Podcasts with LeiLani Cauthen
Author, Researcher, Futurist Systems Strategist
Education is entering a new era. Artificial intelligence, human capacity, instructional design, policy, curriculum, leadership, and technology are converging to reshape how teaching and learning happen.
What comes next? What are leaders in schools and edtech doing?
What are the uniquely human domains of learning, leadership, creativity, judgment, motivation, culture, and connection? Which aspects of education should remain human-designed, and which should be AI-orchestrated? How are organizations redefining the relationship between human capacity and machine capability, and what new instructional architectures, leadership models, and learning experiences will emerge?
The Learning Counsel Report explores these questions through conversations with education leaders, researchers, innovators, policymakers, practitioners, and technology visionaries shaping the future of learning.
Digital Instructional Design is Different and Getting More Different
LeiLani discusses what is happening with the intersection of regular instructional design and the new digital instructional design paradigm with one of the nation’s preeminently qualified UI/UX and instructional design experts found tucked away in District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), Sakon Kieh. In this podcast, Sakon and LeiLani discuss what’s happened with the national COVID-19 crisis and how design is different, and getting more different.
Let’s not screw up this Stimulus for Education
Guest: Dr. Barbara Nemko, Napa County Superintendent of Schools, Napa County Office of Education, CA
LeiLani Cauthen and Dr. Barbara Nemko, Napa County Superintendent of Schools, Napa County Office of Education in California discuss what the ARRA Stimulus of 2009 did compared to the new CARES Act Stimulus intention. Many important comments are made regarding caveats for schools and districts to consider. On superintendents just using the Stimulus to save jobs, Dr. Nemko stated: “I do believe there are a lot of teachers who are not going to want to come back, because of the fear. We’re going to see a very different but much more blended model.”
What Really Happened with Quarantine & Education
Guest: Senator Howard Stephenson, Utah
LeiLani Cauthen and Senator Howard Stephenson of Utah discuss concerns about the sudden shift of all schools to remote learning, and what it really means for the future. Just one of Stephenson’s great comments: “The thing you need to focus on is those tools that provide immediate interactive, adaptive feedback while the student is doing the work. It's not about PDFs online. It's not about worksheets.”