The Edu Futures Podcast

Chrisman Frank joins us to talk about Synthesis. Chrisman is cofounder and CEO of Synthesis, an enrichment club that teaches complex problem-solving and decision-making for kids 7 to 14 through online team games. My cofounder Josh Dahn developed the Synthesis concept while running Ad Astra, a small lab school he built for Elon Musk on the SpaceX campus. 

Dr. Dana MacKenzie, a mathematician turned science writer and co-author of The Book of Why (written with Turning Award winner, Judea Pearl), join us to talk about correlation versus causation and other key concepts that have relevance as we seek to create and understand the future of AI in education.

Pedro Szekely, Research Scientist at USC Center on Knowledge Graphs Information Sciences Institute joins us to to take us on an exploration of knowledge graphs and the promise and possibility of artificial intelligence in life and learning.

On this episode, Nathan Grawe returns to talk about his book, The Agile College, and potential ways that colleges and universities might respond to the significant demographic changes in the upcoming years.

On this episode, Bernard speaks with Howard Gardner, one of the most influential educational theorists and scholars in the last century. The conversation focuses upon Howard's book A Synthesizing Mind and his latest book, The Real World of College: What Higher Education Is and What It Can Be.

In this episode with serial education entrepreneur, John Katzman, we explore a variety of topics, including the value of higher education pursuing differentiation over competition.

Woody Wade, author of Scenario Planning: A Field Guide to the Future, joins us to talk how scenario planning can help us prepare for multiple futures at the same time.

This episode invites you into a conversation with Robert Litan, a non-resident senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, a practicing lawyer in St. Louis and Chicago, and author of Resolved: Debate Can Revolutionize Education and Help Save Our Democracy.

Pedro Domingos joins us to explain AI, machine learning, and how these are already changing the world around us. Pedro is a professor of computer science and author of The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine.

Michael Horn returns to the show to talk about how to avoid making bad bets when launching new degree programs at your college or University. 

Learn more about James and his books on his website - https://www.jamesmlang.com/

Learn more about Tony on his website at https://www.tonywagner.com Tony Wagner at the Policy Research Institute - https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/person/tony-wagner Learning by Heart: An Unconventional Education - https://www.tonywagner.com/learning-by-heart The Global Achievement Gap - https://www.tonywagner.com/the-global-achievement-gap Creating Innovators - https://www.tonywagner.com/creating-innovators Most Likely to Succeed - https://www.tonywagner.com/most-likely-to-succeed

Learn more about Rohit on his website - https://www.rohitbhargava.com/ Rohit's books:  https://www.rohitbhargava.com/books-publications Rohit's videos: https://www.rohitbhargava.com/video

Lucas Cone is a PhD student at the Danish School of Education, Aarhus University. He earned his MA in Education at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His doctoral research examines the use of commercial services in public schools, focusing on how they impact teacher, student, and community relations in school.  Joachim Wiewiura is PhD Fellow at the Center for Information and Bubble Studies, University of Copenhagen. He specializes in political philosophy and writes a thesis on the concept of the public sphere. Besides political philosophy, he is interested in architecture and urban sociology. If Schools Didn't Exist - https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/if-schools-didnt-exist

Jonathan's Website - https://www.jonathanhaber.org/ Critical Thinking (the book) - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0865KBD3W/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 MOOCs (the book) - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O1E11K4/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2

A recognized expert on social innovation, leadership, and the changing landscape of education, Abby Falik has been profiled by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, and The Chronicle of Higher Education.  Abby has been featured at forums including the Aspen Ideas Festival, the Obama Foundation Summit, the Fast Company Innovation Festival, PopTech, and The Nantucket Project.  In 2018, Abby was named one of America's Top 25 Philanthropy Speakers by The Business of Giving. In 2019 she was named one of Goldman Sachs' Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs for the third consecutive year, and in 2016 Fast Company named her one of the Most Creative People in Business. For her achievements as a social entrepreneur, she has been recognized as an Ashoka Fellow, a MindTrust Fellow, and a Draper Richards Kaplan Entrepreneur.  She currently serves on the Advisory Boards of World Learning, Teach for All, and Harvard Business School. Abby received a B.A. in International Relations and an M.A. in International Comparative Education from Stanford University.  She received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. 

