Steve Hargadon conducts interviews with authors and industry leaders for Elluminate. The collection is extensive. These interviews are available through several outlets, but if you want to investigate I would suggest you begin with Hargadon’s Future of Education Ning. You may end up following the series as a podcast feed, but the Ning is a better way to review the list of guests.
If the guests have written a book, I have usually read it. Reading the book is a good start and offers lots of detail, but the author is in control in this approach. I have always thought it would be productive to get several authors with different views together and let them debate/discuss. This never seems to happen. Hargadon is not exactly neutral, but I think he does a good job of interviewing these various authorities. The interaction adds to the information you get from the book.
BTW – Elluminate provides a public venue and the interaction with Hargadon is extended by interaction with listeners. I have not made the effort to participate in this way. I tend to use the stored content to look for individuals I recognize and what to hear them offer comment on the positions they have taken.
