Learners

The new CEO of Instructure on lifelong learning, moving beyond bad legacy edtech investments in Kenya, new international online curriculums

Supporting opportunities for orphans in Vietnam, John Katzman on value in cost in HE, a community college on branching out internationally, one of our longterm listeners on UK vs US observations in HE.

A school edtech co-ordinator, the African Childhood Studies Institute, and Simbi.

#151 – A former & current MoE, award-winning teachers, and an edtech org. passionate about future skills

This week’s episode is a live recording at WISE Paris earlier this year, where we cover T-shaped learners (broad and deep), what Greek mythology can tell us about the modern day role of the mentor, and how formative culture and parents are in the learning journey. Naturally, we also throw in a bit of machine learning, investment and pedagogy.

This week’s episode in the series looks at how universities and colleges are thinking big with tech to improve their student and staff experiences

Read the full transcribe of episode 146 all about online learning, including the importance of place, peer to peer, and non-“optimal” learning trajectories which work in the long term

This week we look at creating a digital literacy global standard, supporting long-term involvement of women and girls in STEM and new early stage edtech.

A review of Leapfrogging Inequality by Rebecca Winthrop, by various The Edtech Podcast listeners. In Leapfrogging Inequality, researchers chart a new path for global education by examining the possibility of leapfrogging—harnessing innovation to rapidly accelerate educational progress—to ensure that all young people develop the skills they need for a fast-changing world. What do our listeners think?

This week we throwback to my visit to Dubai in March. I was visiting the Global Education and Skills Forum, which hosts the global teacher prize and the next billion prize. The next billion edtech prize was launched by the The Varkey Foundation to recognise the most innovative technology destined to have a radical impact on education in low income and emerging world countries. In this episode you’ll hear a variety of voices from Tanzania, USA, Egypt, India, and the UK (via Belgium).