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#118 – Is Self Directed Learning a Fallacy?
http://traffic.libsyn.com/theedtechpodcast/Is_Self_Directed_Learning_A_Fallacy-_.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe Edtech Podcast is Back! What’s in this episode? This week’s episode is a takeover special with three students from Six 21 (part of School 21 in Newham, London) who take on the question, “Is Self Directed Learning a Fallacy?” as their real world learning project. Listen in as […]
The Edtech Podcast Out of Office*
http://traffic.libsyn.com/theedtechpodcast/Out_of_Office.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThis episode gives you the low-down on my whereabouts for the next few episodes. I am in France riding the Raid Pyrenean in aid of the Homerton Hope charity: justgiving.com/fornell What does this mean? I’m cycling 720km in distance and 16,000m in elevation through the Pyrenean mountain range […]
#117 – Nordic Edtech & Innovation
This week’s episode features three conversations from across Norway, Finland and Sweden. First up, I just wanted to give all this week’s guests a massive high five for their amazing accents. Listen in to hear about everything from where to hang out in Austin, what happens when you take an artificial intelligence course online aged 13, and how to get over global education being either about holistic wellbeing or being great at PISA.
#116 – Making, Cycling & AR with Jesús Ariel Sánchez at SXSWedu
This week I am in conversation with Jesús Ariel Sánchez, a K-12 teacher from the E. E. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in North Carolina. Jesus is a listener to The Edtech Podcast and we got the chance to meet and record at this year’s SXSWedu where we talked apps, cycling and making. This episode also includes a heap of listener feedback from Uber’s in India to twittersphere. This episode was recorded at SXSWEDU. A big thanks to Class Central for sponsoring this episode.
#115 – Anant Agarwal, CEO, edX
This week I am in conversation with edX CEO Anant Agarwal. I interviewed Anant the day after he shared a stage with US Ed Secretary, Betsy De Vos, where he encouraged her to consider a range of policy options in front of a live audience at SXSWEDU in Austin. In this recording we talk about that experience, plus how MOOCS and online learning are developing, why writing is as important as coding, why choosing your favourite learner is as bad as having a favourite child, and we even invite Class Central Founder Dhawal Shah to bring his expertise to bear after his fantastic talk on The Evolution of MOOCs also at SXSW Edu.
“If I were to re-do my life, I would spend more time on writing.” I really enjoy writing, I used to write poems and so on”
#114 – Bridget Burns, Exec. Director, University Innovation Alliance
This week’s podcast features a recording from this year’s SXSWEDU where I interviewed general all-round duracell bunny Bridget Burns of the University Innovation Alliance. Bridget spoke to me about how University’s can focus on better student experience, value, and access through improved collaboration and less walled garden approaches. A BIG THANKS to edvinca and Class Central for sponsoring this episode.
#113 – Teacher CPD and Upskilling Online
In this week’s episode we talk to Aldo De Pape, the Founder of TeachPitch, and Cat Scutt, The Director of Education and Research at the Chartered College of Teaching. Both guests discuss the struggles and benefits around professional development for teachers.
#112 – Video in Education, Teaching & Learning
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.
Announcing The Edtech Podcast Festival
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.
#111 – Ian Dunn, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Student Experience at Coventry University
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.
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