ETR&D- Award Presentation: Distinguished Development

Full Session: Special Session

Short Description

Silver Lining for Learning (SLL: silverliningforlearning.org) is an ongoing conversation on the future of learning with educators and education leaders from across the globe. Hosted by Chris Dede, Curt Bonk, Punya Mishra, and Yong Zhao, these conversations began under the “dark cloud” of the COVID19 crisis and continue today. With over 120 episodes as of September 2023, these shows are hosted live on YouTube every Saturday and are archived on the SSL website. These shows have touched on a wide array of topics, including but not limited to: student autonomy, remote learning, novel learning organizations, pioneering curricula and programs, innovative ways of teaching, new approaches to education policy, ground-breaking technological inventions and more. Thus, SLL episodes have highlighted bottom-up models for transformative innovation that complement top-down initiatives for incremental educational improvement in industrial-era schooling. The guests have been students, teachers, school administrators, researchers, consultants, authors, and education entrepreneurs who have initiated and advocated for significant innovations in education. Importantly, they come from all over the world, including but not limited to Argentina, Australia, Bhutan, Canada, the Bahamas, Costa Rica, England, Indonesia, India, Israel, Italy, Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, Myanmar, Finland, New Zealand, the Philippines, Spain, Thailand, and the United States. Typically, shows are forward looking (and sometimes controversial) with the purpose to bring together educational thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators around the world and inspire new educational models and innovations. Each episode, thus, can be seen as a multimedia case about transformative educational innovations occurring across the world. In this featured presentation, we will highlight some of our favorite episodes.

Sub Unit

• AECT

Attendees

• Patricia Young, Uni. of Maryland Baltimore County

• Gwendolyn Morel, Texas State University

• Jonathan Michael Spector, Department of Learning Technologies

• Hale Ilgaz, Ankara University

Chairs

• Lin Lin Lipsmeyer, Southern Methodist University

• Tristan E Johnson, Boston College

Presenters

• Curtis J. Bonk, Indiana University

• Punya Mishra, Arizona State University

• Christopher J Dede, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Zoom Meeting Host

• Santa Monica 4 Room Host, AECT