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I regularly give talks<\/a> at colleges and for groups looking to better understand trends in AI and education and how to balance the many perspectives shaping this dynamic moment at colleges and schools. If you’re interested in bringing me to your event or organization, fill out this speaker request form<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

InnovateED<\/strong> | August 29, 2024
How Podcasting Is Changing Teaching and Research<\/a>
I gave a short talk on the impact of podcasting in higher education at Stanford University’s InnovateED virtual conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SXSW EDU<\/strong> | March 5, 2024
Examinging the Impact of the ‘College is a Scam’ Narrative<\/a>
I led a live taping of the EdSurge Podcast as a session at SXSW EDU as part of a podcast series on growing public skepticism of higher ed and its impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SXSW EDU<\/strong> | March 6, 2023
Lessons from This ‘Golden Age’ of Learning Science<\/a>
I joined the Podcast Stage at SXSW EDU down in Austin for a look at what the latest in learning science reveals about how to improve teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ISTE Live<\/strong> | June 27, 2022
Where Does Education Fit in an Emerging Metaverse?<\/a>
We did our second live episode of the EdSurge Podcast in New Orleans at the ISTE Live edtech conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SXSW EDU <\/strong>| March 7, 2022
Educators are Demoralized: What’s the Way Forward?<\/a>
We did our first live episode of the EdSurge Podcast at the inaugural podcast stage at SXSW EDU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SXSW<\/strong> EDU<\/strong> | March 5, 2018
A Flipped Future? Lightning Talks on Teaching<\/a>
For the second year in a row I put together this set of lightning talks about the future of teaching in higher ed. This year I gave one of them as well.<\/p>\n\n\n

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SXSW EDU<\/strong> | March 8, 2017
Lightning Talks: When Learning Goes Digital<\/a>
I moderated this set of TED-style talks by higher education thought leaders. The theme: What’s next in digital learning\u2014and what it means for the \u201cnew majority\u201d of first generation, low income and adult learners. (Video available on EdSurge’s Facebook page<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n

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Reimagine Education Conference<\/strong> | December 6, 2016
Is the Classroom Dead?<\/a>
The conference session was pitched as a debate on the question, \u201cIs the Classroom Dead?\u201d with two people making a case for the need for in-person gatherings of learners, and two others, arguing that the classroom has outlived its usefulness. (My article about the session<\/a> ran on EdSurge.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EdTechX Europe (London)<\/strong> | June 16, 2016
How Education is Going Big: Top Trends and Innovations in Higher Education<\/a>
What\u2019s out: Using technology in small pilot projects at colleges. What\u2019s in: Exploring how technology can transform an institution. Hear about top innovators thinking boldly and broadly to shape the new learning landscape, as well as some of the biggest shifts in the college sector.<\/p>\n\n\n

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SXSW Interactive<\/strong> | March 12, 2016
Professor You: Why Teaching Is a 21st Century Skill<\/a>
The on-demand economy has come to education. Just as Uber is disrupting the taxi business by letting people moonlight as taxi drivers using their own cars, and Airbnb offers an alternative to hotels by helping people rent out their spare rooms, emerging platforms let people use the knowledge in their heads to teach occasional courses online, for a fee. Sites like Udemy and Skillshare are growing fast, letting people with no previous teaching experience make a living as a new kind of freelance faculty. Just as blogging changed who gets to be a writer, online learning is democratizing who gets to teach. That could disrupt and destabilize the time-tested college model of teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SXSW EDU<\/strong> | March 7, 2016
The Research University in the New Millennium<\/a>
A conversation with Christine Ortiz, an MIT dean who is leaving to start a new kind of research university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n