General Session, Paper Awards & Keynote

  1. Charles Miller, FlipGrid, United States, FlipGrid, United States

How did a modest tool built for 12 PhD students spark the largest early round venture investment in the state of Minnesota, ignite social learning in more than 50,000 classrooms across 137 countries, and empower voice in millions of PreK to PhD students on all seven continents? The answer is simple. Well… simplicity. Join Dr. Charlie Miller as he shares a story of design, failure, opportunity, inspiration, student empowerment, and the world’s most creative educator — you. BIOGRAPHY: Dr. Charles Miller is the Cofounder and Chief Design Officer of Flipgrid, a Minneapolis company focused on enabling video-driven social learning in classrooms and enterprises around the world. Dr. Miller is also an Associate Professor in the College of Education and Human Development and former founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Design Innovation at the University of Minnesota (UMN). In 2012 Miller cofounded Flipgrid, an asynchronous video communication platform for use in his PhD design courses. Today, Flipgrid is used in more than 30,000 classrooms and by 1000s of organizations and enterprises across 136 countries on 7 continents. From Harvard to the World Health Organization, the Boy Scouts of America to Microsoft, and Orange County Public Schools to Medtronic, Flipgrid has transformed active video collaboration based on a single founding principle: Community is built at the point where our stories intersect. The technology, research, and design sparked the creation of Flipgrid, Inc., established in February 2015, that closed a $17 million Series A round to drive future expansion and adoption of Flipgrid in the education technology and enterprise learning development markets. Miller’s research explores the transformation of education, communication, and collaboration through design, bridging the gap between aesthetic learning experiences and contemporary interaction design.

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51146
Type
Keynote
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