Christopher J. Dede is Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at Harvard Graduate School of Education, USA, where he served as Chair of the Learning and Teaching Department.

John Richards is Lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education, USA, and President of Consulting Services for Education, Inc. (CS4Ed). He has served as President of the JASON Foundation for Education and Senior Vice President and General Manager of Turner Learning, Inc.

1. Introduction: Reconceptualizing Higher Education and Lifelong Learning in the Era of the Synergistic Digital Economy

Chris Dede

2. Education, Age, and the Machine

Andrew Scott

3. Are We Ready for the Jobs That the Digital Economy Will Offer to Us?

Michel Servoz

4. Employing the 60-Year Curriculum as a Strategic Approach

Ann M. Brewer

5. Creating the Next in Higher Education at Georgia Tech

Stephen W. Harmon and Nelson C. Baker

6. Known for Whom We Include: Designing Models for Lifelong Education at Arizona State University

Punya Mishra and Jacqueline Smith

7. Market-Driven Education: The Imperative for Responsive Design and Application

Jason Wingard and Christine Farrugia

8. The Role and Potential of University-Based Executive Education and Professional Development Programs in the 60-Year Curriculum: A Case Example of an Intensive Residential Program for Higher Education Leaders

James P. Honan

9. Implementing 60YC Learning at the Harvard Division of Continuing Education

Huntington D. Lambert and Henry H. Leitner

10. Assessment of the Current State of the 60YC and Research Agenda for the Future

John Richards