What if education systems were doing more and thinking differently about preparing learners to thrive in the future? Join hosts Dr. Sean Leahy, and Professor Punya Mishra of Arizona State University for conversations on improving education and the futures of learning. Each episode presents colleagues, researchers, education leaders, and other guests who share how they're thinking about and addressing the most pressing challenges in education.
This Selects episode was originally published on July 12, 2022.
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Hosts Clarin Collins and Sean Leahy talk with Leigh Wolf and Audrey Watters about the futures of education…
This Selects episode was originally published on June 21, 2022
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Clarin Collins, Sean Leahy, Robin Lake, and Brent Maddin come together to discuss the current landscape of ch…
This Selects episode was originally published on March 28, 2023.
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In this episode Punya and Sean discuss some of the highlights captured in a recent interview with Senior …
Drs. Clarin Collins and Sean Leahy have a very engaging conversation with Dr. Ruth Wylie, Dr. Danah Henriksen, and Maricel Lawrence about Futures Thinking. Each panelist discusses how they engage in …
This re-released episode features the full audio recording and notes from the original broadcast: July 26, 2022. We (Jake) hopes you'll enjoy revisiting this ever timely topic for the Futures of Lear…
In this short bonus episode Sean talks with Learning Futures producer Jacob Snider about Jake's summer take-over of the show. Jake shares a little preview of the episodes he will re-release over the …
In this episode - Punya and Sean talk around a great interview with ASU's own Kyle Jensen, who is the director of the writing center. This episode explores the impact of generative AI and large langu…
In this episode - Sean is joined by guest host Dr. Steven Weiner to lead a panel discussion around the challenges in changing the educational system and barriers to implementing change. The panel exa…
In this Bonus episode Sean talks with special guest and friend of the show Stephanie Pierotti (Director of ShapingEDU at ASU) about the upcoming FREE Virtual event - ShapingEDU Mini Summit: AI x High…
In this episode Sean and Punya sit in studio and talk about the recent interview Punya and Danah had with Ethan Mollick for their Tech Trends series in which they talk with Ethan on a wide range of t…
In this episode Sean and Punya talk about the journey and future developments of extended reality (XR) in education with Dan Beaupre and Tom Schmidt from One Giant Leap, LLC and ROAM respectively. We…
In this episode - Sean and Punya are joined by guest co-host Iveta Silova to talk with prominent futures scholar Keri Facer to discuss Futures education, futures literacy vs futures literacies, futur…
In this episode, Sean and Punya talk with colleagues who are working toward ways educators, learners, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers can address the learning and teaching of refugees/(i…
LFC: Designing the new American High School
This LFC is aimed to bring together scholars, practitioners, and students from across the ASU community to formulate a research agenda and a new ASU initiat…
In this episode Punya and Sean discuss some of the highlights captured in a recent interview with Senior Research Fellow from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education Dr. Chris Dede and talk about AI a…
Sean and Punya talk with Steven Zuiker and Ed Finn about the importance of imagination and futures thinking in K12 learning environment. We explore the core research question of their Learning Future…
Sean and Rachna talk about the "Cambrian explosion" of generative AI with Ganesh Padmanabhan, CEO & Founder of Autonomize Inc. and the potential challenges and opportunities from this rapidly evolvin…
Sean and Punya welcome special guests Dr. Scotty Craig (ASU) and Dr. Ryan Baker (Penn) to discuss rapidly evolving field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, and what implications it ma…
We're back! Season 5 kicks off with a short introduction from co-hosts Sean Leahy and Punya Mishra on what Season 5 has in store. Punya and Sean discuss the newly formed Learning Futures Collaborativ…
In this bonus episode Dr. Sean Leahy talks about the importance of educating for sustainable futures, discussing the opportunities and challenges. Dr. Leahy explores the urgency created by the Fourth…