Sora Learning Lab
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Sora Learning Lab is a show where we dive into the world of learning research and innovative pedagogy. Through interviews with education researchers, leaders, and innovators, we'll explore the ideas and trends behind the future of learning.
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Oct 1, 2021 • 48min
Lucy Chen of Curious Cardinals: The Power of Learner-Centered Design in Educational Environments
Lucy Chen has a history of being on the cutting edge of education innovation. She was one of the first graduates of Minerva University, a new nomadic university dedicated to promoting science of learning and global immersion. Currently, Lucy serves as the Head of Learning Design at Curious Cardinals. Previously, she's worked on a number of projects as an independent learning experience designer, like her learning object design work at the Reach Every Reader Project and her teacher professional development project at Expanse Online Middle School. Lucy is a strong advocate for learner-centered design in education tools and environments.
Aug 24, 2021 • 1h 3min
Dr. Megan Sumeracki of The Learning Scientists: Using Retrieval-Based Learning in School Curriculum
In January 2016, Dr. Megan Sumeracki co-founded the Learning Scientist Organization to make scientific research on learning more accessible to students, teachers, and other educators.
Aug 8, 2021 • 34min
Glenn Whitman of Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning: Using Neuroscience in The Classroom
Glenn Whitman was just a history teacher before learning about the importance of neuroscience in education. Now he serves as the Executive Director of the Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning, where they train teachers to use research-informed and personalized strategies to help their students.
Aug 7, 2021 • 50min
Matt Bateman of Higher Ground Education: Modernizing Montessori Education
Late in his education career, Matt Bateman became fascinated with the Montessori method. Now, as VP of Pedagogy at Higher Ground Education, he oversees the schools' teaching and curriculum and how to help students develop agency and independence in their childhood.
Aug 5, 2021 • 41min
Vera Michalchik of the Connected Learning Lab: Making Learning Relevant to Young People
Through her work as the Associate Director of the Connected Learning Lab at UC Irvine, Vera Michalchik studies learning in its many forms and settings—including community, home, online, and workplace environments.
Aug 5, 2021 • 53min
Alec Resnick of Powderhouse Studios: Reimagining High School as a Creative Studio
In 2014, MIT graduate Alec Resnick set out to start a new kind of public high school called Powderhouse Studios, where students work in groups on deep, hands-on projects of their own design.
Aug 4, 2021 • 47min
Trace Pickering of Iowa Big: Putting the Real World Back in School
Trace Pickering wasn't a good student when he was in school. Fortunately, an English teacher inspired him to develop a new attitude towards his life and career and become a teacher himself. He quickly learned that his own students were just as bored and unmotivated as he was back in school.In 2013, community and school leaders in Cedar Rapids came to Trace Pickering with a proposal: start a high school program that brings the local community and the school together and make learning relevant and contextual to students.
