Webinar with Moderator, Dr.Ishwar K. Puri and Keynote Speaker, Michael O’Neill, on December 9th at 8:00am EST
This webinar is the first of a series of ‘Dynamic Dialogue’ sessions designed to explore further the themes discussed at this year’s GEDC Industry Forum. The 2020 Forum was hosted online by the Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University, Canada together with the Global Engineering Deans Council and Petrus from 28th September to 1st October.
The GEDC Industry Forum leverages collective knowledge and experience, developing an influential, meaningful dialogue among participants. From socially conscious engineering and ethics to micro credentials, virtual labs and open innovation, the content and ideas that emerge from the event address the most important and compelling issues of our time.
This webinar will focus on ‘Corporate learning, alternative and complementary certification’ and build on the insights shared by GEDC Industry Forum participants who tackled the question below:
How do we incorporate alternative and complementary certification or credentialing approaches into existing degree programs, or come up with completely different pathways? For example, how do we give credit for experiential learning at university, how can we ensure the recognition of company-issued certifications, and how could industry, partners and educators work better together to retrain or upskill professional engineers outside of degree programs?
Moderator
Dr.Ishwar K. Puri // Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University, Canada and Host of the 2020 GEDC Industry Forum
Dr. Puri is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He is Dean of Engineering and Professor at McMaster University and a member of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Puri is the author of several books and archival papers and has founded technology startups. He served as chair of Engineering Deans Canada, and has been identified among the top 2% of scientists based on citations of their work. He is the architect of The Pivot, a significant transformation of engineering education that embeds design thinking, innovation mindset and entrepreneurship in all programming. The Pivot transforms the curriculum through integrated project-based learning experiences, reimagines the classroom as a purpose-built studio, and amplifies experiential learning. Puri initiated the MacChangers program through which interdisciplinary teams of students work on local solutions for the UN Sustainable Development Goals. He is also leading the development of verifiable digital credentials and microcredentials for a spectrum of learners.
Keynote Speaker
Michael O’Neill // Director, University Partnerships EMEA, Coursera
After spending over 17 years delivering exceptional digital experiences with Adobe, Michael joined the University Partnerships EMEA team at Coursera to enable skills through transformation and learning. He works with universities to deliver the best blended learning platform for self-authoring, assessments alongside a deep catalogue of courses delivering critical skills that prepare the next generation of students for employment and prosperity.
Starting out at MTV in New York, then for nearly two decades of a high touch sales career at Adobe, and now with his latest Directors role at Coursera, he has helped global media, entertainment brands and Higher Education institutions across EMEA transform their end-to-end production workflows and teaching approach to enrich people’s lives with programmes, courses and services that inform, educate, entertain and ultimately connect.
More recently he has brought this in-depth industry knowledge to Education institutions to ensure they’re giving their students the power to create bright futures by igniting creativity, developing skilled content creators and career-ready students while providing a deep and varied course catalogue that includes degrees in a variety of subjects, such as engineering, humanities, medicine, biology, social sciences, mathematics, business, computer science, digital marketing, data science and others.
Panelists
Our host and keynote speaker will be joined by expert panelists from the world of corporate learning and education to add to the debate. There will be plenty of time for dialogue with the audience too.
Jennifer Bradford
Jennifer Bradford is the Academic Programs Manager at Siemens.
Michael Fors
Michael is Executive Leader, in Boeing’s Leadership, Learning & Organizational Capability (LLOC) Team will join the panel as industry representative and leader of the Dynamic Design Group and will be joined by an education representative
Sunil Maharaj
Dr Sunil Maharaj is a Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) at the University of Pretoria (UP) in South Africa since 2014. Dr.Maharaj was elected as Chair-Elect of Global Engineering Deans’ Council in 2020.