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After COVID-19: What’s Next for Online Learning? A worldwide address by John Baker, President and CEO, D2L

Monday, March 22, 2021
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (Eastern Time)

What’s Next for Online Learning, Contact North | Contact Nord’s signature webinar series on the future of online learning, is proud to welcome as its inaugural speaker John Baker, the president and CEO of D2L.

With his unique perspective and insights on post-secondary education and corporate learning, Baker’s worldwide address on Monday March 22, 2021 is of particular interest to faculty, instructors, academic administrators, leading designers, Ed Tech specialists, policy-makers and funders around the world.

Having founded the global software company in 1999 while he was still a student at the University of Waterloo, Baker has a rare ability to challenge and encourage those in the education space to think differently and reach higher.

His address covers several key trends, including:

  • What the pandemic has revealed about teaching and learning online
  • The latest — both good and bad — across the EdTech sector  
  • The innovations we can expect to see the coming years
  • What the post-pandemic online learning landscape looks like for schools, colleges and universities

Key takeaways

  • Insights into what worked well and hasn’t worked well in remote teaching during the pandemic
  • Likely developments that will have significant impact on learning in both the short and long term
  • Major areas of concern, including cybersecurity, privacy and inequality of access to appropriate bandwidth and technologies

What’s Next features a select group of CEOs sharing their vision of learning in a post-pandemic world.

Host:

John Baker
President & CEO, D2L

John Baker founded D2L in 1999 while he was still a student at the University of Waterloo. D2L is a global software company that believes learning is the foundation upon which all progress and achievement rests.

Now D2L is one of the world leading providers of learning management systems and supports with its Brightspace platform. It is currently among the leading choices for a LMS with colleges, universities and school districts in many parts of the world.

To stay as a significant player in a fast-changing market, John Baker has to understand not only what teachers and their students need from his platform right now, but also what they will need next. Investing in the next technology, the next feature and maintaining a strong connection with users has been key to the growth of D2L.

He was appointed to the Governing Council of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Member (Entrepreneurs’ Circle) of the Business Council of Canada, Business Higher Education Roundtable, Past Chair of the Board of Communitech, and is a board member of Canada’s National Ballet School.

John was awarded the Meritorious Service Cross, the EY Entrepreneur of the Year (Ontario for Software and Technology), Young Alumni Achievement Medal from University of Waterloo, and Intrepid Entrepreneur of the Year in Waterloo Region Hall of Fame.