Cloud & LMS

The Edtech Podcast is in takeover this week with boclips, talking about video in education, teaching and learning with Youubers Hank Green and Basho Mosko.

The iTunes new and noteworthy weekly podcast showcasing global education innovation, today announced the launch of its inaugural festival taking place in London in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in September 2018.   

The iTunes new and noteworthy weekly podcast showcasing global education innovation, today announced the launch of its inaugural festival taking place in London in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in September 2018.

This week, we’ve got 3 great mini interviews covering workload, AI in education and marking all recorded at Bett 2018. You’ll hear from 

Priya Lakhani the CEO of Century Tech 
Teacher and Deputy Head Julian Wood AKA Ideas Factory
The Vocal Recall App team in conversation with Mark Anderson and Olly Lewis Head of Physics at the Oratory School.

Dr. Kristen DiCerbo, Vice-President of Education Research at Pearson, Ross Morrison McGill, AKA TeacherToolkit, Former Deputy Headteacher and Teacher, Samantha Ahern, Learning Technology Project Officer, Information Services Division, UCL and Former Teacher and Jeff Dieffenbach, Associate Director of the MIT Integrated Learning Initiative on how to make data useful for teachers.

The theme of this week’s episode is Going International and brings together contributors from NY EDTECH WEEK, The UK Department for International Trade, China team, The India Didactics Association, The Council of British International Schools  and the Swedish Edtech Industry. You’ll hear variously about educational systems in different countries, but also the schemes looking to support learners, educational institutions and Edtech companies domestic and incoming.

A use-case on blockchain in education and why it may or may not work. (I look at what Open Source University are up to in Bulgaria and why blockchain may be answering the wrong question in education).

What initiatives are supporting teachers and students to co-create games together? Hear from educators, gaming companies, and researchers on the evolution of games-based learning from “content” to “creation”.

What is personalized learning? What is it not? Is there an evidence base yet for personalised learning and what does the research evidence show us about the contexts where personalized learning works best? What is the role of student, software and teacher in a personalised learning context? What questions should we be asking?