educational outcomes

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Teach Your Kids: LinkedIn | Website | X | Instagram | Substack | Facebook | TikTok

Manisha: LinkedIn | X | Instagram | Facebook

Lesley Grossblatt: LinkedIn | Medium | X

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Sparking Independent Learning with Strewing | Modulo - Lesley Grossblatt

Teach Your Kids Podcast Episodes

• Raising Gifted Learners With Megan Cannella: Insights From a Gifted Learning Specialist About Identifying and Supporting Gifted Kids
• Dr. Gordon Neufeld on Redefining Parental Power & Connection
• But what about socialization?

Teach Your Kids Blog Posts

• But what about childcare? - Teach Your Kids

Books and Articles

• Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life - Peter Gray
• Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers - Gordon Neufeld, Gabor Maté MD
• The Gifted Kids' Survival Guide: For Ages 10 & Under - Judy Galbraith M.A.
• The Gifted Teen Survival Guide: Smart, Sharp, and Ready for (Almost) Anything  - Judy Galbraith M.A.

Unschooling Podcasts and Websites 

• The Exploring Unschooling Podcast
• Unschooling Mom2Mom
  • Strewing Calendar
• Unschooling School

Online Classes

• CreativeLive
• MasterClass
• Khan Academy 

Related Resources

• Homeschool Association of California
• Sudbury school - Wikipedia

What Are You Learning?

• Young Storytellers

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Time Codes

00:00:00 — Introduction: Manisha welcomes Lesley Grossblatt

00:01:09 — Lesley shares her personal journey into unschooling

00:03:53 — Discussing the concept of crisis homeschooling

00:10:40 — The significance of the de-schooling process in unschooling

00:17:05 — Lesley's perspective on the learner-driven approach of unschooling

00:21:17 — Utilizing video games and technology as educational tools in unschooling

00:29:48 — How Lesley tailored Japanese language learning for her child's interests

00:34:31 — Addressing fears and misconceptions about unschooling

00:38:45 — Lesley's older child's transition from unschooling to traditional high school

00:46:40 — Exploring the concept of strewing in unschooling

00:52:20 — Balancing unschooling with full-time work and nurturing children's independence

00:55:30 — Lesley discusses integrating life skills into unschooling and shares her experience working with education entrepreneurs

00:59:02 — The importance of community support in the unschooling journey

01:03:25 — How Lesley manages time and resources for unschooling

01:07:00 — Final thoughts and conclusion of the interview

This podcast is made possible through a generous grant from the Vela Education Fund

VELA Education Fund is catalyzing a vibrant alternative education ecosystem. VELA provides trust-based funding to entrepreneurs, fosters community-building and knowledge-sharing, and increases visibility through storytelling that promotes cultural awareness and acceptance of the out-of-system space. Today, VELA serves the largest community of out-of-system education entrepreneurs in the country, with over 2,000 community members. About half of VELA’s community members operate small learning environments, and the other half are ecosystem and community builders offering direct services and support across the out-of-system space. Learn more at 

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Kerry McDonald: Website | X | Instagram | Facebook

Teach Your Kids: Website | X | Instagram | Substack

Manisha: LinkedIn | X | Instagram

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• Podcast Episodes:
  • LiberatED: Launching Investor-Backed Education Startups: Manisha Snoyer on starting and scaling a business
  • Teach Your Kids: Microschooling with Iman Alleyne & Shiren Rattigan on Apple Podcasts
• How to Afford Homeschooling | Modulo
• Microgrants - VELA Education Fund
• Education Entrepreneurship & Innovation Across the US
• Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom - Kerry McDonald
• A is for Abundance: The ABCs of Capitalism - Kerry McDonald
• The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion - Jonathan Haidt
• Rainbow Fairies: Books 1-4 - Daisy Meadows 
• Christensen Institute
• Colossal Academy
• Brooklyn Apple Academy
• Surf Skate Science
• Sudbury Valley School
• ASU Prep Digital
• EdChoice
• American Federation for Children
• yes. every kid.

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Time Codes:

[00:00:00] Manisha begins the episode by introducing guest Kerry McDonald, elaborating on her various accolades and research. 

[00:04:00] McDonald breaks down the U.S. spending on K-12 education noting that universal education choice is already implemented in eight states. 

