| Name | Institution or company | Category | Big idea |
|---|---|---|---|
| College of Southern Nevada Libraries | College of Southern Nevada | Libraries | Put library information online |
| John Boyer | Virginia Tech | Teaching | Transform the lecture |
| Don Kassner and Jarrod Morgan | ProctorU | Teaching | Use Webcams and screen-sharing to ensure integrity of online exams |
| Steve Gordon | Ohio Supercomputing Center | Teaching | Set up virtual schools to teach modeling and simulation to college students |
| Connexions | Connexions | Publishing, Teaching | Publish open-education resources |
| Paul LeBlanc | Southern New Hampshire University | Teaching | Make online education affordable for everyone |
| Aaron Doering | University of Minnesota | Teaching | Create “adventure learning” quests |
| Slaven Zivkovic | Springshare | Publishing | Connect students with library content |
| Adaptive Technology Lab | University of Toledo | Teaching | Make technology more accessible |
| Andrew Gossen | Cornell University | Student Life | Reach more alumni with technology |
| Nicholas Spooner | University of Sydney | Teaching | Educate in virtual worlds |
| ePravesh.com | ePravesh | Student Life | Put admissions systems online |
| Punya Mishra and Matt Koehler | Michigan State University | Teaching | Create a technical framework to understand the way technology, content, and pedagogy work together |
| Tristan Denley | Austin Peay State University | Student Life | Develop a Netflix for course recommendations |
| Tom Bruce | Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School | Legal | Start a legal-information institute |
| Jeanette Wing | Carnegie Mellon University | Software | Use “computational thinking” to transform learning |
| Campus Guide Mobile Platform | Dub Labs | Software | Integrate mobile devices into learning-management systems |
| Center for History and New Media | George Mason University | Libraries | Host collections online with omeka.net |
| Amanda Rockinson-Szapkiw | Liberty University | Software | Use Sharepoint to boost retention rate |
| Kenny Morrell | Rhodes College | Teaching | Bring small departments together to offer collaborative courses in Greek and Latin |
| Paige Krabill | Capella University | Software, Teaching | Use community software for specific disciplines |
| Rey Junco | Lock Haven University | Research | Study how social media impacts students’ psychological development |
| Matt Waite | University of Nebraska at Lincoln | Publishing | Develop PolitiFact Web site |
| Dennis Trinkle | KnowU | Software | Improve learning with a new social-media platform |
| Kognito Interactive | Kognito Interactive | Software | Build online simulations to help students suffering from psychological distress |
| Salman Khan | Khan Academy | Teaching | Use video tutorials and automatic grading to make education free |
| Peter Norvig | Research | Open free courses for everyone | |
| Sabastian Thrun | Stanford University | Research | Open free courses for everyone |
| Lance Tomei | University of Central Florida | Research | Improve institutional effectiveness with online assessment systems |
| Ronald Yaros | University of Maryland at College Park | Teaching | Transform journalism with mobile platforms |
| Melissa Jacoby | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Teaching | Use iPads to improve legal education |
| Preetha Ram | OpenStudy | Software | Share study materials online |
| SituCon Systems | SituCon Systems | Software | Protect student and staff privacy with safety technology |
| Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council | Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council | Software | Connect university data systems to lower costs |
| Larry Johnson | New Media Consortium | Teaching | Report on technology innovations in higher education |
| Academic Room | Academic Room | Software | Share academic material online |
| Mickey Levitan | Courseload | Publishing | Integrate e-textbooks into mainstream curricula |
| Scott McLeod | University of Kentucky | Teaching | Use technology to advance leadership in education |
| Andy Rundquist | Hamline University | Teaching | Change physics education with a “Global Physics Department” |
| Literati | Credo Reference | Software | Streamline research tools |
| Society of Architectural Historians | Society of Architectural Historians | Publishing | Transform humanities publishing with online tools |
| Mads Soegaard | Interaction-Design | Publishing, Research | Open education materials |
| UCosmic Consortium | UCosmic Consortium | Software | Map global university activities |
| Michael Saylor | Saylor Foundation | Teaching, Publishing | Free education for all |
| Flat World Knowledge | Flat World Knowledge | Publishing | Make e-textbooks better |
| Paul Courant | University of Michigan at Ann Arbor | Libraries, Publishing | Offer distributed library services |
| Committee on Institutional Cooperation | Committee on Institutional Cooperation | Teaching | Share expertise across institutions |
| University of New Mexico at Valencia | University of New Mexico at Valencia | Teaching | Make learning easier with classroom capture tools |
| BJ Fogg | Stanford University | Research, Teaching, Software | Design machines to change humans |
| Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Library | California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo | Libraries | Encourage student-centric collaboration |
