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Dr. Michael Littrell Joins Jeremy Wendt To Discuss The Future Of Education

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In this episode host Jeremy Wendt sits down with Dr. Michael Littrell from Tennessee Tech’s College of Education and Human Sciences. Together, they talk about how technology—and even artificial intelligence—is changing the way future educators learn and teach. Dr. Wendt reflects on his own Cookeville roots, growing up in a blue-collar family and working with his dad to wire the Tech campus, and how that early spark for technology still shapes his approach to education today.

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9 Dec 2025 9AM English United States Society & Culture · Education

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