The Edtech Podcast

Welcome to the second episode in a series produced by Professor Rose Luckin's EDUCATE Ventures Research, exploring 'Evidence-Based EdTech', and hosted on The Edtech Podcast This mini-series connects, combines, and highlights leading expertise and opinion from the worlds of EdTech, AI, Research, and Education, helping teachers, learners, and technology developers get to grips with ethical learning...

Welcome to this Christmas/Seasonal bonus episode examining evidence-based EdTech in toys for children and young people. Featuring two hosts from the EDUCATE Ventures Research team, founder Rose Luckin and former headteacher and Chief Education Advisor Karine George, this seasonal special looks at a number of EdTech must-have toys and the questions that should be asked of them by any parent and car...

Welcome to this first episode in a series produced by Professor Rose Luckin's EDUCATE Ventures Research, exploring 'Evidence-Based EdTech', and hosted on The Edtech Podcast.  This mini-series connects, combines, and highlights leading expertise and opinion from the worlds of EdTech, AI, Research, and Education, helping teachers, learners, and technology developers get to grips with ethical learnin...

Hello everyone and welcome back to The Edtech Podcast, where we aim to improve the dialogue between "ed" and "tech" for better innovation and impact. In this NEW series, sponsored by WorkTripp , we are looking at all things Future of Work, and how that intersects with learning, leadership, humans, and technology. In this episode, I'm chatting with the authors of WorkStyle , and the founders of Hox...

What's in this episode? Hello beautiful listeners!  In this episode, we chat to: A business on a mission to provide better opportunities to apprentices through technology and coaching, with Chichi Eruchalu, Head of Leadership Development, Multiverse A business that maps talented gamer skills traits to learner and employment pathways with David Barrie, Founder, Game Academy An online community work...

What's in this episode? In this week's episode, we are in collaboration with EdSurge and publishing the first of a   three-part series EdSurge have developed to explore the nuances of adult lifelong learners and what sparks their return to University. There are 36 million Americans who have earned some college credit, but not an actual degree. More colleges than ever are trying to help these stude...

What's in this episode? This week we're back with our VocTech Podcast, this time looking at skills development in the new world of work.  As we move towards ever more atomised modes of work, is there a risk we don't develop our skills properly, just going from one gig to another? If we are going to prevent that from happening, what do we need our freelance, flexible or gig economy platforms to loo...

Thanks to  Learnosity  and  WorkTripp  for sponsoring this episode.  In this episode, I'm in conversation with: Felix Atkin, the Founder & CEO at Sharesy, on dealing with cost pressures in schools Dr Maureen Dunne, neurodiversity advisor to Lego Foundation and the President and CEO of Autism Community Ventures, on supporting innovation in the area of neurodiversity We talk about:  How to help scho...

In this bonus episode of The Edtech Podcast, we are in collaboration with  Teacher's Voices , with guest host Nina Alonso, and in partnership with  Bold , the digital platform on learning and development. In this episode, Nina speaks to:  Jason Yip, assistant professor of digital youth at The Information School at the University of Washington and, Koen Timmers, a lecturer, author and founder of se...

Thanks to  Learnosity  and  WorkTripp  for sponsoring this episode.  In this episode, I'm in conversation with: Laura Warnier, the Chief Growth Officer at online tutoring platform GoStudent We talk about:  The factors involved in GoStudent's rapid expansion – investment, team, zeitgeist.  Laura's view on network effects and membership models  Near to peer tutoring, support and engagement  Plus, so...

Hello everyone and welcome back to The Edtech Podcast, where we aim to improve the dialogue between "ed" and "tech" for better innovation and impact. This week's episode is part of our series collaboration with  Bett , supported by  Pearson . In this episode we are focused on The Future of Work, exploring:  Significant trends and drivers for The Future of Work, including push and pull factors for...

Thanks to  Learnosity  and  WorkTripp  for sponsoring this episode.  In this episode, I'm in conversation with: Nathalie Lesselin, Founder and CEO, K okorolingua, from Switzerland Marie Mérouze, CEO Marbotic, from France Sari Hurme-Mehtälä, Founder CEO, Kide Science, from Finland Dominika Gyanyi , Head of Education, BookrKids, from Hungary  We talk about:  The challenge and opportunity of technolo...

