
Wed, April 15th, 2026
Sahar Kilani
Sahar Kilani is an Academic Consultant and K–12 Curriculum Specialist with over 18 years of experience in education, spanning diverse roles across international school settings and global education organizations. She works with McGraw Hill Education, supporting schools and educators in the effective implementation of high-quality instructional programs aligned to IB PYP/MYP, Common Core, NGSS, and national curricula. Her expertise includes curriculum design and alignment, inquiry-based learning, differentiation, assessment literacy, and personalized and adaptive learning.
Throughout her career, Sahar has served in multiple capacities; including teaching, academic leadership, curriculum development, and professional development; giving her a deep, practical understanding of classroom realities and system-level improvement. She is known for translating educational research into actionable, classroom-ready strategies that empower teachers and school leaders, and for her collaborative, detail-oriented approach to building engaging, student-centered learning environments that drive sustained academic excellence.

Dale P. Johnson is the director of digital innovation for the University Design Institute at Arizona State University. He works with university leaders to develop and implement digital solutions to enable student success. 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 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 30 conferences in the USA, Rwanda, Brazil, South Korea, Singapore, Germany, Mexico, Russia, Norway, Kazakhstan, Portugal, and Vietnam, 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.

Dale P. Johnson is the director of digital innovation for the University Design Institute at Arizona State University. He works with university leaders to develop and implement digital solutions to enable student success. 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 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 30 conferences in the USA, Rwanda, Brazil, South Korea, Singapore, Germany, Mexico, Russia, Norway, Kazakhstan, Portugal, and Vietnam, 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.

Dale P. Johnson is the director of digital innovation for the University Design Institute at Arizona State University. He works with university leaders to develop and implement digital solutions to enable student success. 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 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 30 conferences in the USA, Rwanda, Brazil, South Korea, Singapore, Germany, Mexico, Russia, Norway, Kazakhstan, Portugal, and Vietnam, 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.