Candace Thille Podcast - Recorded Feb 15, 2019
Channel: Open edX
Date: 2019-03-07

Our guest today is Candace Thille. You will get the opportunity to see her in action at the upcoming Open edX Conference, hosted by the UC San Diego, March 26 - 29 - https://con.openedx.org/ 

Register now at https://openedx2019.eventbrite.com/ 

Candace is currently -

   - Director of Learning Science and Engineering, Amazon.com, Inc.

   - Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education, and Senior Research Fellow, Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University

   - Affiliate Faculty, Stanford Neurosciences Interdepartmental Program

  - Director, Stanford University Open Learning Initiative

  - Co-Director, Stanford Lytics Lab

 
Candace Thille focuses on applying the results from research in the science of learning to the design and evaluation of open web-based learning environments. Candace was the Founding Director of Carnegie Mellon University’s Open Learning Initiative. Candace serves as a fellow of International Society for Design and Development in Education; on the technical advisory committee for the Association of American Universities STEM initiative; on the Steering committee for ACM L@S conference, on the Advisory Council for The California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research California Education Learning Lab, and on the advisory council for the National Science Foundation Directorate for Education and Human Resources. She served on the U.S. Department of Education working groups, co-authoring the 2010 and 2015 National Education Technology Plans and on a working group of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) to write the “Engage to Excel” report for the Obama Administration on improving STEM in higher education.