38 episodes

Chalk Radio is an MIT OpenCourseWare podcast about inspired teaching at MIT. We take you behind the scenes of some of the most interesting courses on campus to talk with the professors who make those courses possible.

Our guests open up to us about the passions that drive their cutting-edge research and innovative teaching, sharing stories that are candid, funny, serious, personal, and full of insights. Listening in on these conversations is like being right here with us in person under the MIT dome, talking with your favorite professors.

And because each of our guests shares teaching materials on OCW, it's easy to take a deeper dive into the topics that inspire you. If you're an educator, you can make these teaching materials your own because they're all openly-licensed.

Hosted by Dr. Sarah Hansen from MIT Open Learning.

Chalk Radio episodes are offered under a CC BY-NC-SA license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/).

Chalk Radio MIT OpenCourseWare

    • Education
    • 4.9 • 39 Ratings

Chalk Radio is an MIT OpenCourseWare podcast about inspired teaching at MIT. We take you behind the scenes of some of the most interesting courses on campus to talk with the professors who make those courses possible.

Our guests open up to us about the passions that drive their cutting-edge research and innovative teaching, sharing stories that are candid, funny, serious, personal, and full of insights. Listening in on these conversations is like being right here with us in person under the MIT dome, talking with your favorite professors.

And because each of our guests shares teaching materials on OCW, it's easy to take a deeper dive into the topics that inspire you. If you're an educator, you can make these teaching materials your own because they're all openly-licensed.

Hosted by Dr. Sarah Hansen from MIT Open Learning.

Chalk Radio episodes are offered under a CC BY-NC-SA license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/).

    Honoring Your Native Language with Prof. Michel DeGraff

    Honoring Your Native Language with Prof. Michel DeGraff

    How colonization shaped the perception of Haitian Kreyòl and how it continues to shape the lived experiences of learners today.

    • 25 min
    Sustainability Education Across Learning Environments with Dr. Liz Potter-Nelson and Sarah Meyers

    Sustainability Education Across Learning Environments with Dr. Liz Potter-Nelson and Sarah Meyers

    Teaching about sustainability, in a sustainable way, with Dr. Liz Potter-Nelson and Sarah Meyers.

    • 15 min
    Teaching Teachers with Dr. Summer Morrill

    Teaching Teachers with Dr. Summer Morrill

    How do you help learners succeed? Start by strategically supporting teaching assistants.

    • 18 min
    Communication is the Whole Game with Paige Bright & Prof. Haynes Miller

    Communication is the Whole Game with Paige Bright & Prof. Haynes Miller

    Third-year MIT student Paige Bright interviews Professor Emeritus Haynes Miller about teaching mathematics—and the central role of math communication (spoiler alert: it’s the whole game!).

    • 19 min
    Opening Computer Science to Everyone with Chancellor Eric Grimson

    Opening Computer Science to Everyone with Chancellor Eric Grimson

    Chancellor Eric Grimson engages novices in learning computer science, opening the field to everyone and empowering learners to cultivate their curiosity.

    • 16 min
    Seeing Green with Drs. Sandland and Chazot

    Seeing Green with Drs. Sandland and Chazot

    What happens when you see yellow and I see blue? Together we see green. In this episode, diversifying materials science and improving the field.

    • 17 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
39 Ratings

39 Ratings

userbinry4n ,

Great!

I am very thankful that this podcast exists. As mentioned in the trailer, it is close to being able to having a quick conversation with these great professors about their interesting courses. I loved the episode with Gilbert Strang and look forward to listening to subject that I would not normally be exposed to.
Suggestion: Please do an episode on 6.0001 with Dr. Ana Bell, Prof. Eric Grimson, and Prof. John Guttag.

aesoprocky ,

A Generous Gift

The chalk radio podcasts do a great job of talking about complex ideas in ways that do not make them intimidating. Everything talked about in these podcasts is relevant to the layperson who comes to learn or the prospective student trying to feel out the school. Fantastically produced, I highly recommend.

MandoMania86 ,

Very Interesting and Insightful Podcast

This is a great show. I like hearing from diverse faculty on how they teach different subjects. Lots of good tips too! And a really good host.

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