ReLearning Podcast
1) Introducing College Matters from The Chronicle
Everything happening in the world converges in one place: higher education. College Matters from The Chronicle, coming September 10.
2) 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 in this podcast, he emphasizes the value of bringing learning scientists togeth...Show More
Episode 17: If You Had $45 Billion, What Would You Do to Improve Education?
21:38 | Nov 30th, 2016
3) 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 interaction.
4) 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 FutureLearn, a spin-off of the British Open University. And traditional colleges ha...Show More
5) 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.
6) Episode 13: A Comedian and an Academic Walk Into a Podcast …
Shane Mauss, a stand-up comic who likes picking professors’ brains, has become an unlikely but engaging science educator.
7) 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 lives beyond the classroom.
Episode 12: You Don’t Know Your Students. This Professor Hopes to Change That.
26:19 | Aug 24th, 2016
8) 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.
9) 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 and instructional technology at Montclair State University.
10) 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 future of higher education intends to continue that trend.