Chrisman Frank joins us to talk about Synthesis. Chrisman is cofounder and CEO of Synthesis, an enrichment club that teaches complex problem-solving and decision-making for kids 7 to 14 through online team games. My cofounder Josh Dahn developed the Synthesis concept while running Ad Astra, a small lab school he built for Elon Musk on the SpaceX campus.

Dr. Dana MacKenzie, a mathematician turned science writer and co-author of The Book of Why (written with Turning Award winner, Judea Pearl), join us to talk about correlation versus causation and other key concepts that have relevance as we seek to create and understand the future of AI in education.

Pedro Szekely, Research Scientist at USC Center on Knowledge Graphs Information Sciences Institute joins us to to take us on an exploration of knowledge graphs and the promise and possibility of artificial intelligence in life and learning.

On this episode, Nathan Grawe returns to talk about his book, The Agile College, and potential ways that colleges and universities might respond to the significant demographic changes in the upcoming years.

On this episode, Bernard speaks with Howard Gardner, one of the most influential educational theorists and scholars in the last century. The conversation focuses upon Howards book A Synthesizing Mind and his latest book, The Real World of College: What Higher Education Is and What It Can Be.

In this episode with serial education entrepreneur, John Katzman, we explore a variety of topics, including the value of higher education pursuing differentiation over competition.

Woody Wade, author of Scenario Planning: A Field Guide to the Future, joins us to talk how scenario planning can help us prepare for multiple futures at the same time.

This episode invites you into a conversation with Robert Litan, a non-resident senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, a practicing lawyer in St. Louis and Chicago, and author of Resolved: Debate Can Revolutionize Education and Help Save Our Democracy.

Pedro Domingos joins us to explain AI, machine learning, and how these are already changing the world around us. Pedro is a professor of computer science and author of The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine.

Michael Horn returns to the show to talk about how to avoid making bad bets when launching new degree programs at your college or University. 

Learn more about James and his books on his website - https://www.jamesmlang.com/

Learn more about Tony on his website at https://www.tonywagner.com Tony Wagner at the Policy Research Institute - https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/person/tony-wagner Learning by Heart: An Unconventional Education - https://www.tonywagner.com/learning-by-heart The Global Achievement Gap - https://www.tonywagner.com/the-global-achievement-gap Creating Innovators - https://www.tonywagner.com/creating-innovators Most Likely to Succeed - https://www.tonywagner.com/most-likely-to-succeed

Learn more about Rohit on his website - https://www.rohitbhargava.com/ Rohit's books:  https://www.rohitbhargava.com/books-publications Rohit's videos: https://www.rohitbhargava.com/video

Lucas Cone is a PhD student at the Danish School of Education, Aarhus University. He earned his MA in Education at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His doctoral research examines the use of commercial services in public schools, focusing on how they impact teacher, student, and community relations in school.  Joachim Wiewiura is PhD Fellow at the Center for Information and Bubble Studies, University of Copenhagen. He...

Jonathan’s Website - https://www.jonathanhaber.org/ Critical Thinking (the book) - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0865KBD3W/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 MOOCs (the book) - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O1E11K4/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2

A recognized expert on social innovation, leadership, and the changing landscape of education, Abby Falik has been profiled by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, and The Chronicle of Higher Education.  Abby has been featured at forums including the Aspen Ideas Festival, the Obama Foundation Summit, the Fast Company Innovation Festival, PopTech, and The Nantucket Project.  In 2018, Abby was named one of America's Top 25 Philanthropy Speakers by The Business of Giving. In 2019 she...

About Robert Pondiscio - https://fordhaminstitute.org/about/fordham-staff/robert-pondiscio How the Other Half Learns: Equality, Excellence, and the Battle Over School Choice - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PH9J87P/

Faculty Competencies for Innovation? - article published in Inside Higher Education Learn More About Rachel - https://ai.umich.edu/who-are-we/our-team/rachel-niemer/ Learn More About Michael -  https://dcal.dartmouth.edu/people/michael-goudzwaard

Kim Hamilton Duffy, a multi-university, international effort designing the future of academic credentials -- in her role at MIT Open Learning. Her expertise is interoperable, standards-based credentials and decentralized identity solutions, also referred to as "Self-Sovereign Identity" (SSI). Previously, she co-created the successful open-source, open-standard Blockcerts project with the MIT Media Lab.  Links Kim on Twitter - https://twitter.com/kimdhamilton Kim’s website - OKim’s Razor -...

Sarah is an educator and scholar working at the intersection of practice and research. Her work is grounded in the goal of transforming schools and classrooms into more humanizing places to teach and learn. She began her career in 2005 as an English teacher and instructional coach at a high school in Washington, D.C.. In the spring of 2017, with the support of a Spencer Foundation/National Academy of Education fellowship, she completed a doctorate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education....

Nathan Grawe, labor economist and professor at Carleton College, joins us to talk about his book on demographics in higher education. How will demographic trends impact the future of higher education and what can colleges do about it? Join us on this episode to learn what Nathan Grawe, who literally wrote the book on the subject, has to say about these questions.

Jill Leafstedt is the Executive Director of Teaching and Learning Innovations and Senior Academic Technology Officer at CSU Channel Islands in Camarillo, California. Jill has worked in education for over 25 years and is passionate about improving learning opportunities for all learners. She began as a middle school special education teacher, which led to a doctorate in Special Education, Disabilities and Risk Studies from UC Santa Barbara. Following this, Jill moved to CI, first as...

This conversation with Howard Rheingold explores every from technology as mind augmentation to virtual reality, virtual community, how to thrive in the digital world, and peer-to-peer learning. Howard is one of those thinkers who takes us under the surface, exploring the roots of life and learning in a digital age. He is a writer and teacher who is widely recognized for his exploration of cultural, social and political implications of technology and the Internet.

John Tagg, author of The Instruction Myth: Why Higher Education is Hard to Change, and How to Change It, joins us on this episode to make a case that higher education is broken. To fix it, we must challenge a fundamental but flawed belief about higher education, the idea that education is primary about instruction.