[00:07:53] The power of parents: Kerry underlines their unique role in understanding their child’s educational needs.

[00:11:36] A shift towards parental empowerment in education is becoming noticeable, according to Kerry. She discusses how this trend could impact the future of education.

[00:16:13] Kerry observes a cultural shift in parenting styles, especially regarding discipline. This point introduces a new facet to the conversation around education.

[00:19:06] Manisha and Kerry discuss the necessity of a learner-centric, curiosity-driven educational model. The topic explores the benefits of a more personalized approach to education.

[00:22:30] Kerry comments on the varying state regulations concerning education choices. She breaks down the complexities and what they mean for parents and students alike.

[00:25:17] Manisha and Kerry delve into the challenges of implementing educational choice on a mass scale. The conversation here balances the theoretical with the practical.

[00:32:15] Manisha asks about the long-term societal impacts of educational choice. Kerry's answer explores the ripple effects that could influence future generations.

[00:35:32] Manisha shifts the conversation to the financial aspects of alternative educational models. It's a deep dive into budgets, scholarships, and public funding.

[00:38:24] Addressing some of the common misconceptions about homeschooling, McDonald aims to dispel myths and provide factual clarity.

[00:41:25] McDonald emphasizes the importance of getting involved with school choice advocacy and Manisha adds that parents seeking homeschooling resources can find support through micro-grants like the Vela Education Fund.

[00:50:34] Discussing her approach to natural literacy, Kerry McDonald emphasizes the importance of a literacy-rich environment and aligning reading materials with children's interests.

[00:54:40] Kerry McDonald lauds Manisha's contributions to homeschooling through Modulo and stresses the importance of personalized education. In return, Manisha thanks Kerry for her mentorship and highlights their valuable collaboration in the educational field.


This podcast is made possible through a generous grant from the Vela Education Fund

VELA Education Fund is catalyzing a vibrant alternative education ecosystem. VELA provides trust-based funding to entrepreneurs, fosters community-building and knowledge-sharing, and increases visibility through storytelling that promotes cultural awareness and acceptance of the out-of-system space. Today, VELA serves the largest community of out-of-system education entrepreneurs in the country, with over 2,000 community members. About half of VELA’s community members operate small learning environments, and the other half are ecosystem and community builders offering direct services and support across the out-of-system space. Learn more at velaedfund.org.

Brent Maddin talks with planetary scientist and professor Lindy Elkins-Tanton about distributed expertise and the power of teams — in both space exploration and education. Dr. Elkins-Tanton is the Principal Investigator of the NASA Psyche mission and vice president of the ASU Interplanetary Initiative. She is also co-founder of Beagle Learning, a tech company focused on training and measuring problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

Dr. Elkins-Tanton will be the keynote speaker the 2023 Next Education Workforce Summit. This fifth annual event on Feb. 8–9, 2023, is hosted by Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. It includes sessions from experts from K–12, research, policy, government, advocacy, nonprofit, edtech and business. Register or learn more at next.education.asu.edu.

Brent Maddin talks with Dr. John B. King, Jr., former U.S. Secretary of Education, and president and CEO of the Education Trust, an education civil rights organization focusing on education equity for low-income students and students of color, about equity and the education workforce today. 

• 2:48: Dr. King describes how his perspective has been influenced by his experiences as a student, as a classroom teacher and as a civil servant and policymaker. “The thing that saved me was school. The consistency, the nurturing relationships, the engagement at school is the reason I’m alive today.” He goes on to describe the enormous tasks that are assigned to educators and the lack of support systems to help teachers achieve everything society asks of them. “We don’t always provide the working conditions that folks need to stay in the work and feel good about the work, so we have work to do as a society.” 
• 5:09: Dr. King sees how the pandemic has affected students and the inequities it’s revealed. He hopes that this moment in time will be a “New Deal” moment, bringing major systemic change to the field of education and opening the eyes of society to the importance of investing in education for all students. 
• 6:19: Dr. King details the work going on in his state of Maryland around the concept of “schools as communities.” The idea is that schools are already involved with so many different agencies like healthcare, social services, and the criminal justice system. 
• 7:57: Dr. King gives examples of teams that are designed to address student needs as a group instead of relying on one classroom teacher. 
• 11:15: Dr. King offers suggestions on how to broaden the definition of an educator by looking at the work of our international peers who have found ways to subsidize their work to improve outcomes. Diversify the teaching profession by creatively including people in positions that are not always in the spotlight like tutors, coaches, behavior specialists, etc. 
• 14:07: Dr. King looks at healthcare as a model that takes a holistic approach to care for patients by assembling a team of specialists to serve them. Healthcare also offers an enormous range of career pathways to support the interests of healthcare professionals. 
• 19:03: Dr. King believes in the importance of social and emotional well-being as part of overall student success and shares his perspective as it relates to outcomes being more than just reading and math scores. “We have to be careful In our desire to be metric-driven that we don’t mistakenly narrow how we think about the purpose of education.” 
• 22:16: Dr. King shares his experience as a new teacher and some of the creative ways he had to figure things out. He also shares a strategy that one local program initiated to help their teachers better understand the students, assigning new teachers to community groups prior to student teaching. This allowed the teachers to get to know their students and their families as a whole before they worked with them in the classroom. 

