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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 4: Lassonde
Ep. 4 –The Lassonde School and the Education of Renaissance Professionals After years of relative stability in higher education, a small number of engineering schools are emerging around the world to...
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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 5: Education Funding
Ep. 5 –The Future and Transformation of Higher Education Funding Since the founding of the University of Bologna in 1088, non-profit universities and colleges have dominated the landscape of higher...
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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 6: Lessons from ‘A Whole New Engineer’
Ep. 6 -Lessons from ‘A Whole New Engineer’ for the Transformation of Higher Education When educators think about transforming higher education they almost immediately start with modifications in...
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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 7: Learning How We Learn
Ep. 7 -An Interview with MOOC Pioneer Barb Oakley Since the early days of the university in the 11th century, professors have lectured increasingly large numbers of passive and often bored students....
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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 8: Leadership Coaching in Higher Ed
Ep. 8 – The Leadership Coaching Revolution in Higher Education The use of leadership coaches has exploded in corporations and other organizations. Eric Schmidt and Bill Gates say “everyone needs a...
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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 9: Documentary to Transform Higher Ed
Ep. 9 -The Making of a Documentary to Transform Higher Education: LET ME DO IT Transforming higher education from a culture of expertise and obedience to one that balances expertise and support is...
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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 10: Professional Transformation
Ep. 10 – Transforming Professional Registration, Professional Societies, and Professional Education The same economic, technological, and organization forces that are working to disrupt higher...
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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 11: An Interdisciplinary Life
Ep. 11 – Celebrating John H. Holland: An Interdisciplinary Life On August 9th of this year, complexity science pioneer John H. Holland of the University of Michigan and the Santa Fe Institute passed...
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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 12: Innovate & Collaborate Like Thomas Edison
Ep. 12 – How to Innovate and Collaborate Like Thomas Edison Many writers say we live in singular times calling for unusually great creativity, invention, and innovation and the rapid pace of change in...
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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 13: Loving Your Job in the Changing World of Work
Ep. 13 – Loving Your Job in the Changing World of Work The democratization of information, quality practices, and entrepreneurship has brought disruptive upheaval to many of the institutions of modern...
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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 14: Organizations, Culture and Higher Education
Ep. 14 – Organizations, Culture and Higher Education: An Interview with Edgar Schein Bringing change to higher education is often framed as a problem of creating new content, curriculum, and pedagogy,...
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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 15: Future Proofing Higher Education and the STEM Pipeline
Ep. 15 – Future Proofing Higher Education and the STEM Pipeline The movement to transform education in line with the imperatives of the 21st century is a global phenomenon in which worldwide...
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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 20: Think Like an Entrepreneur, Act Like a CEO
Ep. 20 – Think Like an Entrepreneur, Act Like a CEO We live in a time of increasing job uncertainty and instability, and navigating a path through such changing times is made even more difficult...
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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 21: Transformation in Higher Education 2015 in Review
Ep. 21 – Transformation in Higher Education 2015 in Review Higher education continues to face many challenges. Protests have increased on campus. Costs continue to rise. Enrollments continue to...
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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 22: Toward A Whole New Kind of Value Creation: An...
Ep. 22 – Toward A Whole New Kind of Value Creation: An Interview with Kyle V. Davy Increased specialization and expertise have been hallmarks of both higher education and commerce for many centuries....
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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 23: Using Social Labs for Change In and Around Higher...
Ep. 23 – Using Social Labs for Change In and Around Higher Education: A Case in Canada Social labs bring together stakeholders with different, even opposing, points of view in a practical effort to...
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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 24: Motivation, Rewards, and Education: A Conversation...
Ep. 24 –Motivation, Rewards, and Education: A Conversation with Edward L. Deci The idea that we get more of a behavior when it is externally rewarded or reinforced is built into many organizational...
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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 25: Creativity and Innovation in Higher Education: A...
Ep. 25 -Creativity and Innovation in Higher Education: A Conversation with Stu Walesh We live in a time of great bounty in the social sciences and neurosciences in which once mysteries of the mind are...
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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 26: Podcasting and Social Media as Continuing Higher...
Ep. 26 – Podcasting and Social Media as Continuing Higher Education: A Conversation with Jeff Shelton Technology has opened many doors to new kinds of educational media. Podcasts and live internet...
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In the most recent episode of Big Beacon Radio: Transforming Higher Education, guest Jeff Shelton discussed his educational background and how it led him to become the host of the Engineering Commons...
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