Ollie Dreon
Co-Host of Science In-Between
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 49: Not about Pornography, Eugenics or Psychopathy
August 4th, 2021 | Season 1 | 52 mins 9 secs
In this episode, we finish up our discussion of pedagogical content knowledge and examine the larger impacts (and unintended consequences) of measuring things.
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Episode 48: Haters Have Got to Hate (or Do They?)
July 28th, 2021 | Season 1 | 52 mins 54 secs
We continue the conversation about PCK and its spawn.
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Episode 47: Scott's Swear Jar
July 21st, 2021 | Season 1 | 50 mins 4 secs
In this episode, we discuss PCK (pedagogical content knowledge) and its impact on the field of education and teacher education.
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Episode 46: Not All Friends of the Show
July 14th, 2021 | Season 1 | 40 mins
This week we summarize our discussion of learning theory and talk about why teachers (or anyone) should care about it.
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Episode 45: Our Mid-Life Crisis Episode
July 7th, 2021 | Season 1 | 50 mins 4 secs
In this week's episode, we discuss the research on learning progressions in science education.
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Episode 44: We are not the Borg
June 30th, 2021 | Season 1 | 53 mins 59 secs
This week we talk about Posner, Strike, Hewson, and Getzog's paper on conceptual change and the theory's impact on science education.
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Episode 43: Heroes, Villians, and Apprentices
June 23rd, 2021 | Season 1 | 52 mins 5 secs
This week, we continue our examination of different learning theories and theorists and dig into Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation by Lave and Wenger.
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Episode 42: Confronting Your Own IRE
June 16th, 2021 | Season 1 | 47 mins 3 secs
We talk about Jay Lemke's book "Talking Science: Language, Learning, and Values".
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Episode 41: All the Hammers
June 9th, 2021 | Season 1 | 49 mins 27 secs
In this episode, we continue our learning theory conversation by digging into the seminal article by Brown, Collins and Duguid that popularized the term "cognitive apprenticeship."
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Episode 40: Happy Dewey Day
June 2nd, 2021 | Season 1 | 47 mins 13 secs
John Dewey Episode on Dewey Day.
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Episode 39: Transitions and Manifestations
May 26th, 2021 | Season 1 | 37 mins 56 secs
We transition from learning spaces to an introduction to our series on learning theory.
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Episode 38: Tools are Embedded in Practice
May 19th, 2021 | Season 1 | 39 mins 21 secs
Continue the conversation about design principles for learning spaces - learning spaces should be task responsive.
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Episode 37: Self Deprecating but Accurate
May 12th, 2021 | Season 1 | 41 mins 51 secs
In this episode, we continue our exploration of design principles for learning spaces and introduce our third design principle: learning spaces should have a changeable center.
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Episode 36: Architecturally Agnostic
May 5th, 2021 | Season 1 | 39 mins 24 secs
We talk about our second learning spaces design principle about multiple representations and multiple tools.
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Episode 35: Not Messing Around On the Fringes
April 28th, 2021 | Season 1 | 45 mins 47 secs
In this episode, we lay the foundation for an ongoing discussion of different design principles for learning spaces.
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Episode 34: The Prime Directive(s) on a Napkin
April 21st, 2021 | Season 1 | 41 mins 3 secs
This week we introduce a series about learning environments and what the key principles might be to guide their design.