What Dr. King is currently reading: Pregnant Girl: A Story of Teen Motherhood, College, and Creating a Better Future for Young Families by Nicole Lynn Lewis

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Brent Maddin talks with Peggy Brookins, President and CEO of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, in advance of Building the Next Normal, the January 2021 convening hosted by ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, where Peggy will be a featured expert.

Comments? Feedback? Ideas? Drop us a line at edworkforce@asu.edu. 

Follow MLFTC on Twitter at @asueducation and follow Peggy at @Pbrookins44. Share this episode with #NextEducationWorkforce.

• 1:30: Peggy shares about her professional background, including her vision for the Engineering and Manufacturing Institute of Technology at Forest High School (EMIT), the school she co-founded in 1994.
• 6:59: Peggy shares her perspective around broader outcomes for both learners and educators. 
• 11:29: Peggy proposes educational policy leaders--local, state and federal--should teach while holding their policy roles so that they have a better understanding of what is currently happening in classrooms and communities.
• 13:33: Peggy advocates schools bring community educators into classrooms to share their expertise with students.
• 16:58: Peggy recommends readings educators might consider exploring before they join her at Building the Next Normal, the January 2021 convening hosted by ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. 

Brent Maddin talks with Dr. Brooke Stafford-Brizard, Vice President for Research to Practice at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, in advance of Building the Next Normal, the January 2021 convening hosted by ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, where Brooke will be a featured expert.

Comments? Feedback? Ideas? Drop us a line at edworkforce@asu.edu. 

Follow MLFTC on Twitter at @asueducation and follow Brooke at @StaffordBrizard. Share this episode with #NextEducationWorkforce.

• 1:39: Brooke talks about the importance of measuring a broader set of outcomes in our effort to define “success” for students--outcomes like curiosity, emotional intelligence and flexibility.
• 3:05: Brooke describes the traction she sees in policies connecting mental health and well-being to schools and districts.
• 4:12: Brooke makes the connection between a broader set of outcomes and educational equity: “When we are focusing on equity within the learning environment, thinking about students as whole individuals is critical.”
• 5:26: Brooke describes changes she would like to see in teacher prep and leadership prep programs and describes how we might know whether a teacher’s role is sustainable.
• 7:40: Brooke proposes where we might go to learn more about the identity development of rookie teachers, including Black Teacher Collaborative and PilotEd.
• 8:10: Brooke defines what she sees as the purpose of schooling and describes the framework she developed, Building Blocks for Learning.
• 11:33: Brooke suggests that a team approach to supporting students may offer opportunities for students to connect authentically with educators and describes a partnership CZI has with Nez Perce and the Idaho State Department of Education.
• 12:35: Brooke recommends reading fiction in order to help us develop empathy before they join her at Building the Next Normal, the January 2021 convening hosted by ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. 

Production team:

Host : Maria Xenidou

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

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Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks

Where to find more about Nina Huntemann and edX:

On LinkedIn

edX.org  

Mentioned in this episode:

Penn State

Suffolk University in Boston

Harvard

MIT

IBM

Inter-American Development Bank

Article: One of the Largest Experiments ever Conducted in Higher Education and Lifelong Learning Happened on edX. Here is what they Learned.

