“Futures of Learning” brings noted educators to SCIL

Allan Collins, Professor of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University and a visiting scholar at the Harvard School of Business, arrived on campus January 18 to open this year's “Futures of Learning” lecture series. His talk on how technology is transforming education drew a diverse crowd from the local community and the University. Collins' argument that technology is causing a shift of responsibility from schools back to individuals and parents lead to a lively debate that lasted well into the evening. View videos and slides from any lectures you missed.

Each month SCIL hosts a noted policy-maker, researcher or scholar in the Peter Wallenberg Learning Theater. Attendees enjoy refreshments and stimulating conversation about the issues that are shaping education today. The speaker line-up, topics and dates are set monthly through June, with all lectures free and open to the public. Visit the "Futures of Learning" calendar to see the entire series of lectures.

On Feb. 18, Lee Shulman, President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Charles E. Ducommun Professor Emeritus of Education, presented a major new initiative at Carnegie that builds on an exciting marriage of research on teaching and teacher education, and the uses of technology. Highlights from Shulman's talk will be posted soon.

Professor Hans Spada of the University of Freiburg, Germany, unveiled his virtual Ph.D. program in the Learning Theater on March 10. In addition to discussing the use of computer collaboration in a legal case scenario, Spada outlines results from a study of the computer-mediated management of a medical case handled by psychologists and psychiatrists. Find out who else is speaking at upcoming "Futures of Learning" lectures, all of which are free and open to the public.

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