Donald H. Taylor is Chair of the Learning Technologies Conference in London, the leading workplace learning event in Europe and one he has led for over twenty-five years. He was also Chairman of the Learning and Performance Institute from 2010-2021. Donald is the author of the book Learning Technologies in the Workplace (Kogan Page, 2017) and many articles. In 2007, he received the Colin Corder award for services to training, and in 2016, an honorary doctorate from London’s Middlesex University, for services to the Learning and Development profession. Since 2014, Donald has run the Learning & Development Global Sentiment Survey, which provides valuable insights to leaders of organizations and L&D professionals. 

Links:

Global Sentiment Survey (GSS) 2026: https://donaldhtaylor.co.uk/research_base/global-sentiment-survey-2026/

Donald Taylor:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/donaldhtaylor/

AI in L&D: The Race for Impact by Donald H Taylor and Eglė Vinauskaitė

https://donaldhtaylor.co.uk/research_base/focus04-race-for-impact/

Book: How to be a Webinar Master

https://donaldhtaylor.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/How-to-be-a-webinar-master-v10-for-free-distribution-2020-v2.pdf

Learning Technologies Conference – London, UK – 29^th- 30^th April 2026

https://www.learningtechnologies.co.uk/welcome/conference

I had the pleasure of attending EDUCON 2025 in London and serving as Chair of the Keynote Committee. It was a fantastic experience, and I would like to once again extend my sincere thanks to Prof. Usman Naeem, Chair of EDUCON 2025, and the entire team for organizing such an outstanding event. During the conference, I also had the opportunity to interview several speakers and organizers, and those conversations are featured in this episode.

Last year’s conference focused on sustaining educational excellence in engineering, with particular attention to the role of emerging technologies, especially generative AI, in shaping teaching practices, student engagement, and assessment. Across keynote sessions, research presentations, and interactive discussions, participants explored how tools like AI, virtual labs, and digital platforms are transforming the classroom, while also raising important questions about equity, access, and the future of skills development.

Beyond technology, the conference highlighted broader shifts in engineering education, including the move toward interdisciplinary learning, stronger collaboration between academia and industry, and a growing emphasis on inclusion and preparing students for real-world, global challenges.

Now, as we approach EDUCON 2026, which is held in Cairo, Egypt, from April 27^th to 30^th, 2026, I would like to reflect back on EDUCON 2025 and bring you the highlights from the conference.

In this episode, we’ll highlight some of the key themes, conversations, and takeaways from the conference, what stood out, what’s changing, and what it all means for the future of teaching and learning.

You’ll hear directly from a range of speakers from across academia and industry. We begin with Prof. Usman Naeem, Chair of EDUCON 2025 in London and a leader in computer science education at Queen Mary University of London. I’m then joined by Prof. Diana Andone of Politehnica University of Timișoara, Romania, and Vice President of Conferences for the IEEE Education Society, who brings a global perspective on innovation and collaboration in engineering education.

Next, you’ll hear from Tahir Ahmed, Vice President of Customer Delivery and Operations for Europe at Nokia, who shares industry perspectives on preparing the next generation of engineers. I also speak with Prof. Yue Chen, Professor of Telecommunications Engineering and Director of Scholarship at Queen Mary University of London. She discusses her work integrating generative AI into group-based assessments, highlighting both opportunities for enhancing critical thinking and challenges related to the digital divide.

I also speak with Trini Balart, a PhD candidate at Texas A&M University in the USA, who explores how artificial general intelligence can be thoughtfully integrated into engineering education while maintaining a focus on human-centered skills. Finally, we hear from Prof. Andreas Pester of The British University in Egypt, co-chair of EDUCON 2026 in Cairo, who offers a preview of this year’s conference and its focus on human-centered engineering education, sustainable innovation, and ethical leadership in the age of AI and digital transformation.

Whether you attended the conference or are hearing about it for the first time, this episode will give you a sense of where engineering education is headed and why it matters.

Interviews:

(5:05) Dr. Usman Naeem, Chair of EDUCON 2025 and Senior Lecturer in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London

https://www.qmul.ac.uk/eecs/people/profiles/naeemusman.html

(14:45) Dr. Diana Andone, Vice President of Conferences for the IEEE Education Society and Director of eLearning Centre, at the Politehnica University of Timișoara in Romania.

https://elearning.upt.ro/en/diana-andone/

(30:40) Tahir Ahmed, Vice President of Customer Delivery and Operations for Europe at Nokia

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tahir-ahmed-4335867a/

(36:35) Prof. Yue Chen, Professor of Telecommunications Engineering and Director of Scholarship at Queen Mary University of London

https://www.qmul.ac.uk/eecs/people/profiles/chenyue.html

(42:11) Trini Balart, a PhD candidate at Texas A&M University in the USA

https://nuanced.engr.tamu.edu/people/trini-balart/

(47:55) Prof. Andreas Pester, Professor of Computer Science at The British University in Egypt

https://ieee-edusociety.org/contact/andreas-pester

Links:

EDUCON 2026 Cairo, Egypt: https://2026.ieee-educon.org

EDUCON 2025 London, UK: https://2025.ieee-educon.org

In this episode, we discuss a new and fascinating book on this topic — Artificial Intelligence in Education: The Intersection of Technology and Pedagogy. The contributors are experts from around the world who are both educators and technically proficient. I’m joined by the editors of the book, who are leading experts in the field of learning technologies. 

Dr. Peter Ilic is a Senior Associate Professor in the Center for Language Research at the University of Aizu in Japan. 

Dr. Imogen Casebourne is the research lead at the Innovation Lab at the Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI) at Cambridge University.

