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Episode 103 | Don’t Just be Savvy, be World Savvy!

Episode #103. Saturday April 23, 2022, 4:00 pm Eastern (3:00 pm Central) In this increasingly diverse and globally connected world, global education and exchange opportunities are increasingly vital. Enter World Savvy which is a national nonprofit that works with...

Silver Lining for Learning is an ongoing conversation on the future of learning with educators and education leaders from across the globe. Hosted by Chris Dede, Curt Bonk, Punya Mishra & Yong Zhao, these conversations began under the “dark cloud” of the COVID19 crisis and continue today. We see these conversations as space to discuss the creation of equitable, humanistic and sustainable learning ecosystems that meet the needs of all learners. These conversations are hosted live on YouTube every Saturday (typically 5:30 PM Eastern US time) and are archived on this website.

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Episode 104 | 4/30, 4:30pm EDT
Award winning Fulbright teachers discuss their global education and exchange projects

Episode 105 | 5/7, 5:30pm EDT
Quality Matters: The quality of online learning, intentional design with Deb Adair

Episode 106 | 5/14, 5:30pm EDT
Delivering global education with Terry Godwalt

Episode 102 | Strategies for Scaling to Achieve Educational Impact

This Episode will air at 5:30 pm EDT on Saturday April 16th Strategies for Scaling to Achieve Educational Impact with Harvard Professors Monica Higgins and James Honan This session will focus on the challenges and opportunities for scaling innovations in the education...

Episode 101 | Back to the future – with guests from past 100 episodes

Episode 101 | Special Episode with guests from past 100 episodes surprise guests - April 9, 2022. 5:30 PM Eastern https://youtu.be/mOqfoCqCKSQ Toks Bakare is a graduate of the Technology Innovation and Education masters at the Harvard Graduate School of...

Episode 100 | Special Episode Celebration with surprise guests

Episode 100 | Special Episode Celebration with surprise guests - 5:30 PM Eastern Silver Lining for Learning, Episode 100: Celebrating 100 episodes with guests Dodzi Amemado, Lydia Cao, Gerald Fussell, John Heffernan, Robert Nelson, Priyank Sharma & Danty Yin...

Episode 99 | Mechanisms for Achieving Educational Visions

This Episode aired at 5:30 pm EDT on Saturday March 26th Mechanisms for Achieving Educational Visions with Drs. Barbara Means and Jeremy Roschelle Where will the field of EdTech be in 5 years, globally? Our guests work at Digital Promise, a nonprofit organization that...

Episode 98 | Authentic Project-based Learning in Science (Urban Farms & Tyre Gardens as Mindtools)

Episode #98. Saturday March 19, 2022, 5:30 am Eastern New Zealand North Island: Problem-based learning (PBL) is a student-centered pedagogical approach that can hook students into science. In this session, Sutapa Mukund will explain how PBL allows students to explore...

Episode 97 | Hosts reflect

Episode 97, March 12, 2020, 5:30 PM Eastern https://youtu.be/XGXsa-bjmZg

Episode 96 | Transforming Schools to Personalize Education

Personalization of learning has become a major goal of educational transformation. But very few schools have actually achieved true personalization, which Yong Zhao calls personalizable education in his book Reach for Greatness: Personalizable Education for All...

Episode 95 | The view from the Dean’s office

This episode will air on February 26, 2022 at 5:30 PM EST It is clear that the field of education faces significant challenges today. We live in a world that is increasingly interconnected even while national and global tribalism tears it asunder. A world that is...

Episode 94 | Responding to the pandemic: The view from the superintendent’s desk

Over the past two years, schools have been battling with the pandemic in many different ways in order to provide high quality education to all children. They have responded creatively to the many disruptions COVID-19 has posted to schooling. In this episode, we...

Episode 93 | Exploring Modes of Remote Learning in Palestine During the Pandemic: Opportunities and Challenges

Exploring Modes of Remote Learning in Palestine During the Pandemic with Samaa Haniya, Hassan Abed, and Asmaa Mustafa Education is highly valued in Palestine. According to a data report by the United Nations in 2018, nearly 95.4 percent of children attend schools....

Episode 92 | Hosts reflect

Episode 92, February 5, 2020, 5:30 PM Eastern https://youtu.be/tglvNNd7_AA

Episode 91 | Innovations during the COVID‑19 Pandemic around the World

This is a study of educational innovations which emerged during the pandemic, examined through the framework of educational change proposed in the recent UNESCO report on the Futures of Education https://en.unesco.org/futuresofeducation/ The book includes 31 case...

Episode 90 | Technology Education Innovations, from 1 to 1,000 Schools and Beyond

This Episode will air at 5 30 pm EST on Saturday January 22nd Technology Education Innovations, from 1 to 1,000 Schools and Beyond, with Kevin Wang and Brett Wortzman Over the past decade, Computer Science (CS) education has been the fastest growing subject area in...

Episode 89 | Learning Losses or Learning Gains: The Sky is the Limit When Youths Take Action

Episode #89. Saturday January 15, 2022, 5:30 pm Eastern As noted in an October 2021 article in EdSurge, the pandemic allowed many high school students in Colorado to self-direct their learning. Students were learning about cryptocurrency, investing in the stock...