
Silver Lining for Learning
Silver Lining for Learning (https://silverliningforlearning.org) is an ongoing conversation on the future of learning with educators and education leaders from across the globe. Hosted by Chris Dede, Curt Bonk, Punya Mishra & Yong Zhao, these conversations began under the “dark cloud” of the COVID19 crisis and continue today. We see these conversations as space to discuss the creation of equitable, humanistic and sustainable learning ecosystems that meet the needs of all learners. These conversations are hosted live on YouTube every Saturday (typically 5:30 PM Eastern US time).
Latest episodes

Feb 15, 2025 • 1h 5min
The National AI Institute for Adult Learning & Online Education (AI-ALOE): Featuring Jill Watson
Ashok Goel is a Professor at Georgia Tech and Executive Director of the National AI Institute for Adult Learning, leading innovative research in AI applications for education. Sandeep Kakar contributes as a Research Scientist, focusing on the Jill Watson project, a virtual teaching assistant utilizing AI for enhanced student support. Kristy Singletary, Dean at Georgia Northwestern Technical College, discusses the democratization of education through AI. They explore Jill Watson's impact in online learning, AI's evolving role in teaching, and the importance of integrating AI to improve accessibility and engagement.

Feb 8, 2025 • 1h 1min
Preparing educators for the AI revolution: A status report from CRPE
In this insightful discussion, Michael Berardino, a Senior Research Analyst at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, and Steven Weiner, a fellow Research Analyst, dive into the critical intersection of AI and education. They explore how school districts are navigating AI adoption while addressing the urgent need for teacher preparedness. Their research highlights gaps in AI training for future educators and showcases innovative strategies from early adopters. The conversation also touches on policy implications and the importance of equity in educational technology.

Feb 1, 2025 • 1h 2min
Responsible and Collaborative AI from MIT's STEP Lab
Christina Bosch, a research scientist at MIT's Teacher Education Lab, discusses innovative AI initiatives like Collaborative AI for Learning (CAIL) and Responsible AI for Computational Action (RAICA). She highlights how a conversational agent named Oscar enhances collaborative learning in classrooms, promoting deeper engagement among students. Christina also addresses the ethical implications of AI in education and stresses the importance of customizing tech to meet diverse learning needs. Tune in for insights into balancing innovation with traditional educational practices!

Jan 25, 2025 • 1h 2min
Workforce Development through the Technical College System of Georgia
Workforce Development through the Technical College System of George with Dr. Andrea Daniel - President Athens Technical College; Adie Shimandle, Executive Director - the Technical College Directors Association of Georgia; and Tammy Bryant - Director of Curriculum for Allied HealthThe Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) is the backbone of workforce development in Georgia, serving every corner of the state through 22 colleges and 88 campuses. TCSG delivers high -quality education and careers that empowers Georgians with the knowledge, skills and abilities needed for success in high-demand professional and emerging fields. From innovative programs in healthcare, advanced manufacturing, and cybersecurity to robust partnerships with industries statewide, TCSG is preparing Georgia’s workforce for the jobs of the future. Each year, TCSG serves more than 500,000 Georgians through its technical education, adult education, and customized workforce training programs.Georgia has been named the #1 state for business for 11 consecutive years by Area Development magazine, and TCSG plays a critical role in earning and sustaining this recognition. With affordable tuition, cutting-edge programs, and a strong emphasis on experiential learning, TCSG ensures that education and career advancement are accessible to all. The system has experienced significant enrollment growth in recent years and had the highest number of graduates in its history in 2024. Beyond technical programs, TCSG leads the state in adult education, high school equivalency initiatives, and workforce training for business and industry, cementing its role as a vital force in Georgia’s economy.Areas of interest for the Podcast and the individual most knowledgeable in that area:Georgia Match - Dr. DanielGEORGIA MATCH is a workforce initiative created by Governor Kemp, and championed by Chancellor Perdue, Commissioner Dozier, and State School Superintendent Woods.Direct Admissions initiative - letter to every public and private high school senior. The letter identifies all the TCSG & USG colleges that the student is academically qualified to attend based on their HOPE GPA.Articulation Agreements ) Tammy Bryant 28 TCSG courses transfer to University System of Georgia Colleges (USG)894 one-to-one articulation agreementsNursing programs and their articulation agreementsCareer Plus - Dr. DanielCareer Plus is a high school diploma program (vs. high school equivalent program) for students 21 years old and older.Students must complete nine high school core courses plus either a two-TCC pathway, a diploma, or an associate degreeDual Achievement and Dual Enrollment – Dr. DanielStudents will graduate high school with a high school diploma and college credentials. Students must earn either two Technical Certificates of Credit or a Diploma or an associate degreeBe between the ages of 16-21Student is not considered a drop-out from their high schoolGeorgia Quick Start – A highly accomplished department of the Technical College System of Georgia - (All)#1 Workforce Training Program in the country for 15 years, per Area Development MagazineProvides FREE workforce training for companies moving to Georgia or expanding operations in GeorgiaWorksource Georgia – Dr. DanielProvides workforce development and career services to more than 196,000 GeorgiansLaunched an