The Edtech Podcast

What's in this episode? This week's bonus episode is a LIVE recording featuring a discussion I hosted at the FROG20 conference in August with two school leaders talking about how they kept calm and carried on during 2020. Stay listening in if you're facing the rest of 2020 and feeling like you need a boost or some extra ideas on how to manage the madness. People Sophie Bailey , Founder and Present...

What's in this episode? COVID-19 has had a huge impact on the student experience. This first episode in the second season of our "The Edge" series, supported by Salesforce. Org , is all about the campus reopening and how to best support both the institution and students during this time. Four guests share ideas around contact tracing, wellbeing, hybrid teaching and learning, and innovative student...

A peek into our new HigherEd series, with Salesforce. Org . This series takes a fresh look at higher education and digital transformation. Clips used in this trailer to "set the scene" of HigherEd in 2020; Iain Harper, Head of Digital, Oxford University Business School, Digital Transformation at the World's Oldest University @ Salesforce Higher Ed Summit  Audio of U.K Student protests over A-Level...

What's in this episode? A pre-COVID workplace learning technology chat. In this episode we throwback to a past recording at Reimagine Education in December 2019, where we were in pre-COVID times chatting about the power of workplace learning technology in our Voctech Podcast LIVE session. You will hear about: setting courageous goals going from training to learning culture and, designing your lear...

What's in this episode? The next in our mini-series on the edtech demonstrator programme in England, this time with a focus on back to school and college. Lots of tips on continuity of learning, plus peer to peer and wellbeing support.  Also in this episode, Fergus Bruce of Sublime talking us through this week's guest blog and Caroline Wright of BESA with some events news. And finally, Charlie Jam...

What's in this episode? This week's 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. The Demonstrator Schools and Colleges involved in the programme provide professional development and support, focusing initially on supportin...

What's in this episode? This week's episode is all about some of the immediate responses to 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 the long term positive impact. We talk about funding, contextualising content, and the spirit of gen...

Welcome to the third episode of the GLOBAL edition of our What Matters in Edtech Series, our podcast collaboration with Bett . This podcast series is all about the things that matter in education, and how and when tech might help.  A big shout out to Bett for supporting this series, to HP for supporting this episode, and to our fantastic guests for making this episode so insightful. What's in this...

What's in this episode? 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. With internships, apprenticeships, and traditional volunteer...

What's in this episode? "You can do a tonne online, but it would be great to have a beer."  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 CE...

What's in this episode? This week's episode is all about home learning. We're in conversation with school leaders and 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, with local lockdowns also looming.  Plus, the need for better data, and a quick mess...

What's in this episode? In this week's episode, you'll hear from the Director of Teaching and Learning for the School of Computer Science at the University of Lincoln in the UK. Chris Headleand developed an innovative way to keep students and staff connected to the University of Lincoln during lockdown, by creating a virtual campus called Lincoln Island which has been downloaded over 8000 times. W...

What's in this episode? In this week's episode we throwback to a past recording with John Brindle a learning technologist at the University of Liverpool, who offers up lots of useful frameworks for those who might be finding themselves thrown into the world of learning technology and the pedagogy of online learning and all the head-scratching that entails. Thank you Ufi Voctech Trust for supportin...

What's in this episode? 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. In true podcast fashion, there are tea slurps, baby cries and computer dings, in amongst the gems about specific training to working online, more creative online working tools, and su...

Welcome to the second episode of the GLOBAL edition of our What Matters in Edtech Series, our podcast collaboration with Bett . This podcast series is all about the things that matter in education, and how and when tech might help.  Thanks to  Bett  for supporting the series, to  Teacherly  for sponsoring this week's episode and to the wonderful  Sam Wheeler for leading on interviews while Sophie...

What's in this episode? This week, a listener special.  Listen in to this conversation between friends in the online learning and edtech community as they work out what the new normal might look like across schools, colleges and Universities. People Saqib Safdar , Digital Innovation and Learning Lead at Star Academies (awarded MAT of the year) | Twitter:  @ssafdar314 Julian Bream , Manages the Blo...

What's in this episode? This week's episode is all about how economies and industry are transitioning into a new world of work. We throwback to a recording from last year with Jane Oates from WorkingNation where we talk about everything from massive investment in training employees, how working cultures are not interchangeable, and why supporting each other through change is important. These are a...

What's in this episode? In this week's episode, we throwback to a recording with Dr. Peter Shukie, Academic Group Leader, Creative and Digital at University Centre Blackburn College. Peter was the 2019 National Winner of the Festival of Learning Social Impact award, and in this episode, we talk about connecting learning with purpose. Plus, how IBM and UCL are collaborating on relieving loneliness...

Our podcast collaboration with Bett , What Matters in Edtech, is  back , this time with a focus on  global education. This podcast series is all about the things that matter in education, and how and when tech might help.  What's in this episode? In our first episode, we focus on Asia and the current challenges and insights from this region.  Asia was the first region to see the impact of COVID-19...

What's in this episode? This week's episode is with Daniel Baril, Institute for Lifelong Learning at UNESCO learning. We chat about institutions forced to become agile in the age of coronavirus plus individual or collective approaches to lifelong learning and moving to targeted education intervention. Plus, guest messages from ISTE, UFI Voctech Trust, EverFi, and OpenClassrooms, and insights on di...

What's in this episode? This week we throw-back to a "pre-coronavirus" recording with Hector MacAulay, Managing Director at international infrastructure and manufacturing company Balfour Beatty. We chat about talent pipeline, technology and training and why getting up at the crack of dawn in your first teenage job sets you up for life. Following on from our chat with Hector, Ian Hurd is out and ab...

What's in this episode? Hello everyone and welcome to the seventh and final episode of our "The Edge" series, supported by Salesforce. Org . This series is all about new ways of doing things in Higher Education leadership.  In this episode, we celebrate " Change-Makers in Higher Ed" , speaking to three leaders who have worked to implement new ways of doing things in their own University communitie...

What's in this episode? In this episode, we hear about one organisation trying to embed personal learning budgets into the workplace, and draw together the best learning resources in one playlist. You'll hear from Rajeeb Dey, Founder & CEO at Learnerbly.  PLUS we hear from some of our listeners on the effects of the Coronavirus, online learning and remote working. Thank you Ufi Voctech Trust  for...

What's in this episode? Welcome to the next episode of our #voctechpodcast series! First up in this week's episode, our intrepid further education podcast whizz Ian Hurd is out chatting to sector colleagues at Bridgend College, all about getting on that digital starting-line and beyond. Think cyber-security, 3d printing, and jam boards.  Our second chat is with the team at How Do I? Taryl and Tom...

What's in this episode? Hello everyone and welcome to the sixth episode of our "The Edge" series, supported by Salesforce. Org . This series is all about new ways of doing things in Higher Education leadership.  In this episode we pick apart University and Industry, exploring learning economics in an age of perpetual upskilling, the unique strengths of University and Industry respectively, and to...