Episode #120. Saturday September 10, 2022, 5:30 pm Eastern
Abstract
At dinner during this age of the COVID-19 pandemic, have you and your family members discussed educational issues such as virtual schools, the future of education, learner agency and empowerment, learning apprenticeships, world class schools, year-round schooling, etc., during dinner or family time? How about the future of work? Or how about conversations on the impact of disruptive technologies on education or work? If not, you might consider attending Episode #120 of Silver Lining for Learning (SLL) and listen to our highly esteemed guest Michael B. Horn. If you do regularly engage in any such dialogue or have an interest in understanding some of the pervasive changes in education taking places around us today, you might attend this episode of Silver Lining for Learning and ask Michael Horn a question or two in the chat window in YouTube livestream. The SLL team plans to venture into several timely and thought-provoking discussions about education with Michael. During the hour, we will also discuss Michael’s new book, “From Reopen to Reinvent: (Re)creating School for Every Child” published in 2020 by Jossey-Bass. When we are done, you will realize that schools can now do much more than return to normal in a post pandemic world. You also might gain an appreciation of new models schooling that make apparent that a one size fits all approach to education is quickly being replaced. And, hopefully, along the way, you might get a few ideas how you can help your learners find and build upon their areas of interest and passion so that they can reach their true human potential.
More about our guest below the video
Michael B. Horn strives to create a world in which all individuals can build their passions and fulfill their potential through his writing, speaking, and work with a portfolio of education organizations. He is the author of several books, including the award-winning Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns; Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools; Choosing College; Goodnight Box, a children’s story; and the forthcoming From Reopen to Reinvent: (Re)creating School for Every Child, which will be released in July 2022.
Michael is the co-founder of and a distinguished fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, a non-profit think tank. He cohosts the top education podcasts Future U and Class Disrupted. He is a regular contributor to Forbes.com and writes the Substack newsletter The Future of Education. Michael also serves as an executive editor at Education Next, and his work has been featured in outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, and NBC.
Michael is a senior strategist at Guild Education, which partners with leading employers and organizations to help offer education and upskilling opportunities to America’s workforce. He serves on the board and advisory boards of a range of education organizations, including Imagine Worldwide, Minerva University, and the LearnLaunch Institute and is a venture partner at NextGen Venture Partners.
Michael was selected as a 2014 Eisenhower Fellow to study innovation in education in Vietnam and Korea, and Tech&Learning magazine named him to its list of the 100 most important people in the creation and advancement of the use of technology in education. Michael holds a BA in history from Yale University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He can be contacted at michael.b.horn@gmail.com.
Web Resources
Michael’s new book: “From Reopen to Reinvent: (Re)creating School for Every Child”
Michael Horn’s Homepage: https://michaelbhorn.com/
Bio: https://michaelbhorn.com/about/
Education Next Bio: https://www.educationnext.org/author/mhorn/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbhorn/
Sample video: https://marketscale.com/industries/education-technology/shifting-our-education-system-to-mastery-based-learning/