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!
Course Hero Annual Education Summit, July 18-19
On 18th July 2019 at Redwood City, California
Professional Development Workshop, Southwestern College
On 12th August 2019 at Chula Vista, California
Professional development, Tower Hill School
On 27th August 2019 at Wilmington, DE
Learning How to Learn, keynote and workshops, Weber State University
On 18th September 2019 at Ogden, UT
Keynote Sam Houston State University Digital Education Summit, Sep 19-20
On 19th September 2019 at Hunstville, TX
1 Hour Keynote, Alma University, (Open to the Public)
On 25th September 2019 at Almaty, Kazakhstan
6 hour workshop for instructors/teachers, Alma University
On 26th September 2019 at Almaty, Kazakhstan
American Corner, presentation on Learning How to Learn
On 28th September 2019 at Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Astana International Financial Centre
On 29th September 2019 at Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Keynote, EdCrunch, October 1-2
On 1st October 2019 at Moscow, Russia
Speaking for ESIC Business School in Valencia, Barcelona, and Madrid, October 6-19
On 6th October 2019 at
Oct 20-Nov 17 Talks for IE Business School, Spain
On 20th October 2019 at Madrid and various locations, Spain
Touro College
On 20th November 2019 at New York, New York
Kickoff keynote for the Science of Learning Conference, co-sponsored by Harvard, MIT, and the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, November 22-24
On 22nd November 2019 at Boston, Massachusetts
Sydney Grammar School
On 4th February 2020 at Sydney, Australia
Keynote on learning All-German Congress for Protestant Schools
On 24th September 2020 at Dresden, Germany
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.
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