Prof. Rupert Wegerif is Professor of Education in the Faculty of have Education at the University of Cambridge and the founder and academic director of the Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI) at Hughes Hall, Cambridge University.

The book and this conversation sit at the intersection, and sometimes the tension, between technologists and educators. Historically, educational technologies promised transformation but often end up reinforcing outdated models of learning. AI poses a new challenge that is fundamentally changing education.  

Together, we explore why simply adding AI to existing systems doesn’t work, why dialogue between technology and pedagogy is now urgent, and how approaches like design-based research can help us develop educational AI more responsibly.

We also discuss what it might mean to move toward a more dialogic understanding of education, one focused less on the transmission of knowledge and more on collaboration, problem-solving, and learning with both people and technology.

At its core, this episode is a call for collaboration between educators, technologists, and policymakers and for taking an active role in shaping the future of AI in education, rather than being shaped by it.

Links: 

Book: Artificial Intelligence in Education: The Intersection of Technology and Pedagogy

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-71232-6

Dr. Peter Ilic: https://u-aizu.ac.jp/research/faculty/detail?lng=en&cd=90119

Dr. Imogen Casebourne: https://www.deficambridge.org/people/imogen-casebourne/

Prof. Rupert Wegerif: https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/people/staff/wegerif/

Educators, researchers, policymakers, and arts advocates gathered in Koerner Hall in Toronto to explore how music influences the developing brain, supports emotional and social growth, and enhances early learning well beyond songs and rhythm. The symposium also examined the evolving role of technology and artificial intelligence in education and creativity.

Smart Start is the Royal Conservatory of Music’s early childhood music program, designed for young learners at the very beginning of their musical journey. Grounded in research on child development and learning science, the program uses play-based, developmentally appropriate activities to nurture musical skills alongside cognitive, social, and emotional growth. Smart Start is about more than learning music—it supports whole-child development through music.

For more background on how the program was developed, listen here to the previous episode featuring Alexander Brose, President & CEO of The Royal Conservatory of Music: https://www.theartandscienceoflearning.com/blogsidebysidee/124-music-amp-neuroscience-the-royal-conservatory-of-musics-innovative-approach-to-early-childhood-education-alexander-brose

The day opened with a powerful keynote from Renée Fleming, celebrated soprano and author of Music and Mind, who spoke about the impact of music and music therapy on health and wellbeing. She invited the audience to sing together in harmony, setting the tone for a day centered on connection, research, and shared experience.

Alexander Brose, President & CEO of The Royal Conservatory of Music, welcomed attendees and shared the story behind Smart Start’s creation and development. Throughout the day, internationally recognized voices from across disciplines contributed to panels and discussions on music, neuroscience, education, creativity, and innovation.

Speakers and panelists included Evan Solomon, Canada’s Minister of Artificial Intelligence, Raffi, the beloved children’s singer-songwriter, Steve Paikin, the award-winning journalist, Eric Radford, Olympic figure skater and composer, and many more. The symposium also featured hands-on learning experiences led by Catherine West, pedagogy leader and early childhood education specialist, allowing participants to experience Smart Start exactly as children would in a learning environment.

This episode brings the symposium to life through three in-depth interviews with key speakers:

• Dr. Indre Viskontas (6:00min) – Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of San Francisco, musician, and host of the Inquiring Minds podcast, discussing the neuroscience of music and learning
• Kevin Chan (24:30min) – Senior Director at Meta, exploring the connections between creativity, technology, AI, and education
• Dr. Sean Hutchins (35:50min) – Director of Research at The Royal Conservatory of Music and co-developer of the Smart Start curriculum, unpacking the research and educational thinking behind the program

Together, these conversations offer a rich picture of why Smart Start matters and how early, play-based music education can help develop cognitive skills, emotional regulation, creativity, and problem-solving abilities, setting children up to become lifelong learners.

Dive in to revisit the ideas, insights, and inspiration from the Music and the Mind symposium, celebrating the global launch of the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Smart Start program. 

Links: 

Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) Neuroscience: https://www.rcmusic.com/about-us/rcm-neuroscience

Music and the Mind Symposium (October 31st 2025): https://www.rcmusic.com/about-us/news/global-launch-of-rcm-early-childhood-music

On October 31, 2025, The Royal Conservatory of Music will host the global launch of Smart Starts, a groundbreaking program that brings together experts in music, cognitive development, and technology to redefine early childhood education. I am looking forward to attending this symposium, called Music and the Mind, which will be packed with incredible speakers, and in the next episode will feature highlights from that day. 

In this episode, my guest — the CEO and President of the RCM — joins me to discuss lifelong learning, the importance of creativity, the intersection of artistic and artificial intelligence, and the vision behind Smart Starts.

Alexander Brose is the President & CEO of The Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) in Toronto, Canada. Before joining RCM, he was the inaugural Executive Director and CEO of the Tianjin Juilliard School in China, The Juilliard School in New York City’s first and only branch campus. There, he worked closely with colleagues both in Tianjin and New York to create an inclusive and supportive institutional culture that upheld the educational and artistic excellence of Juilliard and respected the surrounding influences of China.

Prior to that, he was the Vice President for Development at the Aspen Music Festival and School in Colorado, where he was responsible for all fund-raising and strategic relationship-building activities, raising US$75M as part of a capital campaign, and working with AMFS leadership to create a new strategic vision for the organization. Mr. Brose began his career spanning a decade in senior management roles at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in California, including Director of Admissions and Associate Vice President for Advancement. 

