Pearson Learning Summit – Spring 2012

Identity: Passport to Success
A keynote address with Stedman Graham, chairman and CEO of S. Graham & Associates and author of Identity: Passport to Success (FT Press, 2012)

Stedman Graham is chairman and CEO of S. Graham & Associates (SGA), a management and marketing consulting company that specializes in the corporate and educational markets. As a businessman, educator and speaker, he presents, consults and conducts training with corporations, organizations and nonprofits on the topics of maximizing leadership, achieving success, growing a business, embracing diversity, achieving optimal health, and personal and professional branding. His corporate seminars are driven by his proprietary Nine-Step Success Process - which teaches people how to understand who they are, develop a vision for their lives and provides a continuous approach for growth, learning and maximizing personal and professional potential. Graham has authored eleven books including his most recent release entitled Identity - Passport to Success.

Stedman holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Hardin-Simmons University. He received a master’s degree in Education from Ball State University and an honorary doctorate in Humanities from Coker College. He serves as an adjunct or distinguished professor at several universities across the country including Coker College and Full Sail University. 

Keynote Address
Andrew Rosen - CEO and chairman of Kaplan, Inc. and author of Change.edu: Rebooting for the new talent economy

Andrew S. Rosen is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kaplan, Inc., among the world’s largest, most diverse education organizations and the largest subsidiary of The Washington Post Company.

Throughout his career, Rosen has helped pioneer much of Kaplan’s innovation and growth, with a focus on student success and outcomes. These include the founding of Concord Law School, the first fully online law school in the U.S.; the development of Kaplan University; and the creation of new blended online and classroom-based learning opportunities for both working adults and test preparation students.

Rosen’s book Change.edu: Rebooting for the new talent economy details the history of American higher education and describes how to restore its pre-eminence by focusing on the goals of learning outcomes, access, affordability, and accountability. The book earned positive reviews in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Forbes, Fortune, and elsewhere. Bill Gates called it "truly important” for the debate about improving higher education; Joel Klein called it a “must-read book.” 

Rosen joined Kaplan in 1992, and was named Chairman and CEO in November 2008. Before Kaplan, he was an attorney at the Washington Post Company and associate counsel at Newsweek. Rosen holds an A.B. degree from Duke University and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

Adaptive Learning
A keynote address with Jose Ferreira, Founder and CEO of Knewton

Jose Ferreira is the founder and CEO of Knewton, the world’s leading adaptive learning company. Knewton’s cloud-based platform uses concept-level data to create uniquely personalized learning plans, allowing educators to tailor their content to the exact needs of individual students. The company was named a 2011 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum at Davos and more recently was named the second most innovative education company by FastCompany in February 2012. In October 2011, Knewton announced a partnership with Pearson, the world’s largest education company, to power all of their digital Higher Education products in North America, including MyLabs and Mastering.

Jose earned his MBA from Harvard and was formerly an executive at Kaplan, where he led a company-wide re-engineering effort to redesign the company’s courses. Most recently, he was a Partner at New Atlantic Ventures (formerly Draper Atlantic), investing in new media and SaaS companies.

Twitter: @Knewton_Jose

Job Placement & Retention Strategies
with Eric Winegardner, VP, Client Adoption, Monster Worldwide

In his role at Monster, Eric is responsible for building and managing all client training and consulting for employer customers. He was a charter member of the Monster Customer Advisory Group and worked with the executive management team to set direction for emerging products and services. Prior to joining Monster, he was responsible for the US recruiting operations of a Fortune 500 financial services organization. Eric possesses a strong working knowledge of online tools and the impact of the Internet on the recruiting industry as a whole. Widely quoted as a career expert in national media outlets including CNN, CNNMoney.com, MSNBC, US News & World Report, Business Week, and newspapers like the Washington Post, New York Times and Boston Globe; Eric channels his time and energy into inspiring people to improve their lives. He speaks to thousands of recruiters and employers a year about the importance of landing the candidates you cannot afford your competition to employ.

Identity: Your Passport to Success with Stedman Graham, Chairman and CEO of S. Graham Associates and author of Identity: Your Passport to Success

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Adaptive Learning with Jose Ferreria, Founder and CEO of Knewton

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A New Learning Playbook for Higher Education with Andrew S. Rosen, Chairman and CEO of Kaplan, Inc. and author of Change.edu: Rebooting for the New Talent Economy

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Job Placement & Retention Strategies with Eric Winegardner, VP, Client Adoption, Monster Worldwide

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Session Track

Solving for Digital/Online Learning (Kachina 5)

Improving Online Student Engagement through Synchronous Learning Sessions Using a College-wide Lecture Series Approach

Heather Zink & Greta Ferkel, Rasmussen College

Faculty Toolkit for Digital Academic Life

Lori C. Ebert, Brown Mackie College

The Semantics of Semantics: The Challenge of Metadata in eLearning

Carl Husa, Jr., MA, Bryan College

Session Track

Solving for Student Success & Retention (Kachina 6)

Plan and Other Four Letter Words: Creating Online Student Success

Stuart Rice & Patrick Hanson, Bryan College

Retention Workshop

Ruth Reynard, Dallas Love, Jr., & Ashley Hailston, Daymar Colleges Group

Fostering Independent Learning

Jon Mladic, Rasmussen College

Solving for Regulations (Kachina 3 & 4)

8:30 - 9:30 AM

Federal Legislative and Regulatory Update

Tom E. Netting, Akerman Senterfitt
Brian Newman, APSCU
Karen Allanson, Pearson Learning Solutions

9:45 - 10:45 AM

Career Workforce Education & Real-Time Labor Intelligence with Tom Darling, PLS and Bruce Stephen, Monster Government Solutions

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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Strategic Publishing Partnerships: Supporting Change with Joseph Aranyosi and Trent D. Bartholomew, CEC and Natalie Garay and Darrell Christopher, PLS

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12:15 - 1:30 PM

Lunch & Closing Remarks
(Kachina 3 & 4)