The Conversation
A weekly podcast hosted by Aaron Hung, Clara Bauler and Matt Curinga on technology and instructional design.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 33
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2020
Episode 12: We Close At The Open
In our season finale, Emily, from Episode 7, returns to discuss an article by Valerie Strauss about "Alexis Wiggins", a high school learning coach who, after 14 years of teaching, was asked to shadow…
Episode 11: The Big Picture
This week, I am joined by Danielle to discuss the design process, cross-disciplinary essential questions, and other big picture guidelines from Wiggins and McTighe. Our readings were chapters 11 and …
Episode 10: "Let's all love math"
This week, Alessia joins me to discuss ways to design good, engaging units, using guidelines from Wiggins and McTighe. Our readings were Chapters 9 and 10 of Wiggins and McTighe's Understanding by D…
Episode 9: The Six Facets of Understanding
This week, I am joined by Xuemeng and Wendy, students from China and Taiwan, respectively, to discuss the six facets of understanding described by Wiggins and McTighe. We also return to UDL and consi…
Episode 8: Assessments, the Future School, and the Mysterious Finnish Team
In this episode, Kelly returns to join Brianna to talk about assessments. We start the conversation reflecting on the future school and its implications on the teaching profession. Then we discuss as…
Episode 7: Standards and Essential Questions
Welcome back from Spring Break! In this episode, Emily and Shahee join me as we begin to think about instructional design using backwards design by Wiggins and McTighe. We discuss the importance of s…
Episode 6: Universal Design
In this episode, I am joined by Kelly and Candice to talk about Universal Design for Learning, or UDL. We talk about all the challenges of using UDL in K-12 and higher education. Our readings were Ch…
Episode 5: Models of Technology Integration
In this episode, Brittany returns to talk about models of technology integration that can inform our decisions on what technologies to use for teaching and learning. We discuss Mishra and Koehler's T…
Episode 4: Experts and Expert Learners
In this episode, I talk to Brittany, a math teacher, about how experts learn and what implications that has on how we teach. We discuss the important differences in how experts approach their areas o…
Episode 3: Brain Matters
In this episode, I talk to Jonathan, who teaches math and STEM in Brooklyn, and Jennifer, who is a media specialist in Florida. We discuss what neuroscience tells us about what happens to our brains …
Episode 2: Learning Styles and Other Misconceptions
In this episode, I talk to Angela and Marina, elementary school teachers at Queens, New York. We talked about various myths and misconceptions in education, including learning styles, digital natives…
Episode 1: Preconceptions in Learning
In our debut episode, I talk to Nicole, a graduate student in the speech-language pathologist at Adelphi University about two readings: Chapter Eight from Samuel Arbesman's The Half-Life of Facts and…
Episode 0: Podcast Announcement
This podcast is based on readings and discussions from the course Technology and Instructional Design, in Adelphi University's Educational Technology program. New episodes every Wednesday at 9 AM. St…