
Episode #7
#7 David Malan on CS50βs Origins, Risk, and Future of Education
<p>Harvard Professor, David Malan, recounts how losing a Harvard Undergraduate Council election pushed him to improve his public speaking, leading him to teach Harvard Computer Society seminars and then become a teaching fellow and instructor for an Extension School intro course. He pursued a PhD to keep academic doors open and later stepped into a CS50 teaching vacancy, a role he has continued for 18 years. Malan describes CS50 as an inspiring introduction to technology focused on understanding and problem-solving rather than specific languages, designed for students across disciplines and scaled online for broader access. He discusses making education more...

