Chalk Radio

Coming Soon: Chalk Radio from MIT OCW

Feb 1, 2020

Meet MIT instructors in this new podcast as they discuss their passion-driven research and innovative teaching methods. Get candid, funny, serious, and personal insights from professors covering topics ranging from nuclear physics to film appreciation. Hosted by Dr. Sarah Hansen, this podcast aims to connect educators globally through MIT's open teaching materials.

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The podcast explores the cutting-edge research and innovative teaching methods of MIT professors.

The podcast emphasizes the importance of foundational principles in driving teaching and learning at MIT.

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Exploring Inspired Teaching at MIT

Chalk Radio is a podcast that takes listeners behind the scenes of some of the most interesting courses at MIT. Each episode features conversations with professors who discuss their cutting-edge research and innovative teaching methods. The podcast aims to give listeners a sense of being part of the dynamic atmosphere at MIT, where passionate individuals come together to talk, dream, and invent.

Introducing Chalk Radio: A Podcast about Inspired Teaching at MIT

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In each episode of this new podcast, we meet the instructors behind one of MIT’s most interesting courses, from nuclear physics to film appreciation to piloting small aircraft. The instructors open up to us about the passions that drive their cutting-edge research and innovative teaching, sharing stories that are candid, funny, serious, personal⁠, and full of insights. Listening in on these conversations is like being right here with us in person under the MIT dome, talking with your favorite professors.

About the Host

Dr. Sarah Hansen connects educators around the world to openly licensed MIT teaching materials and approaches through the MIT OpenCourseWare Educator project. Before she began working at MIT, she was a faculty member in the Education Department at St. Catherine University. She was an elementary school teacher before teaching teachers. Sarah holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Minnesota, where her scholarship focused on equity issues in education. Her hobbies include doing art projects with her preschool-aged daughter, spending time with her family in India, and experiencing gorgeous public architecture.

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