About Robert Pondiscio - https://fordhaminstitute.org/about/fordham-staff/robert-pondiscio How the Other Half Learns: Equality, Excellence, and the Battle Over School Choice - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PH9J87P/

Faculty Competencies for Innovation? - article published in Inside Higher Education Learn More About Rachel - https://ai.umich.edu/who-are-we/our-team/rachel-niemer/ Learn More About Michael -  https://dcal.dartmouth.edu/people/michael-goudzwaard

Kim Hamilton Duffy, a multi-university, international effort designing the future of academic credentials -- in her role at MIT Open Learning. Her expertise is interoperable, standards-based credentials and decentralized identity solutions, also referred to as "Self-Sovereign Identity" (SSI). Previously, she co-created the successful open-source, open-standard Blockcerts project with the MIT Media Lab.  Links Kim on Twitter - https://twitter.com/kimdhamilton Kim's website - OKim's Razor - https://www.okimsrazor.com/ Kim at MIT - https://openlearning.mit.edu/about/our-team/kim-hamilton-duffy

Sarah is an educator and scholar working at the intersection of practice and research. Her work is grounded in the goal of transforming schools and classrooms into more humanizing places to teach and learn. She began her career in 2005 as an English teacher and instructional coach at a high school in Washington, D.C.. In the spring of 2017, with the support of a Spencer Foundation/National Academy of Education fellowship, she completed a doctorate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Currently, she directs a teacher preparation program at the High Tech High Graduate School of Education, an accredited graduate institution associated with a network of racially and linguistically diverse charter schools in San Diego, California. She has written for a wide range of publications, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Chalkbeat, Education Week, Edutopia, and Educational Leadership, as well as scholarly journals such as The Journal of Educational Change and The Harvard Educational Review. My recent book, coauthored with Jal Mehta, is In Search of Deeper learning: The Quest to Transform the American High School.  In 2019, the book won the Grawemeyer award in Education. Links Sarah's Website: https://www.sarahfine.net/ Check out the book, In Search of Deeper Learning - https://www.amazon.com/Search-Deeper-Learning-Remake-American/dp/0674988396 Sarah on Twitter - https://twitter.com/sarahmfine

Nathan's book, Demographics and Demand in Higher Education - https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/demographics-and-demand-higher-education

Links and Resources https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2018/6/using-immersive-reality-to-enhance-experiential-learning-the-unforgettable-experience https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2018/6/student-learning-and-virtual-reality-the-embodied-experience

Learn more about Howard on his website at: http://rheingold.com/learning You can support Howard's work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/howardrheingold

John Tagg at Binghampton University - https://www.binghamton.edu/art-history/people/profile.html?id=jtagg The Instruction Myth: Why Higher Education is Hard to Change, and How to Change It https://www.amazon.com/Instruction-Myth-Higher-Education-Change/dp/1978804458

Kathleen Fitzpatrick at Michigan State University - http://digitalhumanities.msu.edu/people/kathleen-fitzpatrick/ Generous Thinking: A Radical Approach to Saving the University (book) - https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/generous-thinking

Show Notes & Relevant Resources Ozan's Website - https://ozanvarol.com/ Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life -  https://www.amazon.com/Think-Like-Rocket-Scientist-Strategies/dp/1541762592/

Relevant Resources Teaching for Purpose: Preparing Students for Lives of Meaning - https://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Purpose-Preparing-Students-Meaning/dp/1682532577 Stanford Center on Adolescence - https://coa.stanford.edu/people/heather-malin Heather Malin on Twitter -  https://twitter.com/heathermalin?lang=en  

