In this episode Sean and Punya talk about the journey and future developments of extended reality (XR) in education with Dan Beaupre and Tom Schmidt from One Giant Leap, LLC and ROAM respectively. We learn about the backstory and "origin story" from Dan and Tom and how they came together to join forces around their deep passion for education, storytelling, and emerging technologies. Extended Reality (XR) is a term that encompasses all immersive technologies that merge the physical and virtual wo...
Apr 25, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 5Ep. 8
In this episode - Sean and Punya are joined by guest co-host Iveta Silova to talk with prominent futures scholar Keri Facer to discuss Futures education, futures literacy vs futures literacies, futures thinking, and cultivating a 'temporal imagination'. In our conversation we learn about Keri's own academic and professional journey, and how studying the learning space of children became synonymous with studying the future. We discuss a recent publication from Arathi Sriprakash and Keri Facer on ...
Apr 18, 2023•49 min•Season 5Ep. 7
In this episode, Sean and Punya talk with colleagues who are working toward ways educators, learners, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers can address the learning and teaching of refugees/(im)migrants? LEARN LFC Description : In this project, we will bring together refugees, educators, and researchers with those in global and community organizations to 1.) identify key areas of needed research on the education of refugee/(im)migrants and to 2.) develop intentional and inclusive collecti...
Apr 11, 2023•56 min•Season 5Ep. 6
LFC: Designing the new American High School This LFC is aimed to bring together scholars, practitioners, and students from across the ASU community to formulate a research agenda and a new ASU initiative to imagine how high schools across America can be retooled , reimagined , and redesigned to create equitable opportunities for all U.S. students, especially those from historically marginalized communities, to be prepared for a boundless future in a rapidly changing economy. In this episode we i...
Apr 04, 2023•49 min•Season 5Ep. 5
In this episode Punya and Sean discuss some of the highlights captured in a recent interview with Senior Research Fellow from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education Dr. Chris Dede and talk about AI and education. Guest Information: Dr. Chris Dede Chris Dede is a Senior Research Fellow at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education (GSE) who has worked with AI since the 1970s. A former Timothy E. Wirth Professor of Learning Technologies at Harvard GSE, Dede is a Co-Principal Investigator of the NSF-fu...
Mar 28, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Sean and Punya talk with Steven Zuiker and Ed Finn about the importance of imagination and futures thinking in K12 learning environment. We explore the core research question of their Learning Futures Collaborative: How can we prepare youth to think critically about and take agency for their futures? In this episode we explore the ongoing work through the Imagination and Futures Thinking for K12 Learning Futures Collaborative, where Ed and Steve discuss the core issues of why does every school t...
Mar 21, 2023•45 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Sean and Rachna talk about the "Cambrian explosion" of generative AI with Ganesh Padmanabhan, CEO & Founder of Autonomize Inc. and the potential challenges and opportunities from this rapidly evolving technological change. As we frame our conversation - we talk about the contemporary implications of some of the latest advancements in generative AI using Neil Postman's 1998 talk titled: “Five things we need to know about technological change” In a long and windy way, our conversation hot on t...
Mar 14, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Sean and Punya welcome special guests Dr. Scotty Craig (ASU) and Dr. Ryan Baker (Penn) to discuss rapidly evolving field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, and what implications it may have for education Guest Information Dr. Scotty Craig Is an associate professor of human systems engineering within The Polytechnic School of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Dr. Craig is a learning engineer and has investigated research areas of emotion and lea...
Mar 07, 2023•50 min•Season 5Ep. 1
We're back! Season 5 kicks off with a short introduction from co-hosts Sean Leahy and Punya Mishra on what Season 5 has in store. Punya and Sean discuss the newly formed Learning Futures Collaborative, and why they are so important to the futures of learning, and how they frame the arch of Season 5 – as a catalyst for getting involved with futures in your own contexts. Hosts & Guests : – Dr. Sean M. Leahy ASU Bio @seanthenerd – Dr. Punya Mishra ASU Bio @punyamishra Links and Resources : – Le...
Feb 28, 2023•12 min
In this bonus episode Dr. Sean Leahy talks about the importance of educating for sustainable futures, discussing the opportunities and challenges. Dr. Leahy explores the urgency created by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and the need to prepare for the uncertainty by engaging in futures thinking and other futures methodologies. In this episode Dr. Leahy discusses: Elements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and what set it apart from the previous three. Disruptions and global mega trends Thre...
