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NewsIf You Had $45 Billion, What Would You Do to Improve Education?
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. -
News
A Higher-Education Rebel With a Cause
Sarah Short, who has taught some 44,000 students over a half-century at Syracuse University, wants to see more classroom interaction. -
News
Online Education Is Now a Global Market
MOOCs may have been overhyped, but their impact is far from over, says Simon Nelson, of the online-learning provider FutureLearn. And traditional colleges have a huge opportunity if they’re just willing to think a little differently. -
Technology
How Colleges Should Adapt in a Networked Age
In a Re:Learning podcast, The Chronicle talks with Joshua Cooper Ramo, who points to a shift in attitudes toward college and authority figures in general. -
News
A Comedian and an Academic Walk Into a Podcast …
Shane Mauss, a stand-up comic who likes picking professors’ brains, has become an unlikely but engaging science educator. -
Teaching
You Don’t Know Your Students. This Professor Hopes to Change That.
Michael Wesch, an associate professor of anthropology at Kansas State University, joins his students for an unusual tour of their lives beyond the classroom. -
News
Are MOOCs Forever?
Coursera’s Daphne Koller discusses plans for the future of a format that some thought would never last this long. -
News
Remember Second Life? Its Fans Hope to Bring VR Back to the Classroom
Evolving virtual-reality technology holds great promise for higher education, reports A.J. Kelton, director of emerging and instructional technology at Montclair State University. -
News
Why Georgetown’s Randy Bass Wants to ‘Rebundle’ College
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. -
News
Why Audrey Watters Thinks Tech Is a Trojan Horse Set to ‘Dismantle’ the Academy
In a new podcast, a prominent critic of education technology deconstructs what she calls the “Silicon Valley narrative.” -
Teaching
Carol Dweck Says Theory of Educational Mind-Set Is Often Misunderstood
In an interview, the Stanford professor also shares some of her latest ideas about how to help students push forward when they have setbacks. -
News
This Mongolian Teenager Aced a MOOC. Now He Wants to Widen Their Impact.
Battushig Myanganbayar enrolled at MIT after crushing one of its first massive open online courses. And he has some ideas about how they could make a real difference in the developing world. -
News
Dissecting One (Extremely Boring) College Lecture
Three teaching experts offer color commentary on a classroom scene, and discuss the pros and cons of this enduring teaching format. -
News
Why This MIT Dean Is Leaving Her Job to Start a New Kind of University
Christine Ortiz explains how her radical project was sparked by interdisciplinary body-armor research and some time spent on a technology-free retreat. -
Technology
Tyler Cowen Says Online Professors Should Think Like Bloggers
The economics blogger and George Mason University professor says the distinction between universities and non-university educators is “crumbling.” Just look at his Marginal Revolution University. -
News
Google’s ‘Education Evangelist': Students Are Changing Faster Than Colleges
Jaime Casap represents one of the country’s most powerful tech companies. He’s also a voice for minority students from poor families. -
Technology
How Sal Khan Hopes to Remake Education
Khan Academy has become a force. Its founder, Salman Khan, talks about his vision for the future, and what he thinks the college of tomorrow should look like.