online labor exchange portal that connects employers with job seekers. worksourcegaportal.comLeadership through Local Board of Directors - Adie ShimandleNational Science Foundation Artificial Intelligence institute in Adult Learning and Online Education Program– Adie Shimandle11 colleges participating in the ALOE Fellowship programEpisode GuestsDr. Andrea Daniel President Athens Technical CollegeDr. Andrea Daniel currently serves as the President at Athens Technical College. She has served the College for over 27 years. Dr. Daniel began her career working in the office of Senator Sam Nunn and supported the work of the Armed Services Committee. Dr. Daniel previously worked as a senior planning analyst for the Atlanta Regional Commission on projects such as the Outer Loop Study, Vision 2020 Education Stakeholder Committee, planning and zoning studies, and Olympic Transportation Planning.Dr. Daniel has completed the Executive Leadership Academy of the Technical College System of Georgia, and she is a graduate of L.E.A.D. Athens Class of 2008. She has also successfully completed the Georgia Tech Annual Basic Economic Development Course, and the Georgia Regional Academy for Economic Development Essentials of Economic Development course. In January 2020, Dr. Daniel was elected and nominated by a group of her peers to serve on the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) Board of Trustees. For her efforts in demonstrating excellence, creativity and success in business and furthering the goals for other professional women, Dr. Daniel was presented the Athena Award in February 2020. In November 2020, Dr. Daniel received the Elbert County Native Citizen Award during the annual meeting of the Elbert County Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Daniel has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Lander University, a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Georgia, and a doctorate in Business Administration specializing in organizational leadership from Northcentral UniversityAdie Eleaze Shimandle: Executive Director of the Technical College Directors' Association of GeorgiaMs. Shimandle is the Executive Director of the Technical College Directors' Association of Georgia (TCDA) under the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG). In this role, she oversees education and certification programs for local boards of directors across Georgia's 22 technical colleges and has trained and certified more than 600 local board members. She spearheaded the creation of TECH Talks, an initiative technical showcase of pioneering entrepreneurs in disruptive technologies and co-host of the Technical College System of Georgia Statewide Leadership Conference. These explosive new technologies and innovations are driving Georgia's industries and workforce. In addition to her work with TCDA, Ms. Shimandle actively advocates for technological advancements, serving as an ambassador to Georgia legislators, locally and at the federal level, and engaging in discussions on transformative innovations that enhance education and industry.Ms. Shimandle has held senior level position in marketing, business analyst, project management and education. She is a graduate of Leadership North Fulton, created the Community Partner's Fair for the Taste of Alpharetta, Georgia, former member of Habitat for Humanity North Fulton and provided computers underserved students in the Norcross, Ga area. She was inducted into Marquis Who's Who in 2024 and recently was honored to be named the recipient of Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award December 2024. She will appear in the 2025 edition of Who's Who in America.Ms. Shimandle earned an Associates of Science in Education from Manatee Junior Collee (now the State College of Florida), then earning a Bachelor of Science in Instructional Psychology, Training, and Technology at the University of Georgia, where she achieved academic distinction and was recognized for her leadership and scholastic excellence as a straight "A" student. She was honored to be selected as one of two graduating seniors to give the graduation speech at a UGA satellite campus. She is a founding member of the National AI Institute for Adult Learning and Online Education (ALOE), and currently resides on the executive board assisting researchers with ongoing data and advice on adult learners.Tammy Bryant, MSN, RN, Director of Curriculum for Allied Health at TCSGTammy earned a bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Brenau University and a Master’s degree in Nursing from Walden University. Her first career was that of a Labor and Delivery Nurse in the Atlanta area. She then started as a nurse educator with the Technical College System of Georgia at Southern Regional Technical College (SRtC) in 1994 as a full-time instructor in the LPN Program; as she continued her educational journey she developed one of the first Gerontology Diploma Programs for the Technical College System, served as instructor, and program chair for the ASN program from 2010-2022. In 2023, she served as Dean of Nursing for SRTC from June – January of 2023. Most recently in January 2023, she accepted the position within the Technical College System as Executive Director of Health Initiatives.Tammy received the Southern Regional Technical College’s Rick Perkins Award for Excellence in Technical Instruction twice while teaching. She has served as a member of the Nursing Education Committee for the Georgia Board of Nursing and the Steering Committee for the Inaugural Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing - Nursing Education Accreditation Conference. She was appointed to the Georgia Board of Nursing (GBON) in 2017 and reappointed in 2021 and served as the President of the GBON for 2 years.Additionally, she is active in her community where she has served as a Board Member for the Lives without Limits non-profit organization, a member of Thomasville Health Department Committee, as well as a Member of the Georgia Association of Nursing Deans and Directors. Tammy and her husband, Danny, have one daughter and live in Thomasville.

