American Campus Podcast

a social and political history of US higher ed

Before ChatGPT, there were MOOCs with Anne Trumbore

August 24, 2025 • Lauren Lassabe Shepherd

A human history of ed tech

References mentioned this episode:

Anne Trumbore. 2025. The Teacher in the Machine: A Human History of Education Technology. Princeton University Press.
Anne Trumbore’s website
Anne Trumbore’s LinkedIn
Timothy Burke. August 7, 2025. Academia: GPT University. Eight by Seven.
Han Kang. 2025. We Do Not Part. Hogarth. Translated by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris.

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