Born from crisis, building hope—weekly conversations transforming education for a more humanistic and sustainable future
Silver Lining for Learning (SLL) is an award-winning webinar/podcast series on the future of learning with educators, education leaders, innovators, and learners from across the globe. Each week, SLL brings together diverse voices—from classroom teachers to researchers to students themselves—to challenge assumptions, bridge theory and practice, and inspire actionable solutions for creating more equitable, humanistic, and sustainable learning ecosystems.
Hosted by Chris Dede, Curt Bonk, Lydia Cao, Punya Mishra & Yong Zhao, SLL has won a range of awards, including The AECT Distinguished Development Award (2022), The Outstanding Digital Learning Artifact (2022) and the Annual Achievement Award (2023), and is ranked among the top 100 education-related podcasts.
Episode 263 | How Is AI Used in Schools and What New Directions Are Needed: A Discussion about the Brookings AI Report
On January 14, a research report on AI uses in schools was released by Brookings, This report, entitled A new direction for students in an AI world: Prosper, prepare, protect, focused on Gen AI and students learning and development. It has an interesting conclusion:...
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Episode 234 | App Inventor: Transforming Tech Consumers into Community Innovators
App Inventor is a free, open-source web platform that empowers people of all ages to create mobile applications and make a meaningful impact on their communities. Built on over 15 years of research and development by MIT and Google, App Inventor helps users become...
Episode 233 | Mi Amigo is Khanmigo: “60 Minutes” of Fame for Hobart, Indiana Schools
Episode 233| Finding an Intellectual Amigo in Khanmigo: "60 Minutes" of Fame for Hobart, Indiana Schools, 12 Noon Eastern, 5/17/2025 In Episode #233 of Silver Lining for Learning we feature Khanmigo, a highly discussed AI-powered online tutor. Proponents contend that...
Episode 232 | Generation of Change: Empowering Afghan Girls and Women Through Online Education
Episode 232| Generation of Change: Empowering Afghan Girls and Women Through Online Education,12 Noon Eastern, 5/3/2025 We live in an age of many educational and societal changes; some even transformative. During the past five years, Silver Lining for Learning (SLL)...
Episode 231 | Stepping Up: Refugees in Need of Higher Education and So Much More
Episode 231| Stepping Up: Refugees in Need of Higher Education and So Much More,12 Noon Eastern, 4/19/2025 With climate change, political unrest, wars, famine, there are countless people experiencing forced migration today as well as others impacted by the suspension...
Episode 230 | Rewriting Foreign Language Education through AI
This Episode will air Saturday April 12th at 12 pm EDT Rewriting Foreign Language Education through AI with Nicole Mills, Arnaud Dressen, and Hannah Kim As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into educational contexts, its potential to support—not...
Episode 229 | A Meeting of the Minds of Educational Technology Editors
Episode #229: A Meeting of the Minds of Educational Technology Editors, 5 pm Eastern, 4/5/2025 In Episode #229 of Silver Lining for Learning (SLL), we will explore the topic of editing journals in the field of learning, design, and technology. In this hour, we will...
Episode 228 | Virtual Bridges for Intercultural Learning: The TEC Center Story
Date & Time of show: March 29, 2025, 2pm Eastern (USA), 8 PM Israel; 11am Phoenix Short introduction Intercultural education has never been more vital than in today's divided world. The TEC Center bridges these divides through innovative technology solutions,...
Episode 227 | Celebrating the past 5 Years to the Future… Which has arrived!
Episode 227: Celebrating the Past Five Years to the Future...Which has Arrived March 22, 2025 11am Eastern In Episode #227, the Silver Lining for Learning Co-hosts reflect on the transformative (and not so transformative) changes in education of the past five years....
Episode 226 | 5 Year Anniversary Episode
Episode 226 | 5 Year Anniversary Episode - March 15, 2025 - Noon Eastern with the hosts. Celebrating 5 years of Silver Lining for Learning. https://youtu.be/_7CrbVY55s8
Episode 225 | Everyday AI: Teacher perspectives on AI education & professional development for advancing AI literacy
Episode 225 | Everyday AI: Teacher perspectives on AI education & professional development for advancing AI literacy with guests Wanda Jones, Racquel Herring and Kate Moore will be recorded on March 8, 2025 at noon. Brief introduction: Join us as we explore...
Episode 224 | Digital Caregivers: Finding Meaning with Social Robots
Episode 224 | Digital Caregivers: Finding Meaning with Social Robots, 12 Noon Eastern, 2/22/2025 In Episode #224 of Silver Lining for Learning (SLL), David Crandall and Selma Šabanović, from Indiana University Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering...
Episode 223 | The National AI Institute for Adult Learning and Online Education (AI-ALOE): Featuring Jill Watson
This Episode will air at 12:00 pm EST on Saturday February 15 Participants: Ashok Goel (AI-ALOE), Sandeep Kakar (AI-ALOE), and Kristy Singletary (Southern Regional Technical College of Georgia) The National AI Institute for Adult Learning and Online Education...
Episode 222 | Preparing educators for the AI revolution: A status report from CRPE
The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) is at the forefront of understanding how school districts are implementing AI technologies and addressing critical gaps in teacher preparedness. Their research explores the complex landscape of AI adoption in schools,...
Episode 221 | Responsible and Collaborative AI from MIT STEP Lab
Responsible and Collaborative AI from MIT STEP Lab February 1, 2025 In this episode, we will hear from the MIT STEP Lab on two of their AI initiatives: Collaborative Artificial Intelligence for Learning (CAIL) and RAICA (Responsible AI for Computational Action)....
Episode 220: Workforce Development through the Technical College System of Georgia
This Episode will air at 12 pm EST on January 25, 2025 Workforce Development through the Technical College System of George with Dr. Andrea Daniel - President Athens Technical College; Adie Shimandle, Executive Director - the Technical College Directors Association of...
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