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#204 – Preparing for a Successful September Return
This episode shares the work of edtech demonstrator schools and colleges in England. The EdTech Demonstrator Programme is a network of schools and colleges across England who exhibit effective practice in the use of technology. In this episode, you’ll hear about ideas to support senior leaders and educators as schools manage social distancing in the school or college learning context.
#203 – Bilingual Workforce Training in the age of COVID (And beyond)
This week’s episode is all about some of the immediate responses to workforce training through technology in the wake of COVID-19. You’ll hear from professionals in both early years and further education, on how they engaged learners, helped support rapid training of the workforce and long term positive impact.
#202 – What Matters in Edtech, The Global Education Council “Teach Back Better”
This week, we are chatting to Bett’s Global Education Council, getting to grips with the council’s manifesto set in January and the way COVID has impacted the manifesto ideals and how urgently they are implemented.
Our guests reflect on how the pause given by the pandemic has allowed an opportunity to teach back better and how this can be achieved.
#201 – The Early Careers Market and its response to Covid-19
This episode looks at the early careers space and delves into the response for young people going into the world of work, amidst the pandemic. You will hear from investors, entrepreneurs and graduate interns all interested in innovation around young people, skills development and employment in the age of Covid-19.
#200 – A Conversation with Chip Paucek, CEO of 2U
In the first of our new conversations making sense of the world with Covid, I speak to the CEO of 2U, Chip Paucek. We talk about why the University campus isn’t going to disappear anytime soon, what makes remote learning high-quality, and what it’s like to experience the highs and lows of being an edtech CEO and entrepreneur.
Plus, we made it to episode 200. Thanks for listening everyone.
#199 – Lessons from Home Learning
This week’s episode is all about home learning. We’re in conversation with Headteachers, Teachers, Digital Leads, Edtech Demonstrator coordinators, editors and edtech companies taking stock of the past weeks experience in the UK and how we might prepare and improve as the Autumn term approaches,
#198 – University Reopening
This week, you will hear from Chris Headleand, the Director of Teaching and Learning for the School of Computer Science at the University of Lincoln in the UK, about how he developed an innovative way to keep students and staff connected to the University of Lincoln during lockdown. We chat about the opportunity for Universities to really reinvigorate their teaching and learning, student centricity and the need to take the reality of local lockdowns and needs of shielding students seriously.
#197 – What is Scenario Based Learning?
We throwback this week to a past recording with a learning technologist who offers up lots of useful frameworks for those who might be finding themselves thrown into the world of learning technology and online learning pedagogy and all the head-scratching that entails.
#196 – The Case for Vocational Technology – Part 2: Build Back Better
In conversation are an insight and data specialist on the new economy, an investor in vocational learning technology, and a specialist in supporting executive leadership and teams development on building back better. Plus, tea slurps, baby cries and computer dings, in amongst the gems about specific training to working online, more creative online working tools, and supporting employees wellbeing with all the change hitting us at present.
#195 – What Matters in Edtech Middle East & Africa
In this episode, we focus on the Middle East and Africa; you’ll hear about the role of tech and community in supporting refugee learning, careers opportunities for girls, flexible working and teacher professional development, and truly hybrid online learning. We are in Dubai, Oman, Kenya and across the UAE.