Silver Lining for Learning

Technology has played a significant role in special education and has a lot more potential. In this episode we invite the top professors in technology and special education to discuss the past, present, and future of technology in special education. They are also leading the newly funded national center: Center for Innovation, Design, and Digital Learning (CIDDL). The center has a strong mission to connect with higher education faculty to promote better and more uses of technology. More about the guests below the video. Join the conversation at silverliningforlearning.org 

David Wiley, Co-founder and Chief Academic Officer, Lumen Learning, has been a leader in the open education movement for over two decades. If an interesting or ground-breaking open education project has happened, David likely is aware of it and perhaps even participated in it to make it so. Want to learn about open textbook research? Why not? David and his colleague, John Hilton, have conducted tons of it. OpenCourseWare advocacy? Here too David led the charge. MOOCs? Well, now, prior to the MOOC craze in 2009, David opened up his classroom to the world community and gave out certificates to those who joined. Open educational resources entrepreneur? As per his bio, there is no other like him. Organizer of the openness movement? David founded the Open Education Conference. Come to this session and find out how you can get involved in helping the world become more free and open for learning. You will likely learn about unique resources created for this open world as well as new trends and possibilities. Join the conversation at silverliningforlearning.org 

In this episode of Silver Linings for Learning, the Hosts reflect on the past 4 episodes. Join the conversation at silverliningforlearning.org 

In this episode, Jeremy Bailenson, Kristy Kroeker, and Anna Queiroz, will discuss their shared work on the Stanford Ocean Acidification Experience, which is an immersive VR journey where learners actively explore a virtual underwater ecosystem and observe firsthand how rocky reefs are expected to look by the end of the century if CO2 emissions are not curbed. In addition to discussing their shared work, they will also talk about some exciting new research, including Anna’s new findings on the use of VR headsets in schools and its effects on affective and cognitive learning,  Kristy’s research on ocean acidification and outreach and education regarding ocean climate change, and Jeremy’s work around policy and VR that focuses on a case study in Palau. Join the conversation at silverliningforlearning.org 

Delivering high quality professional development at scale that builds on new knowledge of learning and the mind is crucial to the future of teaching. In particular, teachers now must master remote and blended instruction as well as classroom interactions. This session describes a design science strategy for realizing those objectives. Diana Laurillard will discuss the models she has developed and studied, including new types of capacity building tools. We also will dialogue about the challenges of evaluation and the types of measures that predict success. Further, our conversation will address barriers to implementation and evolution. More about our guest below the video. Join the conversation at silverliningforlearning.org 

This episode will explore the recent projects and initiatives of three East Asian educational technology leaders, Insung Jung, Ok-hwa Lee, and Meifeng Liu, within their home countries of Japan, Korea, and China as well as their work around the globe. What have they each done during the past few years? What have they each discovered? And where will they go next? This session will also highlight what the governments in Japan, Korea, and China have been targeting since they start of the pandemic and the associated successes and failures. What insights do these prominent women leaders have for the world community as well as for young female scholars in the field of educational technology and distance education? See their bios  for examples of the projects that we will be discussing during Episode #52 of Silver Lining for Learning. Join the conversation at silverliningforlearning.org 

This episode of Silver Linking for Learning discusses how open educational resources and courseware is utilized for forestry education and forestry management. The Asia Pacific Forestry Education Coordination Mechanism, an international consortium of universities with a mission to promote forestry education and research cooperation, developed a joint educational online program entitled Innovative Sustainable Forest Management Education in the Asia-Pacific Region, which is a series of open online courses in Sustainable Forest Management (SFM). It is the only SFM online program of its kind, and provides world-class forestry education resources to more than 15,000 learners from over 90 international economies. Join the show to hear their stories about how the program paved its way from an initial self-directed OER learning program to a current credentialed certificate degree program, and to a future Master’s degree program in Forestry.Asia Pacific Forestry Education Coordination Mechanism (AP-FECM): https://apfecm.forestry.ubc.ca/https://apfecm.forestry.ubc.ca/executive-office-of-ap-fecm/Graduate Certificate in Forest Management and Conservationhttps://forestry.ubc.ca/programs/certificate/forest-management-conservation/JTF GCFE 49 Sustainable Forest Management Online Program – Canadahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSCM4Zg-MxU&t=49sAP-FECM open online courses: https://apfecm.forestry.ubc.ca/sfm-online-courses/. Join the conversation at silverliningforlearning.org 

Celebration and reflection on the past 50 episodes and plans for the future. Join the conversation at silverliningforlearning.org 

HyFlex is a term used widely and often with a tint of controversy; especially when teachers are already overwhelmed with student psychological, emotional, technological, and academic needs during the pandemic. The Hybrid-Flexible (HyFlex) course design delivers a student-directed multi-modal learning experience. Students choose between attending (participating) in class sessions in a traditional classroom (or lecture hall) setting or in an online environment. The HyFlex course design is built upon four fundamental values: (1) Learner Choice, (2) Equivalency, (3) Reusability, and (4) Accessibility. These four “pillars” provide a consistent and solid foundation for resulting courses and programs.  Successful HyFlex courses allow all students, in all participation modes, to complete together so that a single learning community is developed: one class with different participation modes rather than two or three different classes mashed together. Free book: Hybrid-Flexible Course Design: Implementing Student-Directed Hybrid Classes by Brian J. Beatty: https://edtechbooks.org/hyflex Join the conversation at silverliningforlearning.org 

The SLL Hosts–Chris Dede, Curt Bonk, Punya Mishra, Shuangye Chen, and Yong Zhao–will each identify a few of their favorite episodes and describe why these are exciting in their implications for learning across the world. They will also describe ways the growing SLL archive can be a resource summarizing innovations in technology-enabled learning.Dermot Walsh will moderate the SLL Hosts discussion and pose comments and questions from the CESI audience. Join the conversation at silverliningforlearning.org