Edutainment in Africa with Nisha Ligon
Nisha Ligon is the Co-Founder and CEO of 2017 WISE Awards winning education project, Ubongo – the leading kids edutainment company across Africa. Ubongo leverages the reach of mass media, the stickiness of stories, animation and music, and the interactivity of mobile technology to bring millions of kids across Africa fun learning at low cost. […]
Reimagining Education in VR with Alvin Wang Graylin
Can VR transform education? HTC China President Alvin Wang Graylin has over 20 years of experience in tech business management, including 15 years focusing on industries in greater China. During that time, you could consider him a serial entrepreneur – he’s founded four venture-backed startups in the mobile and internet space covering social media, ad […]
Post-COVID19 – An Edtech Investor’s Insights with George Straschnov
This episode’s guest is George Straschnov, Managing Director of strategic education technology fund, Bisk Ventures. George has been a long-time lawyer and dove into venture capital since the early 2000s. Bisk Ventures is a corporate venture capital arm of Bisk Education who were some of the pioneers of what became the online MBA and helped […]
Why Social-Emotional Learning is More Important Than Ever
With societies more fluid and fragmented than ever, how can we help young people feel confident in their own identities? Leading members of Karanga: The Global Alliance for SEL and Life Skills, discuss why Social-Emotional Learning is more important than ever in today’s world. Featuring: – Jennifer Adams, Chair – Chair – OECD Study in […]
Engaging Students from Vulnerable Communities with Vicky Colbert
Founder & Director of Escuela Nueva and long-time pioneer of innovation in the education space, Vicky Colbert joins us to discuss engaging students from vulnerable communities. Vicky has co-authored the worldwide renowned Escuela Nueva model which has been expanded across more than 19 countries since its inception. Her work has been recognized with several […]
Learning Through Play in Schools with Bo Stjerne Thomsen
Do children need to go back to school? And is it time to reassess or reconceptualize the traditional school model? Vice President and Chair of Learning Through Play of the LEGO Foundation, Bo Stjerne Thomsen joins us to share some of the insights from the foundation’s recent research findings in its white paper titled learning […]
How Edtech is Changing the Higher Education Landscape with Amira Yahyaoui
Tunisian entrepreneur, blogger, and human rights activist, Amira Yahyaoui joins us to discuss what the edtech space is doing to support and change the higher education landscape amid the back-to-school season. Amira is currently the Founder & CEO of Mos.com, an online platform that provides easier access to more than $135B available in college […]
Public Health Education for Children with Dimitri Christakis
Dr. Dimitri Christakis joins us again to discuss recent developments in global education and the many implications of lockdown on early childhood cognitive development. Dr. Christakis is a pediatrician, researcher, a parent, the George Adkins Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington, Director of the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development at Seattle […]
Maths in the Age of A.I. with Conrad Wolfram
Strategic Director and European Co-Founder/CEO of the Wolfram Research, Conrad Wolfram joins us once again to discuss how today’s maths may need to experience a fundamental redesign., through the lens of his newly published book ‘The Math(s) Fix’. A key part of Conrad’s work has been understanding the underlying scope of our technology and […]
Augmented Learning with Dwayne Iserief
We’re joined by Dwayne Iserief, Co-founder and CEO of Uptale, an immersive learning platform that utilizes 360-degree technology and virtual reality to facilitate training and learning modules. It’s an e-learning and training platform that allows you to simulate real-world environments, and interact with objects in the virtual space. Together with host and CEO of WISE, […]