Interview with a Learning Scientist: Bob Ubell of NYU

November 19, 2018

Bob Ubell is Vice Dean Emeritus at the NYU School of Engineering, and Dr. Robert Feldman is Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst – and he is also the Chair of the McGraw-Hill Learning Science Advisory Board. The conversation between Bob and Robert ranges from benefits and criticisms of digitally-driven teaching to the connection between Thoreau’s Walden and modern progressive education.

Watch Bob’s responses to the questions from Robert below.

RF: You’re one of the pioneers in online learning, and I wonder if you could talk a little bit about what the impacts of learning science have been on online learning.

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