No Such Thing: Education in the Digital Age
A podcast about the promise and reality of learning with technology
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The show is about learning with technology, the realities and
exciting potential.
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The music in this podcast was produced by Leroy Tindy, a guest in
episode zero. You can find him on SoundCloud at AirTindi Beats.
The podcast is produced by Marc Lesser. Marc is a specialist
in the fields of digital learning and youth development with
broad experience designing programming and learning environments
in local and national contexts. Marc recently served as Youth
Studies Practitioner Fellow at City University of New York, and
leads a team of researchers and technologists for NAF (National
Academy Foundation).
Marc is the co-founder of Emoti-Con NYC, New York's biggest youth
digital media and technology festival, and in 2012 was named a
National School Boards Association “20-to-Watch” among national
leaders in education and technology. Connect with Marc on Twitter
@malesser, or LinkedIn.
What's with the ice cream truck in the logo? In the 80's,
Richard E. Clark at University of Southern California set off a
pretty epic debate based on his statement that "media are mere
vehicles that deliver instruction but do not influence student
achievement any more than the truck that delivers our groceries
causes changes in nutrition." * So, the ice cream truck, it's a
nod to Richard Clark, who frequently rings in my ear when I'm
tempted to take things at face value. "Is it the method, or the
medium?" I wonder.
The title, No Such Thing, has a few meanings. Mostly,
it emphasizes the importance of hard questions as we develop and
document the narrative of "education" in the US. For Richard E.
Clark, the question is whether there's such a thing as
learning from new technologies. For others, it might be
whether there's a panacea for the challenges we face in this
field. Whatever your question, I hope that it reminds you to keep
asking--yourself, your learners, others--what's working and how
so.
* Clark, R. E. (1983) Reconsidering Research on Learning From
Media. Review of Educational Research 53(4) 445-459.
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