From College to College

Active learning is one of the most talked about ideas in further education and community college teaching, and one of the most overcomplicated. In this solo episode, Dr. Lauran Kerr-Heraly cuts through the noise and makes a straightforward case: you do not need to redesign your entire course or spend half your week planning elaborate activities. You need to make one small change at a time. Lauran...

Episode Description What does it look like when AI genuinely supports teaching and learning rather than replacing it? In this episode of From College to College, Dr. Lauran Kerr-Heraly speaks with Esam Baboukhan, an educator and co-founder of TeacherMatic, about how further education and community college professionals can use AI tools to cut through the paperwork and get back to what matters most...

Episode Description What does it take to make a history course relevant to a nursing student, an accounting student, or someone training in auto technology? In this episode, Lauran Kerr-Heraly is joined by Amy Powers, Professor of History and Faculty Development Coordinator at Waubonsee Community College in Illinois, to talk about community college teaching and learning, course redesign, and what...

Whether you work in further education or a community college, you have almost certainly watched a capable student freeze. They understand the content, they want to do the work, and then they cannot start, cannot organise their time, or cannot follow through. This episode is about why that happens and what educators can actually do about it. Dr. Lauran Kerr-Heraly draws on her own neurodiverse hous...

In this first episode of From College to College, Dr. Lauran Kerr-Heraly shares her journey from community college student in West Texas to Quality and Innovation Lead in an English further education college and explains what inspired her to start this show. She explores what innovative teaching and learning genuinely means in practice, why the word innovation is so often misused, and why intentio...

What does a 3D printed cookie mold have to do with biology, history, and career transformation? In this episode, Lauran sits down with Dr. Nazanin Hebel, biology professor and innovation fellow at Houston City College, to explore how cross-disciplinary projects are reshaping what's possible in community college and further education settings. From the award-winning “Back to the Foodture” competiti...

In this episode, Lauran is joined by Rhian Ramsden, Quality and Innovation Lead and professional doctorate student at Wiltshire College and University Centre, to explore why further education and community college are so much more than a second choice. Drawing on over a decade of teaching and quality work across inner city London and rural Wiltshire, Rhian speaks candidly about widening participat...

What if the most innovative ideas in education weren't coming from universities or think tanks, but from the college down the road? Welcome to From College to College, a podcast exploring innovative teaching, learning, and quality in further education (UK) and community colleges (US) with lessons from both sides of the Atlantic. Hosted by Dr. Lauran Kerr-Heraly, an award-winning American-British e...