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Silver Lining for Learning
Silver Lining for Learning (https://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 & Yong Zhao, these conversations began under the “dark cloud” of the COVID19 crisis and continue today. We see these conversations as space to discuss the creation of equitable, humanistic and sustainable learning ecosystems that meet the needs of all learners. These…
Episodes
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Examining Gen AI in Education: From research to policy to practice
Understanding Generative AI in education requires considering its role from multiple perspectives and angles. Through empirical research and policy advisory…
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It's Time to SkillUP with AI Tools: Exploring a Coalition Fostering Innovative Non-Degree Career Pathways
Nondegree pathways are often the only option for tens of millions of people looking to advance in their careers or start a career. But can advances in learning…
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The Worthy Educator Initiative: Educators Working for School Transformation in the Digital Age
The Worthy Educator Initiative with Walter McKenzie, Heather Lageman, and Leigh Reagan Alley The Worthy Educator launched in July 2024 to serve mid-to-late…
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Al, Policy, and the Possibility of School Transformation Stories from the Field
AI is entering schools rapidly, but the real challenge is not simply how educators can use it. The deeper question is: What do existing policies, institutional…
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Beyond AI Literacy: Teaching Kids How AI Works
Some middle school students today can explain how self-driving cars see the world and how ChatGPT knows the meanings of words. We’ll talk with the people…
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How will they decide: A game-based approach to ethical thinking in the age of AI
As AI becomes increasingly powerful, concerns are growing about how best to prepare students to think for themselves in an AI-mediated world. How do we help…
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What is Worth Learning in the Age of Al? Bringing Values Back into Education
What Is Worth Learning in the Age of AI? Bringing Values Back into Education, with Beth Zemble and Ariadna Trapote As AI becomes increasingly capable of…
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Tech-Enabled Alternative Education for Out-of-School Children and Youth
When conflict, displacement, economic challenges, and climate shocks disrupt schooling, maintaining opportunities to learn becomes both urgent and…
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The Takina Accord: One Path Towards Inclusive, Scalable, & Sustainable Education
While billions of people in this planet enjoy educational access here in the 21st century, globally, more than 272 million children and youth are out of…
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Invisible Watermarks, Visible Consequences: AI Mandates and Academic Integrity
When generative AI first entered education, the academic integrity debate tended to narrow to a single question: can we detect it? Yet AI detection tools have…
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Small Schools: A More Human Future for Education
Small Schools: A More Human Future for Education with Dr. Stuart Grauer, Clint Davis, and Baran Yosef Artificial intelligence is transforming how we teach and…
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"Why not our kids?" Findings from a report on AI use in Rural K12 settings
AI in education seems to be taking center stage in every educational sector and across all age groups and environments. It is increasingly clear that rural…
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Hosts Reflect with Chris Dede, Yong Zhao, Curt Bonk, Lydia Cao & Punya Mishra
Hosts Reflect with Chris Dede, Yong Zhao, Curt Bonk, Lydia Cao & Punya Mishra Join the conversation at silverliningforlearning.org
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Stewarding Digital Youth-Led Movements
Explore how shifting the role of students from passive beneficiaries to active agents of change is transforming Peru’s educational landscape through a vibrant…
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From Episodes to Insights: Analyzing Silver Lining for Learning
Over six years, Silver Lining for Learning (SLL) has explored powerful ideas about learning, technology, and educational change. In this episode, faculty and…
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Democratic Schools and Learning Environments: A Global Perspective
Episode 271: Democratic Schools and learning environments: A global perspective Linda Nathan, Jonathan Mendonca, Gus Rojas Ayala are the co-editors of the book…
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Reimagining Computing Education in the Age of Generative AI
Professor Mark Guzdial from the University of Michigan reminds us that field of “computer science” was first invented as a discipline or subject matter area…
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Still Searching for the NSSE? Reflections on the National Survey of Student Engagement
Episode #269 | Still Searching for the NSSE? Reflections on the National Survey of Student Engagement will be recorded on April 24, 2026 at 11 am (EDT). Every…
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From Learners to Co-Creators, Rethinking AI Education at Thunderbird
