TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

Episode 120: Academic Innovation Lessons: Hype vs. Hope

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Journalist Jeff Young joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to talk about lessons learned from higher education’s recent academic innovations and whether these ideas bring hope or merely hype to the field of online education.

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Jeff Young
Managing Editor at EdSurge
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Coffee Links
  • Single-Origin Ethiopian Yirgacheffee from Per’La Specialty Roasters in Coral Gables, FL
  • Brewing Guide (with videos) Specific to Per’la’s Small Batch Yirgacheffe
    • Content Links
    • Jeff Young’s Online Profile
    • In EdSurge: “The Pandemic’s Lasting Lessons for Colleges, From Academic Innovation Leaders”
    • From ASU News: “Dreamscape Immersive, ASU launch bold partnership to bring cutting-edge virtual reality to learners worldwide”
    • [0:30 Video] Commercial for Meta in Education: “The Impact Will Be Real”
    • [1:15 Video] Commercial for Meta in Education: “Education in the Metaverse”
    • On the EdSurge On Air Podcast: “The Pandemic Campus Diaries” (mini-series)
    • The Gartner Hype Cycle
    • Book Chapter (full text preview from Google Books): “Keeping FIRRST Things First: The Delicate Dance of Leading Online Innovation at Your Institution” (pp. 1-12 of Leading and Managing e-Learning: What the e-Learning Leader Needs to Know)
    • TOPcast Episode #13: “The MOOC Gets a Toddler Check-Up”
    • TOPcast Episode #25: “But FIRRST…. Lead Innovation!”
    • TOPcast Episode #65: “Field Report #2: Preparing for the Post-COVID Future”
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