Raised in South Korea, Hong Kong, and the United States, Mr. Brose received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Asian Studies, with a concentration in China, from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. An award-winning vocalist, Mr. Brose has performed in prestigious concert venues across the globe, including on the U.S. nationally-syndicated radio show “A Prairie Home Companion,” at the Seoul National Arts Center in South Korea, with the Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown, N.Y., and with the Grammy Award-winning San Francisco Symphony Chorus, among others. He has served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Recording Academy (Grammys) in the United States and the American Chamber of Commerce in China. He currently sits on the advisory councils of the Cornell University Glee Club, the school’s oldest student organization, as well as the Tianjin Juilliard School. A sought-after public speaker, Mr. Brose has presented at major arts conferences and universities in both the U.S. and China.

Links: 

Alexander Brose: https://www.rcmusic.com/about-us/michael-and-sonja-koerner-president-and-ceo

RCM Neuroscience: https://www.rcmusic.com/about-us/rcm-neuroscience

Music and the Mind Symposium (October 31st 2025): https://www.rcmusic.com/about-us/news/global-launch-of-rcm-early-childhood-music

Trini Balart is a Ph.D. candidate in the Multidisciplinary Engineering Department at Texas A&M University, originally from Chile. She holds a background in Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, and a major in Engineering, Design, and Innovation from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Her research focuses on engineering education and the impact of generative artificial intelligence on how we teach, learn, and think. She is especially interested in how these tools are shaping the development of critical thinking in engineering students and prompting us to rethink the true purpose of education and what we understand by learning itself. Passionate about human-centred development, innovation, and progress, Trini is committed to building a future where AI empowers, rather than replaces, our uniquely human capabilities. She envisions a future where these tools may even help us reach deeper levels of knowledge and societal development. 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trinidad-balart-386213223/

Earlier this summer, I had the privilege of visiting Anghel Saligny Technical High School (Liceului Tehnologic Anghel Saligny) in Baia Mare, Romania — a school that holds profound meaning for my family. I was there to take part in my mother’s 50th high school reunion, a beautiful moment of reflection and reconnection.

But my family’s connection to this school goes far beyond that. My grandfather  — a respected senior leader in the field of engineering — was among the group of leading engineers who shared a vision of creating a school that developed the future talent in civil building engineering. They created a school where young people could be trained for real careers in engineering, technology, and construction — a vision that continues to shape the school today. My godparents, also respected senior leaders in engineering, taught for many years at the school, bringing their professional experience and expertise to students. Now, that legacy lives on through my godparents’ daughter, Daniela Maria Deceanu, also an engineer who now serves as the Vice Principal of the school.

My own passion for education has been deeply shaped by both of my grandfathers. One, an engineer with a forward-thinking mindset, believed strongly in preparing students for the workforce of the future. The other, a devoted language teacher, passed on a love for words, learning, and communication. My parents carried on their passion for learning by teaching me how to learn and instilling in me the importance of lifelong learning. Their values continue to guide me in my work and in conversations that I have on this podcast. 

In this episode, I sit down with Tudor Andrei Tămâian, the Principal of Anghel Saligny Technical High School, to talk about what it means to lead a vocational school in today’s world. Tudor shares how the school partners with local industry, facilitates European work exchange programs, and helps students gain practical, hands-on experience. We also talk about the school’s impressive track record at skills olympics and professional competitions, where students consistently prove the power of applied education.

This conversation is about leadership, vision, and the future of vocational learning. 

Tudor Andrei Tămâian is the Principal of Anghel Saligny Technical High School (Liceul Tehnologic Anghel Saligny) in Baia Mare, Romania. He is a highly dedicated professional with a strong academic background in Economics (B.A.), Business Administration, and Human Rights (M.A.).

With over 15 years of experience as an educator and four years as a high school principal, Tudor also brings valuable insights from previous roles in sales and financial services, particularly in credit and banking.

As a school leader, he promotes a collaborative and open management style that values communication, teamwork, and a positive work environment. His decisions are always student-centred, aiming to improve both the learning experience and student outcomes.

Passionate about sharing knowledge and values with younger generations, Tudor is committed to being part of a mission-driven team focused on reducing school dropout rates and increasing the number of students who successfully complete their high school education. He strongly believes in education as a powerful tool for building better futures.

Anghel Saligny Technical High School (Liceul Tehnologic Anghel Saligny)

https://www.asalignybm.tpsvision.ro

This whirlwind tour includes 7 of Canada’s national museums:

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum - https://ingeniumcanada.org/cafm

Canada Aviation and Space Museum - https://ingeniumcanada.org/casm

Canadian Museum of History - https://www.historymuseum.ca

Canadian Museum of Nature - http://nature.ca

Canada Science and Technology Museum - http://ingeniumcanada.org

Canadian War Museum - https://www.warmuseum.ca

National Gallery of Canada (Including an interview with Kathryn Lyons, Director of Learning and Community Engagement - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathryn-lyons-48a6253/ )

http://www.gallery.ca

Plus, two additional Ottawa landmarks:

Royal Canadian Mint -  https://www.mint.ca/en

Bytown Museum - http://bytownmuseum.ca

While each of these remarkable museums easily warrants a full day, I’m using the new 3-Day Museum Pass from Ottawa Tourism, which is a great way to see what each museum has to offer.

