Melissa Loble, Chief Academic Officer

Melissa Loble

Chief Academic Officer

As Instructure’s Chief Academic Officer, Melissa is a champion for crucial customer-focused topics like data usage and privacy—and it’s her personal mission to drive innovation in our customer experience and enable customers to leverage our solutions in engaging and effective learning environments. Melissa has spent 20 years in educational technology working for a number of technology suppliers and educational institutions, as well as teaching leadership courses on managing technology for educational change. She has a master’s degree in educational policy from Teachers College, Columbia University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

More From Melissa Loble

Nov 08, 2023
Instructure Community is Two Million Strong!
As of November 8, 2023, the Instructure Community is Two Million Strong!  The Instructure Community was one of the top reasons I joined Instructure nearly a decade ago. This engaged, brilliant, kind, and giving online global community of teachers, administrators, and even students, forever has my heart. It started small and was initially focused on empowering Canvas users to share knowledge and stay informed about product advancements. As Canvas expanded and the Instructure Learning Platform Read More...
Nov 01, 2023
Instructure is Aligned with the White House’s Executive Order on AI
At Instructure, we’re committed to using technology to empower teachers to do what they do best: teach. Over the past year, we’ve worked alongside the White House and other industry leaders to advise and inform the implementation of guidelines on how tools leveraging the powerful technology of generative AI should be used in the classroom. So when the White House issued its Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence earlier this week, we were pleased to see that Read More...
Oct 30, 2023
Instructure Welcomes Parchment to the Family!
We’re so excited about what adding Parchment to the Instructure Learning Platform means for educators and learners! Making Learning Transitions Seamless As I meet with our customers, many talk about the challenge of creating a smoother transition for students as they move from K-12 to higher education, within different higher education institutions, and even from higher education to the workforce. These transition points can be a really challenging time for students. In fact, in 2020, more Read More...
Oct 04, 2023
AI & Gamification: Unpacking the Student Perspective
I am very excited to share with you this first investigation into key academic topics in my expanded role as Chief Academic Officer at Instructure. Many of you know me as our Chief Customer Experience Officer, where I lead all customer success, services, and support interactions you have in partnership with us. That said, I was recently invited by our CEO to also lead our academic strategy. This is particularly exciting for me as I have spent my entire career focused on the teaching and Read More...
May 08, 2023
A Message of Gratitude and Support for Teachers During Teacher Appreciation Week
Hello Teachers! As part of this very important week, I want to celebrate YOU. Each and everyone one of you is guiding lives, driving positive social change, and shaping our world’s future through the incredibly important work you do. I love listening to your stories, finding ways to help you have the space to do the rewording work you do, and raising awareness of the challenges you face day to day. I learn and grow from what you share, ultimately making my own teaching practice that much Read More...
Feb 14, 2023
ChatGPT in Education: Today, Tomorrow, & Looking Ahead
As we have all noticed, AI tools such as ChatGPT have arrived in global learning. In fact, they have been here a while, but their most immediate and present use has been illuminated by the loud arrival of ChatGPT (and Google’s Bard in real-time). Since the new year, many of you have asked, “What does Instructure think about ChatGPT?” We have been thinking about this complex topic a lot. Here is our take:  In short, ChatGPT has the potential to revolutionize the way we approach education by Read More...

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