Keynote Speaker:   President McCarthy

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Dr.Mawdudur Rahman, Founder President, Knowledge Globalization Institute, spoke on "Strategic Costs and Productivtity Management in Higher Education" and "Higher Education and Globalization" at  November 2012 Conference in Boston.
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2012 Boston Conference Photos

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Boston Conference, USA 2012

The 7^th Knowledge Globalization conference focused on the future of higher education addressing trends in technology, teaching innovations, costs, globalization of education, social and economic issues.

The theme of this year’s conference has a special significance as the future of higher education is at a critical juncture. The conference opened windows for some to think outside the box. The conference encouraged the educators to open their minds  to embrace the ‘disruptive process of transformation’ in education which has already started.

As the keynote speaker,Suffolk University President James McCarthy drew a balance between the online rush like MOOC and hybrid systems. He predicted that MOOC is not an immediate threat for campus based institutions of higher learning. Dr. Vijay Kumar of  MIT gave an in depth review of the open source  educational initiatives at  at MIT beleives that  the future of higher education is shifting towards MOOC type of interventions than we would like to think.   Dr. Maryanne Wolf of Tufts University made a captivating presentation of how the poor children in Africa are learning and self-teaching  only with tablets. 

The conference included thirty four  papers,three panel discussions and three plenary sessions. One hundred fifty faculty and students from more than 24 countries attended the conference including participants from Macao, Kazakhstan, Egypt, and Cyprus.

This was also the first time K-Global Conference where online presentations via WebEx  video-conferencing from India and Germany was included. 

Some 2012 Boston Confernce Participants

Pune Conference, India 2011

The Sixth Knowledge Globalization Conference was held at the Foundation for Liberal and Management Education (FLAME)  in its picturesque location at the valley in Lavale, Pune, India.

Streaming video of all the panels is available on the Flame.edu.in website. 

To view Podcasts of the keynote speeches and panel discussions click here

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