In this session, Amy Valentine (Future of School), Sandra Softic (EDEN) and Allison Powell (Evergreen Education Group), members of some of the world's leading research institutions into education and online learning, discuss the state of online learning and the effect it's had on students, teachers and parents, how we can fully realise online learning's potential, and much more. 

Amy Valentine

Amy Valentine is the Chief Executive Officer and Education Evangelist of Future of School, a national public charity designed to support the growth of innovative school models integrating blended and online learning. Prior to guiding Future of School's incubation and launch, Amy managed a portfolio of Colorado schools where she led academic and operational turnaround strategy. She also previously served as executive director for a network of Nobel Learning Communities schools in California.


Allison Powell

Dr. Allison Powell is the former Vice President for State and District Services/New Learning Models of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL), which provides expertise and leadership in K-12 Blended, Online, and Competency-based Learning. Working at iNACOL, Allison helped write the National Standards for Quality and several other reports to expand and improve the field of K-12 online, blended and competency-based learning.

Sandra Softic

Assistant professor Sandra Softic is the Assistant Director at the University of Zagreb University Community Centre SRCE (Croatia). She is also the Head of the E-learning Centre at SRCE. She has over 25 years of experience working in higher education. Her work is focused on monitoring and fostering e-learning in Croatian higher education and providing support and advice to insititutions, teachers and students in the implementation of new technologies in learning and teaching. She is the president of the European Distance and E-learning Network EDEN UK, elected in 2019.

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