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!
Ivy Tech Community College-Northeast, Fort Wayne, Indiana, October 25-26
On 25th October 2017 at
Autodesk Leadership Summit (Oct 31 – Nov 2)
On 31st October 2017 at San Francisco, California, USA
University of São Paulo, Nov 13 – 14, 2017
On 13th November 2017 at São Paulo, Brazil
Opening Keynote, Colorado Association of School Boards Conference
On 2nd December 2017 at Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, CO
Texas A&M University at Qatar Feb 19-22, 2018
On 19th February 2018 at Doha, Qatar
Latin American Heads Conference, April 18th to 20th, 2018
On 18th April 2018 at Bogotá, Colombia
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University of Nebraska Distance Education Innovation in Pedagogy and Technology Symposium, Keynote, May 8th, 2018
On 8th May 2018 at Lincoln, Nebraska
Keynote and workshop, SUNY Conference on Instruction and Technology, May 23-24, 2018
On 23rd May 2018 at Buffalo, New York
SEA Homeschoolers Conference
On 7th July 2018 at Atlanta, Georgia
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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