Dale Johnson

Biography

Dale P. Johnson is the senior director of digital innovation in the University Design Institute at Arizona State University.  He works with university leaders all over the world to develop and implement digital solutions to their local challenges.  Those efforts have earned him the 2016 Sally M. Johnstone Award from WCET recognizing his thought leadership, excellence in practice, and demonstrated leadership capabilities.  In 2018, he was also honored by the IMS Global Learning Consortium with an outstanding service award for his leadership of the adaptive courseware community of practice.

Mr. Johnson has spoken on the topic of digital innovation in higher education at more than 40 conferences in Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America, and led workshops on the subject at numerous universities.

He has a bachelor of science in design degree from ASU and a master in public policy degree from Harvard University, a learning path that combined his interests in design, engineering and education.  In his spare time, he enjoys traveling and building things. He’s traveled to more than 50 countries, studied in Barcelona for a year as a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar, and built his own solar home in Phoenix.

EDUCAUSE Publications

  • Opening the Black Box of Adaptivity
    • Blog
    • Author

    The mystique surrounding adaptive learning systems is a double-edged sword: it has catapulted them into the center of many debates about the future of higher education. Yet neither hype nor hysteria are helpful during this critical phase of development in this nascent industry.

  • 7 Things You Should Know About Adaptive Learning
    • Briefs, Case Studies, Papers, Reports
    • Contributor

    Adaptive learning is one technique for providing personalized learning, which aims to provide efficient, effective, and customized learning paths to engage each student. Adaptive learning systems use a data-driven approach to adjust the path and pace of learning, enabling the delivery of personalized learning at scale. Adaptive systems can support changes in the role of faculty, enable innovative teaching practices, and incorporate a variety of content formats to support students according to their learning needs.

See All Publications by Dale Johnson

EDUCAUSE Presentations

See All Presentations by Dale Johnson

Membership with EDUCAUSE

Status: Yes, current member

EDUCAUSE Involvement

  • Leading Academic Transformation (LAT) Advisory Committee
    • Member: 2018 - 2019
  • EDUCAUSE Annual Conference Program Committee
    • Member: 2017 - 2018