Disrupting Class, How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns

Dec. 3, 2008
Kellogg Center , MSU, East Lansing

“At long last, we can see a path toward the change we've been seeking desperately in our schools. Virtual learning presents a promising path to move toward a student-centric learning system — one that will motivate students to maximize their human potential and realize their most daring dreams.” (Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn, The Huffington Post, August 2008)

This year’s MVU Symposium features Michael B. Horn, co-author of Disrupting Class, How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns (along with Clayton M. Christensen and Curtis W. Johnson), a book that’s been described as a must read for anyone thinking and worrying about where education should be headed.

Disrupting Class predicts that the growth in online learning will accelerate swiftly until, by 2019, half of all high school classes in the U.S. will be taught online.

As our second featured speaker, internationally-known educator Dr. Warren Buckleitner, founder of Children’s Technology Review and frequent contributor to The New York Times Circuits page and to Parents and Scholastic Parent & Child magazines, will present “Predicting the Future of Educational Technology.” Dr. Buckleitner will address the question “What does technology mean for the business of education?”

I believe our speakers and breakout sessions will challenge your thinking and provide you with a look at how “disruptive innovation” and online learning will impact education now and in the future. Session topics include online teaching training, a look at online learning from a national research perspective and more.

Registering for the symposium now at www.mivu.org/symposium.