Academia Next: The Futures of Higher Education - https://www.amazon.com/Academia-Next-Futures-Higher-Education/dp/1421436426 Bryan Alexandar's Website - https://bryanalexander.org/ The Future Trends Forum, founded and led by Bryan Alexander - https://bryanalexander.org/the-future-trends-forum/ Follow Bryan Alexander on Twitter - https://twitter.com/BryanAlexander The Future of Education Observatory -  http://futureofeducation.us/

Show Notes & Relevant Resources Learn Capital - http://learncapital.com/ Michael Staton on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mpstaton Follow Michael Staton on Twitter - https://twitter.com/mpstaton Where Top VCs are Investing in EdTech - https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/01/where-top-vcs-are-investing-in-edtech/

Show Notes & Relevant Resources James Genone at Minerva Schools - https://www.minerva.kgi.edu/people/james-genone/ James Genone on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgenone Building the Intentional University: Minerva and the Future of Higher Education (a book about Minerva, but also a guidebook for others who want to build something similar) -  https://www.amazon.com/Building-Intentional-University-Minerva-Education/dp/0262536196/

Links and References  (https://www.amazon.com/Grit-Passion-Perseverance-Angela-Duckworth/dp/1501111116/) Angela Duckwork's TED Talk on Grit, garnering over 19,000,000 views. - https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance Angela Duckwork's Website - https://angeladuckworth.com/ The Character Lab - https://characterlab.org/ Angela Duckwork on Twitter - https://twitter.com/angeladuckw

Publications by Tom Vander Ark - http://www.tomvanderark.com/tour Getting Smart - https://www.gettingsmart.com/ Tom Vander Ark Forbes Articles - https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomvanderark/#5c40f6752bde Tom Vander Ark on Twitter - https://twitter.com/tvanderark?lang=en Tom Vander Ark on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomvanderark “2019 Brought More Risk and Inequity, 2020 is an Opportunity for Innovation” - https://www.gettingsmart.com/2019/12/2019-brought-more-risk-and-inequity-2020-is-an-opportunity-for-innovation/ “Equipping Young Leaders to Take on the 32 Most Important Issues of Our Time” - https://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/08/equipping-young-leaders-to-take-on-the-32-most-important-issues-of-our-time/ The UN Sustainable Development Goals - https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/ New Tech Network Agency Rubric - https://newtechnetwork.org/resources/new-tech-network-agency-rubrics/ Technovation Girls - https://technovationchallenge.org/ AI4ALL - http://ai-4-all.org/ Dr. Brene Brown interview on the Science of Success Podcast - Success and “Success is contribution.” - https://www.successpodcast.com/show-notes/2019/6/26/dr-bren-brown-the-cant-miss-interview-on-shame-self-worth-empathy-amp-living-a-courageous-life Collective Action Toolkit from Frog Design - https://www.frogdesign.com/work/frog-collective-action-toolkit

Michael Horn's Website - https://michaelbhorn.com/ Choosing College: How to Make Better Learning Decisions Throughout Your Life - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1119570115/ Disrupting Class, Expanded Edition: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1259860884/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1 Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1118955153/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2 Private Enterprise and Public Education - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807754420/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i5 The Blended Workbook: Learning to Design the Schools of Our Future - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1119388074/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i4 Entangled Group - https://www.entangled.group/ Entangled Solutions - https://www.entangled.solutions/ The Christensen Institute - https://www.christenseninstitute.org/ The Future U Podcast with Michael Horn and Jeff Selingo - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/future-u-podcast/id1354082281

The DaVinci Institute - https://davinciinstitute.com/ About Thomas Frey on Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Frey Follow Thomas Frey on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thomasfrey?lang=en Invite Thomas Frey to Speak -  https://davinciinstitute.com/davinci-speakers/

Check out David Staley's profile at Educause to get a better sense of his recent work and thinking.  Alternative Universities: Speculative Design for Innovation in Higher Education (book.)