This year’s #EdCrunch is the event’s 5th anniversary in Moscow. The main topic is “Data that transform”, and the conference will be devoted to modern research and practical solutions in the field of big data in education. Every angle of the issue will be discussed, from methods of collecting and analyzing educational statistics to the use of blockchain technologies and artificial intelligence in the educational process.
#EdCrunch-2018’s guests will learn more during the specialized tracks, which cover more than 15 areas in the field of education, including: “Children and Technologies”, “Digital University”, “New Technologies and Analytics in Corporate Training”, and “EdCrunch Startups: Sales and Marketing”. Guests will also have the opportunity to attend the EdTech Alley, an exhibition of technologies and technological solutions in the educational sphere. More than 300 international and Russian speakers — world-renowned specialists in the fields of online learning, educational analytics, school and preschool pedagogy, corporate education, HR, and educational IT solutions — will give speeches during the event.
Speakers include:
- Josh Bersin, Founder & Principal at Bersin by Deloitte, USA;
- Anthony Salcito, Vice President of Worldwide Education at Miscrosoft, USA;
- Yu-Kai Chou, World-renowned Expert of gamification in education and the Creator of the Octalysis Framework, USA;
- Philip Regier, University Dean for Educational Initiatives and CEO of EdPlus at Arizona State University, USA;
- Yigal Rosen, Senior Research Scientist at the Harvard University’s Advanced Teaching Institute.
EdHack, a competition between developers of software prototypes in the field of education, and EdCrunch Award, an international contest of massive open online courses, will be held before the main #EdCrunch-2018 event.
#EdCrunch-2018 is being held as part of the implementation of the “Modern Digital Educational Environment in the Russian Federation” priority project. The 5th annual International Conference in the Field of New Educational Technologies, #EdCrunch-2018 will be held by NUST MISIS and the University of NTI “20.35” with the support of the Ministry of Science & Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Rybakov Fund, the HSE Institute of Education, Arizona State University, and the global edtech platform HolonIQ.