Ottawa Museum Pass

https://ottawatourism.ca/en/ottawa-insider/explore-ottawas-museums-ottawa-museums-pass?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22501991642&gbraid=0AAAAA-NkCBJ8OQutpMd54a4wyAFE5Zi3B&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIntnbs-nYjgMVilN_AB2NsjYgEAAYAiAAEgKnPfD_BwE

Ottawa Tourism

https://ottawatourism.ca/en?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR6mJqJqOQlwQnuz9-vM4Q20AQu0eNNQlW_lnjAo_R6H20kfO0SGb_qIYC8DeA_aem_ry7fXUc3ozpQdV-neRnTGA

Dr. Wendy Cukier is a professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Toronto Metropolitan University, Academic Director of the Diversity Institute, and Academic Research Director of the Future Skills Centre. She co-authored the bestseller “Innovation Nation: Canadian Leadership from Java to Jurassic Park" and is a leader in disruptive technologies and innovation. Formerly the Vice President of Research and Innovation, she has been the architect of many large scale projects and is currently the Academic Research Director for the Future Skills Centre as well as the founder of the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub. With a PhD in Information Systems and more than thirty years of technology consulting, her recent work on the Canadian AI Paradox addresses the gap between Canada’s leadership in the development of AI tools and the adoption of them. With the Future Skills Centre, she has led several related research projects, the development of competency frameworks and strategies to support the adoption of AI among entrepreneurs and Small and Medium Enterprises. She leads Toronto Metropolitan University’s Diversity Institute which has over 80 research staff, 100 research associates across Canada and from around the world, and more than 200 industry partners focused on includive education, employment, leadership and entrepreneurship. Wendy has been recognized with many awards for her volunteer work. She has also received Canada’s Meritorious Service Cross, one of the country’s highest civilian honours. In addition to her PhD in Information Systems from the Schulich School of Business, she has an MBA (Marketing and Information Systems), an MA, and honourary doctorates from Laval and Concordia universities.

Links:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-cukier-9aa85910/

Future Skills Centre: https://fsc-ccf.ca/team/wendy-cukier-2/

Ottawa Innovation Week is a celebration of bold ideas, creative minds, and the changemakers driving the future of technology, business, arts, entertainment, and social impact—right here in Canada’s capital. The initiative was led by Sonya Shorey, President and CEO of Invest Ottawa, in collaboration with the Ottawa Board of Trade, Ottawa Tourism, and numerous partner organizations. My interview with Sonya can be found in Episode 118 of The Art & Science of Learning podcast.

Designed to showcase the strength, diversity, and growing momentum of Ottawa’s innovation ecosystem, this first-of-its-kind event brought together leading voices from across technology, entrepreneurship, investment, and research.

Throughout the week, I had the privilege of speaking with seven influential figures who are shaping the future of innovation both locally and globally. From startup founders and global corporate leaders to investors and ecosystem architects, each guest shares unique insights into their field, along with personal reflections on growth, leadership, and opportunity.

Featured interviews (with timestamps) include:

• Veronica Farmer (11:50) – Chief Marketing Officer at Wesley Clover International and a widely respected community builder in Ottawa’s business and tech landscape
• Dr. Lindy Ledohowski (37:20) – Vice President at RBCx, supporting leading tech companies with insights drawn from her background as both founder and academic
• Julia Elvidge (46:20)– Co-founder of SheBoot, a trailblazer in intellectual property strategy and a champion of women’s entrepreneurship in tech
• Nick Quain (59:10) – Vice President of Venture & Entrepreneurship at Invest Ottawa and a driving force behind the city's startup ecosystem
• Erin Kelly (1:07:20) – Co-founder and CEO of askpolly.ai, an AI-powered platform transforming predictive analysis in public affairs and beyond
• Jonathan Lowenhar (1:14:50) – Founder & Managing Partner at Enjoy The Work, a global advisory firm helping startup founders become exceptional CEOs
• Andrew Holmes (1:23:20) – Founder of Sleep Efficiency Inc., and a national expert in the science and impact of sleep health

From venture capital and AI innovation to women-led tech startups and the future of sleep science, this episode presents a compelling cross-section of ideas and expertise. Whether you’re a founder, investor, policymaker, or simply curious about Ottawa’s role in shaping the innovation economy, there’s something here for you.

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Links and Guest Biographies:

Ottawa Innovation Week: https://www.investottawa.ca/innovation-week/

Invest Ottawa: https://www.investottawa.ca

Interview with Sonya Shorey about Ottawa Innovation Week: https://www.theartandscienceoflearning.com/e101-jan-present/e118-launching-ottawa-innovation-week-sonya-shorey

Veronica Farmer

Veronica Farmer is Chief Marketing Officer at Wesley Clover International where she oversees all aspects of its promotion and management, collaborating closely with portfolio companies and affiliates such as L-SPARK, Alacrity Global, and WCS Global. Recognized as one of Ottawa’s foremost community builders, Veronica holds leadership and board roles in numerous business and non-profit organizations. As the Founder and former CEO of TrueCourse Communications, a full-service marketing and communications agency, Veronica guided numerous tech, B2B, and B2C clients in Ottawa and beyond toward market success. TrueCourse was acquired in December 2024, marking a milestone in her entrepreneurial journey. 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/veronicafarmer/

TechTuesday: https://www.wesleyclover.com/events/techtuesday/

Dr. Lindy Ledohowski

Dr. Lindy Ledohowski is VP at RBCx, where she supports some of the Ottawa region’s biggest and best tech companies on behalf of RBCx. Prior to her work in banking, she was a professor and founder of EssayJack, an academic writing platform. EssayJack was acquired in 2021 by Wizeprep, and Lindy joined Wizeprep first as a VP and then as Chief Operating Officer. She is also an active Board member in the not-for-profit space

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindy-ledohowski/

Julia Elvidge

Julia Elvidge is co-founder of SheBoot, a bootcamp for women entrepreneurs of scalable tech and tech-enabled businesses. Julia has been recognized as one of the world’s foremost IP strategists by Intellectual Property Magazine (IAM). Trained as an electrical engineer, Julia designed microchip circuits and analyzed semiconductors before moving into the business side of technology. As co-founder and President, Julia helped build Chipworks into an industry leader, delivering patent analytics and technology intelligence services to intellectual property and R&D groups in electronics companies across Asia, North America and Europe. Recipient of the Canadian Women in Communications Trailblazer of the Year Award (2008) and CATA WIT (Women in Technology) Sara Kirke Award for Woman Entrepreneurship (2007).

