Edufuturists

Sheryl Cababa is the Chief Design Officer at the Insights, Design + Development Studio, Substantial, and a multi-disciplinary design strategist with more than two decades of experience. She is focused on reinventing the approaches of learning and collaboration in today’s educational environment to help equity-centred research affirm and advance relationships between institutions, educators, and st...

Brian’s first word was money and he’s always been fascinated with the world of investing. He developed Rapunzl as a financial literacy, EdTech tool to revolutionize how we teach students about investing and to provide equitable access to high-quality, project-based learning tools for students across the country. The world of returns is perched in an ivory tower, inaccessible to most investors. In...

In this episode, Ben & Steve chat to Ariel Camus from Microverse who are democratising access to coding training by offering fully-funded courses and salary sharing for their students and graduates. They promise to help learners become international software developers, from anywhere. There are some fascinating discussions about how destinations data is important to rate the success of any lea...

Angela Newton & Peter Gravell are co-founders of Real Fast Reports, an AI app that helps teachers write reports. #AI #ChatGPT #education Follow us on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/edufuturists Check out all past episodes at https://www.edufuturists.com Subscribe on iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/edufuturists/id1347592880

In this episode, Ben, Dan & Steve chat about the purpose of education, why it needs to shift and what they are trying to do about it. They talk about the Uprising Event in Leeds and why they are putting it on, as well as announcing the highly commended individuals and organisations for the Edufuturists Awards 2023.   There's also a special guest announcement!   Get your tickets at up...

In this episode, Ben, Dan & Steve chat about the purpose of education, why it needs to shift and what they are trying to do about it. They talk about the Uprising Event in Leeds and why they are putting it on, as well as announcing the highly commended individuals and organisations for the Edufuturists Awards 2023. There's also a special guest announcement! Get your tickets at uprising.edu...

In this video, we chat to 2022 University of the Year winners, Teesside University about their innovative practices and unique perspectives on teaching in HE. Sign up for our newsletter at newsletter.edufuturists.com Follow us on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/edufuturists Check out all past episodes at https://www.edufuturists.com Subscribe on iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/edufutu...

In this episode, Paula and Gordon from the College Development Network (CDN) in Scotland discuss research in education and particularly their work on trauma-informed practice and teacher reflection.   Get your tickets for our event on 4th May in Leeds, UK at uprising.edufuturists.com   Sign up for our weekly newsletter that lands every Saturday morning at 9am: newsletter.edufuturists.com...

In this episode, we are joined by AI pioneer and EdTech specialist, Donald Clark from Wildfire Learning. We discuss the importance of technology in education, his work on online learning for over 20 years and his excitement about a future where we bring a real difference to all sectors of society.   Get your tickets for the Uprising Event on 4th May 2023 in Leeds, UK at uprising.edufuturists....

In this episode, Dan & Steve chat with the co-founder of Hundo Piers Collins. Hundo provides a validated, verified on-chain skills wallet to replace the CV/resume for 1 billion learners worldwide. They are the first on-chain web3 company for GenZ, parents, educators and employers to discover the future of learning and work via an on-demand content stream.   Get your tickets for the Uprisi...

In this episode, Ben & Dan discuss how education needs a serious disruption, and whether tools like ChatGPT are helping to speed that up. We talk about the definition of cheating and what the purpose of schooling is.   Book tickets for our event on 4th May 2023 at uprising.edufuturists.com  Sign up for our newsletter at newsletter.edufuturists.com   Follow us on Twitter https://...

In this episode, we chat with David CM Carter, widely regarded as one of the world’s leading CEO mentors, is the Founder and Executive Chairman of MyMentor, the on-demand destination channel for leader insight and crowd-sourced advice on how to get ahead. Moving from mentoring an exclusive list of just 10 clients at any one time, he has now founded Entelechy Academy to champion the development of...

Samson, a Yiya co-founder and 2019 Obama Africa Leader is a physics teacher with a Bachelor of Science in education from Makerere University and a veteran of Uganda's education system. He grew up in a rural area with limited resources. Yiya's mission has been shaped by his childhood experiences. He has a genius talent for educational design and a deep passion to leverage the power of experiential...