Inside Track

Listen to this episode and explore: 

Childhood: discovering the world through a magnifying glass and a microscope (4:52)

University: studying communication to understand and democratize access to information (6:57)

Nina’s PhD thesis and the most critical learnings during that time (10:02)

How Nina decided to become a teacher (13:37)

Leaving her tenured career behind to make a bigger impact on education (17:26)

How she got to join edX in 2015 (20:50)

The importance of having experience in the system you want to disrupt (24:01)

edX’s mission: increasing access to education (24:57)

Who are the students of edX? (26:47)

The important of the edX partner network (27:42)

Best practices for delivering online education at scale (28:35)

The challenge of fostering team-based learning in an online environment at scale (34:28)

Creating more opportunities for asynchronous online learning to increase accessibility (36:33)

How edX measures learning outcomes (38:36)

How social accountability within small groups helps enhance learning outcomes (40:12)

Nina’s thoughts on hybrid flipped and other blended programs (42:32)

edX’s new offerings since the beginning of the pandemic (45:49)

Upskilling and reskilling to further evolve our career amid the pandemic (47:54)

edX’s micro-bachelors programs that empower learners to design their learning journey (51:48)

Supporting lifelong, self-directed learning through personal success coaches (57:36)

The impact of the recent online developments on education, teaching and learning (58:46)

What Nina wants to leave her mark on during her lifetime (1:00:36)

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Host : Maria Xenidou

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

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Where to find more about Susanne Cappendijk and EDsnaps:

Susanne on LinkedIn

EDsnaps

Mentioned in this episode:

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Karolinska Institutet - a medical university

Florida State University

John F. Kennedy High School (New York City)

Herman Miller Foundation

ADP

Palm Drive Capital

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Childhood in the Netherlands: a deep love for books and spending time at her Dad's work (3:49)

University: her studies and research in Biology, Neuroscience and Pharmacology (7:45)

How Susanne views our human ability to learn (10:42)

Her decision to pursue an MBA and the path to her current role (13:56)

How students build hard and soft skills alongside Susanne (18:48)

The origin of EDsnaps: learning to solve a problem with the resources at hand (22:31)

EDsnaps’ mission: empowering female-identifying students to reach their full potential (25:19)

The growth journey of EDsnaps: from their first pilot program to today (28:00)

How Susanne pivoted their in-person programs to entirely online during the pandemic (32:30)

EDsnaps’ new 8-week summer program in 2020 (34:34)

The Continuously Learning Officer program: a co-ed leadership program for high school and college students (38:29)

How Susanne responded to the lost summer internships of her students (41:08)

Creating leadership opportunities for students through a peer-mentoring program (42:41)

Fostering leadership in underserved students through collaboration and uniting forces (44:04)

Leveraging partnerships to serve needs and wants of their students (48:09)

The role of volunteers in the EDsnaps programs (53:25)

How EDsnaps gets funding (55:25)

How they measure the success of their programs (57:13)

What Susanne wants to leave her mark on during her lifetime (1:03:07)

Production team:

Host : Maria Xenidou

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

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Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals

Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks

Where to find more about Robert Dillon:

LinkedIn

Website

Mentioned in this episode:

Rebecca Hare

The Space: A Guide For Educators by Rebecca Hare and Robert Dillon

Robert’s article on EdSurge called “What Does Good Classroom Design Look Like in the Age of Social Distancing?”

The Art of Noticing: 131 ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday by Rob Walker 

Listen to this episode and explore: 

Childhood: using the outdoors as a school beyond school (3:25)

University: studying journalism before becoming a teacher (5:31)

Deciding to shift his career into Innovation for Education (8:40)

The 3 big problems in Education Robert is helping to solve(11:00)

The art of designing an active learning space (13:31)

The benefits of well-designed learning spaces (14:46)

Practical tips for designing a flexible and agile learning space (17:15)

How teachers and educators can adopt a designer mindset (18:50)

Designing an inclusive learning space with the students and, not for the students (20:44)

The importance of designing the entire school building for active learning and how to signal this from the outside (26:42)

“Optimizing the perimeter”: decluttering walls and using mindful color palettes (29:06)

Reducing the teacher-only space amid social distancing (30:51)

Movement and learning: oxygenating the brain for optimal learning (32:19)

