ReLearning Podcast-logo

ReLearning Podcast

Educational

The education landscape is changing. On The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Re:Learning podcast, you’ll meet the renegade teachers, ed-tech entrepreneurs, longtime educators, and others shaping the future of college.

Location:

Washington, DC

Description:

The education landscape is changing. On The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Re:Learning podcast, you’ll meet the renegade teachers, ed-tech entrepreneurs, longtime educators, and others shaping the future of college.

Language:

English


Episodes

Episode 17: If You Had $45 Billion, What Would You Do to Improve Education?

11/30/2016
Jim Shelton, now heading up the education portfolio at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, isn’t giving any details yet. But in this podcast, he emphasizes the value of bringing learning scientists together with educators to improve learning and increase equality.

Duration:00:21:38

Episode 16: A Higher-Education Rebel With a Cause

10/19/2016
Sarah Short, who has taught some 44,000 students over a half-century at Syracuse U., wants to see more classroom interaction.

Duration:00:09:16

Episode 15: Online Education Is Now a Global Market

10/5/2016
MOOCs may have been overhyped, but their impact is far from over, says Simon Nelson, of the online-learning provider FutureLearn, a spin-off of the British Open University. And traditional colleges have a huge opportunity if they’re just willing to think a little differently.

Duration:00:13:32

Episode 14: How Colleges Should Adapt for a Networked Age

9/21/2016
Author Joshua Cooper Ramo points to a shift in attitudes toward college -- and authority figures in general.

Duration:00:14:50

Episode 13: A Comedian and an Academic Walk Into a Podcast …

9/7/2016
Shane Mauss, a stand-up comic who likes picking professors’ brains, has become an unlikely but engaging science educator.

Duration:00:13:26

Episode 12: You Don’t Know Your Students. This Professor Hopes to Change That.

8/24/2016
Michael Wesch, an associate professor of anthropology at Kansas State, joins his students for an unusual tour of their lives beyond the classroom.

Duration:00:26:19

Episode 11: Are MOOCs Forever?

7/14/2016
Coursera’s Daphne Koller discusses plans for the future of a format that some thought would never last this long.

Duration:00:14:19

Episode 10: Remember Second Life? Its Fans Hope to Bring VR Back to the Classroom

6/1/2016
Evolving virtual-reality technology holds great promise for higher education, argues A.J. Kelton, director of emerging and instructional technology at Montclair State University.

Duration:00:14:37

Episode 9: Why Georgetown's Randy Bass Wants to 'Rebundle' College

5/25/2016
Believe it or not, he says, traditional institutions have a long history of innovation. His university's project on the future of higher education intends to continue that trend.

Duration:00:12:04

Episode 8: Why Audrey Watters Thinks Tech Is a Trojan Horse Set to ‘Dismantle’ the Academy

5/18/2016
A prominent critic of education technology has a new podcast, where she deconstructs what she calls the “Silicon Valley narrative.”

Duration:00:13:40

Episode 7: Carol Dweck Says Theory of Educational Mind-Set Is Often Misunderstood

5/11/2016
The Stanford professor responds to critics and shares some of her latest ideas about how to help students push forward when they have setbacks.

Duration:00:11:19

Episode 6: This Mongolian Teenager Aced a MOOC. Now He Wants to Widen Their Impact.

5/4/2016
Battushig Myanganbayar enrolled at MIT after crushing one of its first massive open online courses. And he has some ideas about how they could make a real difference in the developing world.

Duration:00:09:26

Episode 5: Dissecting One (Extremely Boring) College Lecture

4/27/2016
Three teaching experts offer color commentary on a classroom scene, and discuss the pros and cons of this enduring teaching format.

Duration:00:10:50

Episode 4: Why This MIT Dean Is Leaving Her Job to Start a New Kind of University

4/20/2016
Christine Ortiz explains how her radical project was sparked by interdisciplinary body-armor research and some time spent on a technology-free retreat.

Duration:00:11:19

Episode 3: Tyler Cowen Says Online Professors Should Think Like Bloggers

4/13/2016
The economics blogger and George Mason University professor says the distinction between universities and non-university educators is “crumbling.” Just look at his Marginal Revolution University.

Duration:00:11:28

Episode 2: Google’s ‘Education Evangelist’ Says Students Are Changing Faster Than Colleges

4/6/2016
Jaime Casap represents one of the country’s most powerful tech companies. He’s also a voice for minority students from poor families.

Duration:00:13:12

Episode 1: How Sal Khan Hopes to Remake Education

3/29/2016
Khan Academy has become a force. Its founder, Salman Khan, talks about his vision for the future, and what he thinks the college of tomorrow should look like.

Duration:00:13:50