#85 – The Ed Innovation Landscape
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The sixth edition of the ASU GSV Summit Series on The Edtech Podcast. Listen here.
Welcome everyone to this sixth episode from the ASU GSV Summit series on The Edtech Podcast. This week we’re getting into the ed innovation landscape, with extensive research conducted by Navitas Ventures with their Edtech Census. I’ve also been listening to podcasts about the Shift Commission and their insight into the Future of Work. I was particularly interested in how our current mortgage and insurance structures are currently too tied up with past models of long-term employment, rather than self-directed gig economy stuff. Which I can relate to! I also took a peek at the Pearson and Nesta collaboration on #FutureSkills which forecasted the top 10 most likely jobs for growth to 2030 in the UK and US, as well as skills in demand during the same period. I was pleased to see Artistic, Literary and Media Occupations in the UK top ten jobs, as well as teaching and educational professionals.
This week – the same week that President Trump allocated $200m US dollars to STEM education focussing on women and people of colour – I have also been talking to some educational professionals from Denmark, Poland, Finland and Singapore about their views on how STEM is taught, ahead of a panel I’m moderating for Lego next month. You can see some of my notes about the various approaches on The Edtech Podcast blog.
If you’re keen to find out about Edtech trends don’t forget to check in with partners Innovate My School who document this in their January content calendar, and of course before that there is Innovate Edtech in November in London.
So, the ed innovation landscape. What can you expect? In this episode, we speak to Patrick Brothers, CEO, Navitas Ventures on the Global Edtech Census, which has mapped over 30,000 education companies from around the world into various edtech specialisms, plus extra conversations with Scott Kinney, Senior Vice President, at Discovery Education and Matthew Johnson, Associate, Cooley LLP, give us the low down on K-12 and legal landscapes around education innovation in the US and globally.
And, what’s more, there’s additional market mapping content from the ASU GSV Summit team, including Michael Moe’s fantastic keynote from this year’s ASU GSV Summit, plus presentations on ’The Best in Class’ featuring speakers from Finland, China and Singapore. For all this and more join our weekly email or check in via the ASU GSV Summit website asugsvsummit.com where the whole series is listed.
What’s in this episode?
- Message from this week’s episode sponsors EdAcademy, Qatar Foundation International , and the Michelson Foundation
- Sophie Bailey introduction
- Deborah Quazzo with the GSV Cap. perspective on the ed innovation landscape
- 1:1 interviews featuring:
- Patrick Brothers, CEO, Navitas Ventures on the Global Edtech Census
- Scott Kinney, Senior Vice President, at Discovery Education
- Matthew Johnson, Associate, Cooley LLP
- Sophie Bailey outro – what’s next in the series
Don’t forget to also check out the reference links below, for more follow up videos, podcasts and reading on this topic!
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Like this episode? Check out these related videos and podcasts:
ASU GSV Summit: Opening Keynote with Michael Moe, Co-Founder, GSV
GSV_2020-Vision_A-History-of-the-Future_Fall-2015.pdf – download here
and
Best-In-Class: Finland, China and Singapore
Thank you to this week’s sponsors:
This week’s episode is brought to you by Ed Academy.
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The ASU GSV Summit annually brings together the most impactful people from diverse constituencies – entrepreneurs, business leaders, K12 and higher ed leaders, policymakers, leading tech companies, and philanthropists – to create partnerships, explore solutions, and shape the future of learning and talent innovation.
Go to: https://www.asugsvsummit.com/
Qatar Foundation International (QFI), LLC, is a U.S.-based member of Qatar Foundation (QF). QFI operates as both a grant-making organization, and a convener of thought leaders on issues related to global and international education, open education and education technologies as they intersect with the three core QFI programmatic areas: Arabic language and Arab culture, STE{A}M (STEM plus the Arts), and Youth Engagement.
Go to: http://www.qfi.org/
Founded by Dr. Gary K. Michelson, the Michelson 20MM Foundation is dedicated to supporting and investing in leading edge entrepreneurs, technologies, and initiatives that seek to transform learning and improve access to educational opportunities that lead to meaningful careers. The Michelson Runway is the world’s first social impact accelerator dedicated to supporting innovations in higher education and career training. I met the guys at the Michelson 20MM Foundation out at SXSW and they played a mean game of bowling at ASU GSV Summit. Go and check out what they do – especially if you’re involved in higher education and online learning innovation – at 20mm.org
Go to: Michelson 20MM Foundation Website ; Michelson Runway Website
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