Space and time: optimizing our time in each space for best learning outcomes (33:55)

Adapting our home to become an active learning space during distance learning (36:00)

Bringing good design practices to the digital learning space (38:05)

The importance of creating moments of quiet time and silence during learning (40:04)

How teachers can include both parents and students in the design of online learning space this fall (41:20)

Two questions we can all ask ourselves before we start designing our learning (43:31)

The importance of noticing our space (45:14)

What Robert wants to leave his mark on during his lifetime (46:06)

Production team:

Host : Maria Xenidou

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

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Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals

Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks

Where to find more about Rolin Moe:

LinkedIn

Website

A Manifesto Against EdTech© During an Emergency Online Pivot

Mentioned in this episode:

David Wiley - Founder of the Open Education Conference

Pepperdine University

Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by Bell Hooks 

George Veletsianos - Canada Research Chair in Innovative Learning and Technology 

Bryan Alexander

Skyline College

California Virtual Campus 

Calbright College

College of San Mateo 

Cañada College 

San Mateo County Community College District

Learning Tools Interoperability (LIT)

Dr. Rob McKenna at WiLD LEADERS

Labster 

George Siemens

Paul Sparks

Listen to this episode and explore: 

Childhood: a unique relationship with computers and how it has guided Rolin's career path (3:21)

University: Studying English and Film to go into the field of Performing Arts (6:30)

From a literary agent to becoming a teacher (7:37)

The decision to pursue his Doctorate in Education (10:16)

The importance of a support system while making education and career-related decisions (13:50)

Rolin's role at Skyline College: how they've trained the entire staff to be ready for online learning in the fall (16:59)

Designing training for faculty: guiding values, content and process (20:54)

Unpacking hard to teach online subjects: labs and performing arts (32:12)

The role of technology and educators to advance equity (38:03)

How to build successful online education programs (45:39)

Creating magic in education through the power of people (50:23)

The mark Rolin wants to leave in the world (52:18)

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Host : Maria Xenidou

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

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 Music credits:

Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals

Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks

Where to find more about Abby Falik and Global Citizen Year:

LinkedIn

Her website

Media

Global Citizen Year

Global Citizen Academy

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Childhood: travelling around the world with her family and developing an entrepreneurial mindset (4:10)

University: self-designing her bachelor’s degree in International Development and taking a formative gap year during college (7:58)

The most challenging part of her gap year (11:05)

The road to founding Global Citizen Year: her early career and the decision to go to business school (12:56)

Abby’s advice to find your purpose: follow your heartbreak (17:19)

The mission of Global Citizen Year (20:21)

What a Global Citizen Year looks like (22:47)

The support students receive before, during and after their Global Citizen Year (27:54)

The decision to launch the Global Citizen Academy in 2020 (30:56)

How they built the Global Citizen Academy through partnerships (37:17)

The financial model of the Global Citizen Academy: pay what you can (39:37)

The essence of the Global Citizen Year: an apprenticeship for growth and reflection (40:30)

The importance of peer-to-peer learning (42:28)

How Abby sees Global Citizen Year evolve in the future (43:44)

Working closely with Colleges and Universities to bring the change they want to see (44:57)

What Abby wants to leave her mark on during her lifetime (47:48)

Production team:

Host : Maria Xenidou

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

 Contact us:

impactlearningpodcast(at)gmail.com

 Music credits:

Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals

Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks

Where to find more about Jeffrey Moss and his projects:

LinkedIn

Parker Dewey

Mentioned in this episode:

Michelle Aymold 

Article on EdSurge: Colleges Move to Help Students Find Remote Internships. None Include Fetching Coffee.

Listen to this episode and explore:

Jeffrey’s early learning memories and his internship experiences (3:50)

The origin story of Parker Dewey (8:24)

How they design effective micro-internships (12:16)

Parker Dewey's business model: frictionless, simple and efficient (15:21)

Experiential recruiting: a two-way assessment for both the company and the student (20:09)

How students can select micro-internships to build 21st-century skills (23:40)

How Parker Dewey helps students with internship and employment options during the current pandemic (25:32)

The process of providing feedback and guidance to the students (28:46)

How Parker Dewey ensures that students are engaged and motivated (31:19)

The eligibility criteria for international students interested in micro-internships (32:27)

