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January 6, 2021 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Critical Thinking, Interviews

What happened over the last decade that turned the global commons into a sewer?

Interview with Howard Gardner

January 4, 2021 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Interviews

In my latest interview on New Books Network, I talk with Professor Howard Gardner about his new book A Synthesizing Mind.

Both Sides of the Mike

July 8, 2020 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Critical Thinking, Interviews

An interview at the EdSurge podcast featuring me and Peter Adams of the News Literacy Project talking to EdSurge podcaster Jeff Young. Also, an interview by me of Michael Horn at New Books Network.

Interview with Lee McIntyre on New Books Network

June 24, 2020 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Interviews

My interview with Lee McIntyre, author of The Scientific Attitude, at a new podcast on New Books Network.

Interview with Michelle Weise on MOOC Disruption

June 6, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Interviews

Today we are joined by Michelle Weise, Senior Research Fellow for Higher Education at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation. Articles about massive open online courses (MOOCs) would be a lot shorter if shorn of words and phrases containing the word “disruption.”  But disruptive technology and the like are not simply catch phrases, but […]

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