Future Tech for Education
This series, produced with The Edtech Podcast, explores the implications of and questions around future tech for education. Listen for insights from experts — including contrarians — from across industry, research, and academia.
Episode 8
Games-based learning from “content” to “creation”
What initiatives are supporting teachers and students to co-create games together? Hear from educators, gaming companies, and researchers on the evolution of games-based learning from “content” to “creation”.
Episode 7
Student, software and teacher in “personalised learning”
What is personalized learning? What is it not? Is there an evidence base yet for personalised learning and what does the research evidence show us about the contexts where personalized learning works best? What is the role of student, software and teacher in a personalised learning context? What questions should we be asking?
Episode 6
Imagine (a world of assessment without tests)
How do we get beyond the tick-box or bubble filling exercise of exams and tests, whilst also measuring ‘progress’? We review ideas around ‘invisible assessment’ and question who benefits from ‘traditional’ and re-imagined forms of assessment, including games-based assessment. Can ‘tests’ be fun and should they be? How do we measure collaboration?
Episode 5
What can VR, AR & Simulation offer Teaching & Learning? Plus, Strategies to avoid the technopanic
We dip into the world of VR and mixed reality to uncover what high-cost, high-risk learning opportunities are being made more accessible to all by this technology. Plus, we wrap Denis Hurley's co-curated mini series with practical suggestions for educators: be mindfully skeptical, resist fear, understand that you can start small and grow, and avoid technology for technology's sake.
Episode 4
Language learning as the test-bunny for educational future tech
Technological change is exponential, which means it will only impact our lives more and more quickly. Among the aspects of our lives undergoing change, language usage is one of the ones being altered most drastically. New technologies also create new opportunities for learning. How must we adjust and what can we take advantage of?
Episode 3
Developing responsible and calm digital citizenship. (Plus, the future of work)
Technology is a part of almost every aspect of our lives: buildings can be 3D printed, cars can drive themselves, and algorithms can direct our education. How do we react to, interact with, and create with the tools of technology?It’s essential that we understand how these function and what the implications. We also look into the changing world of work and how we can best prepare.
For more information, check out the Pearson Future Skills report.
Episode 2
What is AI & what has it got to do with me and my students?
What is AI and what is it not? What’s the difference between narrow AI, general AI, and super-intelligence? What type of AI is used now in education? What type do people fear? What questions might teachers want to use when thinking about AI in education?
For more information, check out the report, Intelligence Unleashed: An argument for AI in Education.
Episode 1
What does future tech for education look like? Challenges and opportunities to help us navigate
We put "future-forecasting" in perspective through a few useful but simple models. We talk about the history of the future and mindful skepticism, and we delve into the four foci of edtech technologies — mixed reality, data science (AI), biosyncing, and human-machine relations — and their effect on education, teaching, and learning.