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliaelvidge/

SheBoot: https://sheboot.ca

Nick Quain

Nick Quain is Vice President of Venture & Entrepreneurship at Invest Ottawa, he spearheads support for Ottawa’s tech and entrepreneurial sectors while championing the local business ecosystem as a whole. Previously he served as co-founder and CEO at CellWand. They pioneered the use of abbreviated dialing codes in North America with their award-winning #TAXI (Pound Taxi) service and later in the mobile transportation space with The Ride app. CellWand earned numerous business and innovation awards, including the 2010 Canada’s Top 10 Competition for Technology, recognition as one of Canada’s Hottest Innovation Companies, and being named one of the top 10 Wireless Companies to Watch by IDC.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-quain/

Erin Kelly

Erin Kelly is co-founder and CEO of askpolly.ai, the venture-backed AI company that has cracked the code for predicting human reaction to a future scenario. askpolly has successfully predicted the outcome of over 30 elections and referendums, assisted with frundraising, forecast disease spread and helped hundreds of executives hone their messages through very difficult PR situations.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinottawa/

askpolly: https://www.askpolly.ai

Jonathan Lowenhar

Jonathan Lowenhar is Founder & Managing Partner at Enjoy The Work. Founded in 2015, Enjoy The Work is a San Francisco-based startup advisory firm  that helps founders transform into master operators and become great CEOs. Enjoy The Work has supported more than 125 startups, representing more than $13B in combined market value. Among their global client list are notable success stories such as Tipalti, Paper.co, inDinero, RealtyMogul and Honeybook.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jlowenhar/

Enjoy The Work: https://enjoythework.com

Andrew Holmes

Andrew Holmes is Founder of Sleep Efficiency Inc. Before founding Sleep Efficiency, Andrew served as Senior of Cardiopulmonary labs at the Queensway Carleton Hospital in Ottawa, where he led the team responsible for a full-service out-patient cardiopulmonary department and sleep clinic. Andrew is routinely featured as the sleep subject matter expert on CTV News and CBC’s The National, offering insights into the critical role of sleep health.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-holmes-rpsgt-49961951/

Sleep Efficiency: https://www.sleepefficiency.ca

I will reflect on my experience and what I learned during Ottawa Innovation Week, including interviews with some of the speakers and innovators I meet, in the episode that will be published on June 19^th.

Ottawa Innovation Week event details can be found on the website at: https://www.investottawa.ca/innovation-week/

Sonya Shorey, President and CEO of Invest Ottawa, Bayview Yards, and Area X.O, is a strategy executive and management consultant with more than 22 years of leadership experience with private and public organizations. With expertise in regional, national, and global technology, entrepreneurial, economic development, and innovation-based organizations, she specializes in corporate and communications strategy development and execution. This includes investment strategies that secure new cash and in-kind contributions from public and private sources. Since 2005, Sonya has led, strategized, authored and/or made a significant contribution to successful multi-year funding proposals and initiatives valued at more than $203 million from municipal, provincial, federal, and international governments. 

Within her executive leadership role with Invest Ottawa, Bayview Yards and Area X.O, Sonya plays a pivotal role in developing, leading, and executing strategy for all three organizations. This includes:

•      Area X.O, the futureplex of innovation and collaboration for next-generation smart mobility, connectivity and autonomy technologies;

•      The Women Founders and Owners Strategy and Action Plan. This includes co-founding SheBoot, the investment-ready bootcamp for women tech founders designed and delivered by women entrepreneurs and investors, and founding International Women’s Week in Canada’s Capital; and International Women’s Week.

•      The first Pan-Ontario Scale-Up Platform of its kind aimed at enabling and accelerating the growth, scaleup and commercial success of more $100 million revenue-generating tech companies in Canada.

Sonya launched her career as the Manager of Communications and Member of the Vice-Presidential Cabinet with the 10G Organization of Optical Networks for Nortel from 1999 to 2002, and then served as the Director of Marketing Communications for CMC Microsystems until 2007.  Building on a decade of experience, Sonya launched her own strategy company in 2008, addressing the needs of S&T organizations, innovation, entrepreneurship and economic development agencies across Canada, and their partners around the world. She currently serves Vice President of Strategy, Marketing and Communications for Invest Ottawa, lead economic development agency for knowledge-based industries in Canada’s Capital.

Sonya is a Director of the Institute of Mental Health Research of the Royal Ottawa Hospital, Elevate International, and Mindtrust Leadership. She also serves as mentor and pitch coach with Women in Cloud, AI North America, and Technovation. She holds a Combined Honours in English and Political Science from Carleton University and has won 10+ international awards for communications, leadership, and women’s economic empowerment.