Nov 23, 2022•23 min
Hosts Clarin Collins and Sean Leahy talk with Jill Koyama and Daniel Liou about the continuing disparities that are present in education. Starting out on a global level, our guests react to the UNESCO report on reimagining the future of education, talking about the importance of recognizing and building curriculums that represent the diversity of the current student and teacher population. They invite us to think about a more humanistic approach to teaching and learning and to reimagine what sch...
Jul 26, 2022•56 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Iveta Silova leads a roundtable conversation with international doctoral scholars Prince Kwarase, Esther Pretti, and Shagun Singha about the most recent UNESCO education report. The report outlines goals intended to create a new social contract for education, fueling the discussion on whether these goals are sufficient for our new post-pandemic world. In thinking towards the future, the guests discuss what topics they anticipate being in the next UNESCO report on education and how it could be ap...
Jul 19, 2022•47 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Hosts Clarin Collins and Sean Leahy talk with Leigh Wolf and Audrey Watters about the futures of educational technology, how we have come into an era where technologies are present in almost all classrooms and how that has changed teaching and learning in significant ways. Our guests chat about how we could create a more humanistic approach to existing and emerging EdTech, and how EdTech can become a roadblock for teachers. Our panelist help us unpack what EdTech really means, and define it in a...
Jul 12, 2022•44 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Ben Scragg from eFuse joins host Sean Leahy to talk about the ins and outs of ESports - and the connection to education and learning. Ben and Sean explore some of the emergent ways in which Esports are becoming more mainstream and what opportunities that might hold for future generations of educators and young people. History and background of startup company eFuse Building a role around education and learning in an esports company State of eSports and online gaming Gaming leading to educational...
Jul 05, 2022•54 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Tammy Reithmann and Erika Flores join our hosts Drs. Clarin Collins and Sean Leahy to discuss the state of preparing educators in Arizona and how the pandemic has provided new opportunities and challenges. Although an undisputed tragedy, COVID-19 had some unlikely positive effects on the education system, such as bringing teachers together as a team and demonstrating the resilience of their students. As the state of the world slowly returns to a new “normal”, the discussion turns to how we can r...
Jun 28, 2022•46 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Clarin Collins, Sean Leahy, Robin Lake, and Brent Maddin come together to discuss the current landscape of challenges facing public education. The worldwide pandemic opened many eyes to the current struggles teachers face and encouraged many institutions to change their education models, one such example being the NEXT Education Workforce. Through discussion we are guided along the possibilities of where public education can lead, as well as the current challenges that many school districts are ...
Jun 21, 2022•52 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Clarin Collins, Sean Leahy, Ruth Wylie, Danah Henriksen, and Maricel Lawrence discuss Futures Thinking and how that may look throughout our working spaces and how it affects the decisions we make regarding education. Our guests engage in a round table discussion on how we might look at our futures, the different categories of futures that exist and many more interesting points. (6:40)- What is Futures Thinking (FT)? What do we mean when we say that? (14:19)- Maricel´s choice of ASU´s PhD program...
Jun 14, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 1
This bonus episode is all about the ShapingEDU Global Virtual Summer Camp - that invites changemakers from around the world to convene for an experimental fusion of hands-on learning, storytelling, tech hacks and the good kind of shenanigans! Sean, Stephanie, and Ruben chat about the origins of the ShapingEDU community and the history that brought about this innovative and forward focused organization. We explore this new virtual free event in detail and encourage people to sign up or access the...
Jun 10, 2022•38 min
The Learning Futures Podcast is produced at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University . The Executive Producer is Dr. Sean Leahy , the show is produced by Dr. Clarin Collins and Karina Muñoz Baltazar, with technical production provided by Jacob Snider.
Jun 09, 2022•2 min
Join Dr. Sean Leahy for this bonus episode of the Learning Futures podcast to discuss the BioSense Network, a newly funded research project aimed at establishing a community of learners exploring biotechnology with a computational microscope. Sean interviews his colleagues about this innovative research grant in collaboration with the Arizona State University School of Molecular Sciences , the ASU Biodesign Institute , and the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at ASU. Panel members: Host: Dr. Sea...
