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Why Distance Learning?

Seth Fleischauer, Allyson Mitchell, and Tami Moehring

Why Distance Learning? is a podcast about the decisions, design choices, and assumptions that determine whether live virtual learning becomes shallow and transactional—or meaningful, relational, and effective at scale.The show is designed for education leaders, instructional designers, and system-level practitioners responsible for adopting, scaling, and sustaining virtual, hybrid, and online learning models. Each episode examines the structural conditions under which distance learning actually works—and the predictable reasons it fails when it doesn’t.Through conversations with researchers, experienced practitioners, and field-shaping leaders, Why Distance Learning? translates research, field evidence, and lived experience into decision-relevant insight. Episodes surface real tradeoffs, near-failures, and hard-won lessons, equipping listeners with clear framing and language they can use to explain, defend, or redesign distance learning models in real organizational contexts.Host

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97 episodes

  1. #92 Training Students to Teach Live Virtual Museum Programs with Central Michigan's Rebecca Petrone & Kayli Adams 40:41
  2. #91 Agentagogy: What Learning With AI Actually Requires - with Mark Deschaine 37:55
  3. #90 What Happens to Schools When Families Stop Showing Up with Dr. Mark Deschaine 36:54
  4. #89 Digital Compassion, AI Literacy, and Closing the Digital Divide with Heather Gate 44:56
  5. #88 This Is Online Learning's Moment to Lead - with Dr. Mark Deschaine 57:29
  6. #87 Public by Design: Running the Statewide Virtual School in Missouri with Dr. Nichole Lemmon 40:51
  7. #86 You Already Agreed to This: Digital Accessibility as Civil Rights with Ray Rose 43:18
  8. #85 Hot Takes: What Five Episodes of Research Taught Us with Seth, Allyson, and Tami 41:55
  9. #84 Why Is Teaching Online Still Not Part of Teacher Prep? with Michael Barbour 45:51
  10. #83 Can Flexibility Hurt Online Learners? What Pacing Data Reveals with Kristen DeBruler 33:59
  11. #82 All Learning Is Social: Jered Borup on Social Presence in K-12 Online Learning (Part 2) 31:58
  12. #81 School and Personal Communities Must Work Together to Make Online Learning Engaging with Jered Borup (Part 1) 31:58
  13. #80 Parents: the Co-Teachers No One Trained with Bobbie Sandberg 49:31
  14. #79 Eight Steps To Make Synchronous Online Learning Really Work with Dr. Helaine Marshall 45:03
  15. #78 The Next Shutdown Is Coming. Are You Ready? with Michael Barbour (Part 2 of 2) 33:51
  16. #77 Stop Looking for Best Practices: What the Research Actually Says with Michael Barbour (Part 1 of 2) 37:33
  17. REWIND #30 Empathy Across Continents with Shared Studios' Virtual Portals 46:25
  18. REWIND #51 From Stopgap to Standard: The Rise of Virtual Learning with DLAC's John Watson 48:28
  19. #76 Building Florida Virtual School From Scratch with Julie Young 36:36
  20. #75 How Do You Know If Your Virtual Program Is High Quality? with Dr. Chris Harrington 41:35
  21. #74 Online Readiness Is a Leadership Problem with Dr. Alexandra Salas 36:01
  22. #73 Virtual International Collaborations Build Equity, Maturity, and Global Competence with SUNY COIL's Hope Windle 43:15
  23. #72 Inside CILC — Field Ed, Roam From Home, and the Future of Virtual Learning 35:01
  24. #71 Virtual Field Trips + Student Collaborations = Low-Lift, High-Impact Solutions for Global Competence 31:25
  25. #70 How Virtual Clubs Transform School Culture with Pearson's Cindy Carbajal 38:11
  26. #69 Can You Feel Art Through A Screen? MFA Boston Says Yes (with Cassie Bride and Lauren Yockel) 34:54
  27. #68 The Future of Distance Learning: USDLA’s Pat Cassella on AI, Hybrid Teaching, and Access for All 33:01
  28. #67 What Football Teaches Us About Character, Leadership, and Virtual Learning with Jerry Csaki 38:35
  29. #66 Kids Use Podcasting and Friendship to Thrive Online (with Homeschoolers Maddie and Ella) 38:18
  30. (Rewind) #41 BOLD Moves: How Virtual Schools Are Redefining Education in Florida with Mandy Perry 39:45
  31. #65 Turning Virtual Learning into a Multiplayer Experience with Ben Somers 40:49
  32. #64 Teaching Kindergarten Online? Yes, It Works—with Joy, Props, & Puppets (and Nancy Grim!) 35:21
  33. #63 The Human Side of Systems Change (Part 2) with Dr. Tovah Sheldon 45:31
  34. #62 The Human Side of Systems Change (Part 1) with Dr. Chris Harrington 34:55
  35. #61 CTE Thrives Online: High STEP's Amanda Bell Shows Us How 30:28
  36. #60 Live Gaming for Growth: Social‑Emotional Learning Through Play with CoLab's Alan Tang 38:31
  37. #59 What Florida Gets Right About Virtual Schools with Desiré Mosser 39:11
  38. #58 Tiered Support in Virtual and Hybrid Learning with Dr. Lori Wiggins 31:32
  39. #57 Digital PE for the Real World: Physical Wellness Meets Edtech with Joe Titus 43:11
  40. #56 How We Got Here: Three Stories That Fuel This Podcast 48:43
  41. #55 Distance Learning as a Lifeline for Ukrainian Students with Yuliya Kosko 37:03
  42. #54 Online Education That Outperforms Traditional Schools—Here’s How with Heather Rhodes 38:14
  43. #53 Online School for Neurodivergent Kids: Insights from Gaia Learning with Kate Longworth 38:01
  44. #52 Can You Really Learn Music Online? Debunking the Myths of Virtual Music Education with Caleb Smith 31:45
  45. #51 From Stopgap to Standard: The Rise of Virtual Learning with DLAC's John Watson 46:05
  46. #50 Virtual Students Feel Disconnected? Fix It with These Strategies from Dr. Breauna Wall 37:56
  47. #49 From Isolation to Connection: The Key to Virtual School Success with Alicia Hughes 36:52
  48. #48 Why Distance Learning Works for Environmental Education with Kasey Galylord-Opalewski 42:13
  49. #47 Virtual School for Gen Alpha Digital Nomads with Noam Gerstein 40:38
  50. #46 Making Music Education Fun, Accessible, and Personalized with Patrick Boylan 39:26