Jeffrey’s advice to seniors in college amid the pandemic (33:21)

How hiring managers can leverage micro-internships in lieu of cancelled internships (38:54)

What Jeffrey wants to leave his mark on during his lifetime (42:16)

Production team:

Host : Maria Xenidou

Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

 Contact us:

impactlearningpodcast@gmail.com

 Music credits:

Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals

Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks

Where to find more about Michael Horn:

On LinkedIn

On YouTube

On Twitter 

On his Personal Website

The Class Disrupted Podcast Webpage

The Class Disrupted Podcast on iTunes

Mentioned in this episode:

Guild Education

Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein 

David Gergen

Christensen Institute

Coursera

Southern New Hampshire University

Boost Years by Kaplan

Episode of Class Disrupted with Larry Berger 

Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns by Clayton Christensen, Michael Horn and Curtis Johnson

Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools by Michael Horn and Heather Staker 

Choosing College: How to Make Better Learning Decisions Throughout Your Life by Michael Horn and Bob Moesta

Listen to this episode and explore: 

Michael's childhood: being coached by his dad and his early interest in learning a wide range of topics (3:48)

Choosing to go to Yale and major in history: his process of selecting the right school (6:36)

Deciding to pursue an MBA at Harvard Business School (11:00)

Co-authoring “Disrupting Class: How disruptive innovation will change the way the world learns” with Clayton Christensen (13:12)

Co-founding the Clayton Christensen Institute, a non-profit think tank around Disrupting Class (16:18)

Explaining Disruptive Innovation for business and education (18:38)

Independent learning platforms vs universities programs: who is winning amid pandemic and in the future (24:58)

The critical next steps for institutions that need to improve their online offerings (28:05)

The proactive approach of mergers and acquisitions for colleges and universities (30:54)

What Michael sees as the future of learning and higher ed considering the current situation (32:18)

Michael’s advice to high school grads thinking about college right now (37:22)

How to prototype and test what might be the right path for a college student or high-school grad (40:17)

Advice for recent grads in current times: the importance of exploring social networks and opportunities vs following established career paths (45:09)

Advice for adult learners amid uncertainty and ambiguity (46:46)

Michael’s twin daughters learning experience during the pandemic (50:00)

The one thing Michael wants to leave his mark on during his lifetime (52:52)

Production team:

Host : Maria Xenidou

Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

 Contact us:

impactlearningpodcast@gmail.com

 Music credits:

Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals

Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks

Where to find more about Sarah Toms and Wharton Interactive:

Sarah on LinkedIn

Sarah at Wharton Interactive

Wharton Interactive 

Mentioned in this episode:

Almac

ITIL

KPI

Khan Academy

BlueJeans

Zoom

EdWeek

Women in Tech Summit 

TechGirlz

Simpl.world

Ethan Mollick

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

The Startup Game

Idea Machine

ARC

Looking Glass

The Saturn Parable

The Customer Centricity Playbook by Sarah Toms

Listen to this episode and explore: 

Sarah’s childhood: born in Malawi and growing up in many countries before coming to the US in high school (4:15)

Studying international relations in college and building a technology startup in her early career (7:36)

The lessons Sarah learned during her entrepreneurial journey (9:24)

Transitioning from an entrepreneur and co-founder to a senior developer and corporate employee (12:22)

Joining the Wharton School as the IT director of the Learning Lab (16:12)

The path to co-founding Wharton Interactive (20:20)

Sarah’s personal mission: modernize, transform and democratize education (23:47)

Building the Alternate Reality Courseware (ARC) for a more personalized and democratized education (28:03)

The evolving role of educators within the ARC (30:58)

The critical skills students learn as they become self-directed lifelong learners (34:17)

Case Study: The Saturn Parable, an immersive game designed for high school students (36:58)

The learners Wharton Interactive is seeking to serve (39:59)

The summer launch of Wharton Interactive’s games for individuals and organizations (41:20)

Pandemic: Sarah’s concerns and opportunities in education (43:04)

What educators need to keep in mind when designing culture in their classrooms (45:45)

The one thing Sarah wants to leave her mark on during her lifetime (50:25)

Maria’s key takeaways and call-to-action (51:13)

Production team:

Host : Maria Xenidou

Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

 Contact us:

impactlearningpodcast@gmail.com

 Music credits:

Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals

Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks

Where to find more about Dale Johnson:

Dale on LinkedIn

His bio page on the Arizona State University Website 

Adaptive Learning at Arizona State University

Mentioned in this episode:

Arizona State University

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Blackboard

Canvas

Moodle

Google Classroom

Impact Learning Episode 52: Leaving Corporate to Found an EdTech Startup with Esteban Etcheverry

John Dewey

Jean Piaget

Listen to this episode and explore:

Experiencing deep satisfaction and confidence while sharing knowledge with his classmates (3:56)

What Dale wanted to be when he grew up (6:55)

Studying solar engineering and architecture at Arizona State University (ASU) (8:36)

Joining the instructional design force at ASU (10:03)

Learning to organize and share information efficiently with others: design thinking and systems thinking (12:55)

What adaptive learning is (16:14)

How ASU measures students’ success with adaptive learning: progress and performance (19:25)

The “4 A” framework of adaptive learning systems: algorithm, assessment, association & agency (26:09)

The crucial role of the professor in building adaptive learning systems (32:05)

The evolving role of the professor: from lecturer to a leader (37:07)

The benefits of the adaptive learning model for students (41:00)

How students describe their experience during adaptive courses (45:41)

How to use this model in various aspects of teaching (47:47)

How the adaptive model evolved during the pandemic (49:52)

The global culture of lecture-based education (52:30)

How to guide professors and teachers to start working with adaptive learning (56:40)

How educators can begin moving in the direction of adaptive learning (1:00:10)

How active learning helps students build skills for the future (1:02:44)

The ways Dale shares what he learned building adaptive learning courses (1:06:15)

Time and Money: the main challenges in creating more adaptive learning courses (1:08:19)

Dale’s new role at ASU (1:11:16)

The one thing Dale wants to leave his mark on during his lifetime (1:13:27)

Production team:

Host : Maria Xenidou

Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

 Contact us:

impactlearningpodcast@gmail.com

 Music credits:

Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals

Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks

Where to find more about Julie Delich and Wiley Education Services:

Julie on LinkedIn

Wiley Education Services

Mentioned in this episode:

Concordia University

Listen to this episode and explore: 

Childhood: how Julie’s family’s frequent moves made her adaptable and resilient (3:12)

The importance of education in Julie's family (6:00)

How Julie changed her university major a few times before finding her place in psychology (6:58)

Why Julie decided to pursue her masters in clinical psychology (8:20)

How Julie joined the admission and enrollment department in higher education (9:18)

Julie’s career evolution after joining an online program management group (12:15)

Wiley Education Services’ mission: what they do and who they serve (13:44)

The two things institutions need to consider while building their enrollment strategy (15:47)

The new challenges brought onto higher education by the pandemic (18:00)

How institutions can support students who hesitate to enrol in the fall of 2020 (19:00)

How to build robust online programs to attract the right students for your institution (20:31)

Why students drop out during the first few courses of an online program (24:03)

How to best support the students who are at risk of dropping out: a new advising approach based on the 5Cs model (25:00)

Why Julie decided to get her doctorate in education (31:13)

How educators can engage withdrawn students in the context of distance learning (32:19)

How to create more interactive online learning experiences beyond the recent emergency teaching (33:42)

How to care for the mental health of faculty and students post-COVID (37:04)

The trends that seem to be emerging for online programs and enrollment post-pandemic (39:11)

The skills that adult learners are looking for in an online program (39:48)

Julie’s advice for graduates joining the job market amid uncertainty and ambiguity (40:31)

What Julie wants to leave her mark on during her lifetime (43:02)

Production team:

Host : Maria Xenidou

Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

 Contact us:

impactlearningpodcast@gmail.com

 Music credits:

Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals

Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks

Where to find more about Whitney Kilgore and iDesign:

Whitney Kilgore on LinkedIn

iDesign

LX Pathways

Mentioned in this episode:

BFGoodrich

SunGard Higher Education

HTML

LMS (Learning Management System)

The George Washington University

University of North Texas

CEO of iDesign Paxton Riter

COO of iDesign Ned Stone

Academic Partnerships

Quality Matters 

Canvas

Article on Agile Design

The Community of Inquiry model

More on The Community of Inquiry

Critical Inquiry in a Text-Based Environment: Computer Conferencing in Higher Education by Anderson, Garrison and Archer 

