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Higher education leaders are increasingly charged with leading innovation efforts for their universities and systems. The rapidly evolving landscape has given rise to specialized roles—from Chief Digital Transformation Officers to Vice Provosts and Chancellors for Academic Innovation.
But how are these titles and the individuals behind them designing structures that advance innovation toward student success and steer their institutions through unprecedented technological changes? What are these leaders actually responsible for, and how have their portfolios evolved? What barriers do the individuals in these roles face?
Join us for an exclusive webinar featuring prominent higher education leaders and the creators of the Leading Academic Change National Survey 2.0 to gather fresh insights that will advance academic innovation leadership across universities.
Quantum Thinking and University of Michigan’s Center for Academic Innovation (CAI) banded together along with a committee of academic leaders to design the Leading Academic Change National Survey 2.0, which was launched in January of 2024. The upcoming survey findings are poised to shape and inform the development of leadership models, resilient support structures, and innovative approaches to improve student success on an institutional and national level.
In this webinar, we will share with participants the early results of the survey findings.
Class has proudly been a Platinum sponsor of the LAC 2.0 National Survey and is the sponsor of this webinar.
Tuesday, June 25 | 2PM ET
Meeting New Expectations with Innovative Leadership
Panelists
Melissa Vito, Ed.D.
Vice Provost, Academic Innovation at The University of Texas at San Antonio
Melissa Vito has over 35 years of experience in public higher education. She is recognized for her relentlessly future-focused, energetic leadership and her ability to mentor others and build highly functional teams. As Vice Provost for Academic Innovation at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), Melissa has transformed teaching and learning at UTSA, grown an infrastructure for fully online programs and created dynamic learning environments that prepare students to thrive in a world where digital fluency is required.
She led the reorganization that brought together the areas of Teaching, Learning and Digital Transformation focused on modality-agnostic innovative teaching and learning. Most recently, UTSA has been recognized for its groundbreaking early work in incorporating Generative AI into the curriculum, developing faculty learning networks and supporting both faculty and student innovation utilizing this tool.
Cait Hayward, Ph.D.
Director, Research & Analytics at The Center for Academic Innovation, University of Michigan
Dr. Cait Hayward manages the research and analytics portfolio at the University of Michigan Center for Academic Innovation, with a focus on ensuring that the center's projects are taking advantage of the vast amount of data available to inform design, iteration and prioritization. In her role, she manages the data science, user experience research and educational research teams, and provides data analysis, research design, and creative problem-solving to initiatives at all stages across Academic Innovation.
Prior to her role at the Center for Academic Innovation, Cait co-founded and led the development of the GradeCraft platform. In parallel to developing GradeCraft, she completed her Ph.D. in Information Science, with a focus on learning analytics, the theoretical foundations of gameful pedagogy and novel educational technologies.
Anne Keough Keehn
CEO & Founder at Quantum Thinking
Anne Keough Keehn is an education and industry growth leader and the founder of Quantum Thinking, where she advises higher education leaders globally. Her passion and proven track record focus on enhancing student success, teaching, learning, faculty support, research and administration to help more students achieve their dreams. She currently serves as the Co-Principal Investigator for the Leading Academic Change National Survey 2.0.
With over 30 years of experience, Keehn has been recognized as a visionary and accomplished executive in scaling technology initiatives, programs and businesses. Her cross-sector experience spans education technology, teaching and learning innovation, and research for higher education, K-12 and corporate learning. Throughout her career, Keehn has held several leadership positions. Most recently, she was the Global Education Lead for Zoom, where she helped design the Zoom Summer Academy that reached thousands of educators during the pandemic.
Moderator
Edward Maloney, Ph.D.
Executive Director at The Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS), Georgetown University
Edward Maloney is the Executive Director of The Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS) and a Professor and Founding Director of the Program in Learning, Design and Technology. With over 30 years of experience in the teaching and innovation field, he works to help to define Georgetown’s strategy to advance teaching and learning practices, including developing innovative approaches to technology-enhanced learning, learning analytics and inclusive pedagogy.
He is the author of two books, Learning Innovation and the Future of Higher Education (Johns Hopkins UP, February 2020) and The Low-Density University: 15 Scenarios for Higher Education (Johns Hopkins UP, August 2020), both with Josh Kim. His third book, Recentering Learning (with Maggie Debelius and Josh Kim) will be released in fall 2024.
Adam Croom
Senior Vice President of Academic Innovation at The University of Oklahoma
Adam Croom is the Senior Vice President of Academic Innovation for OU Education Services. Previously, Adam was on faculty in Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Director of the Office of Digital Learning at the University of Oklahoma. He holds an undergraduate degree from the OU and completed his graduate studies at Pepperdine University. In 2012, he founded TEDxOU, an independently organized TED event. In 2013, he received a Journal Record Innovator of the Year award and, more recently, was voted by the students as Gaylord College Teacher of Year.
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