The Chronicle’s re:Learning video series explores the new education landscape with innovators from within and outside academe.
Hosted by Chronicle editors and reporters, the series explores fresh ideas about teaching, policy, racial and economic equity, and technology. Watch as the new CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education talks about ways to ensure that ed tech is an “accelerant to good practice,” not just another expense, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Heather Hiles describes the need for entrepreneurs to better understand the students they aim to serve. Other segments feature discussions on the future of MOOCs (now that the hype has faded), the lasting value of experiential learning, and the power of an (organized) road trip to help students discover their passion. The series also includes curated video clips of conference speakers from SXSW EDU and the ASU+GSV Summit, accompanied by commentary from Chronicle reporters. For more on educational innovation, explore The Chronicle’s re:Learning project.
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NewsApps Can Help Advise First-Generation Students. But It Takes a Human to Say, ‘I Believe in You.’
Buoyed by a $20-million gift, the College Advising Corps is doubling down to help more minority, low-income, and first-generation students get into college. Without them, says its founder and chief executive, Nicole Hurd, “we won’t have the democracy we want.” -
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The Single Best Way to Help Older Students? ‘Colleges Shouldn’t Make Adults Do Scavenger Hunts’
Speaking from his own experience, Mike Krause, executive director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, says colleges should help veterans, for example, “just enough.” They appreciate peer mentorship, but “veterans don’t need coddling.” -
On Leadership
A University Powered by the ‘Good Will’ of Others
The University of the People charges no tuition and now serves more than 10,000 students. Its founder, Shai Reshef, speaks about the volunteers who have made it a beacon for Syrian refugees, earthquake victims in Haiti, and undocumented students in the United States. -
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4 Questions for 2 Experts on the Future of Higher Education
Ithaka is a nonprofit organization focused on technology and academic transformation. We asked Kevin M. Guthrie, its president, and Catharine Bond Hill, managing director of its Ithaka S+R consulting arm, which trends show the most promise and which are most overhyped. -
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Career Planning in College ‘Should Not Feel Like Going to the DMV’
Roadtrip Nation is known for its bright-green RVs that take students on career journeys. Mike Marriner, a founder of the group, describes how it continues to expand its mission to help people prepare for their lives after graduation. -
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Many So-Called Innovators Don’t Understand the Community They Need to Serve
Students today are older, poorer, and more ethnically diverse than ever, but Heather Hiles, of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, says few investors and entrepreneurs acknowledge that reality. -
Technology
To Students, Many College Learning Experiences Feel Like They’re From ‘Another Century’
After stints in the federal government and as Rhode Island’s chief innovation officer, Richard Culatta is now chief executive of the International Society for Technology in Education. He wants the group to help ensure that technology isn’t just an expense but “an accelerant to good practice.” -
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After the Hype, Do MOOC Ventures Like edX Still Matter?
Five years and 11 million students on, Anant Agarwal, chief executive of the nonprofit organization, says there is still plenty of innovation to come from the venture and its university partners: “We’re just getting started.” -
re:Learning Video
The Successes (and Failures) of an Experimental College’s New Approaches to Teaching
Theories like “design thinking” and “intrinsic motivation” are more than buzzwords, says Richard K. Miller, president of Olin College of Engineering. -
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Should Colleges or Employers Give People Job-Relevant Skills?
From the ASU + GSV Summit 2017: Peter Capelli, a management professor at the University of Pennsylvania, describes how employers have given up on an essential part of the American-labor system: a role in training the next generation of workers. -
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Should the Future of Education Include a ‘Personalized Prescription’ of Video Games?
From the ASU + GSV Summit 2017: Adam Gazzaley, a neuroscientist at the University of California at San Francisco who studies the effects of games and other physical and cognitive challenges, says they can improve memory and multitasking, and even treat attention-deficit disorders. -
Technology
With the ‘Coming Battles’ Between People and Machines, Educators Are All the More Vital
From the ASU + GSV Summit 2017: Andrew Ng, a computer scientist and co-founder of Coursera, says innovations in artificial intelligence will both create great wealth and raise ethical challenges if we want not just a wealthier society “but also a fairer society.” -
re:Learning and GSV
How ‘College for All’ Goes Wrong
From the ASU + GSV Summit 2017: Ted Dintersmith, an investor and financer of documentary films, argues that schools should give students relevant skills, not just courses to pad a college application. -
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Could Finland’s Strategy of Supporting Education – and Teachers’ Stature – Translate to the U.S.?
From the ASU + GSV Summit 2017: A founder of the company behind Angry Birds and two others highlight how the Finish way of promoting creativity in the classroom has paid off. -
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Virtual Reality Can Teach Altruism, Empathy — and Why You Should Use Less Toilet Paper
From the ASU + GSV Summit 2017: Jeremy Bailenson, a professor at Stanford University and founding director of its Virtual Human Interaction Lab, says the technology, in the right circumstances, can be educationally transformative. -
re:Learning at SXSW EDU
The ‘4-Hour Guy’ Shares His Theories on Learning Fast
From SXSW EDU 2017: Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Work Week, describes the experiential approaches he uses to help people teach themselves. -
re:Learning at SXSW EDU
How Artists Push Social Change
From SXSW EDU 2017: Sarah E. Lewis, an assistant professor of art history and African-American studies at Harvard University, discusses the relationship between creativity and social justice. -
re:Learning at SXSW EDU
Can Lessons Learned From Fighting Al Qaeda Apply to Higher Education?
From SXSW EDU 2017: William H. McRaven, a retired admiral in the U.S. Navy who is now chancellor of the University of Texas system, describes the value of a “team of teams” and the role of the university as a home for dissent. -
re:Learning at SXSW EDU
A Defender of Impoverished Students, and a Scholar of Their Struggles
From SXSW EDU 2017: Sara Goldrick-Rab, a sociology professor at Temple University, describes how college costs and financial-aid structures cut out low-income students. -
re:Learning at SXSW EDU
How the Lessons of a Hip-Hop Group Can Help Save Education
From SXSW EDU 2017: Christopher Emdin, an associate professor at Columbia University’s Teachers College, urges educators to more fully value students’ life experiences. -
re:Learning at SXSW EDU
How the Arts — Too Often Embattled and Underfunded — Are Key to Innovation
From SXSW EDU 2017: Joseph W. Polisi, president of the Juilliard School, discusses how studying music and other arts prepares students for the workplace and conveys American values to the world. -
re:Learning at SXSW EDU
Academe Should Stop Being So Defensive About the Value of the Liberal Arts
From SXSW EDU 2017: Three college presidents who spoke at SXSW EDU argue that the teaching and learning experiences of such an education are more relevant than ever.