Hello everyone and welcome back to The Edtech Podcast, where we aim to improve the dialogue between "ed" and "tech" for better innovation and impact. This week's episode is part of our series collaboration with  Bett , supported by  Pearson . In this episode we are focused on Education and Esports, exploring:  What is Esports and why does it matter? The scale of the Esports industry.  How students...

What's in this episode? This week we're back with our VocTech Podcast, this time looking at assessment and skills and thinking about what is skill and how should we measure it? This episode is part of our VocTech Podcast series produced in collaboration with Ufi VocTech Trust .  I'm in conversation with: Sharath Jeeven OBE, Intrinsic Labs, Abby Gilbert, Institute for the Future of Work, Amelia Pet...

Our thanks to Learnosity and WorkTripp for sponsoring this episode.  In this episode, I'm in conversation with the amazing Madeleine Wolf, Founder and CEO, VisionYOU, Germany and Kadri Tuisk , Founder and CEO Clanbeat, Estonia.  We talk about:  What insights you uncover speaking to 300 headteachers in Germany How to think about the "wicked (complex) problem" of student wellbeing   Plus, listener d...

Hello everyone and welcome back to The Edtech Podcast, where we aim to improve the dialogue between "ed" and "tech" for better innovation and impact. This week's episode is part of our series collaboration with Bett , supported by Pearson . Recorded LIVE at Bett 2022, you'll hear from; David Price , OBE and author of Power of Us @DavidPriceOBE Valerie Hannon , Systems rethinker, and author of Thri...

Episode two from our new series with the Female Edtech Fellowship, a collaboration between the European Edtech Alliance and Supercharger Ventures to support the growth of the most promising female founders in Europe. In this second episode, I'm in conversation with the amazing Nele Mletschkowsky, Co-Founder and now CEO of Quofox and Riccarda Zezza the Italian founder and CEO of Lifeed. We talk abo...

Bruce Daisley is a best selling author and technology leader from the UK.  He is one of the most respected thought leaders on the subject of workplace culture and the future of work and spent 12 years running Twitter in Europe and previously YouTube in the UK. In this episode, we chat about challenging the "resilience orthodoxy" and challenging expected work intensity , and recognising the amazing...

Happy International Women's Day!!  What better way to celebrate than to release this first episode from our new series with the Female Edtech Fellowship, a collaboration between the European Edtech Alliance and Supercharger Ventures to support the growth of the most promising female founders in Europe. In this first episode, I'm in conversation with Beth Havinga and Svenia Busson of the European E...

What's in this episode? In this episode, I chat with Al Kingsley, author of My Secret Edtech Diary , MAT Leader and Edtech CEO. We chat about: Essential questions you should be asking around edtech  Practical considerations for funding and implementing Edtech How to create change through informal and formal channels, without doing it all yourself.  Plus, a shout out to listeners around the world. ...

What's in this episode? In this episode, I chat with Emily Devonald, Co-Founder, KEVRI, an early-stage startup focused on making knowledge exchange easier to capture for Universities. We chat about: Who is responsible for knowledge exchange within Higher Education Which countries are doing knowledge exchange "well" and what this means for innovation The effect of the pandemic and Brexit on knowled...

What's in this episode? Welcome back listeners...here's to 2022! In this episode, it's James Plunkett, Author of End State: 9 Ways Society is Broken and How We Will Fix It. James is also Executive Director, Design, Data and Technology at Citizens Advice and has held various roles across the Resolution Foundation, Young Foundation and the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation. We chat about:  The c...

What's in this episode? This episode, recorded for the Reimagine Education Conference 2021 with Lumina Foundation and Bloom Institute of Technology (formerly known as Lambda School), is about pioneering new education models. In this episode, we chat about  The value of credentials and why they matter Whether regulation is fit for new business models to evolve  Whether there is a risk of the 'haves...

What's in this episode? Hello and welcome to the next series of The VocTech Podcast where we take a look at vocational learning technologies and improving opportunity in the workplace. This series is supported by Ufi VocTech Trust . This episode was recorded LIVE at the Week Of Voctech and in it, you'll hear about; how to remove barriers in education how to boost learner confidence, and how to bui...

Hello listeners!  In this episode, I am in conversation with Simon Freeman , the MD for IRIS Education  who provide agile School Management Software for 12000 schools in the UK and Internationally. Simon has an amazing array of public sector technology experience and in this episode we talk about; How School Leaders can manage the scale of the task ahead when it comes to the role of technology, le...