Donald Clark
Keynote on the topic: Mind blowing technology in learning. There are some mind-blowing technologies that are only now becoming visible and ready for use in learning. Donald will look at AI (Artificial Intelligence), VR (Virtual Reality), AR (Augmented Reality and other technologies, always relating them back to real learning and learning theory. He will relate this to real examples and real companies doing real projects in the real world.
There are some mind-blowing technologies that are only now becoming visible and ready for use in learning. Donald will look at AI (Artificial Intelligence), VR (Virtual Reality), AR (Augmented Reality and other technologies, always relating them back to real learning and learning theory. He will relate this to real examples and real companies doing real projects in the real world.
Donald Clark is an EdTech entrepreneur. He was CEO and one of the original founders of Epic Group plc, which established itself as the leading company in the UK online learning market, floated on the Stock Market in 1996 and sold in 2005. As well as being the CEO of Wildfire Ltd. he also invests in, and advises, EdTech companies.
Describing himself as ‘free from the tyranny of employment’, he is a board member of Cogbooks, LearningPool, WildFire and Deputy Chair of Brighton Dome & Arts Festival. He is also a Visiting Professor and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).
He has worked in schools, vocational, higher, corporate and adult learning, delivering real projects to real learners. These include change management, strategy, tool selection, content design and build.
Donald has over 30 years experience in online learning, games, simulations, semantic, adaptive, social media, mobile learning, virtual reality and AI projects. He has designed, delivered and advised on online learning for many global, public and private organisations. He is an evangelist for the use of technology in learning and has won many awards, including the first ‘Outstanding Achievement in E-learning Award’ and ‘Best AIM Stock Market Company’.
An award winning speaker at national and international conferences, he has delivered keynotes in Europe. US, Africa, Australia, Middle and Far East.
…… also a regular (and controversial) blogger (10 years+) on learning technology, his iconoclastic pieces on learning theory, MOOCs, VR, AI, Robinson, Mitra and others, attracted lots of attention. His series on learning theorists is a valuable open resource.