How can students move beyond learning about AI to actively shaping it? In this episode, Kellie Kreiser and Euvin Naidoo share how the Thunderbird School of…
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Exploring Students Exploring in a "Week Without Walls"
As we start off our seventh season of Silver Lining for Learning (SLL), it is important to reflect back on all of our episodes to date. One of the SLL…
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Celebrating 6 years of Silver Lining for Learning
Celebrating 6 years of Silver Lining for Learning Join the conversation at silverliningforlearning.org
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Pioneering People with a Pioneering Book from the Pioneer Institute
At some point in your lives, you likely wanted to be a pioneer at something and you likely wanted it to be impactful. In this episode of Silver Lining for…
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Partners in a Sandbox: Interdisciplinary Teams Addressing Educational Challenges and Possibilities
Ever play in a sandbox? If so, was it fun. In Episode #264 we will hear from Patricia Mangeol who is the Director of Research and Digital Learning Initiatives…
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How Is AI Used in Schools and What New Directions Are Needed: A Discussion about the Brookings AI Report
On January 14, a research report on AI uses in schools was released by Brookings, This report, entitled A new direction for students in an AI world: Prosper…
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What Can We Learn about Education? Lessons from Over a Decade of Video Interviews with Education Thought Leaders
If you want to know what some of the best education thinkers think about the state of education, educational changes, effective teaching and learning, equity…
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Why Al in Education Needs Standards Interoperability, Context, & Learner Impact
Why AI in Education Needs Standards: Interoperability, Context, and Learner Impact with Michael Feldstein, 1EdTech Chief Strategy Officer; Blaine Helmick…
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Just a Football Powerhouse? No, Indiana University is also an Online Learning Dynamo
It has been a couple of years since the team from Silver Lining for Learning (SLL) explored the status of online learning. In Episode #260 of SLL, we will hear…
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Can AI Transform Education Systems in the Global South?
Can AI transform education systems in the Global South? with Fernando Reimers, Zainab Azim, Maria-Renee Palomo and Callysta Thony This episode of Silver Lining…
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A guide to AI in schools: Perspectives for the perplexed
“A guide to AI in schools: Perspectives for the perplexed.” AI literacy is perplexing, everyone seems to want it taught, but few people can adequately describe…
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Rehearsing Reality through AI: How Simulations Build Better Teaching
Rehearsing Reality through AI: How Simulations Build Better Teaching with Rhonda Bondie, Julie Cohen, & Lisa Deiker Purpose statement How can teachers rehearse…
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Welcoming 2026
Welcoming 2025 with hosts Chris Dede, Lydia Cao, Punya Mishra & Curt Bonk Join the conversation at silverliningforlearning.org
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Impact and Outcomes of the California Community Schools Partnership Program
We all know the story by now. When schools fail to engage their students, it results in student boredom, and, ultimately, chronic absence and feelings of…
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Critical AI in K12 Classrooms
Today we’re diving into Critical AI in K–12 Classrooms by Stephanie Smith Budhai and Marie K. Heath, a powerful guide helping teachers and students navigate…
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One learner, one laptop, one mentor: Educating girls in Afghanistan
When the Alekain Foundation launched the Claim Your Diploma Initiative in November 2024, they received 831 applications within two weeks. These applicants came…
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Empowering India's Youth to Shape Tomorrow
What happens when young people refuse to be passive consumers of the future being built around them? The Youth Futures Studio (YFS) at Quest Alliance is…
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Pedagogical Evolution: Empowering 21st Century Learners with Paul Kim
We stand at a pivotal moment—B.G. (Before GenAI) and A.G. (After GenAI)—when education must transform to prepare learners for an AI-driven world. This keynote…
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Celebrating 250 Episodes: Hosts Reflect
Celebrating 250 Episodes: Hosts Reflect with Chris Dede, Curt Bonk. Lydia Cao, Yong Zhao, & Punya Mishra Join the conversation at silverliningforlearning.org
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Making Through Contemplation: Transforming How We Teach Inquiry
Making Through Contemplation: Transforming How We Teach Inquiry with Raaghav Pandya and Talya Stein Reimagining STEM education: How contemplation and…
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The Movement Towards Micro-credentials in Mauritius
The twenty-first century is filled with exciting learning pathways leading to innovations in degrees and novel credentialing opportunities. One such innovation…
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Finding "Talent Together" for Free Teacher Training in Michigan
