Category Archives: Blog

A Conversation with Ron Reed and Greg Rosenbaum from SXSW EDU

We had the great pleasure of sitting down with Ron Reed, Founder and Executive Producer, and Greg Rosenbaum, General Manager, of the learning conference SXSW EDU. Ron and Greg share the origin story of SXSWEdu and explore the emerging trends they’ve seen over the first nine years of the conference.  We talk about community building, the…

Cryptomnesia, Multiple Discovery, and Invention – Trending In Education – Episode 179

On this week’s episode we tackle the topics of cryptomnesia and multiple discovery. Cryptomnesia occurs when a forgotten memory returns without it being recognized as such by the subject, who believes it is something new and original. Multiple discovery is the theory that most scientific discoveries and inventions are made independently and more or less simultaneously by multiple…

The Citadel – Final Season Premiere – Trending in Education Game of Thrones Extra

We’re back! Your friends at Trending in Education are relaunching our Game of Thrones breakdown show, aka The Citadel, to coincide with the final season of the legendary television series. Be forewarned, we discuss numerous details of the show so if you’re not a GoT fan or if you haven’t seen the premiere of Season…

The Story of Woody, a Robot with High EQ – Trending in Education – Episode 177

This week, we dive back into one of our favorite topics, robots. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have created and refined a robot who can sense and respond to human emotion in real time. While “Woody” is still being fine-tuned, his existence opens up questions of how socially and emotionally aware robots might further…