Sonya Shorey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonyashorey/

Learning Ideas Conference: https://www.learningideasconf.org

The interviews can be found at the following timestamps:

0:08:25

Prof. Chris Dede 

Associate Director for Research, National AI Institute for Adult Learning and Online Education (AI-ALOE)

Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Title of Talk: Complementing Human Minds with Digital Brains: The Role of GenAI in Learning

Links:

https://www.chrisdede.com

0:25:40

Dr. Alina von Davier 

Chief of Assessment at Duolingo

Honorary Research Fellow at Oxford University

Talk Title: Building Digital-first Assessments in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Links: 

https://www.education.ox.ac.uk/person/alina-von-davier/

0:37:20

Dr. Christina Katopodis

Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate

CUNY Humanities Alliance

Talk Title: Connecting Learners to Their Internal Motivations for Success

Links:

https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/ckatopodis/

0:55:00

Sam Lee and Veronica Gomez

Learning Design at McKinsey & Company

Talk Title: Emerging Tech in Learning: From Overwhelming to Innovative

Links: 

Sam Lee’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/junghwasamleeny/

Veronica Gomez’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/veronicagomezatencio/

1:11:00

Mike Kentz

Founder of AI Literacy Partners (ALP)

Talk Title: Stop Grading Essays, Start Grading Chats

Links:

Substack: https://mikekentz.substack.com/p/a-new-assessment-design-framework

ALP: https://www.litpartners.ai

1:25:45

Gary Dickelman, EPSScentral LLC and Jan Greenberg, National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning (DTL)

Talk Title: AI in Early Learning and How it Affects Higher Education and Workplace Learning

Links:

https://www.higheredandwork.org/gary-dickelman-bio

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-greenberg-7252b1a/

1:37:50

Teemu Patala, 

Co-founder & Cief Learning Officer, Airport College International

Title of Talk: Fostering Innovation through Strategic Partnerships in Aviation Training Post-Pandemic

Links:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/teemu-patala-1b09562/

https://www.airportcollege.com

Dr. Ilona E. Holland is an educator and award-winning children's author who inspires readers to ask questions and see the world with awe. Ilona spent over a decade of her professional life teaching at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. In addition, she conducted evaluations for PBS producers of programs like Martha Speaks, CyberChase, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, WordGirl, and Wild Kratt’s. Since retiring, she spends most of her time writing for children and visiting schools all over the world. Ilona’s titles have won state and national recognition and awards. Her first book, Buddy Bison’s Yellowstone Adventure is included in United Through Reading, a program that reaches 100,000 military families around the globe. Ilona’s other books have received first place awards given by the Delaware Press Association and the National Federation of Press Women. Her work has also been featured in Ed Magazine and her first book was selected as one of Hoda Kobt’s favorites.

Ilona E. Holland Ed.D.: https://ilonaeholland.com

Sam Lee was a Learning Design Expert at McKinsey & Company at the New York City office and has recently transferred to Microsoft. With over a decade of experience in workplace learning domains, she has served in learning design and product leadership roles to design, scale, and innovate learning journeys for a global audience, focusing on future-ready digital leadership and tech skills. Sam is passionate about merging learning science and emerging technologies like AI to enable hyper-personalized learning experiences at scale. 

Veronica Gomez is a learning design expert passionate about learning science and co-creating joyful learning experiences. She leads global design projects for some of McKinsey’s large learning initiatives and programs. Gomez has a master’s degree in educational technology and complements that with her psychology and web design background to build human-centered experiences that strive for equitable access to learning.

Sam Lee’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/junghwasamleeny/ 

Veronica Gomez’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/veronicagomezatencio/ 

Future-proof L&D’s capabilities: three questions can guide your team toward fluency in emerging technologies (ATD Magazine): https://www.td.org/content/td-magazine/future-proof-lampdrsquos-capabilities

Michelle Parry-Slater is an award-winning L&OD professional with more than 20 years of experience in the industry. She is the Founder and Director of Kairos Modern Learning, an L&D consultancy specializing in driving a shift from traditional courses to embrace the best of digital, social and face-to-face workplace learning. Working with clients such as the CIPD, Co-op, Shelter, the Charity Learning Consortium and Garden Vets at Keele, Michelle was also the Lead Volunteer for L&D at Girlguiding UK for over five years. She was listed as one of the Top 20 Corporate eLearning Movers and Shakers of 2018 by eLearning Industry and named by HR Magazine as one of the most influential HR thinkers in 2023.  Michelle wrote ‘The Learning and Development Handbook: A learning practitioner’s toolkit’ and is also the host of 'Learning From The Edges' podcast, looking at friction in work and how to overcome it.

Website: https://www.kairosmodernlearning.com

Book: https://thelndhandbook.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelleparryslater

Adam Lacey is the Co-Founder of Assemble You and host of the L&D Challenges podcasts. He has 10+ years of experience creating and selling digital learning. In 2022 he launched Assemble You with his business partner. Assemble You is the home of podcast-style audio lessons and helps enable learning on the go.

Links: 

Adam Lacey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamlacey/

Assemble You: https://www.assembleyou.com

L&D Challenges Podcast: https://www.assembleyou.com/resources/learning-challenges

Hadiya Nuriddin is an award-winning talent development professional with over two decades of experience in learning strategy, instructional design, elearning development, and facilitation. With Duets Learning, she’s worked with many companies in various industries on strategy, design, and quality management projects. She holds an MEd in curriculum studies, an MA in writing, and several other learning and quality management designations. She wrote the books StoryTraining: Selecting and Shaping Stories That Connect and Quality Management in Learning and Development, both published by ATD, the latter of which was released on June 25^th 2024.

