Biography

Dr. Paul Kim is an advisor to Chegg and the former Associate Dean and Chief Technology Officer of the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University, where he spent 24 years teaching learning technology design, pioneering mobile learning innovations for marginalized communities worldwide, launching the Entrepreneur in Residence Program, and creating a learning innovation design challenge program for Stanford students.

He currently serves as the Chair of the International Expert Committee on Education Technology at World Bank. In this role, his first assignment involved evaluating a range of cutting-edge educational technology solutions for national-level implementations in developing regions. Dr. Kim is also involved in various international learning technology and entrepreneurship initiatives, such as designing future learning R&D labs focused on smart farming, VR/AI, biotech and health sciences, and aerospace/drone mobility in Asia. He is also serving as the Director for Center of Future Education for BIEG, China.

Previously, Dr. Kim has advised organizations such as the Asia Development Bank, the National Science Foundation, and numerous education innovation committees in countries including Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E., Oman, Vietnam, and South Korea. He is the founder of Seeds of Empowerment, a non-profit global development organization whose educational projects, including 1001 Stories and SMILE (Stanford Mobile Inquiry-based Learning Environment), have received numerous recognitions and awards from international organizations such as the United Nations. His published works include MOOC Revolution, Coaching, not Teaching, Culture Engineering, and New Equilibrium.