Overview

November 2

The way students learn has changed forever, and with that comes new opportunities for different learning styles and goals. Choosing the Cloud Learning Platform empowers students to engage with an evolutionary online learning experience that cuts through unnecessary fees and unrelated courses.

This model offers bachelor’s degrees and certification programs by getting straight to the point. Students have access to the benefits of a traditional education experience without wasting their time or money. In addition, this option stresses the importance of lifelong learning, making it exciting and accessible for students to return for updated, detailed courses that expand their expertise.

Learn more during a live webinar hosted by Center for Digital Education and SADA on November 2 at 10 a.m. Pacific/1 p.m. Eastern. Speakers from Google Cloud and Southern New Hampshire University will be there to discuss the latest online learning opportunities available.

Speakers

Dr. Gwendolyn Britton

Vice President, Product Strategy, Southern New Hampshire University

Dr. Britton has 30+ years in both private industry and academia within the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) space. She has worked in varying positions spanning a gamut of content areas including software engineering, systems administration, network administration, data analysis, database administration and design, web development engineering, cyber-defense, mathematics, and computer science. Her expertise is around strategy, leadership and Healthcare, Business and STEM education and administration. In her current role, Dr. Britton is passionate about expanding and growing both credit bearing and non-credit learning experiences and access for individuals who otherwise would not have an opportunity

Aditya Sabadra

Solutions Architect, SADA

Aditya has around 12+ years of technical experience, throughout his career as an innovative technical leader in leading global organizations such as SADA, Capgemini US LLC, Amdocs Inc, and Nvidia Graphics Pvt Ltd. I have architected a range of solutions for various industries such as Hi-Tech & Communications, Telco, Auto, Supply Chain, Aviation, Health Care, CPG, etc. My expertise includes Enterprise Architecture, Digital Transformation, Cloud Native, DevOps, Microservices Strategies, Go-To-Market Strategies, Cloud Adoption, and Presales. I have also successfully delivered and architected a range of solutions and Digital Trasnformation/Microservices/API first Strategies for Enterprise Customers.

Lukman Ramsey

Global Head of Solutions for the Public Sector, Google Cloud

Lukman is global head of solutions for the Public Sector in Google Cloud, with a focus on smart analytics and AI based solutions for the education and government. Formerly he was the ML/AI Solutions lead, working with customers across Google Cloud to enable business applications in AI and ML. He speaks regularly at conferences around the world about Google’s AI technology and its applications in education, such as the keynote at the World AI Summit, EDUCAUSE, the Disney Datathon, McKinsey Analytics Forum, and Google Cloud NEXT conferences. Lukman joined Google in January of ‘17 after acting as CTO for a series of New York startups in education technology, AI and speech recognition. Most recently he was the founding CTO and Chief Product Officer for Acrobatiq, a spin-out of the Open Learning Initiative at CMU, providing machine learning analytics and courseware for both on-ground and online universities. Prior to that he was CTO of Neverware, a startup that builds virtual desktop servers for high schools. Earlier in his career he built speech recognition applications and platforms for call centers. His first startup in 2007 was a voice-driven virtual assistant for small business. Lukman did his PhD work in Computer Science at UC San Diego, doing computer vision research at JPL in the Machine Learning systems group. As an undergrad at MIT in Cognitive Science and Computer Science he worked on multi-layer neural networks before it was called "deep learning." His academic interests have always centered on the intersection of Cognitive Science and Computer Science.

Brian Cohen — Moderator

Vice President, Center for Digital Government and Center Digital Education

Brian Cohen is the Vice President of the Center for Digital Government and Center Digital Education. Prior to joining the Center, Brian served for 30 years in IT leadership roles with the City of New York and most recently with the City University of New York (CUNY). As the Vice-Chancellor and University CIO at CUNY, Brian directed the Office of Computing and Information Services (CIS), developed, and managed the enterprise IT vision, strategy and day-to-day technology operations of the University. His areas of focus included academic and business systems, cloud strategies, IT policies and procedures, Cybersecurity, project management, IT resiliency and disaster recovery, and network and telecommunications. During his time with the City of New York, Brian developed the City of New York’s E-Government strategy, implemented the City’s award-winning nyc.gov website, and managed the City’s effort to address the Y2K technology challenge.

Webinar

An Evolutionary Approach to Online Learning