| Knewton | Knewton | Software | Improve adaptive learning and analytics |
| Center for New Media Teaching and Learning | Columbia University | Software, Teaching | Many uses of technology |
| Ali Jafari | Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis | Software, Teaching | Improve learning through social networking with new tool called “coursenetworking” |
| GradesFirst | GradesFirst | Teaching | Improve academic advising and tutoring through technology |
| Purdue Academic Technologies Unit | Purdue University | Teaching, Software | Many tech innovations |
| Frank Lyman | MyEdu | Software, Student Life | Online platform for degree planning, credit management |
| Keith Koch | Capella University | Teaching | Create a learning community for adult students |
| ClassOwl | ClassOwl | Software | Make a student-built social academic platform |
| iversity | iversity | Software | Provide an open platform for courses and group collaboration |
| Department of New Media and Extended Learning | University of New Mexico at Albequerque | Teaching | Grow a fully online higher-education program |
| Phil Komarny | Seton Hill University | Teaching | Give iPads to everyone |
| Northern Michigan University | Northern Michigan University | Teaching | Deploy WiMAX technology to improve educational access in a rural areas |
| ScholarPRO | ScholarPRO | Software | Make it easier for students to find private scholarships |
| Saint Leo University | Saint Leo University | Teaching | Bring a Catholic liberal-arts college into online education in a big way |
| Pooja Sankar | Piazza | Software | Improve classroom engagement by helping students ask questions |
| John Jamison | ImagiLearning | Software | Create a new learning-management system |
| Coursekit | Coursekit | Software | Humanize large lectures |
| Center for Distance Learning | State University of New York Empire State College | Teaching | Change classroom learning with digital tools |
| Scholastica | Scholastica | Publishing | Open up academic publishing |
| Michael Staton | Inigral | Software | Improve enrollment with college-specific social networks |
| GoodSemester | GoodSemester | Software | Offer free interactive courses to everyone |
| Kim Brown | Syracuse University | Student Life | Engage alumni through online video |
| Eric Fortenberry | OrgSync | Software | Organize campus groups with online tools |
| Tim Stelzer | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Teaching | Transform physics lectures with interactive tools |
| Lodge McCammon | North Carolina State University | Teaching | Flip the classroom |
| Mobile Learning Initiative | Abilene Christian University | Teaching | Put the classroom on mobile devices |
| David Gerzof | Emerson College | Teaching | Transform classes with social media |
| Derrick Cogburn | Syracuse University, American University | Teaching | Create online tools fully accessible to students with disabilities |
| Andrew Whinston | University of Texas at Austin | Software | Make information systems more efficient |
| Michael Garver and Brian Roberts | Central Michigan University | Teaching | Use screencasting and podcasting to make lectures better |
| Carl Blyth | University of Texas at Austin | Teaching | Improve foreign-language learning with open education resources |
| PhET Project | University of Colorado at Boulder | Research | Build interactive simulations of scientific research |
| Tom Luxon | Dartmouth College | Teaching | Created the John Milton online reading room |
| Eric Mazur | Harvard University | Software, Teaching | Use classroom data to improve the lecture |
| Daphne Koller | Stanford University | Teaching | Open free courses to the world |
| Illah Nourbakhsh | Carnegie Mellon University | Teaching | Use robots to improve technology education |
| Matchbox | Matchbox | Software | Improve university recruitment with better software |
| Richard DeMillo | Georgia Institute of Technology | Teaching | Use “living laboratories” to drive innovation |
| Noran Moffett | Clark Atlanta University | Teaching | Use YouTube and Web tools to improve teaching |
| Philip Regier | Arizona State University | Teaching | Improve teaching through data |
| Electronic Village Online | TESOL Convention | Teaching | Give online professional development to English language instructors |
| Anthony Rotolo | Syracuse University | Teaching | Use Twitter to make classes better |
| William J. Ward | Syracuse University | Teaching | Use Twitter to improve marketing courses |
| Kaplan University | Kaplan University | Teaching | Use data to analyze learning outcomes |
| Concord Law School | Kaplan University | Teaching | Put peer evaluation online |
| Perry Samson | LectureTools | Software | Use tablets to make lectures better |
| Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction | Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction | Teaching | Put law-school lessons online |
| XLerant | XLerant | Software | Make academic budgeting easier |
| Michele DeStefano Beardslee and Michael Bossone | Law Without Walls | Teaching | Use the Web to improve legal education |
| Muzzy Lane | Muzzy Lane | Software | Make classes better with interactive games |
| MindMixer | MindMixer | Student Life | Virtual town halls make student life better |
| Andy Petroski | Harrisburg University of Science and Technology | Teaching | Help students learn using alternate-reality tools |
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