Dr. Oliver (Ollie) Dreon is a professor in the School of Education and Human Services at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. At Millersville, Ollie teaches a wide variety of education and instructional technology courses both in face-to-face and online formats. Ollie is the co-author of the books Authentic Instruction with Technology: A Student-Centered Approach and The Power of Blended Learning in the Sciences and is the co-editor of the book, Teacher Education for Ethical Professional Practices in the 21st Century. Ollie has also published in various journals, including the Middle Level Journal, TechTrends, Teachers and Teaching, Science Education, Online Classroom, Distance Education , Academic Leader and Teacher Education & Practice. Ollie has spent almost thirty years teaching in various educational environments and provides regular professional development and consultation on online and blended learning. His work examines how technology can be used to support student development through physical, online, and hybrid learning spaces. Prior to coming to Millersville, Ollie taught middle school and high school science in the Pittsburgh and Harrisburg areas.
Ollie Dreon has hosted 242 Episodes.
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Episode 241: Blowing Stuff Up
April 23rd, 2025 | Season 5 | 50 mins 27 secs
In this episode, we discuss what a practice-based teacher education could look like.
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Episode 240: WTF PCK
April 16th, 2025 | Season 5 | 55 mins 43 secs
This week we talk about Pedagogical Content Knowledge, all the related concepts it has spawned, and how those are or are not useful in moving our understanding of teaching forward.
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Episode 239: A Manifesto Party
April 9th, 2025 | Season 5 | 54 mins 16 secs
In this episode, we discuss a student manifesto from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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Episode 238: Certain about Uncertainty
April 2nd, 2025 | Season 5 | 45 mins 4 secs
This week we talk about uncertainty and how important it is to good science teaching.
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Episode 237: Golden Days?
March 26th, 2025 | Season 5 | 48 mins 35 secs
In this episode, we discuss when the "golden age" of education was.
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Episode 236: Life Gets in the Way
March 19th, 2025 | Season 5 | 38 mins 51 secs
This week we talk about relabeling practice with new teaching terms and how it is like what happens with students in science classrooms.
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Episode 235: Grouped Together
March 5th, 2025 | Season 5 | 49 mins 2 secs
In this episode, we talk about grouping in classroom environments.
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Episode 234: Fast and Furious DOGE
February 26th, 2025 | Season 5 | 43 mins 16 secs
This week we talk about the firings and threats around defunding NSF, NIH, and capping indirect costs to Universities.
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Episode 233: Don't Be a Tourist
February 19th, 2025 | Season 5 | 40 mins 19 secs
In this episode, we revisit the topic of artificial intelligence and discuss how it is being integrated into classwork.
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Episode 232: Face Full of Morning Ollie
February 12th, 2025 | Season 5 | 42 mins 47 secs
This week we talk about the keynote I am delivering at Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo and Conference (PETE&C) STEELS Summit.
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Episode 231: Heading Home
February 5th, 2025 | Season 5 | 44 mins 46 secs
In this episode, we discuss homework.
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Episode 230: Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich
January 29th, 2025 | Season 5 | 38 mins 33 secs
This week we negotiate the meaning of negotiation of meaning and what kind of talk that means.
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Episode 229: In Your Left Earhole
January 22nd, 2025 | Season 5 | 53 mins
This week we talk about how leaders learn to be leaders and what the challenges are for leaders who don't have training.
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Episode 228: Sticky Certifications
January 15th, 2025 | Season 5 | 49 mins 23 secs
In this episode, we discuss science certifications in PA.
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Episode 227: Talking Teachers
January 8th, 2025 | Season 5 | 33 mins 8 secs
In this episode, we try to talk about our favorite fictional science teachers.
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Episode 226: Caste(ing) Faculty
January 1st, 2025 | Season 5 | 43 mins 7 secs
This week we talk about the relationship between tenure track and teaching/clinical/non-tenure track faculty.