Lisa Petrides

Lisa Petrides

@lisapetrides.bsky.social

Founder and CEO at ISKME.org, podcasting at EducatingToBeHuman.org, and working on ed policy and governance as a CA community college trustee https://smccd.edu/boardoftrustees/ (views are my own, who else's would they be?!)

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Lisa Petrides
@lisapetrides.bsky.social

Here is the latest episode of Educating to be Human, focusing on #OpenEducation. I'm joined by @robinderosa.net and Jim Luke to explore how treating knowledge as a public good restores the fundamental human drive to learn, share, and collaborate #OER educatingtobehuman.org/open-educati...

educatingtobehuman.orgEducating to Be Human Podcast: Open Education with Robin DeRosa, Jim Luke and Lisa PetridesIn this episode of Educating to Be Human, Lisa Petrides is joined by Robin DeRosa, executive director of the Open Education Network, and Jim Luke, Professor of Economics (ret.) and founder of Open Learning Lab at Lansing Community College take stock of where open education has been and where it is headed. With decades of experience in Open Education between the three of them, they explore why open education matters, what learners gain when they help shape knowledge rather than simply receive it, and how institutions might change to support that kind of learning. They consider the commons as something people actively do together, and what it takes to care for shared resources in a landscape increasingly shaped by commercial pressures and emerging AI technologies. It's a thoughtful, wide-ranging conversation about the values behind open education: sharing, reciprocity, care, and the public good. It also asks what the movement has gotten right, what it may have gotten wrong, and why the work still matters. Whether you're an educator, a librarian, a student, or simply curious about who gets to access and shape knowledge, this conversation offers plenty to think about. Dr. Robin DeRosa is the Executive Director of the Open Education Network. Based at the University of Minnesota, the OEN is a collective of institutions and consortia that work collaboratively to make higher education more affordable, equitable, and engaging for learners. She has previously worked as a professor of literature and Interdisciplinary Studies, the founder and director of a faculty development center, and as the library director at a public university. Jim Luke is an independent scholar studying the institutional economics of technology, higher education, and of healthcare. He's a retired professor of economics, having taught at a three colleges and universities.  He's the author of chapters in Higher Education for Good and Of Many Minds, among other works. He lives in the Detroit, Michigan, USA area.  

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“How do we build the knowledge infrastructure that we really want and deserve?” Great & timely conversation on #openaccess w/our host @lisapetrides.bsky.social A perfect complement to our season on the “Opens” (out now wherever you listen to #podcasts) archive.org/details/open... @archive.org

archive.orgOpen For Whom? Access to Knowledge in the Age of AIAs artificial intelligence reshapes how information is created, accessed, and consumed, long-standing commitments to open knowledge are being tested in new and urgent ways. Publishers, libraries, and ...
Lisa Petrides
@lisapetrides.bsky.social

New episode of @edutobehuman.bsky.social w/ @chrisfreeland.com from @archive.org - As #libraries face book bans, funding cuts, cyberattacks & digital licensing for materials they can never own, who’s left to protect what we know, what we share and what we remember? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

podcasts.apple.comLibraries at Risk: Access, Preservation, and Cultural Memory with Chris FreelandPodcast Episode · Educating to Be Human Podcast · 07/22/2025 · 32m
Lisa Petrides
@lisapetrides.bsky.social

What if we could shift our #education systems to focus on learning that is hands-on, healing, and rooted in justice? Latest episode of Educating to Be Human, w/Stephen Ritz at Green Bronx Machine, educatingtobehuman.org/food-justice... #foodjustice #urbanfarming #schoolgarden

educatingtobehuman.orgEducating to Be Human Podcast: Food Justice Begins in the Classroom with Stephen RitzIn this episode of Educating to Be Human, Lisa speaks with Stephen Ritz, founder of the Green Bronx Machine, about how we can transform education by returning to the most essential teacher of all: foo...
Lisa Petrides
@lisapetrides.bsky.social

Season 2 of my podcast, Educating to Be Human, is on its way! Meanwhile, here is a special bonus episode that looks back at Season 1. These voices from classrooms, communities, and prisons reminded me just how powerful education can be when we center humanity. educatingtobehuman.org/reflecting-o...

educatingtobehuman.orgEducating to Be Human Podcast: Reflecting on Season 1: Lessons in Community, Creativity, and ChangeIn Season 1 of Educating to Be Human, we asked questions—about creativity and curiosity, change and adaptation, empathy and self-worth. We spoke with changemakers in classrooms, communities, and priso...
Lisa Petrides
@lisapetrides.bsky.social

This might not make the front page, but it strikes at the core of our society, in terms access to knowledge.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source. They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).

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Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas.bsky.social

SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education. I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”. Here is a portion:

Lisa Petrides
@lisapetrides.bsky.social

1. Google Gulf of Mexico. 2. “Gulf of America"will be at top 3. Click on 3 little dots to right of “Gulf of America” 4. Select "Send Feedback" 5. Click "Gulf Of America" text 6. Select "Inaccurate content" 7. Select "Incorrect" & type i.e. "the correct name of this body of water is “Gulf of Mexico"

Lisa Petrides
@lisapetrides.bsky.social

"DOGE staffers have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, the people said, including a financial aid dataset that contains the personal information for millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program." www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

washingtonpost.comTrump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes dataClosing the agency would require congressional approval, so the new administration hopes to diminish it in the meantime.
Lisa Petrides
@lisapetrides.bsky.social

Our season 1 finale of "Educating to Be Human" podcast is with Jody Lewen of Mt. Tamalpais College, on the challenges and impact of offering a 2-year liberals arts degree in prison: Beyond Recidivism, educatingtobehuman.org/beyond-recid... #PrisonEducation #HigherEducation

educatingtobehuman.orgEducating to Be Human Podcast: Beyond Recidivism, Higher Education in Prison with Jody LewenWelcome to Episode 10, the Season 1 finale of Educating to Be Human. Host Lisa Petrides sits down with Jody Lewen, President of Mt. Tamalpais College at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (formerly San...
Lisa Petrides
@lisapetrides.bsky.social

In today's episode of Educating to Be Human, I chat w/Julius Cave, regional director of the Leading Men Fellowship, on how this program is changing the landscape of education by recruiting and training young men of color to become Pre-K teachers educatingtobehuman.org/answering-th...

educatingtobehuman.orgEducating to Be Human Podcast: Answering the Call: Young Men in the Pre-K Classroom with Julius CaveIn this episode of Educating to Be Human, Lisa is joined by Julius Cave, Regional Director of the Leading Men Fellowship, a program of The Literacy Lab. In a field where Black men make up only 1.3% of...
Lisa Petrides
@lisapetrides.bsky.social

On a panel today in Dubai at the 3rd UNESCO World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress 2024, on building partnerships and supporting multi-stakeholder collaboration. Theme of Congress was “Digital Public Goods: Open Solutions and AI for Inclusive Access to Knowledge" #OER #education

Lisa Petrides
@lisapetrides.bsky.social

In the latest Educating to Be Human episode, I chat with @saragoldrickrab.bsky.social author of Paying the Price, about the impact of housing & food insecurity on college students. We explore the need for reform in financial aid & in #highered support systems educatingtobehuman.org/paying-the-p...

educatingtobehuman.orgEducating to Be Human Podcast: Paying the Price with Sara Goldrick-RabIn this episode of Educating to Be Human, Sara Goldrick-Rab, author of Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream, joins us to explore the critical issues o...

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