Yaacov Hecht, is an Israeli educator and worldwide pioneer of democratic education. In 1987, he founded the first school in the world called a democratic school. Following that, he helped founding around 30 democratic schools in Israel.   #cityschool #Education    Follow us on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/edufuturists Check out all past episodes at https://www.edufuturists.com Su...

In this episode, we are joined by Dr Andy Cope and Will Hussey from The Art of Brilliance. They talk about how understanding positive psychology is crucial for students and teachers in the current climate and beyond. Schools where children are happy, well and curious is the dream!   Check out their work at: https://www.artofbrilliance.co.uk/  Follow us on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/...

In this episode the 3 of us discuss the new AI tool which is trending everywhere ChatGTP, but also AI as a whole and the art of the possible with it for education. Get your tickets for The Uprising on 4th May 2023: uprising.edufuturists.com  Sign up for our weekly newsletter: newsletter.edufuturists.com   Follow us on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/edufuturists Check out all past episod...

In this episode, we are joined by CEO of the Institute of Imagination. Martin helped launch iTunes Europe from a start-up and ran iTunes’ Pan European business before heading up Disney’s EMEA regional arm managing several major brands and music talent, as well as becoming an award-winning chef for kicks!   Find out more about the IOI: https://ioi.london/  Get your tickets for The Uprisin...

In this episode, Ben, Dan & Steve look back at some of their favourite episodes of the last 12 months and discuss some of the themes of where we are going in 2023 and beyond. We have seen curiosity, Web3, personalisation, decentralisation and online schools come up again and again.   Check out this episode too for the first announcement of the Uprising 2023, a gathering of the Edufuturist...

Gavin McCormack is a trained Montessori teacher, children’s author, teacher trainer, philanthropist and school principal. While working in the teaching profession for over twenty years, he has used his experience and training to understand what it means to truly educate with true intention. Initially trained as a mainstream primary school teacher, Gavin re-trained as a Montessori teacher where he...

Advisor, Coach and Friend to Leaders and Business Owners, Stefan has spent over 20 years honing his coaching craft alongside leading change, sales and leadership development initiatives for some of the largest names in the world.   With senior leadership experience, an award winning coffee house, his own art gallery as well as being an award winning musician he grew up in Wolverhampton with w...

Maneesh Juneja is a Digital Health Futurist who explores the convergence of emerging technologies to see how they can make the world a healthier and happier place. He looks at these technologies in the context of socio-cultural, political and economic trends, helping organisations around the world to think differently about the future. This episode is brought to you by Wacom - A New Mix of Teachin...

Iarina is an architect based in Bucharest. She studied Architecture at Ion Mincu and has had her own practice for two years.  She is a volunteer for the My School Can Be Cool program. Last year she did it at the middle school where she was a student, because she wanted to help the local community.    My School Can Be Cool is all about participatory design and learning through games...

In this special episode we bring you the keynote delivered by Sugata Mitra at the 2022 Edufuturists Awards.  Sugata Mitra is a world leading educational innovator.   Professor Emeritus, NIIT University, Neemrana, Rajasthan, India  (Retd. 2019)  Professor of Educational Technology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK  (Former 2012)  Visiting Professor, MIT Me...

In this episode, we discuss XR and what this means for education and the world of work. Extended reality technology is used across numerous industries including healthcare, public safety, tourism, marketing, gas, and oil. Over 23 million jobs will be enhanced by extended reality globally by 2023, an increase from the 800,000 in 2019.   https://www.edufuturists.com  This episode is brough...

Adam Roney is founder and CEO of Calls9, a company that delivers world-class web3 product design and development.   This episode is brought to you by Wacom - A New Mix of Teaching, Learning & Tech  With the world constantly changing, educators are rethinking and redesigning how teachers teach and students engage to learn and thrive. The right mix of technology, tools and teachers lea...