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