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 221 Episodes.
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Episode 156: Joys to the World, Vol. 3
August 30th, 2023 | Season 3 | 43 mins 47 secs
This week we share our joys for the year in books, movies, apps, games, and more.
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Episode 155: Crafting Syllabi in a Chat GPT World
August 23rd, 2023 | Season 3 | 46 mins 5 secs
In this episode, we discuss the curricular implications of Chat GPT as we craft our syllabi for the Fall semester.
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Episode 154: Old Guys Going Off a Cliff
August 21st, 2023 | Season 3 | 49 mins 32 secs
This week we talk about how leaders can do their work and how to organize systems to support that work.
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Episode 153: We Are Not The Destroyers of Worlds
August 9th, 2023 | Season 3 | 43 mins 57 secs
In this episode, we talk about Christopher Nolan's movie, Oppenheimer and how science and science education are portrayed.
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Episode 152: Sad Statement About Me as a Son
August 2nd, 2023 | Season 3 | 43 mins 26 secs
This week we talk about professional vision, what it means, and how it helps us understand teacher expertise.
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Episode 151: We Don't Already Do That
July 26th, 2023 | Season 3 | 45 mins 34 secs
In this episode, we discuss engineering practices and they're taught (or not) in science classrooms.
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Episode 150: Suck the Joy Out of Everything
July 19th, 2023 | Season 3 | 45 mins 18 secs
This week we talk about the SCOTUS decision about affirmative action and how we think it might impact higher education.
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Episode 149: A Cataclysmic Conversation
July 12th, 2023 | Season 3 | 39 mins 39 secs
In this episode, we discuss Richard Fenyman's "cataclysm sentence" and offer some sentences ourselves.
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Episode 148: In A Special Episode
July 5th, 2023 | Season 3 | 48 mins 37 secs
This episode we are joined by two of our team doing professional learning around the PA STEELS Standards to talk about what we have learned.
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Episode 147: To Lead or Not to Lead
June 28th, 2023 | Season 3 | 48 mins 13 secs
In this episode, we discuss leadership roles and the critical factors that relationships, trust and agency play.
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Episode 146: I Kill the Bit
June 21st, 2023 | Season 3 | 51 mins 25 secs
This week we talk about games and simulation and what kind or role they play in science education.
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Episode 145: Specks of Fish Spawn
June 14th, 2023 | Season 3 | 39 mins 25 secs
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss how the processes of writing and discussion help ideas form.
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Episode 144: High Grade Professional Work
June 7th, 2023 | Season 3 | 43 mins 41 secs
This week we talk about the difference between topic rebuttal and technique rebuttal. Really just a discussion of how to help people change their own minds.
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Episode 143: The Little General
May 31st, 2023 | Season 3 | 37 mins 43 secs
In this episode, we discuss Chapter 3 of David McRaney's book, How Minds Change and unpack the impact that perception has on our understandings and interpretations of the world.
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Episode 142: Always Second Fiddle
May 24th, 2023 | Season 3 | 44 mins 32 secs
This week we talk about what it means to do the relational work of teaching.
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Episode 141: Lists are Artificial
May 17th, 2023 | Season 3 | 51 mins 53 secs
In this episode, Scott and Ollie revisit and update the advancements of artificial intelligence and discuss its societal and educational impacts.