Teaching Machines

Teaching in Higher Ed

English - January 20, 2022 13:00 - 47 minutes - 44.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 341 ratings
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Audrey Watters shares about her book, Teaching Machines, on episode 397 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

When people try to erase history, they do that to foreclose hope.
-Audrey Watters

If we have a better understanding of the history of educational technology, there is hope.
-Audrey Watters

I do not think that the future is already written.
-Audrey Watters

Resources

Teaching Machines, by Audrey Waters
B. F. Skinner
The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade, by Audrey Watters
Edward Thorndike
Sal Khan
Behaviorism
The Teacher Wars, by Dana Goldstein
Photo of a Teaching Machine from TMI

Audrey Watters shares about her book, Teaching Machines, on episode 397 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

When people try to erase history, they do that to foreclose hope.

-Audrey Watters

If we have a better understanding of the history of educational technology, there is hope.

-Audrey Watters

I do not think that the future is already written.

-Audrey Watters

Resources