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December 28, 2020 Trending in Education Adi Hanash, Angela Siefer, Black Lives Matter, David Meerman Scott, digital inclusion, Frank Britt, Gartner, Helen Lee Bouygues, highlights, Hype Cycle, Live Online, March Madness, Rich Milner, Zachary Davis

Trending in Education 2020 Highlights Show

To bring 2020 to a close, we’ve compiled highlights from the 10 most downloaded episodes of Trending in Education this year. We begin with Angela Siefer talking about Digital Inclusion before hearing Adi Hanash’s perspective on how to be a great live online instructor. Then we listen to Dr. Rich Milner talk about the importance of grace in light of the Black Lives Matter movement and the challenges of teaching in 2020. From there, we hear from Helen Lee Bouygues, Zachary Davis, Frank Britt, Bryan Alexander, and David Meerman Scott and reflect back on our March Madness Tournament, the Gartner Hype Cycle, and much more.

Digital Inclusion

August 17, 2020 Trending In Education Angela Siefer, COVID-19, digital divide, digital equity, digital inclusion, digital literacy

Bridging Digital Divides with Angela Siefer

Angela Siefer, Executive Director of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance returns to the show to join Mike in a conversation about how to open up access to the digital tools many of us take for granted. Last time we had Angela on the show in March, we were still in the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic response. Now as we approach the Fall, there remains plenty of work to do and the focus is shifting.

UNC Greensboro Chancellor, Dr. Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr.

Higher Education

July 12, 2020 Trending In Education COVID-19, digital inclusion, Franklin D. Gilliam, George Floyd, income-based, retention

Closing Gaps and Navigating Uncertainty with UNC Greensboro Chancellor, Dr. Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr.

UNC Greensboro Chancellor, Dr. Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr., joins Trending in Education to share his experiences leading a university with a long history of opening up access to higher education. Beginning as a women-only university in the late 19th Century, UNC Greensboro has since opened up to non-white students soon after to men.

We discuss the importance of digital inclusion, Dr. Gilliam’s transformative experiences leading the university through the COVID-19 response thus far, and responding to the George Floyd murder and related unrest.

COVID-19 Higher Education

June 24, 2020 Trending In Education adult learners, COVID-19, DeVry, digital inclusion, Elise Awwad, George Floyd, higher education, Proactive Care

Proactive Care for Adult Learners with Elise Awwad

Elise Awwad, Vice President of Strategic Enrollment at DeVry University, joins Mike this week to explore how DeVry has been delivering proactive care as part of its educational philosophy for adult learners. We examine how they were able to respond to the twin challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the civil unrest in response to the death of George Floyd.

Learning

May 26, 2020 Trending In Education coronovirus, COVID-19, digital equity, digital inclusion, digital literacy, disruption, Future of Learning, higher education, K12, lifelong learners, Non-Obvious, pandemic, Rohit Bhargava

The Future of Learning Virtual Summit with Rohit Barghava

Trending in Education partnered with Rohit Barghava and the Non-Obvious Company to host a Virtual Summit on the Future of Learning. Join Rohit, Melissa Griffith, Dan Strafford, and Mike Palmer as they discuss what the future might hold for parents, learning professionals, and lifelong learners.

COVID-19 Digital Inclusion

March 23, 2020 Trending In Education Angela Siefer, COVID-19, digital, digital equity, digital inclusion

Digital Inclusion and the COVID-19 Pandemic with Angela Siefer

In today’s episode, Angela Siefer, Executive Director of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance, joins Mike to revisit the topic of digital inclusion in light of the new, stark realities of the COVID-19 pandemic.