Silver Lining for Learning

Arizona State University has been a leader in the higher education space for decades, with its emphasis on innovation, its massive presence in online learning and more. More recently ASU made the new…

We have been following initiatives that empower students to go beyond their traditional schools and classrooms, beyond their traditional pedagogies, and their traditional learning partners. We featur…

Transforming education is never easy but transformation is necessary. How to personalize education for every student? How to engage students in identifying and solving problems worth solving? How to …

Episode 178 Saturday January 27 at 11:00 am Eastern, The Rwanda Wildlife Film-making Course: Documenting Mountains of Gorillas

In 2007, David McGowan from Chicago was in Uganda filming a documentary a…

We have come to a time that students have been gradually recognized and accepted as purposeful, intentional, active, and capable individuals rather than simple recipients of instruction. Increasingly…

Hosts reflect and look forward to the new year with Punya Mishra, Chris Dede, & Curt Bonk

Silver Lining for Learning is an ongoing conversation on the future of learning with educators and education l…

Hosts reflect: with Chris Dede, Curt Bonk & Punya Mishra

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 Episode 174 Saturday November 11 at noon EST, Immersive Learning "Found in the Fjords" of Norway with guests Louise Edwards and Tiffany Duong.

In Episode #174 of Silver Lining for Learning, Louise Ed…

We are living in a world where tens of millions of people are being displaced or finding themselves as refugees each year. Such a world needs new educational and employment models and solutions. Ente…

The Rapid Expansion and Impact of The Digital School (TDS) with Dr. Waleed Al-Ali, Secretary General, TDS; Dr. Fuzan Al-Khalidi, Strategy and Organizational Development Advisor, TDS; and Dr. Lesley S…

Educational transformation is very difficult, if not impossible, to achieve because of the diversity of views on how schools should operate. Typically, when changes are about to happen, they are inte…

Hosts Reflect with Yong Zhao, Curt Bonk, Chris Dede & Punya Mishra

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Transformations Shaping Education in the MENA Region (Middle East & North Africa) with Shireen Yacoub (Istidama Consulting),  Elyas Felfoul (Qatar Foundation/ WISE), and Rami Qubain (PWC)

In this epis…

Experiential Learning and its Potential Impact on our Postsecondary Ecosystem with Howard Lurie, Senior Vice President for Research and Evaluation, Academic Programs International (API) &the API Foun…

A group of U.S. schools has implemented a 4-day school week. The number of school districts that offer 4 school days has grown significantly over the past 3 decades, from mere hundreds in the 1990s t…

Leading Edge Immersive Learning in Higher Education with Marcy Drummond, Greg Heilberger, and Jonathon Richter

The hype and promise of immersive learning such as virtual reality or augmented reality h…

Contemporary Education and Changing Culture in Ukraine

The war raging in Ukraine has been front page news for the past 18 months. The co-hosts at Silver Lining for Learning (SLL) have been concerned a…

Danielle McNamara, Scotty Craig, and Rod Roscoe join the SLL Team to discuss the emerging field of learning engineering—and discuss innovative methodologies to optimize educational experiences and le…