ReLearning Podcast

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 together with educators to improve learning and increase equality.

Sarah Short, who has taught some 44,000 students over a half-century at Syracuse U., wants to see more classroom interaction.

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 have a huge opportunity if they’re just willing to think a little differently.

Author Joshua Cooper Ramo points to a shift in attitudes toward college -- and authority figures in general.

Shane Mauss, a stand-up comic who likes picking professors’ brains, has become an unlikely but engaging science educator.

Michael Wesch, an associate professor of anthropology at Kansas State, joins his students for an unusual tour of their lives beyond the classroom.

Coursera’s Daphne Koller discusses plans for the future of a format that some thought would never last this long.

Evolving virtual-reality technology holds great promise for higher education, argues A.J. Kelton, director of emerging and instructional technology at Montclair State University.

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.

A prominent critic of education technology has a new podcast, where she deconstructs what she calls the “Silicon Valley narrative.”