Jan 19, 2025 • 1h 5min
Finding a HERO in Taiwan in Open and Online Education
Episode #219 of Silver Lining for Learning will focus on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) and open education in Taiwan. We will have guests from the Research Center of Higher Educational Resources for Openness (HERO) at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. The platform they use is called ewant. Ewant is an Open Education Platform established in 2013 by National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) in Taiwan. More on this is below.About the Ewant Open education platform: https://www.ewant.org/The ewant Open Education Platform, established in 2013 by National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) in Taiwan, is a pioneering initiative in the realm of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). As Taiwan's first MOOCs platform, ewant has made significant strides in democratizing education, offering over 1,100 courses to a diverse audience that includes more than 650,000 enrollments. This platform collaborates with 110 educational institutions and organizations to provide high-quality learning resources across various disciplines. Over the past two years, approximately 200,000 registered users were high school students.Ewant aims to enhance accessibility to education by breaking geographical barriers and offering courses in both Mandarin and English. Its innovative approach includes hybrid learning models that combine online and offline experiences, fostering peer-to-peer interaction and collaboration among learners. The platform has gained international recognition for its engaging content and successful partnerships, such as its collaboration with the National Palace Museum and renowned educators like Professor Barbara Oakley. With a commitment to promoting lifelong learning, ewant continues to expand its course offerings, including specialized programs in emerging fields like Artificial Intelligence and Medical Science. One notable achievement is the collaboration with the National Palace Museum, which resulted in the award-winning course "A Visit to Treasures in National Palace Museum." This course received a gold medal at the 2021 World Fest Houston International Film and Video Festival, highlighting its innovative approach to education and cultural engagement.Additionally, ewant partnered with Professor Barbara Oakley to create a Chinese version of the highly popular course "Learning How to Learn." This collaboration expanded the course's reach, allowing Mandarin-speaking students to benefit from its insights into effective learning strategies. The platform also launched a high school version and a teacher education variant, further enhancing its educational offerings. Courses like "Mandatory Credits for College Students: Emotional Education," developed by Professor Fei-Juan Chen, have seen significant enrollment success, with over 30,000 students participating in its first semester on a major credit-sharing platform in China. Such initiatives demonstrate ewant's commitment to providing accessible, high-quality education that resonates with diverse audiences and fosters global connections among learners.Sample project: NYCU Partners with VIS to Launch Digital Semiconductor Course: Advancing Educational Equity and Providing Quality Resources for Remote and Offshore High Schools: https://www.nycu.edu.tw/nycu/en/app/news/view?module=headnews&id=552&serno=fcf843a0-00da-4a97-b26d-bcb89cffaac8Kenzen Chen, Associate Professor of e-Learning; and also Associate Dean of the College of humanities, arts, and social sciences; Associate Director of Higher Education Resources for Openness (HERO Center); Associate Director of faculty choir (many associates, LOL); National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.Dr. Ken-Zen Chen is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Education at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University in Taiwan starting September 2015. Prior to becoming an academic, Kenzen was an instructional designer and research analyst at eCampus Center, Boise State University, Idaho, U.S.A. Kenzen specialized in retention research & provided instructional design consultation to support the design & delivery of online courses & programs at Boise State. In line with the state government’s mission of Complete College Idaho 2020, he assisted with learning analytics to improve online student success and provide faculty support with research collaborations for online scholarship of teaching & learning. Kenzen completed his Ph.D. in math, science & technology education in 2012, & M.S. in applied statistics in 2010 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC); he also received an M.A in curriculum & instruction & a B.Ed. from National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU). With his experience in educational foundations, MIS, and instructional design tools, he has broad research interests & backgrounds in the areas of educational technology, learning sciences, big-data analytics in education, and curriculum & instruction. Starting 2016, Dr. Chen collaborates with Dr. Barbara Oakley to transform her famous “Learning How To Learn” MOOC into a series of culturally responsive MOOCs for