Building Online Learning Communities: Effective Strategies for the Virtual Classroom by Palloff and Pratt

MOOC

Patrick Lowenthal - A literature review of the use of emoticons to support online learning

Free Online Teaching Course for Educators by LX Pathways

The ethics of care and education by Nel Noddings

Paul LeBlanc, President of Southern New Hampshire University

AIRC

Katz School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh

Listen to this episode and explore:

How Whitney started playing school with her sister early on in her childhood (4:57)

How Whitney studied to become a physical therapist before pursuing a degree in education (7:50)

Whitney’s experience teaching first grade right out of college (9:26)

Whitney's path from being a teacher to becoming an instructional technology specialist (10:16)

How Whitney transitioned from K12 to higher education (13:28)

Whitney’s continued journey as a lifelong learner: going back to school (15:41)

Why Whitney decided to pursue a PhD in learning technologies (17:22)

The origin story of iDesign: an organization that partners with universities and colleges to build, grow, and support online and blended courses and programs (18:12)

The academic services offered by iDesign and their commitment to continuous improvement (21:06)

iDesign's approach and how they measure success and improvement (23:08)

The role of the Learning Architect at iDesign (27:33)

How iDesign recruits the best instructional designers (29:40)

LX Pathways: online courses for the next Instructional Technologists, Learning Architects, or Online Instructors (34:07)

How iDesign creates student-centered courses (40:01)

How to develop a virtual presence as an online instructor (46:16)

The response of iDesign during the COVID-19 pandemic (51:50)

The most challenging aspect for educators during the transition to remote teaching (53:01)

How iDesign helps faculty create high-value fully online or blended programs (56:28)

What Whitney sees as the future of higher education: flexible and blended programs with a strong sense of community (58:03)

About iDesign’s Course Market: a place to enable working learners to develop in-demand skills and competences for the future of work (1:01:13)

Whitney’s words of wisdom in the face of the current uncertainty (1:03:42)

The one thing Whitney wants to leave her mark on during her lifetime (1:05:15)

Production team:

Host : Maria Xenidou

Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

 Contact us:

impactlearningpodcast@gmail.com

 Music credits:

Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals

Mentioned in the episode:

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Charles Darwin

Abraham Lincoln 

Peter Drucker

A Beautiful Constraint: How to Transform Limitations into Advantages and Why it’s Everyone’s Business by Adam Morgan and Mark Barden

Listen to this episode and explore: 

Part 1: Reframe the situation (2:23)

Part 2: Build on your past (3:48)

Part 3: Accept your present (5:20)

Part 4: Create your future (7:01)

Part 5: Leverage constraints (9:02)

Part 6: Cultivate a growth mindset (10:20)

Key takeaways to keep you going as you adapt (11:53)

Production team:

Host : Maria Xenidou

Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

 Contact us:

impactlearningpodcast@gmail.com

 Music credits:

Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals

Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks

Where to find Rachel Uwa:

School of Machines, Making & Make-Believe

Rachel Uwa on LinkedIn

School of Machines’ Online Programs 

Mentioned in this episode:

NYU ITP Camp

The School for Poetic Computation  

Tools for Reimagining Better Worlds through Cooperation Program

Listen to this episode and explore: 

How Rache's painful childhood led her to develop a great sense of empathy (3:26)

Switching majors a few times in University to follow her interests (6:42)

Taking a break to explore learning in coding and technology (9:38)

What Rachel learnt about herself during this exploration time (13:13)

Founding the School of Machines, Making & Make-Believe(14:35)

Who the School of Machines is for (18:19)

How Rachel designs and creates new programs and workshops (19:48)

What the programs entail (24:52)

The importance of the facilitator role in a workshop (27:28)

Finding instructors with the right expertise and skill set (29:14)

Offering students feedback on their projects (31:08)

Case Study: Tools for Reimagining Better Worlds Through Cooperation (33:10)

The impact of COVID-19 on the School of Machines (35:58)

How Rachel explores making the workshops more collaborative for students amid new reality (38:50)

The challenge of reaching more people and spreading the work (41:23)

The one thing Rachel wants to leave her mark on during her lifetime (44:13)

Maria's takeaways and call-to-action (46:59)