EP 9 Dr. John Nash UK Professor & Podcast Host Online Learning in the Second Half

PODCAST EPISODE 9

 John Nash

UK Professor  & Podcast Host 

Quote of the Podcast – 

"All design is redesign." Larry Leifer

Introduction of Guest BIO – 

John Nash was born and raised in Silicon Valley and has 30 years of experience in leadership development, strategy design, and social science research. He’s spent the last 13 years researching how design thinking serves leaders as a lens for change and improvement. John helps education leaders identify opportunities for human-centered innovation to make schools that people want. He's the author of the book, "Design Thinking in Education: A Leader's Guide to Collaborating for Improvement," published by Harvard Education Press. 

Since 2011, John has been an associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership Studies at the University of Kentucky. He’s the founder of UK’s Laboratory on Design Thinking (affectionately known as the “dLab”). John has held faculty positions at Iowa State University and the University of Texas at El Paso and was a social research scientist at Stanford University where he directed interdisciplinary and international teams of research scientists examining the effects of innovative technologies on learning. 

Interview

Agents of Change: Leaders/Innovators

• 30,000 ft. view – Why do we, as a society invest in education?
• What drew you to education?
• What do you love about what you do?
• Tell us a story or favorite memory about your work in education.
• What are the biggest challenges or obstacles you face?
• What would you like decision makers to know?

Podcast/book shoutouts

Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds 

Slideology by Nancy Duarte 

Orbiting the Giant Hairball by Gordon MacKenzie 

How to Make Sense of Any Mess by Abby Covert Wreck 

This Journal by Keri Smith

John's Podcast - Online Learning in the Second Half

UK Video of John’s Design Thinking Class

Education Perspectives is edited by Shashank P at https://www.fiverr.com/saiinovation?source=inbox
Intro and Outro by Dynamix Productions

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Education Perspectives is edited by Shashank P athttps://www.fiverr.com/saiinovation?source=inbox

Intro and Outro by Dynamix Productions