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Barbara A. Oakley, PhD, PE

Ramon y Cajal Distinguished Scholar of Global Digital Learning, McMaster University; Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, Oakland University; Co-Author, Learn Like a Pro (2021), Uncommon Sense Teaching: Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn (2021), and Learning How to Learn (2018); Author, Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential (2017) and A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (2014)

Events

The Science of Teaching and Learning

The Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA or Virtually via Zoom  November 17-19, 2023

Keynote Address I: The Science of Learning: Building Memories and Effective Learners

The Science of Reading

INTERLEAVING: The Path to Reconciling the Math and Language Wars

Practical Insights From Neuroscience

Online Seminar  April 1, 2023-N/A

The Science of Teaching

The Fairmont, San Francisco, CA or Virtually via Zoom  February 18-20, 2022

Keynote Address III Option A

Rethinking Teaching: Lessons from the Science of Learning, Remote Learning, and COVID

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The Science of Teaching During a Pandemic

Virtual Conference  February 20, 2021

Learning How to Learn

The Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA  November 22-24, 2019

Keynote Address: Learning How to Learn: Helping Students Succeed in School

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The Science of Learning

Digging Deeper Into the Science of Learning

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