On August 25, we were lucky enough to be joined by Chris Dede, one of today’s foremost researchers in education. Having spent much of his extensive career examining how people learn, as well as the nature of our relationships with technology, Chris was able to offer plenty of insight and knowledge regarding motivation, engagement, collective learning experiences, and more.

The topics and themes of the discussion were wide-ranging, but they all served to highlight just how nuanced the learning process is and how much impact teachers can make when they tap into that nuance.

Chris Dede is currently the Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education (HGSE) and a co-principal investigator at the NSF-funded National Artificial Intelligence Institute in Adult Learning and Online Education. You can follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter to stay updated on his work.