Nov 24, 2021•44 min
Ronald Beghetto has a conversation with Sarah Stein Greenberg about how important it is to shift students’ mindsets from one based on a structured idea of what school and learning is, to one that is open, creative, iterative, adaptive, and able to improvise as they keep learning. Stein Greenberg also talks about her book “Creative Acts for Curious People,” which she wrote with the goal of bringing skills and methods used at the d school to a much wider audience. Stein Greenberg sees this book as...
Nov 02, 2021•30 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Ronald Beghetto and Kaleb Rashad have a meaningful conversation about how school tends to strip people away from their identities and cultural backgrounds, and how important it is for schools to highlight and celebrate identities rather than diminish them. Rashad poses the question of how we can we design learning in such a way that it does not divorce you from who you are, your culture, race, and identity? Rashad also believes in the power of listening to young people, and using their questions...
Oct 26, 2021•36 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Ronald Beghetto and Amanda Tachine talk about Tachine’s journey growing up in a Navajo community and how that inspired her to work to affirm native presence in school settings. Tachine mentions how native people’s ideologies have been excluded consistently in the creation of what we now call school and how there needs to be a change in the ways that native people are represented, to sustain indigenous presence in schools. Tachine imagines a future where education is love-centered, and where excl...
Oct 19, 2021•28 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Ronald Beghetto and Marquis Taylor from Coaching 4 Change have a conversation about the power of college students serving as mentors to the K12 students and how Taylor sees this model as a tool, and a means to build a talent pipeline in schools. Taylor explains that college students enhance what the teacher is already doing well, but the collaboration allows teachers to think differently about how to best serve and support the needs of each student. Taylor imagines a future where school district...
Oct 12, 2021•25 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Ronald Beghetto and Amanda Burke discuss the importance of listening to a community’s perspective on current issues, and how that can really transform the work being done to solve said issues. Burke speaks of her experiences listening to Arizonians’ opinions on matters of education, and notices the similarities on what they believe are key issues--such as moving education towards a learner-centered approach and creating personalized learning for children. Burke imagines a future where we aim to ...
Oct 05, 2021•36 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Ronald Beghetto and Abhi Nangia have a conversation about how Nangia’s nonprofit Better World Ed is changing people’s perspectives on what it is like when we see or meet someone, who has a very different life than us, for the first time. Better World creates wordless videos that showcase a person’s life story, which guide students into questioning and being curious about the world and the people around them. Nangia hopes that these stories will change the hearts and minds of people from a very y...
Sep 28, 2021•32 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Ronald Beghetto talks with Lindy Elkins-Tanton about how her different work and life experiences made her realize the importance of knowing how to work in teams, and to create ones that foster equality instead of competition. She mentions how bringing the idea of teams into the classroom, where every voice and perspective is listened to, removes competition. This not only allows students to engage with uncertainty, but ultimately develops stronger outcomes, products, and solutions. Elkins-Tanton...
Sep 21, 2021•24 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Ronald Beghetto talks with Susan Santone about two pressing issues that the world is currently facing: environmental issues and social justice, and how those can be remedied through education. Santone shares how she pushes for students to learn more about these issues within the various courses she teaches, including how they can play a role in changing discourses. Santone mentions the necessity of bridging these issues and creating spaces that help people understand their roots, and realize we ...
Sep 14, 2021•32 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Ronald Beghetto talks with Kwaku Aning about the different issues that education is currently facing because of the pandemic, such as access to technology devices and the internet. Aning tells us how technologies have become increasingly important for students inside the classroom especially during COVID times, and he talks about his work helping teachers bridge what they are doing online with what is happening in the classroom. Aning imagines a future where equity and access are not an issue fo...
Sep 07, 2021•25 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Dr. Ronald Beghetto is joined by Jill Vialet and Amanda von Moos of Substantial Classrooms to discuss the opportunity that exists (and is necessary) to rethink substitute teaching. Von Moos and Vialet invite listeners to reimagine substitute teaching, providing ideas about the impact that these individuals can have on school climate, students’ lives, and more. Substitute teachers are present for roughly 10% of a student’s education, and by recognizing substitutes for their professionalism and va...
Aug 31, 2021•46 min•Season 3Ep. 1
