Audrey Watters shares about her book, Teaching Machines, on episode 397 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
When people try to erase history, they do that to foreclose hope.
-Audrey Watters
If we have a better understanding of the history of educational technology, there is hope.
-Audrey Watters
I do not think that the future is already written.
-Audrey Watters
Resources
Teaching Machines, by Audrey Waters
B. F. Skinner
The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade, by Audrey Watters
Edward Thorndike
Sal Khan
Behaviorism
The Teacher Wars, by Dana Goldstein
Photo of a Teaching Machine from TMI
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