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This collection of three science fiction short stories, published in collaboration with Slate and New America, explores how learning experiences of all kinds will be shaped by technology and other forces in the future—and the moral, ethical, and social challenges this will entail.
This collection of resources introduces the concept of learning futures, why it is important, and how we are approaching it at MLFTC.
Explore this collection of resources related to reimagining our educational paradigm to create a more sustainable future for all forms of life on Earth.
Associate Dean Punya Mishra was interviewed by Matt Schneidman (Curator, Creator, Podcast Host) for the Fishing for Problems podcast. Schneidman publishes an ed-focused newsletter, Spanning Boundaries. The discussion was broadly framed around educational technology and the TPACK framework, but they covered quite a bit of ground beyond that as well—from whether “educational technology” even exists to the idea of teacher agency and design; from the philosophical ideas of Niel Postman to science fiction of Ted Chiang. A large part of the fun for Associate Dean Mishra was that Schneidman had clearly done his homework, as evidenced by the very first question he asked about Mishra’s “23rd Law of Parenting.”
Associate Dean Punya Mishra presented TPACK & More at REMOTE K12: The Connected Teacher Summit, a one-day virtual summit hosted by ASU, designed for K-12 teachers and those that support and enable teachers in district public, charter and private schools.
Associate Dean Punya Mishra gives a presentation for Kathmandu University, sharing the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) and Five Spaces of Design frameworks and expanding on the need for better use of creativity, technology and design to improve STEM education and beyond.
The Public Interest Technology University Network is a partnership that fosters collaboration between universities and colleges committed to building the nascent field of public interest technology and growing a new generation of civic-minded technologists. Associate Dean Punya Mishra and geochemist Dr. Ariel Anbar were invited to be part of a panel on embedding humanistic values in STEM education, specifically focused on their recently concluded STEM-Futures project.
Part of a panel organized by Monash University (Australia) with Judi Harris and Michael Phillips, moderated by Michael Henderson.
Knowing how to teach with technologies is arguably more important now than ever before. The technological, pedagogical and content knowledge (TPACK) framework has become the world’s most widely recognised way of understanding what teachers need to know in order to effectively integrate digital technologies to support learning.
But is TPACK still relevant? In this seminar you will hear from one of the original developers of TPACK, Associate Dean Punya Mishra, and international scholars Professor Judi Harris and Associate Professor Michael Phillips. They will question whether TPACK is still relevant, offering new critical insights for researchers, educational leaders and educators.
Associate Dean Punya Mishra was part of a panel organized by North Carolina State University’s Friday Institute in January 2021. The topic of the panel was on surfacing K-12 trends that matter for 2021, given the challenges of the past year that educators had to navigate through. From the event introduction: “The goal of this panel discussion is to surface K-12 trends that matter for humanity. As community members, what do we need to be relentless about? As policy makers, what do we need to let go? As educators, how do we create spaces for transformation that can usher in new ways of thinking about and doing education? Join thought leaders as they analyze, predict and dream of next-generation schools.
Join Dr. Punya Mishra in conversation with educational leaders as they explore the role that values and principles play in what they do. Each episode features a leader of an educational organization talking about their personal story and the development of their ethical compass. They discuss how their value systems influence their professional work as a leader, including the dilemmas they face as well as how they maintain integrity to their vision in a complex, messy world.
This video is a recording of the discussion between short story authors Simon Brown, Leigh Alexander, and Shiv Ramdas for the Future Tense Fiction: Learning Futures series with Punya Mishra, professor and Associate Dean of Scholarship and Innovation at MLFTC as moderator. Special thanks to New America for hosting the event on behalf of Future Tense.
This essay by Dr. Katina Michael further examines the looming and ongoing automation of education around the world and the dangers of removing humans from the learning process. This response is a part of the Learning Futures series by Future Tense Fiction.
This short story by Shiv Ramdas is the third in the Learning Futures series by Future Tense Fiction in which a university professor competes with an educational Artificial Intelligence to see who is the better teacher and what larger social ramifications come about when higher education administration looks to cut costs.
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