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 185 Episodes.
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Episode 184: Don't Get Stuck in the Noun
March 13th, 2024 | Season 4 | 36 mins 48 secs
This week we are talkin' about practice (not the Allen Iverson version).
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Episode 183: We Do Not Like Them Anywhere
March 6th, 2024 | Season 4 | 41 mins 21 secs
In this episode, we discuss educational words, concepts and practices that we hate.
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Episode 182: My Manatee Teacher
February 28th, 2024 | Season 4 | 39 mins 51 secs
This week we talk about an article about transparency and invisibility that Scott wrote, Ollie was a participant in the research underlying the article and neither of our manatee brains remembers it.
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Episode 181: Talking about a Recognition
February 21st, 2024 | Season 4 | 42 mins 28 secs
In this episode, we discuss the article from the Journal of Research of Science Teaching (JRST) which is been cited the most over the last three years.
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Episode 180: A Bucket Full of Lists
February 14th, 2024 | Season 4 | 40 mins 35 secs
This week we talk about leadership, mostly in K-12 schools, but also a bit in higher education.
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Episode 179: Back in Our Prime
February 7th, 2024 | Season 4 | 1 hr 5 mins
In this episode, we discuss the role that AI tools should play in the development of beginning researchers.
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Episode 178: Flexing Your Affordances
January 31st, 2024 | Season 4 | 54 mins 29 secs
This week we at least start out talking about learning spaces, both virtual and physical, but we wander a bit from there.
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Episode 177: Stuff We Think We Know
January 24th, 2024 | Season 4 | 1 hr 9 secs
In this episode, we discuss "10 Education Studies from 2023 that You Should Know" from Education Week.
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Episode 176: Stars of Many Colors
January 17th, 2024 | Season 4 | 46 mins 24 secs
This week we talk about perfectionism, grades, and systems of evaluation and how they impact learners and us as humans.
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Episode 175: Not Scott's Bucket List
January 10th, 2024 | Season 4 | 47 mins 37 secs
In this episode, we discuss a recent Adam Grant podcast and the role that the arts play in education.
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Episode 174: Outgroup Bucket List
January 3rd, 2024 | Season 4 | 53 mins 52 secs
This week we talk outgroup dehumanization and how we put people in buckets of us and them.
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Episode 173: The Show Before the Show
December 27th, 2023 | Season 4 | 39 mins 21 secs
In this special holiday edition, Scott and Ollie record their pointless banter before the show.
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Episode 172: Not Just Nonsense
December 20th, 2023 | Season 4 | 51 mins 31 secs
This week we talk about the research that we do when we are not talking to each other on the podcast.
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Episode 171: A Simulating Conversation
December 13th, 2023 | Season 4 | 48 mins 52 secs
In this episode, we discuss the role of computer simulations in science education.
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Episode 170: Uncomfortable Transitions
December 6th, 2023 | Season 4 | 40 mins 35 secs
This week we talk about the importance of discomfort in learning.
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Episode 169: Add It Up
November 29th, 2023 | Season 4 | 40 mins 16 secs
In this episode, we discuss the NCTM standards and teaching practices and how they compare to the NGSS standards.