Chinese-speaking learners and won great success. Currently, the “landing” LHTL is onboarding in five MOOC platforms and one Podcast platform. Dr. Chen uses these MOOCs as research sites to generate a sustainable model for MOOC development. Presently, Kenzen co-directs the ewant Open Education Platform (https://ewant.org, literally: the education you want) - Taiwan’s flagship Mass Open Online Courses platform.Dr. Hsin-Yun Wang (Jill)Dr. Jo-Chi Hsiao (Anna)Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Center for Teacher Education at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology;Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Institute of Education at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University;Community leader of Dance with Stars, a professional learning network for high school English teachers in TaiwanEnglish teacher at National Hsinchu Senior High SchoolHer research focuses on teacher professional development, TESOL, and Computer Assisted Language LearningDr. Wen-Li Chang (Wendy)Post Doc Fellow, Institute of Education, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, TaiwanLecturer, General Education Center and Language Center, National Chung Hsing University, TaiwanLecturer, Department of English and Language Center, National Changhua University of Education, TaiwanHer research field encompasses English-medium instruction, technology-enhanced language learning, self-regulated language learning, and open educational practices.Dr. Yi-Fang Lo (Elva)English Teacher and The Chief of Curriculum, Yong Zhen Elementary School, Miaoli County, TaiwanDoctoral Student, Institute of Education, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, TaiwanLecturer, Cool English website, MOE (The Ministry of Education), TaiwanReview Expert of Examination, “Test My English” CEFR English Test System, MOE (The Ministry of Education), TaiwanCommunity leader, a professional learning network for elementary school English teachers in TaiwanResearch fields:motivation on English learningonline escape room game design on learningtechnology-enhanced language learning in elementary educationself-regulated language learning

Jan 11, 2025 • 1h 2min
The Brilliant Global Gem called Christel House with guests David Harris, Adri Marais, & Lauren Daniels
Episode 218 | The Brilliant Global Gem Called Christel House, 11 am Eastern, 1/11/2025Silver Lining for Learning will start 2025 with a phenomenal project called Christel House International (https://christelhouse.org/) involving youth around the world. Christel House is a global network of schools in India, Mexico, South Africa, Jamaica, and Indianapolis in the United States. Its mission is to provide high-quality, free education from preschool age until they can secure employment after their tertiary education. For the past 25 years, Christel House has strived to provide a comprehensive approach that involves not just educational programming but also healthcare, nutrition, and family assistance. Such an approach helps to ensure the complete holistic development and well-being of every young person in their program. At its core, Christel House has been dedicated to helping empower children from under-resourced communities to maximize their potential, and, in effect, transform lives around the planet. Across their 25 years of existence, Christel House has impacted over 20,000 students across the world with the establishment of 9 schools in 5 countries. They are currently spearheading a new fully funded Fellowship program called the Global Pathbuilders Fellowship which hopes to identify and support high-potential visionary leaders and entrepreneurs in establishing Christel House schools in new countries. Among the countries under consideration are Peru, Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, Nepal, and Bangladesh. They are presently looking for partners in those countries. Selected Fellows will receive customized support to design and launch new schools, including opportunities to be embedded in different Christel House schools to learn from their experienced CEOs and their teams. Clearly, Episode #218 of Silver Lining for Learning will be one of great interest to those seeking innovative solutions to educational problems around the world.David Harris – President and CEO, Christel House InternationalDavid Harris is President & CEO of Christel House International. Before joining Christel House, he was a partner with The City Fund. David founded The Mind Trust in 2006, which became a national model for driving urban education reform. Before founding The Mind Trust, David spent five years as Mayor Bart Peterson’s Charter Schools director, where he built a charter school office that received Harvard University’s Innovations in American Government Award. In 2024, David was recognized with the Leader in Education Innovation Award from The Mind Trust. The Indianapolis Business Journal named David one of the city’s 40 Influential People of the Past 40 Years in 2020. He has received College Summit’s Let Talent Shine Award, Teachers’ Treasures Caring Spirit Award, Hope Academy’s Faces of Hope Award, Marian University’s Franciscan Values Award, and Indy’s Best and Brightest Award from Junior Achievement of Central Indiana. He was featured