Duets Learning: https://www.duetslearning.com

Book: Quality Management in Learning and Development https://www.amazon.com/Quality-Management-Learning-Development-Nuriddin/dp/1953946607/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=u5oio&content-id=amzn1.sym.d0ebfbb2-6761-494f-8e2f-95743b37c35c%3Aamzn1.symc.50e00d6c-ec8b-42ef-bb15-298531ab4497&pf_rd_p=d0ebfbb2-6761-494f-8e2f-95743b37c35c&pf_rd_r=N46HY3XPXXV5KXTNYW7M&pd_rd_wg=p5IuD&pd_rd_r=1b4ab8dd-78b9-407f-aabb-546e6b6d04bd&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mr_hp_atf_m

Emma Weber is CEO/Founder Lever – Transfer of Learning. Emma, a learning transfer authority, made it her mission in life to make a difference to learning transfer worldwide. Frustrated by the amount of learning which is wasted when it fails to make it across the knowing–doing gap Emma created the Turning Learning into Action™ methodology to solve that problem. This methodology is deployed throughout 20 countries and in 12 languages by a talented team and Coach M, a conversational intelligence chatbot. Coach M is challenging the industry's thinking of what’s possible in learning transfer. 

Emma shares her passion and expertise through her writing – her first book 'Turning Learning into Action: a proven methodology for effective transfer of learning' was published by Kogan Page in 2014 and is excited to have her 1st co-written ATD Association for Talent Development) press book ‘Designing Virtual Learning for Application & Impact’ published in 2023. 

Links:

Emma Weber https://transferoflearning.com/about-us/emma-weber-2/

Lever Transfer of Learning https://transferoflearning.com

Book: Turning Learning into Action https://transferoflearning.com/book/

Coach M https://transferoflearning.com/coach-m/

Book: Designing Virtual Learning for Application and Impact 

https://transferoflearning.com/designing-virtual-learning-for-application-and-impact/

Helen Pike is Master of Magdalen College School, Oxford. She is the ISC representative on UCAS Council, sits on the Sutton Trust Advisory Board, and is a member of the CASE Global Board. Educated in the state sector, she read Modern History at the University of Oxford, was a postgraduate student in the USA, and taught at the University of Warwick. She enjoyed a variety of teaching, pastoral and academic roles in leading independent schools before becoming Headmistress of South Hampstead High School. She is a writer, academic editor, school Governor and trustee of a newly-founded school in Uganda.

Links: 

Helen Pike

https://www.mcsoxford.org/master-helen-pike-wins-best-head-of-a-public-school-at-tatler-schools-awards-2024/

Magdalen College School

https://www.mcsoxford.org

Professor Lord Lionel Tarassenko CBE FREng FMedSci is the first president of Reuben College, and Theme Lead for the AI & Machine Learning research cluster. He is a world-leading expert in the application of signal processing and machine learning to healthcare, with a strong track record in translation to clinical medicine.

Professor Tarassenko’s work has had a major impact on the identification of deterioration in acute care and on the management of chronic disease. The system which he designed for patient monitoring in critical care was the first machine learning system to gain FDA approval (in 2008). Prior to that, Professor Tarassenko had been closely involved in the development of some of the jet engine monitoring software at the core of the Rolls-Royce TotalCare® package. This won him the Rolls-Royce Chairman's Award for Technical Innovation in 2001 and the Sir Henry Royce High Value Patent Award in 2008.

Professor Tarassenko was elected to a Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2000, and to a Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2013. He has won many awards for his work, including the British Computer Society (BCS) Medal, the Silver Medal of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Engineering & Technology IT Award, among others. He was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for services to engineering in the 2012 New Year’s Honours List. In May of 2024, Professor Tarassenko was appointed to the House of Lords as a non-party-political peer and will join the House of Lords as a cross-bencher (Baron Tarassenko of Headington).

Priszcilla Varnagy is the founder and CEO of Superlow, a next-generation training platform. Prior to starting Super, Prisszcilla also founded Be-novative, a Design Thinking Process Managment Platform backed by SingularityUniversity and Pioneers.io as shareholders and Microsoft as a strategic partner supporting 100+ Fortune1000 companies digitally on creating a culture of innovation and collective creativity. She is a Forbes 30under30, won US and EU competitions (Singularity University's first Global Impact Competition in the CEE region in 2012, The Next Web's Innovation Challenge, TechMatch Europe Silicon Valley, Morgan Stanley CTO Summits), wrote several articles about the future of collective intelligence, innovation and education and why collective creativity will contribute to breakthrough products and services, and how it strengthens our self-esteem and drives a happier and higher quality of life.

Links: 

Priszcilla Varnagy - https://www.linkedin.com/in/priszcilla/

Supperflow - https://www.superflow.team

Dr Fawaz Abu Sitta is a UNESCO Chair for Anticipatory Systems, a visiting fellow at Hughes Hall, the University of Cambridge and the Foresight Research Director at the Center of Futures Studies, the University of Dubai. He is also an adjunct faculty in the Master of Professional Studies: Future Foresight & Planning at Rochester Institute of Technology. Fawaz is the co-author of the first edition of Dubai e-Government Model that laid the foundation for Dubai Government Digital Transformation. He has received several recognition certificates and international awards for his work. Dr Abu Sitta’s research focus and interest is in the futures thinking, scenario planning, and systems thinking with emphasis on developing anticipatory systems. He has achieved his MSc in Foresight from the University of Houston and PhD from the University of Bath.

Links:

Dr Fawaz Abu Sitta:

https://www.hughes.cam.ac.uk/about/our-people/seniors-members/dr-abu-sitta/

The Futures of Assessment Report: 

https://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/Images/698413-the-futures-of-assessment-navigating-uncertainties-through-the-lenses-of-anticipatory-thinking.pdf

Patrick Veenhoff is the Founder and CEO of Outlier Lab in Switzerland. He has been exploring the question, of what behaviours drive performance, for 25 years. He has developed software helps people optimize their learning in the workplace. His approaches delivered a 25% increase in lead generation, a 10%-win ratio improvement through better collaboration, and a 30% sales enablement cost reduction. Patrick founded Outlier Lab to help people become the optimal version of themselves. He performs empirical research on behavioural indicators and holds a master's degree in business administration. His work has received multiple industry awards, most recently for "Best Use of Learning Analytics to Impact Business Performance". Patrick is a sought-after speaker and chair, engaging with audiences in over 50 events worldwide. 