Episode 247 | Finding "Talent Together" for Free Teacher Training in Michigan We need teachers. Despite the rumors of AI replacing teachers, in 2025, the…
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Hosts Reflect
Hosts reflect with Yong Zhao, Curt Bonk and Punya Mishra Silver Lining for Learning is an ongoing conversation on the future of learning with educators and…
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What's Worth Learning in the Age of AI: Reflections about a Summer Camp in Beijing
There is widespread concern about student cheating in schools, but why do we want students to do things that AI can do? If we free students from learning…
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Designing Innovative School Models: The Story of ASU Prep Academy
What does it take to reimagine school from the inside out? ASU Prep Academy is an innovative, tuition-free public charter school network, serving students from…
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Transforming Education with AI & Digital Technologies in India
Transforming Education with AI in India with Dr. Vinnie Jauhari, Ms. Swati Ganguly and Ms. Meenakshi Uberoi India stands at the cusp of a transformative era in…
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Learning to Create: Inside the World's Leading Art and Design Schools
Join renowned creativity researcher, Keith Sawyer, and award winning artist and educator, Steve DeFrank, for an exploration of how the world's leading art and…
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CAMFED: A Pan-African Movement Revolutionizing How Girls' Education is Delivered
CAMFED: A pan-African movement revolutionizing how girls’ education is delivered with Angeline Murimirwa and Linda Bhebhe On this episode, CAMFED CEO Angeline…
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Hosts reflect with Lydia Cao, Chris Dede, Punya Mishra, Yong Zhao & Curt Bonk
Hosts reflect with Lydia Cao, Chris Dede, Punya Mishra, Yong Zhao & Curt Bonk Join the conversation at silverliningforlearning.org
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Mobile Learning & GenAI for the Less Privileged, Refugees & the Global South
In Episode #239 of Silver Lining for Learning, we will have a conversation with three people who a decade or two ago were at the cutting edge of mobile…
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Growing Evidence, Growing Impact: How EdTech Hub Connects the Local and the Global,
Growing Evidence, Growing Impact: How EdTech Hub Connects the Local and Global with Amal Hayat and Asad Rahman As education systems around the world navigate…
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CARE Education: Living the Standard Through the Care Revolution
Curiosity and compassion have been central to thriving collaborative learning since the beginning of civilization. CARE Academy is a project-based learning…
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Beyond 8: Hyper-personalized pathways for GenZ Learners
Episode 236: Beyond 8: Hyper-Personalised Pathways for Gen Z Learners What happens when you stop treating school buildings as the centre of learning and start…
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Blended is Best: Case studies on blended learning in higher education
Blended learning has been growing for decades. As it does, the models, frameworks, policies, and pedagogical innovations are constantly evolving. Fortunately…
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App Inventor: Transforming Tech Consumers into Community Innovators
App Inventor is a free, open-source web platform that empowers people of all ages to create mobile applications and make a meaningful impact on their…
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Mi Amigo is Khanmigo: "60 Minutes" of Fame for Hobart, Indiana Schools
In Episode #233 of Silver Lining for Learning we feature Khanmigo, a highly discussed AI-powered online tutor. Proponents contend that it could transform K-12…
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Generation of Change: Empowering Afghan Girls and Women Through Online Education
We live in an age of many educational and societal changes; some even transformative. During the past five years, Silver Lining for Learning (SLL) has…
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Stepping Up: Refugees in Need of Higher Education and So Much More
With climate change, political unrest, wars, famine, there are countless people experiencing forced migration today as well as others impacted by the…
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Rewriting Foreign Language Education through AI
Rewriting Foreign Language Education through AI with Nicole Mills, Arnaud Dressen, and Hannah Kim As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated…
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A meeting of the Minds of Ed Tech Editors
Episode #229: A Meeting of the Minds of Educational Technology Editors, 5 pm Eastern, 4/5/2025 In Episode #229 of Silver Lining for Learning (SLL), we will…
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Virtual bridges for Intercultural learning: The TEC Center Story
Intercultural competence—the ability to navigate cultural differences with understanding and respect—has become an essential skill in our interconnected world…
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Celebrating the past 5 Years to the Future… Which has arrived!
In Episode #227, the Silver Lining for Learning Co-hosts reflect on the transformative (and not so transformative) changes in education of the past five years…