To introduce the new podcast series of “Learning Disrupted”, I will be talking about the transition to online learning, the integrity and effectiveness of online education, and how distance learning might look for different forms of education such as medical school, university, and even homeschooling in the first episode: “Welcome Home”. By examining the factors that contribute to the attempts to make online education a proper substitution for in person learning, I will discuss whether or not I think distance learning is as effective as traditional with my special guest, Maddy Milne, and various other resources. While I understand that distance learning was likely the most effective method to resume education during Covid 19, I aim to explore how tactics could have been improved, how online academic impacted the quality of education and student learning outcomes, and if online education should be continuously offered as a replacement for standard learning. Much of what I talk about in the first episode of “Learning Disrupted” relates to other topics covered by my cohosts in the next episodes such as the impact isolated learning had on student mental health (explored by Thomas in episode two) and the rapid expansion of technology in education (examined by Bobby in episode three). My special guest Maddy is a close friend of mine that has a very unique experience with online learning since she was homeschooled during the lockdown simultaneously attended community college and is now at the University of Connecticut studying Allied Health Sciences with the goal joining the Certified Entry in Nursing program. I asked her to give her two cents with her experience after each topic I cover and towards the end of the episode we will have an open discussion about online education and how it impacts the specific field both of us are in, which is medicine. While I have some very strong opinions about distance learning, I hope to have my mind changed a little with the help of the resources I’ve analyzed and a different guest perspective on the matter; and hopefully change some of your minds too. Guest notes: Maddy Milne: 3rd Year Student at the University of Connecticut, Graduate of Manchester Community College.

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