TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

Episode 129: Education Deserts and Online Strategy

Listen Later
About Episode 129:

In this episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom discuss the concept of “education deserts” and how a strategic approach to online education can increase educational access in these under-resourced geographic areas.

Podcast Recording

Download Transcript: PDF

Episode 129 Show Notes:
Left to right: Kelvin, Producer Tim, and Tom in the physical studio.
Episode Synopsis via Twitter

View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter

Coffee Links
  • Dual Axes (Blend) Coffee from Honest Coffee Roasters in Huntsville, AL
  • About Honest Coffee Roasters (Huntsville, AL)
    • Content Links
    • “Place Matters: A Closer Look at Education Deserts” (Hillman, 2019)
    • Free Reverse Geocoding Site “Geoapify” (for use with data in Hillman article)
    • In The Chronicle of Higher Education: “Who Lives in Education Deserts? More People Than You Might Think”
    • In The Atlantic: “The Education Deserts of Rural America” (Harris, 2019)
    • From Wiley University Services: “Education Deserts in the US: How Online Education Can Close the Gap”
      • Extra Special Feature
      • Video Version of this Episode!
        • ...more
        View all episodesView all episodes
        Download on the App Store
        TOPcast: The Teaching Online PodcastBy Thomas Cavanagh & Kelvin Thompson
        • 4.8
        • 4.8
        • 4.8
        • 4.8
        • 4.8

        4.8

        51 ratings

        More shows like TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

        View all
        Freakonomics Radio by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

        Freakonomics Radio

        32,255 Listeners

        Hidden Brain by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

        Hidden Brain

        43,623 Listeners

        The NPR Politics Podcast by NPR

        The NPR Politics Podcast

        26,012 Listeners

        99% Invisible by Roman Mars

        99% Invisible

        26,269 Listeners

        Teaching in Higher Ed by Bonni Stachowiak

        Teaching in Higher Ed

        372 Listeners

        HBR IdeaCast by Harvard Business Review

        HBR IdeaCast

        154 Listeners

        Revisionist History by Pushkin Industries

        Revisionist History

        58,961 Listeners

        The Daily by The New York Times

        The Daily

        113,520 Listeners

        Future U Podcast - The Pulse of Higher Ed by Jeff Selingo, Michael Horn

        Future U Podcast - The Pulse of Higher Ed

        140 Listeners

        Focus on This by Full Focus

        Focus on This

        634 Listeners

        People I (Mostly) Admire by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

        People I (Mostly) Admire

        2,036 Listeners

        Hard Fork by The New York Times

        Hard Fork

        5,596 Listeners

        Coaching Real Leaders by Harvard Business Review / Muriel Wilkins

        Coaching Real Leaders

        672 Listeners

        The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

        The Ezra Klein Show

        16,587 Listeners

        College Matters from The Chronicle by The Chronicle of Higher Education

        College Matters from The Chronicle

        86 Listeners