Hi everyone and welcome to The Edtech Podcast. Our mission is to improve the dialogue between “ed” and “tech” and this week’s no different as we delve into some listener feedback on the edtech strategy published last week by the department for education in the UK. We’ve got to know some of the edtech strategies and approaches by different Governments around the world so it is interesting to reflect on developments closer to home, namely,
Here at The Edtech Podcast we were encouraged to see that these are some of the subjects that we’ve covered in episodes across the past three years, but what is the wider education and edtech sector thinking about these developments? We asked and you delivered! Here’s a selection of your thoughts in this our special episode, with thanks to everyone who contributed. We also include a cut-away to a listener’s experience of a recent 10 Downing St. hosted workshop on how government can better support the development of edtech businesses. Full references in our show-notes. Enjoy!
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Hello listeners! This week’s episode is a treasure trove digging into digital skills development. You’ll hear from Kerensa Jennings on the art of audio production and digital skill access for all, Iris Lapinski on new learning tools early adopter teachers who want to pick up new skills in machine learning and AI, and Patrick Cutliffe who is working with Facebook to upskill a huge cohort of 18-30 year old learners to earners. Enjoy, and send us your feedback and comments!
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Hello! This week you'll hear a cameo from my L.O when he was far more little and trying out his microphone skills, plus a panel of teachers from around the world and in wildly different settings on what they want from edtech. This episode was recorded LIVE at the Global Education and Skills World Forum. Enjoy, and send us your feedback and comments!
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Hello dear listeners and welcome to episode two of the Education 4.0 series. This episode was largely recorded at the recent Digifest event run by Jisc. I'm in conversation with a variety of edtech entrepreneurs, further and higher education specialists in information technology, big data ethics and skills development about what Education 4.0 means and what the implications might be for how we "do" education. I hope you enjoy and don't forget to message in or post using #edu4_0!
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Hello listeners from Digifest!
This week i'm in conversation with Ed Fidoe of the London Interdisciplinary School on launching a new style of degree University set up to tackle "humanity’s most complex problems". We also throw back to an old recording from Innovate Edtech with a Governor and edtech entrepreneur, a teacher and a dyslexic learning technology advisor in conversation about what makes great learner experience design. Big shout out to Cool Initiatives for sponsoring this episode.
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Hello listeners!
This week we’ve got an interplanetary episode with Francois Taddei of the Center for Research & Interdisciplinarity in Paris. Francois talks about collective intelligence, and going back to the ideals of the University in the freedom to learn and to connect with our mentors.
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Hello listeners! We hope you enjoyed last weeks episode, the first of our new Education 4.0 series, co-curated with our friends at Jisc. We’ll be back next month with the next episode of the series. You can follow the conversation using #Edu4_0.
This week’s episode is the first in a few episodes where we start to dig into some contemporary educational research and how that might inform teaching and learning decisions, leadership, and product design.
What else? A big thanks to Canvas by Instructure for sponsoring this week’s episode. We rely on support like this to keep us writing, editing, and publishing so thanks again! Enjoy!
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Coming soon…
Education 4.0 – a new series on The Edtech Podcast co-curated with JISC.
This seven-part podcast series will examine the changing world of higher and further education, exploring questions including:
The Education 4.0 series is co-curated by Sophie Bailey, Founder and Host of The Edtech Podcast, Martin Hamilton, resident Futurist at JISC and Sue Attewell, Head of change - further education (FE) and skills and the Edtech Launchpad programme at JISC. External contributions come from across education institutions, industry, and research.
To listen to the series, subscribe now on iTunes and Android players to The Edtech Podcast, or check out our feeds @JISC and @podcastedtech. Follow the conversation using #Edu4_0
Thank you to Cool Initiatives for sponsoring this week's episode. Check out their competition, and chance to win £10k, here.
Hello everyone, this week we listen into the Secretary of State for Education's plans for Edtech in England, plus the creative brains behind Scratch on the early days of computers, a teacher and the institute of imagination on hands on learning, a new club for edutainment toys, and an insanely enthusiastic digital media FE teacher on collecting masters and delving into research on AI, our emotions and learning. Enjoy!
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In this week’s episode, we speak to Global innovators from around the world, as recorded at HundrED Summit in Helsinki. There’s a natural link to last week’s guest Pia Pakarinen who talked about entrepreneurialism and education and many of our guests have a background in user design or brand and have found success in applying their thinking to creating bold learning experiences. Plus, find out how the under-18s in your life can enter a new competition for those passionate about audio and podcasting - The Young Arias.
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