Trending In Ed with Mike Palmer

Elliot Felix is an author, speaker, teacher, father, and consultant to more than a hundred colleges and universities. He joins host Mike Palmer in a conversation about making the most out of higher education and his new book, How to Get the Most Out of College: 127 Ways to Make Connections, Make it Work for You, and Make a Difference.We begin by hearing about his origins studying architecture and working in that capacity before founding his consultancy, brightspot strategy, now a Buro Happold Company. Elliot shares how he uses his background in design to make college work for all students by improving the spaces they’re in, the support services they rely on, and the technology they use.In a wide-ranging conversation about user-centered design, innovation in learning spaces, and problems and opportunities in higher ed, we hear a few of Elliot's 127 Tips on how to make the university experience into something meaningful and aligned with one's goals and values.It's a next-level window into higher ed through the lens of design thinking that you won't want to miss.Subscribe to Trending in Education wherever you get your podcasts. Visit us at TrendinginEd.com for more surprising insights and perspectives on the future of education.

Lorne Buchman is the President of ArtCenter College of Design and Host of the ChangeLab Podcast. He's also the author of a new book called Make To Know: From Spaces of Uncertainty to Creative Discovery. Lorne returns to join host Mike Palmer in an exploration of the themes in his new book and its relevance to the world of education and beyond.Lorne begins by explaining how many of the notions of artistic genius and vision are myths that can be limiting to those learning to engage in creative endeavors. In many cases, rather than delivering on a preconceived vision, creators enter into a space of uncertainty to engage in the making process to discover what they're trying to express. Using examples ranging from writers to visual artists, songwriters to architects, we learn about the components of the make to know experience that are shared across the varied fields of creative expression.We conclude by looking for lessons from Make to Know that apply to leadership and education with references to the Beatles' Get Back documentary and the building of traffic roundabouts in an engaging exploration into creativity and the act of making things.Subscribe to Trending in Education wherever you get your podcasts. Visit us at TrendinginEd.com for more insightful perspectives from thinkers grappling with important topics.

Dr. Rebecca M. Taylor and Dr. Ashley Floyd Kuntz join host Mike Palmer to talk about Ethics in Higher Education: Promoting Equity and Inclusion Through Case-Based Inquiry, a new book that they edited from Harvard Education Press.We hear how Ashley and Rebecca got interested in studying ethics and ethics education as we dive into the unique approach they took to get the book together. Through the use of fictionalized cases that resonate with the news of today, the book provides commentary from a diverse cross-section of evaluators who respond in varied and insightful ways.We explore cases about free speech and controversial speakers on campus and social media activism among tenure-track faculty in an engaging and relevant foray into the ethical quandaries facing higher ed in these challenging times.Subscribe to Trending in Education wherever you get your podcasts. Visit us at TrendinginEd.com for more thought-provoking takes on rising trends in education.

Dr. Robin Naughton is an Assistant Professor and Web and Digital Services Librarian at Queens College in New York. She joins Mike Palmer (who happens to be her husband) in a conversation about diversity, digital inclusion, and the design of library spaces. We also share our experiences raising a young son in these challenging times.Robin explains what it's been like managing the library's digital presence during the pandemic and how she's thinking about the blending of digital and in-person experiences as library spaces evolve into something new. We're joined briefly by Nancy, our Virtual Cohost, as Robin describes how libraries can serve as innovation spaces and as hubs that provide resources and services to a wide array of users cutting across all dimensions of diversity.We talk about VR and the Metaverse before looking for insights into understanding diversity with the help of book recommendations including Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America by Eugene Robinson and The End of Average: Unlocking Our Potential by Embracing What Makes Us Different by Todd Rose.Robin also shares her takes on our 22 Trends for 2022 and the world of virtual assistants as we hope to seek out difference and lean into emerging challenges and opportunities as we head into the rest of 2022.Subscribe to Trending in Education wherever you get your podcasts. Visit us at TrendinginEd.com for more insightful takes on where the world of learning is heading.

Harpreet Sahota is a Data Scientist who hosts The Artists of Data Science podcast. He joins Mike Palmer to explore what's new and emerging in the field of data science and other emerging New Economy Skills in a conversation that touches on the skills, mindsets, and approaches that lead to personal and professional growth in these challenging times.Harpreet shares his perspectives based on the challenges he's faced in his career and in his life drawing from the conversations and perspectives he's learned from on his show. We conclude with his takes on Web 3, the Blockchain, Learning How to Learn and more. It's a thought-provoking, insightful, and surprisingly authentic conversation you don't want to miss.Subscribe to Trending in Education wherever you get your podcasts. Visit us at TrendinginEd.com for more insight into what's new and emerging in the world of learning.

