February 6 session Canceled - We are rescheduling this session for a later date and will update this page once we have more details. Thank you for your interest in the BoulderTalks: Insights from Education Innovators series.

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Join us for the second talk in our series where learning innovation and digital education leader Yakut Gazi will share her experiences and insights on creating innovative online programs while aligning institutional mission, priorities, business and instructional models to expand the impact of institutions. The challenges with the future of work and education are indeed issues of scale and inclusion, especially in a technology-driven post-COVID world. Higher education institutions have an opportunity, and arguably a social responsibility, to utilize effective digital learning and create partnerships for affordability, scale, and impact to reach all corners of the globe. A variety of innovative business and learning models developed within the last decade have already changed the equation for many institutions and learners. These institutions exemplify a relentless commitment to affordability and access that led to impact at scale. What is the next impactful innovation that will enable our institutions to touch many more learners beyond those that walk on our campuses?

Yakut Gazi is the Vice Provost for Learning Innovation and Digital Education at Duke University. She oversees digital and lifetime learning operations, including the pre-college and retirement programs. Previously, she was the Associate Dean for Learning Systems at Georgia Tech Professional Education. Her higher education experience spans over 29 years in four countries. She served on the Academic Advisory Council for Quality Matters©, is an elected council member and First Vice President of the International Association for Engineering Continuing Education (IACEE), and an at-Large Board Member of the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA). Dr. Gazi has her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Texas A&M University, and an M.A. in Educational Sciences and a B.S. in Teaching Chemistry, both from Bogazici University in Turkey.

Coffee and light snacks will be available starting at 3:30 p.m. outside the auditorium, and will be available until 5:30 p.m. for continued questions and or conversation after the talk. 

February 6 session Canceled - We are rescheduling this session for a later date and will update this page once we have more details. Thank you for your interest in the BoulderTalks: Insights from Education Innovators series.

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Join us for the second talk in our series where learning innovation and digital education leader Yakut Gazi will share her experiences and insights on creating innovative online programs while aligning institutional mission, priorities, business and instructional models to expand the impact of institutions. The challenges with the future of work and education are indeed issues of scale and inclusion, especially in a technology-driven post-COVID world. Higher education institutions have an opportunity, and arguably a social responsibility, to utilize effective digital learning and create partnerships for affordability, scale, and impact to reach all corners of the globe. A variety of innovative business and learning models developed within the last decade have already changed the equation for many institutions and learners. These institutions exemplify a relentless commitment to affordability and access that led to impact at scale. What is the next impactful innovation that will enable our institutions to touch many more learners beyond those that walk on our campuses?

Yakut Gazi is the Vice Provost for Learning Innovation and Digital Education at Duke University. She oversees digital and lifetime learning operations, including the pre-college and retirement programs. Previously, she was the Associate Dean for Learning Systems at Georgia Tech Professional Education. Her higher education experience spans over 29 years in four countries. She served on the Academic Advisory Council for Quality Matters©, is an elected council member and First Vice President of the International Association for Engineering Continuing Education (IACEE), and an at-Large Board Member of the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA). Dr. Gazi has her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Texas A&M University, and an M.A. in Educational Sciences and a B.S. in Teaching Chemistry, both from Bogazici University in Turkey.

Coffee and light snacks will be available starting at 3:30 p.m. outside the auditorium, and will be available until 5:30 p.m. for continued questions and or conversation after the talk.