Chad Kainz

Principal Strategist, Strategy & Transformation Services Blackboard Inc.

With over two decades of higher education experience, Chad specializes in strategy, design, planning, and change management across educational technology ecosystems, digital learning, learning spaces, BYOD/mobile and IT systems and services.

Prior to Blackboard, he served as Asst. CIO and Exec. Director for Campus & Academic Services at the Univ. of Chicago; vice-chair of IEEE 1484 Learning Technology Standards Committee; co-PI and co-director of Project Bamboo, a global cyberinfrastructure planning initiative; and a subject matter consultant to DEGW (AECOM) on master planning work for the Univ. of Virginia, UNC-Chapel Hill, NCSU, Univ. of Indianapolis, SUNY Buffalo, UMass-Amherst, Robert Gordon Univ., and the British Library.

Chad served on HLC and medical school (LCME) reaccreditation self-study teams, and chaired the external review of the Center for Instructional Technology at Duke. He has contributed to research and education projects funded by IBM, National Library of Medicine, and the Mellon Foundation; and collaborative efforts of the Ivy League, Big-10, CNI, CSG, NITLE, EDUCAUSE, and Internet2.

Day Two: Nurturing an Empowered & Driven Public Service

1:45 PM Workshop: Capturing the Opportunity for Hybrid & Online Learning

The learning needs and expectations of today’s workforce have changed. Face-to-face, location-based training is being augmented or replaced by online and hybrid options that provide employees with learning pathways that better fit work schedules, job requirements, and career goals. This workshop will surface ways to capture opportunities to frame, introduce and/or expand hybrid and online learning into training and staff development efforts that move beyond individual courses and toward more holistic employee development that includes elements of competency-based education and career-long learning.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Chad.

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