as part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s 2013 Profiles of Change series. He also was named one of Indianapolis Business Journal’s ‘Forty Under 40’ and was the inaugural winner of the St. Richard’s Episcopal School’s Eugene S. Pulliam Founders Medal for alumni who “demonstrate creative leadership and service that has benefitted society.” David received a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and a law degree from Indiana University.Adri Marais – CEO, Christel House South AfricaIn April 2018 Adri Marais joined Christel House South Africa as CEO. Adri has a Masters in Biochemistry, an MBA and a Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education Studies (cum laude). Science, business and education inform her view of the world. As a social entrepreneur, she is passionate and tenacious. As a leader, deeply empathetic, straight-talking and standing in her integrity. She drives innovation from conceptualization to implementation, balancing risk and reward with humanity. The business of education was a natural home for her work towards social change. In 2004, together with three co-founders, she started TSiBA (Tertiary School in Business Administration) dedicating her life full-time to post-apartheid redress. TSiBA is a private not-for-profit business school that provides all students with full, or part, tuition scholarships to study towards an enriched, fully accredited BBA degree in Entrepreneurial Leadership.Lauren DanielsMy name is Lauren Daniels; I am 25 years old and currently residing in South Africa. I attended Christel House South Africa from 2013-2017, which was my high school career. I matriculated top of the class in 2017 and was also the valedictorian. I went on to study business and marketing for one year at a private college on a full scholarship, and then proceeded to complete my undergraduate degree at Stellenbosch University, a Bachelor of Arts in Social Dynamics in 2021. I completed my BA Honors in Social Anthropology at Stellenbosch University in 2022. I graduated in March 2023, and I am currently working as Project coordinator in the Bursaries and Student Recruitment management division at the Growsmart Educational Program at Growthpoint Properties CSR department. I am currently pursuing my master’s degree in medical Anthropology, with a focus on public and reproductive health at the University of Johannesburg.Indianapolis Star (front page article from January 4, 2025) This high school mentors its students long after they graduate, and it’s seeing resultsThe 74 – Op-Ed by David Harris: How Indiana is leading the way in measuring schools by what matters mostMail & Guardian – Op-Ed by Adri Marais: There is a way to address poverty in South AfricaChalkbeat Indiana – (College & Careers Collaboration): Christel House expands postsecondary support program to traditional public, charter schoolsSouth Africa - The Good News (CH Expansion): Christel House SA to open a new high school

Jan 5, 2025 • 1h 1min
Hosts reflect
Hosts reflect with Chris Dede, Lydia Cao & Punya Mishra

Dec 15, 2024 • 60min
Preparing Educators for Online Global Collaborative Learning
Are you curious with how we might ‘flatten’ the learning landscape to provide student choice, accessibility, and equivalence through multiple global learning opportunities? If so, you are in luck. While humans reemerge in a post-COVID world to begin to learn again with other humans face-to-face as well as online and blended, educators continue to struggle with facilitating effective cross-institutional learning where students learn with their peers, not just about things. Online global collaboration encourages students to learn with others from different cultures; unfortunately, such powerful forms of global education are not typically embedded into formal curricula in higher education. In Episode #216 of Silver Lining for Learning (SLL), we will learn about innovative forms of online collaboration from Dr. Julie Lindsay who is Senior Education Technology Advisor at University of Southern Queensland. As Dr. Lindsay will discuss in this episode, we can do better. In fact, as she describes in an October 2024 article in the Times Higher Education, well-designed online global collaborative learning (OGCL) has been found to transform learning and enhance skills such as effective communication, intercultural awareness, and global perspectives. With that article as a backdrop, she will also explain how we can better prepare educators to collaborate globally. During this podcast, we will discuss the possible impact of AI on learning and teaching in higher education and why alternative approaches to learning and assessment are now vital.More about our guest below the videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h53Y4ARlf1EDr. Julie Lindsay is a highly accomplished and influential figure in the field of education, with over 35 years of experience spanning K-12 schools and higher education. She is a passionate advocate for the integration of educational technologies and innovative pedagogies to drive digital transformation for teaching and learning. Notably, Julie worked in international schools for fifteen years as an educational technology and online learning leader across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. She