Ranked #1
Episode 7: Carol Dweck Says Theory of Educational Mind-Set Is Often Misunderstood
Episode 7: Carol Dweck Says Theory of Educational Mind-Set Is Often Misunderstood
The Stanford professor responds to critics and shares some of her latest ideas about how to help students push forward w... Read more
11 May 2016
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11mins
Ranked #2
Episode 5: Dissecting One (Extremely Boring) College Lecture
Episode 5: 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 teach... Read more
27 Apr 2016
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10mins
Ranked #3
Episode 4: Why This MIT Dean Is Leaving Her Job to Start a New Kind of University
Episode 4: 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 spen... Read more
20 Apr 2016
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11mins
Ranked #4
Episode 12: You Don’t Know Your Students. This Professor Hopes to Change That.
Episode 12: You Don’t Know Your Students. This Professor Hopes to Change That.
Michael Wesch, an associate professor of anthropology at Kansas State, joins his students for an unusual tour of their l... Read more
24 Aug 2016
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26mins
Ranked #5
Episode 10: Remember Second Life? Its Fans Hope to Bring VR Back to the Classroom
Episode 10: Remember Second Life? Its Fans Hope to Bring VR Back to the Classroom
Evolving virtual-reality technology holds great promise for higher education, argues A.J. Kelton, director of emerging a... Read more
1 Jun 2016
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14mins
Ranked #6
Episode 3: Tyler Cowen Says Online Professors Should Think Like Bloggers
Episode 3: 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... Read more
13 Apr 2016
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11mins
Ranked #7
Episode 11: Are MOOCs Forever?
Episode 11: Are MOOCs Forever?
Coursera’s Daphne Koller discusses plans for the future of a format that some thought would never last this long.
14 Jul 2016
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14mins
Ranked #8
Episode 8: Why Audrey Watters Thinks Tech Is a Trojan Horse Set to ‘Dismantle’ the Academy
Episode 8: Why Audrey Watters Thinks Tech Is a Trojan Horse Set to ‘Dismantle’ the Academy
A prominent critic of education technology has a new podcast, where she deconstructs what she calls the “Silicon Valley ... Read more
18 May 2016
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13mins
Ranked #9
Episode 9: Why Georgetown's Randy Bass Wants to 'Rebundle' College
Episode 9: 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 ... Read more
25 May 2016
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12mins
Ranked #10
Episode 6: This Mongolian Teenager Aced a MOOC. Now He Wants to Widen Their Impact.
Episode 6: 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 idea... Read more
4 May 2016
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9mins