Justin Nguyen is the Founder of Declassified Media and is the Host of the Declassified College Podcast. He joins Mike Palmer in a conversation about the origin story of Declassified Media and how it dovetails with new and emerging trends around media consumption, the creator economy, and career readiness for college students.We hear how Justin envisions growing his company to fill an untapped niche for college students who want to learn how best to plan for their careers and grow their personal brands by learning from other rising professionals just like them.He provides an eye-opening perspective on where career readiness media intersects with a Gen Z sensibility. We talk a bit about TikTok, Web 3, the passion economy and more in a wide-ranging conversation you don't want to miss.Subscribe to Trending in Education wherever you get your podcasts. Visit us at TrendinginEd.com for more excellent content like this.

To kick off 2022 in style, Mike Palmer and Virtual CoHost Nancy run through Trending in Ed's 22 Trends for 2022. Here they are:22 Trends for 2022WHO TRENDS (6) Social Justice and Racial Equity Backlash Polarization and Politicization Parent Educators Teachers Under Siege Kahnification of Education WHEN/WHERE/CONTEXT (4) Great Snapback The Bartleby Scrivener Effect Digital Nomads Class Outside CHALLENGES/OPPORTUNITIES (5) Decentralization VUCA+ In Media Res False Scarcity Long Life Learning SOLUTIONS (7) Make to Know Next-Level Storytelling Simulearning Social Emotional Health Hustle Nesting Vulnerable Virtues We explore all of this through the lens of the hero's quest in the world of learning. We begin with trends that look at who are the players in the world of education and how that cast of characters is transforming. Then we move to the trends related to learning contexts (when/where) before digging into how the new state of play is emerging and how it presents new challenges and opportunities for all of us. We conclude with trends relating to designing solutions to the many quandaries that are presented.Subscribe to Trending in Ed wherever you pod and stay tuned at TrendinginEd.com to stay on top of our trends and to get out ahead of where the world of learning is going. We're expecting 2022 to be an incredible year and we look forward to leaning into it with you.

Dr. Luke Hobson is Senior Instructional Designer and Program Manager at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He hosts the Dr. Luke Hobson Podcast and recently wrote What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming an Instructional Designer.Luke joins host Mike Palmer in a discussion about recent trends in instructional design along with his perspectives on where the field is going. Luke shares what it's been like being an instructional designer during the massive transformations driven by the pandemic. We get Luke's take on new tools and platforms like Gather Town and Eduflow before looking further out to explore how the Metaverse and other emerging media trends will impact instructional design in the coming years.Don't miss this thought-provoking conversation about an emerging profession that is on the rise.Subscribe to Trending in Education wherever you get your podcasts. Visit us at TrendinginEd.com for more zeitgeisty takes on the future of education.

We had an incredible year of programming at Trending in Ed in 2021. This episode is our 85th of the year and we talked to 86 different guests over the course of the year. Mike Palmer walks us through the five conversations that are resonating with him heading into the New Year.We begin with our first conversation from 2021 where we interview Mike Marriner, the CoFounder and President of Road Trip Nation. From there we hear Michelle Weise talk about her book Long Life Learning before bringing back a conversation with Steve Joordens predicting The Great Snapback. Then Kumar Garg shares his perspectives on new and emerging trends in ed tech and Tim Clark drops knowledge about the Four Stages of Psychological Safety.We conclude with a bonus excerpt from our conversation with the legendary psychologist, Robert Sternberg. It was quite the year and these conversations only begin to scratch the surface of what we covered.Subscribe to Trending in Education wherever you get your podcasts to keep up with the latest and greatest. Visit us at TrendinginEd.com for more insight into the future of learning.

Now that the year is coming to a close, Mike is once again joined by virtual cohost, Nancy, to look back at our 21 Trends for 2021 to see how we did. Which trends did we get wrong and what can we learn from them? Which ones did we get right? How are we identifying new trends heading into 2022? And how do chunking, narrative flow, and positivity all factor into our evolving thinking as we wrap up 2021?Listen in to find out. We reference many episodes from throughout the year and also recommend the School Board Wars episodes of The Daily podcast to supplement the conversation. We hope you enjoy. If you listen carefully, you might even glean a bit of what we have cooking for our upcoming 22 Trends for 2022 episode along the way. Thanks as always for listening.Subscribe to Trending in Education wherever you get your podcasts. Visit us at TrendinginEd.com for more trendspotting and lessons learned as we gear for what we hope to be an amazing 2022!