The Australian Council for Computers in Education Conference ACCE 2016 will be held in Brisbane from the 29th of September to the 2nd of October.
Samantha Adams Becker will be the Speaker at the Conference Dinner.
Samantha is the lead writer and researcher for the NMC Horizon Report series, which analyzes emerging technology uptake in various education sectors across the globe. The series garners an annual readership that is approaching five million people.
She travels the world presenting the findings of these publications in keynote addresses, and one of her most humbling speaking engagements was presenting on a NASA panel.
Samantha has an expertise in digital communications, with a special interest in social media and online learning.
In 2013, she taught the first online course ever to exclusively take place in Facebook, which was geared towards training education professionals to integrate social media into their teaching practices.
At the NMC, Samantha has managed or consulted on educational technology-focused projects for National Geographic, HP, Apple, and the Gates Foundation.Previous to the NMC, Samantha facilitated the digitization of books and periodicals for several of the world’s largest publishers and was the managing editor of a lifestyle magazine.
In her free time, she is earning a graduate professional certificate in nonprofit management at Harvard University.
Register for ACCE 2016 and book your ticket to the Conference Dinner at http://www.aomevents.com/