Edsurge On Air

  • Author: Vários
  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 260:45:17
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Synopsis

A weekly podcast, with insightful conversations about edtech and the future of learning, hosted by EdSurge's Jenny Abamu and Jeffrey R. Young. Whether youre an entrepreneur, an educator, or an investor, theres something for everyone on the air.

Episodes

  • Educator Face-Off: Is a College Degree the Worst Investment You Can Make, or the Best?

    12/04/2022 Duration: 34min

    At a recent education event, two devoted educators debated the question: Is a university degree the worst investment a young person can make? The discussion turned on a bigger question: What exactly is higher education for?

  • Students Have Different Thinking Speeds and Styles. Inclusive Teaching Means Realizing That

    05/04/2022 Duration: 38min

    Many classroom environments favor a certain kind of thinker, usually the students who are quick to recall a fact when the instructor asks a question. But that’s not the only type of mind, and it’s not even always the best kind of mind for learning, says Barbara Oakley, a professor of engineering at Oakland University who works at translating the latest brain research into practical advice for teachers and learners.

  • An Unusual Way to Charge for College: Make It Voluntary

    29/03/2022 Duration: 33min

    The cost of college keeps climbing, and these days colleges are considering all kinds of innovative alternatives to offer affordable options. But one liberal-arts college recently announced a radical new approach that does away with the idea of tuition altogether and instead counts on something else: gratitude.

  • Bonus Episode: Guiding Young People Not to Colleges or Careers — But to Good Lives

    24/03/2022 Duration: 01h24min

    The false choice between personal growth or a decent paycheck isn’t serving teenagers well. Young people want more than good livelihoods. They want good lives. On this podcast extra, we bring you the results of a year-long research projects into how to better design college-to-career pathways.

  • Zaila Avant-garde Made Spelling Bee History. What Will the 15-Year Old Do Next?

    22/03/2022 Duration: 24min

    The 15-year old who won the Scripps National Spelling Bee last summer is no stranger to victory, having previously won three Guinness World Records for very non-academic feats. We sat down with Zaila Avant-garde to hear what's next -- and we challenged her to show off her spelling skills on the spot.

  • Educators are Demoralized. What's the Way Forward?

    15/03/2022 Duration: 01h04min

    Burned out, tired, demoralized, at a breaking point. Spend time with educators these days in K-12 or higher ed and phrases such as these will come up often. For those in classrooms and for school leaders, the challenge is how to meet the many needs of educators during this time—social, emotional, intellectual and ethical.

  • What Role Should AI Play in Education? A Venture Capitalist and an EdTech Critic Face Off

    08/03/2022 Duration: 41min

    What happens when a venture capitalist who funds edtech companies faces off with an edtech critic about what role AI should play in education? We found out, in this discussion between professor Neil Selwyn and venture-fund founder Ryan Craig.

  • Power, Prestige and the World's Most Famous Scholarship. Bootstraps, Ep. 6

    01/03/2022 Duration: 44min

    The Rhodes Scholarship was designed to forge a network of people who would go on to rule the world. So who gets this opportunity? And how is the oldest and best-known graduate scholarship dealing with the legacy of its founder, who used ruthless and racist practices to build the diamond empire that funded the effort?

  • Is Autocorrect Enhancing Our Brains or Eroding Our Humanity?

    22/02/2022 Duration: 38min

    Philosopher and historian of technology Justin E. H. Smith has been diving into the past to see where our dreams about the internet have come from. And he has a warning for what he thinks is going wrong in how things have evolved in recent years — and what tech might be doing to us as learners and thinkers. Understanding that past, he argues, can help make a course correction.

  • Educators Have Pointed Advice For Tech Companies Building the Metaverse

    15/02/2022 Duration: 32min

    Even though the metaverse is not really here yet, some educators are already trying to get ahead of the curve to help influence what kinds of education products and services emerge in this new, more-immersive internet.

  • Who Will Pay for ‘Inclusive Excellence’ at Universities?

    08/02/2022 Duration: 40min

    There are universities aiming to do top-notch research and serve large numbers of students of color and low-income students. This goal—what some campus leaders call ‘inclusive excellence’—challenges common assumptions about prestige in education. And according to the authors of the book “Broke,” it’s hard to accomplish in a time of reduced state support for public colleges.

  • Clay Shirky Wants to Reframe the Conversation About How Colleges Are Changing

    01/02/2022 Duration: 36min

    Clay Shirky has long been an influential voice on how technology is impacting society. These days the NYU professor has been weighing in on where higher ed is headed, with a newsletter called "The (Continual) Transformation of Higher Education."

  • Remote School Meltdowns? A Closer Look at Student Well-Being During the Pandemic

    25/01/2022 Duration: 33min

    A group of researchers at Harvard have a unique window into student well-being during the pandemic, following a group of a couple thousand families with young children in Massachusetts. They're seeing more behavior issues in kids during remote learning, and they have advice for educators on how to manage shifts back and forth between online and in-person teaching.

  • How Will COVID-19 Impact School Reform Movements?

    18/01/2022 Duration: 24min

    A polio outbreak in 1937 may have been the first time tech made emergency remote learning possible. There was no Internet, of course, so schools used the big medium of the day: radio. But did that leave any lasting impact on schooling? That's one question explored by education historian Larry Cuban in his new book, Confessions of a School Reformer.

  • A New Perspective on 'Supercharging' the Brain

    11/01/2022 Duration: 30min

    An evolutionary biologist who studies the physiology of aging has some surprising advice about brain health. And it has implications for schools and colleges—and anyone interested in learning.

  • Scenes From Campus Life During the 'Delta Semester'

    04/01/2022 Duration: 27min

    Last semester has been described as a kind of limbo—with fewer COVID health restrictions and more in-person classes and activities, but still under the cloud of a stubborn pandemic. We asked students on five campuses around the country to share moments that epitomized this unusual time on college campuses.

  • Encore: The Strange Past and Messy Future of 'Gifted and Talented.'

    28/12/2021 Duration: 45min

    Sometime early in elementary school, kids are put on one of two paths: regular or gifted. Where did this idea come from? The answer goes back more than a 100 years, to a once-famous scholar named Lewis Terman. And it turns out his legacy, and the future of gifted programs, are still very much under debate.

  • The Surprising History of Google's Push to Scan Millions of Library Books

    21/12/2021 Duration: 31min

    Back in 2004 Google made a splash with a plan to scan nearly the entire book collections of some of the world's largest libraries. But soon it became clear the actual plan would turn out to be far more controversial than its organizers probably ever imagined.

  • How Can Colleges Break Out of the Funk of Low Morale?

    14/12/2021 Duration: 26min

    Low morale of professors and college leaders is turning out to be one of the biggest issues in higher ed this year. We talked with a college leader who has been writing about educator burnout and demoralization for EdSurge, Kevin McClure, about how higher education can get out of its current funk.

  • When the SAT Feels Like a Lock, Not a Key. Bootstraps, Ep. 5

    07/12/2021 Duration: 35min

    The SAT can feel very different to different students. While it can give any college applicant stress, some low-income and minority students see it as evidence that selective colleges don't want them. Can the rise of test-optional policies lead to a new, more equitable era of college admissions? | Guest reporter: Eric Hoover, of The Chronicle of Higher Education

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