This week, with Ian Dunn, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Student Experience at Coventry University, we bring up the conversation on the sufficiency of online learning compare to in-class learning in higher education.
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.
I recently chaired a discussion at Founders Factory on The Challenges and Opportunities in Digitising Education. This is a summary of our chat.
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).
This week we welcome our first guest episode which is being released as part of National Apprenticeship Week! This week’s podcast talks about how work and career prospects have changed over the last 10 years, delving into appropriate skills development, the views of educators and employers, and various tech and strategic solutions. This episode also looks at how edtech is being used to “supercharge” Apprenticeships, fast-track skills development and anticipate future demand.
Get to know our new intern, Vanessa Gaie from Bridgeport, Connecticut.
The Edtech Podcast is taking on three six formers Malika, Edil and Sungna from Six21 as part of the Studio programme. The students will be researching, editing, producing, publishing and promoting a podcast episode titled “Is Self Directed Learning a Fallacy?” The placement will offer to introduce them to new skills in content creation, promotion and knowledge sharing, whilst introducing The Edtech Podcast to 21c students and their own priorities! You can find out more about each of the students in this post and in subsequent posts as they describe their time with The Edtech Podcast.
Investment, procurement and innovation are the themes of this week’s podcast episode – the first of many recorded at Bett 2018. Find out more about Cool Initiatives, IMAILE and Edvinca.