Episode 17: If You Had $45 Billion, What Would You Do to Improve Education?
Episode 17: If You Had $45 Billion, What Would You Do to Improve Education?
Jim Shelton, now heading up the education portfolio at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, isn’t giving any details yet. But... Read more
30 Nov 2016
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21mins
Episode 16: A Higher-Education Rebel With a Cause
Episode 16: A Higher-Education Rebel With a Cause
Sarah Short, who has taught some 44,000 students over a half-century at Syracuse U., wants to see more classroom interac... Read more
19 Oct 2016
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9mins
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Episode 15: Online Education Is Now a Global Market
Episode 15: Online Education Is Now a Global Market
MOOCs may have been overhyped, but their impact is far from over, says Simon Nelson, of the online-learning provider Fut... Read more
5 Oct 2016
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13mins
Episode 14: How Colleges Should Adapt for a Networked Age
Episode 14: How Colleges Should Adapt for a Networked Age
Author Joshua Cooper Ramo points to a shift in attitudes toward college -- and authority figures in general.
21 Sep 2016
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14mins
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Shane Mauss, a stand-up comic who likes picking professors’ brains, has become an unlikely but engaging science educator... Read more
7 Sep 2016
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Episode 12: You Don’t Know Your Students. This Professor Hopes to Change That.
Episode 12: You Don’t Know Your Students. This Professor Hopes to Change That.
Michael Wesch, an associate professor of anthropology at Kansas State, joins his students for an unusual tour of their l... Read more
24 Aug 2016
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Episode 11: Are MOOCs Forever?
Episode 11: Are MOOCs Forever?
Coursera’s Daphne Koller discusses plans for the future of a format that some thought would never last this long.
14 Jul 2016
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Episode 10: Remember Second Life? Its Fans Hope to Bring VR Back to the Classroom
Episode 10: Remember Second Life? Its Fans Hope to Bring VR Back to the Classroom
Evolving virtual-reality technology holds great promise for higher education, argues A.J. Kelton, director of emerging a... Read more
1 Jun 2016
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14mins
Episode 9: Why Georgetown's Randy Bass Wants to 'Rebundle' College
Episode 9: Why Georgetown's Randy Bass Wants to 'Rebundle' College
Believe it or not, he says, traditional institutions have a long history of innovation. His university's project on the ... Read more
25 May 2016
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12mins
Episode 8: Why Audrey Watters Thinks Tech Is a Trojan Horse Set to ‘Dismantle’ the Academy
Episode 8: Why Audrey Watters Thinks Tech Is a Trojan Horse Set to ‘Dismantle’ the Academy
A prominent critic of education technology has a new podcast, where she deconstructs what she calls the “Silicon Valley ... Read more
18 May 2016
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13mins
