The Digital2Learn Podcast

Ep 24: Learning Innovation and the Future of Higher Education Part 2

 
Giving higher education professionals the language and tools they need to seize new opportunities in digital learning.
 
A quiet revolution is sweeping across US colleges and universities as schools rethink how students learn both inside and outside the classroom. Technology is changing not only what should be taught but how best to teach it. From active learning and inclusive pedagogy to online and hybrid courses, traditional institutions are leveraging their fundamental strengths while challenging long-standing assumptions about how teaching and learning happen.
 
At this intersection of learning, technology, design, and organizational change lies the foundation of a new academic discipline of digital learning. Coalescing around this new field of study is a common critical language, along with a set of theoretical frameworks, methodological practices, and shared challenges and goals. In Learning Innovation and the Future of Higher Education, Joshua Kim and Edward Maloney explore the context of this new discipline, show how it exists within a larger body of scholarship, and give examples of how this scholarship is being used on campuses.
 
What Kim and Maloney demonstrate in this foundational text is an understanding that change is a complex dynamic between what happens in the classroom and the larger institutional structures and traditions at play. Ultimately, the authors make a compelling case not only for this turn to learning but also for creating new pathways for nonfaculty learning careers, understanding the limits of professional organizations and social media, and the need to establish this new interdisciplinary field of learning innovation.
 
 

Ep 23: Learning Innovation and the Future of Higher Education Part 1

Giving higher education professionals the language and tools they need to seize new opportunities in digital learning.
A quiet revolution is sweeping across US colleges and universities as schools rethink how students learn both inside and outside the classroom. Technology is changing not only what should be taught but how best to teach it. From active learning and inclusive pedagogy to online and hybrid courses, traditional institutions are leveraging their fundamental strengths while challenging long-standing assumptions about how teaching and learning happen.
At this intersection of learning, technology, design, and organizational change lies the foundation of a new academic discipline of digital learning. Coalescing around this new field of study is a common critical language, along with a set of theoretical frameworks, methodological practices, and shared challenges and goals. In Learning Innovation and the Future of Higher Education, Joshua Kim and Edward Maloney explore the context of this new discipline, show how it exists within a larger body of scholarship, and give examples of how this scholarship is being used on campuses.
What Kim and Maloney demonstrate in this foundational text is an understanding that change is a complex dynamic between what happens in the classroom and the larger institutional structures and traditions at play. Ultimately, the authors make a compelling case not only for this turn to learning but also for creating new pathways for nonfaculty learning careers, understanding the limits of professional organizations and social media, and the need to establish this new interdisciplinary field of learning innovation.

Ep 22: Learning from the Non-Traditional Learner Part 2

Mark emphasizes that today’s learner is not the “fresh out of high school” student. He offers practical insight on how faculty and institutions can learn from and best serve the non-traditional learner.  

Ep 21: An Open Paradigm Part 1

Mark pays homage to the Open University and the idea that openness to people, places, methods, and ideas is a core ideology for seeing the world. Learn how an “open” paradigm is influencing the future of digital teaching and learning.

Ep 20: Best of 20!

Digital2Learn co-hosts, Brad and Tiffany, reflect on their favorite inspirational messages and practical takeaways from episodes 11-19. This is a brief recap episode you won't want to miss!

Ep 19: Digital Literacies, Latitudes, and Learning Part 2

Doug Belshaw is the latest special guest on the Digital2Learn podcast. In the two-episode feature with Doug, listeners are exposed to Doug’s inspiring and practical research on digital literacies, passion for open and flexible education opportunities, and suggestions for maximizing student and faculty learning experiences.

Ep 18: Digital Literacies, Latitudes, and Learning Part 1

Doug Belshaw is the latest special guest on the Digital2Learn podcast. In the two-episode feature with Doug, listeners are exposed to Doug’s inspiring and practical research on digital literacies, passion for open and flexible education opportunities, and suggestions for maximizing student and faculty learning experiences.

Ep 17: The Future of Online Learning

Kelvin Bentley reflects an innovative spirit and the best of forward-thinking in higher ed. Listen now as Kelvin shares how his career and partnerships inform his beliefs about the future of online learning and gain practical takeaways for leveraging innovation and analytics to inform teaching practice.

Ep 16: Personalizing Large Online Classes Part 2

David Joyner of Georgia Tech returns to continue the conversation on scalability. David shares about the shift from Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to Large, Internet-Mediated Asynchronous Degrees (Limeades). Listen for practical tips on how you can utilize data and teaching strategies to personalize your large online classes. 

Ep 15: MOOCS, Limeade, and Scalability Part 1

David Joyner of Georgia Tech joins us for a conversation about scalability. David shares about the shift from Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to Large, Internet-Mediated Asynchronous Degrees (Limeades). Listen for practical tips on how you can utilize data and teaching strategies to personalize your large online classes.