STEM Futures at AAAS
ASU recently hosted, what is known as, the world’s largest scientific gathering, the annual conference of the American Association of the Advancement of S...
Category: Principled Innovation
Fishing for problems: Podcast interview
I was recently interviewed by Matt Schneidman (Curator, Creator, Podcast Host) for his Fishing for Problems podcast. Matt also publishes an ed-focused newslett...
Tipping point for online learning: The interview
I had written a blog post towards the beginning of the pandemic (Tipping point for online learning, OR the postman always rings twice). In this piece, I built o...
Educational Change by Design: Creating a school of the future
How do we design a school for the future? This recent article seeks to capture (in the form of a case study) our recent experience in designing such a school. T...
Learning futures: Designing the horizon
I was recently invited (along with Sean Leahy and Jodie Donner) to present at the Winter Games, Digital Immersive Experience organized by ShapingEDU at Arizona ...
China, Australia, Nepal & Australia: A zoom tour of talks
Over the past couple of months I have been asked to give presentations at a variety of different conferences or organizations spread across the world. They are ...
Designing the futures of STEM education
“What knowledge is of most worth?” is a question asked over a 100 years ago by the English philosopher, Herbert Spencer. His unequivocal answer was—science. Thi...
Teenagers, retirement and reflections on the new abnormal
The economist and thinker Andrew Scott once said something that blew me away. He said that: The 20th century created the idea of teenagers and retirement....
A conversation with S. Giridhar, COO Azim Premji University: A Silver Lining side conversation
S. Giridhar (Giri), Chief Operating Officer of Azim Premji University (APU) and I had a chance to chat for a Silver Lining for Learning side conversation. Giri ...
Us in Flux: A conversation with Sarah Pinsker
The Center for Science and the Imagination at ASU has a new series called Us in Flux. Every two weeks they publish a (super-short) short story that explores ...