Santanu Chaudhury, Director, IIT Jodhpur

3:30 PM Education Technology@IIT Jodhpur

3:45 PM Invited Talk on Nurturing disciplinary practices through research in the learning sciences by Prof. Sahana Murthy, Professor, Interdisciplinary Program in Education Technology, IIT Bombay

4:30 PM Q&A

4:35 PM Invited Talk on Psychology Behind Working and Learning in Remote Spaces by Dr. Alex Howland, President & Co-Founder, Virbela Multi-Speaker Panel on 'Research, Translational Development, and Social Outreach for Education 4.0'

5:05 PM Invited Talk on AI-powered Transformation of Learning Videos by Dr. Kuldeep Yadav, Director, AI @ SHL, Founding Member, Former CTO, VideoKEN

5:35 PM Invited Talk on Weaving research into interactive AR learning experiences by Ms. Pratiti Sarkar, Research Scholar, Immersive Media Experience Design Lab, IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay

6:05 PM Invited Talk on e-Learning through eVidyaloka platform: Learner-centric solutions for last mile education by Ms. Kripa Subramony, Head of Operations, eVidyaloka Trust

6:35 PM Panel Discussion with all Invited Speakers and members from IIT Jodhpur

7:00 PM Vote of Thanks