Dr. Marie Hubley Alcock, President & CEO, LSA

DR. MARIE HUBLEY ALCOCK

Marie Hubley Alcock, Ph.D., is a futurist educator and visionary force behind LSA’s remarkable team of expert consultants and learning leaders.  For more than 25 years, Dr. Alcock has worked in every type of learning and teaching configuration, both domestically and internationally. She is a world-renowned consultant, advisor and author of numerous books and articles in education, technology, change theory, gaming and AI, among other leading edge topics facing educators today. In education, her specialties include contemporary curriculum design, meaningful assessment practices, questing and engaging instructional practices, the future of education systems and policy, game design in the classroom, virtual interdependent thinking in humans, standards-based practices, and educational technology.

More About Dr. Alcock

Dr. Alcock is also a successful educational entrepreneur, founding, co-founding, and running several educational companies and non-profit organizations in addition to Learning Systems Associates including Tomorrow’s Education Network, a non-profit dedicated to promoting classical and contemporary literacy development among students. 

She is an advocate for engaged learning and joyful teaching, believing these are not only possible but worthy pursuits.

Key Publications

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Dr. Marie Hubley Alcock’s and other experts in LSA’s team have co-authored these publications:
  • Co-author with Dr. Cathy Olliver-Owens et al. of the book,School Solutions from Educators Who Know What to Do , published October 2021.
    • Co‐author with Allison Zmuda and Michael Fisher, of the book,The Quest for Learning: How to Maximize Student Engagement published by Solution Tree in Oct. 2017.
    • Co-author with Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs, of: Bold Moves for Schools, How We Create Remarkable Learning Environments published by ASCD in Feb. 2017.
    • Co-author with Dr. Bena Kallick, A Virtual Continuum for Thinking Interdependentlyin Costa, A and O’Leary, P (Eds.) The Power of the Social Brain: Teaching, Learning and Using Interdependent Thinking, published by Teachers College Press in 2013.
    • Co-author with Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Dr. Debbie Sullivan, and Dr. Ann Johnson, of the Live Planner Book, Mapping to the CORE: Integrating the Common Core Standards with Your Local School Curriculum, published by School Improvement Network in 2012.
Additional publications include
  • Gaming in the Classroom
  • Classroom Websites, co‐authored with Bill Sheskey in Jacobs, H (Eds.)Mastering Digital Literacy, (Solution Tree, 2013)
Dr. Alcock has also written a numerous papers and articles about student mobility, innovative models of education, curriculum mapping, gaming in education, leadership, learning spaces, and organizational change.