Speaking
Barb is a popular speaker all around the world. Here is feedback about some of her previous engagements.
“When we were launching our learning initiatives at Hitchwood, we knew we wanted a way to engage the interest and effort of our team members at many levels — scientific, conceptual and personal. Barbara’s broad life experiences, well researched and produced material, excellent teaching methodologies, and humble, authentic style were just what we were looking for. Her “Learning How to Learn” presentation provided a great springboard for a firm-wide dialogue inspiring and supporting our team’s collective and individual commitment to mastery learning and harnessing creativity through deliberate effort and practice.” – Hitchwood Capital Management LP, Manhattan, New York
“Faculty members on my campus marveled that Barbara Oakley’s teaching tips were based on scientific facts! The session evaluations were overwhelmingly positive and described actions that faculty planned to implement right away. I received several enthusiastic thank yous, in person and via email, for bringing Barbara to our campus.” – Carla Vecchiola, Director, Hub for Teaching & Learning Resources, University of Michigan-Dearborn
“When I attended Barbara Oakley’s lecture at the Center for Homeland Defense and Security I had no idea I was about to hear what turned out to be the best presentation I’d heard in my over 25 years in the profession. Her insights into how the brain learns were truly life changing for me, and to this day influence me in how I understand myself, my colleagues and my young children.” – James Marsh, The Center for Homeland Defense and Security
Take a look to see where she’ll next be lighting up the stage!
Keynote, International Conference on E-Learning in the Workplace (ICELW), Colombia University
On 13th June 2018 at New York City
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Middle College National Consortium Summer Professional Development Institute, June 22-24
On 22nd June 2018 at New York/New Jersey
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Keynote, SEA Homeschoolers Conference 4:00 pm
On 13th July 2018 at Atlanta, Georgia
Silicon Valley IEEE Computer Society
On 7th August 2018 at Silicon Valley, California
Helping You—and the Children in Your Life—Learn STEM Subjects More Effectively (taught by a Fellow of IEEE!) 2:00 pm Eastern time
On 7th August 2018 at International webinar
Cadence Design Systems
On 8th August 2018 at San Jose, California
Keynote speaker, district-wide professional development day for all teaching staff
On 14th August 2018 at Delta, Colorado
Norway, various institutions August 24-Sep 20, 2018
On 24th August 2018 at Oslo, Norway
Slovenia Workshop on Kids’ Learning for Parents and Teachers Sep 24-26
On 24th September 2018 at Slovenia
Keynote, Gran Canaria, September 30 to October 6, 2018.
On 30th September 2018 at Canary Islands
University of North Carolina
On 19th October 2018 at Charlotte, North Carolina
Educational Resource on the Fundamental Principles of Rigorous Neuroscience Research: Workshop organized by the NIH, Oct 22-23
On 22nd October 2018 at Bethesda, MD
Keynote: Spotlight on Teaching and Learning Conference, Niagara College
On 24th October 2018 at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada
6th International Conference on MOOCs, Innovation and Technology in Education -MITE 2018, Nov 29-30
On 29th November 2018 at Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Webinar, Association of Educational Therapists, Dec 4-5, 2018
On 4th December 2018 at
Keynote, Blå Stjärnan Akademin, “Learning, communication and clinical problem solving: Caregivers taking care of their patients and themselves” Jan 19-20
On 19th January 2019 at Gothenburg, Sweden
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Speaking for IE Business School, January 22-27, 2019
On 22nd January 2019 at Madrid Spain
Book Barb to speak
As the Ramón y Cajal Distinguished Scholar of Global Digital Learning, McMaster University, Dr. Oakley speaks around the world. She has given invited talks and keynotes at venues as varied as Harvard, Yale, UCLA, the Air Force Academy, the Naval Post Graduate Institute, Google Headquarters in Silicon Valley, Baidu Headquarters in Beijing, and for Hitchwood Capital Management LP in Manhattan. She has appeared on shows ranging from Ira Flatow’s NPR Science Friday to Bloomberg News. Her op-eds have appeared in such publications as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.
If you're interested in having Barb headline an event at your institution or for your organization, please reach out through the following contact:
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