has designed and implemented numerous online global projects for K-12 classrooms utilizing a collaborative "working with" approach to global learning. This rich experience has informed her scholarship, leading to the publication of two influential books: "Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds" and "The Global Educator: Leveraging Technology for Collaborative Learning and Teaching." Julie continues to deliver presentations, workshops, and consultations on global collaboration in education internationally through her consultancy “Learning Confluence.”Julie completed a PhD in 2019 entitled, “Online global collaborative educators and pedagogical change.” This research offered innovative insights into educator beliefs, competencies, and conceptual change as enablers to adopting a Global Collaborator Mindset with attributes of connection, openness, autonomy, and innovation. These findings have helped to shape her current research, which centers on exploring practices and approaches to embedding online global collaborative learning in higher education with a view to establishing an open community of practice and a robust framework to guide effective learning design and implementation.Currently Julie holds the position of Senior Education Technology Advisor in the Learning and Teaching Futures Portfolio at the University of Southern Queensland. In this role, she is a thought leader and change agent seeking to reimagine traditional approaches to education and foster innovation. Artificial Intelligence is firmly on her agenda and in 2023 she established the AI for Learning and Teaching Collective, an internal, open community of practice with links to external partners that meets to share practice and develop better approaches for AI integration in higher education. In 2020, Julie was the recipient of the Research in Educational Leadership and Management Award from the Australian Council for Educational Leaders. In 2023 she was awarded the Vice Chancellor’s Excellence Award for University Educational Leadership "For fostering student reflective learning, employability and professional identity through a university-wide, sustained initiative leading to changed academic practice through integration of online portfolios."She is actively involved in several initiatives that promote the effective integration of technology in education, including leading the global Technology and Innovation Network (TIN) in partnership with the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE), further demonstrating her dedication to fostering innovation in education on a global scale. In June 2024 Julie was the recipient of an Erasmus+ Staff Mobility nomination and spent time in Germany with partner university, Justus Liebig University, Giessen. Julie can be reached via email at: julie.lindsay@unisq.edu.au and via LinkedIn at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/julieannelindsayJulie Lindsay’s ORCID #: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6220-8785Curriculum embedded global collaborative learning research website: https://create.usq.edu.au/global/Learning Confluence: https://learningconfluence.com/Video #1: Online Global Collaborative Learning (7:08): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz78Cb-JR44Video #2: Exploring curriculum-based global collaboration in higher education (3:42): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBhuBAxF31URecent Publication:Beyond borders: how to make online global collaborative learning work, by Julie Lindsey, Times Higher Education, October 16, 2024As higher education strives to ‘reset’ in the age of AI to become more flexible, interdisciplinary, open, focused on real-world learning and with authentic assessment, curriculum-embedded online global collaborative learning (OGCL) is a key path to future-ready graduateshttps://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/beyond-borders-how-make-online-global-collaborative-learning-work

Dec 7, 2024 • 1h 2min
Goodwill and the Dignity of Work: A hybrid-era renewal for a 120-year old model
In this engaging conversation, Jenny Taylor, the Vice President of Career Services at Goodwill of North Georgia, and Nick Espinosa, Branch Chief at USDA-FNS, delve into the evolution of Goodwill’s mission over 120 years. They discuss how the organization adapts to modern challenges like food security and education barriers. The duo highlights innovative partnerships that empower veterans and people with disabilities. They also explore how AI reshapes job landscapes, emphasizing the need for employment-focused education and technology's role in creating self-sufficiency.

Nov 23, 2024 • 1h 10min
The National AI Institute for Exceptional Education
Jinjun Xiong, a professor and scientific director, is joined by Sean Redmond, an expert in pediatric language disorders, and Dancheng Liu, a PhD student innovating AI solutions. They tackle the critical shortage of speech-language pathologists affecting 3.4 million children. The conversation highlights AI's role in early screening, personalized interventions, and enhancing educational practices. They discuss the AutoRSR project, aiming to streamline assessments while ensuring a human touch in AI-driven education solutions.