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 193: The Progress of Learning Progressions
May 15th, 2024 | Season 4 | 51 mins 7 secs
In this episode, we discuss a 2009 article from the Journal of Research in Science Teaching which discusses learning progressions and scientific modeling.
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Episode 192: Start with the Kid
May 8th, 2024 | Season 4 | 39 mins 21 secs
This week we talk about special education, students identified with special needs, and how we can support them in ambitious and equitable science teaching classrooms.
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Episode 191: Albert Einstein... You're wrong!
May 1st, 2024 | Season 4 | 45 mins 25 secs
In this episode, we discuss how the words we use to describe students' ideas matter.
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Episode 190: A Litany of Vague Expectations
April 24th, 2024 | Season 4 | 53 mins 15 secs
This week we talk about time management, work/life balance, and what it all means for teaching, learning and research.
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Episode 189: Wait a Minute, Mr. Postman
April 17th, 2024 | Season 4 | 51 mins 51 secs
In this episode, we discuss a technological change in the wake of generative artificial intelligence by unpacking a chapter from the book, Exploring New Horizons: Generative Artificial Intelligence and Teacher Education
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Episode 188: Might Be a Two-Headed Elephant
April 10th, 2024 | Season 4 | 41 mins 12 secs
This week we talk about how preparing teachers to teach science is challenged by a lack of coherence and curriculum.
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Episode 187: Enthusiasm and Obfuscation
April 3rd, 2024 | Season 4 | 44 mins 33 secs
In this episode, we discuss leading professional development to support ongoing changes in teachers' thinking.
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Episode 186: Blinded Feedback
March 27th, 2024 | Season 4 | 47 mins 28 secs
This week we talk about peer review and how important it is for science and science education.
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Episode 185: The Great Divide
March 20th, 2024 | Season 4 | 43 mins 47 secs
In this episode, we discuss the US Department of Education's 2024 National Educational Technology Plan.
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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.