Links:

Patrick Veenhoff:: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickveenhoff/

Outlier Lab: https://outlierlab.io

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theoutlierlab/

Email: patrick.veenhoff@outlierlab.io

Prof. Rupert Wegerif is a professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge and the founder and academic director of the Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI) at Hughes Hall, Cambridge. He is the author of several influential books and articles in the area of educational theory, educational psychology and education with technology. His research focuses on the theory and practice of education with technology in the digital age, especially technology supported education for dialogue. He offers a new approach to education in the Internet Age: education as expanding dialogic space.

Links:

Prof. Rupert Wegerif:

https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/people/staff/wegerif/

https://www.rupertwegerif.name

Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI):  https://www.deficambridge.org

Prof. Maja Djikic is a personality psychologist specializing in adult development. She is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Executive Director of the Self-Development Laboratory, and Academic Director of the Rotman Executive Coaching Certificate at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. She has published more than 35 articles and book chapters in the area of personality development.  Her research has been featured in over 50 media outlets (including The New York Times, Salon, Slate, and The Scientific American Mind) in 15 countries.  Her first book, The Possible Self: A Leader's Guide to Personal Development is published in March 2024 by Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc.

Links:

Prof. Maja Djikicis 

https://discover.research.utoronto.ca/11970-maja-djikic

Book: The Possible Self

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/743096/the-possible-self-by-maja-djikic/9781523006014

Donald Taylor is Chair of the Learning Technologies Conference in London, the leading workplace learning event in Europe and one he has led for the past twenty five years. He was also Chairman of the Learning and Performance Institute from 2010-2021. Donald is the author of the book Learning Technologies in the Workplace (Kogan Page, 2017) and many articles. In 2007, he received the Colin Corder award for services to training, and in 2016, an honorary doctorate from London’s Middlesex University, for services to the Learning and Development profession. Since 2014, Donald has run the Learning & Development Global Sentiment Survey, which provides valuable insights to leaders of organizations and L&D professionals. 

L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2024: https://donaldhtaylor.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GSS-2024-Report-v-1.0-by-Donald-H-Taylor.pdf

Donald Taylor: 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donaldhtaylor/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DonaldHTaylor

Book: How to be a Webinar Master can be downloaded from  https://donaldhtaylor.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/How-to-be-a-webinar-master-v10-for-free-distribution-2020-v2.pdf

Learning Technologies – London UK – 17-18 April 2024

https://www.learningtechnologies.co.uk

Liz Free is CEO and Director of the International School Rheintal, an IB continuum school in Switzerland. She is a globally recognised educator with expertise leading some of the world's most successful schools and in leading teacher professional learning at OUP, Oxford University and as founding Director of the International Leadership Academy in The Hague.

Alongside this work, Liz is a founding trustee of the global charity WomenEd and board member for the Swiss Group of International Schools (SGIS) and TES Global. Liz is a Founding Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching and Fellow of RSA. She has authored many publications including the ‘International Perspectives’ chapter of the Amazon number one bestseller ‘10% Braver: Inspiring Women to Lead Education’ book published by Sage (2019) and ‘Being 10% Braver’ (2021) and has also written for education publications such as TES, Schools Week, International Schools Magazine and Independent Schools Magazine. Liz has been identified as a global influencer in international education by ISC in 2021 and 2022. As a visible school leader, Liz advocates for the profession and speaks around the world on the theme of leadership development, realising the potential of the profession and the global school workforce.

Liz Free: https://www.isr.ch/our-school/our-team?sharedStaffId=63

International School of Rheintal: https://www.isr.ch/

Liz Free’ writing: https://lizfree.com

Nilufer Erdebil is an award-winning design thinking expert, TEDx and TEC speaker, and the author of "Future Proofing by Design: Creating Better Services and Teams in the Public Sector." With over 25 years of experience, she has been a driving force for change and strategy in both the public and private sectors. As the CEO of Spring2 Innovation, a renowned innovation and design thinking training company, Nilufer has been instrumental in mobilizing teams and facilitating transformation in both the public and private sectors. Her extensive background in telecommunications, application development, program management, and IT management has provided her with a profound understanding of the diverse business challenges organizations face today. Through her expertise and leadership, Nilufer continues to inspire organizations to embrace innovation and create impactful solutions.

Spring2 Innovate - https://spring2innovation.com/

Book: Future Proofing by Design - https://spring2innovation.com/future-proofing-by-design/       

TEDx Talk 

https://www.ted.com/talks/nilufer_erdebil_design_thinking_for_complex_environments

Twitter

https://twitter.com/digitalNil

https://twitter.com/Spring2Inno

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/erdebil

linkedin.com/in/spring2innovation

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/spring2innovation/

Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIDxMfnPr4QedO3gLw5myEg/featured

In this special episode, I am speaking with two learning professionals and podcasters whom I admire. They both have very successful podcasts on learning that have gone far beyond 100 episodes. We discuss how they started their podcast, what inspired them, what they learned along the way, and what they are excited about in the field of learning.  

Prof. Chris Dede was the Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at the Harvard Graduate School of Education for 22 years and currently, he is Senior Research Fellow. Chris is also the co-founder of the Silver Lining for Learning podcast and initiative. His fundamental interest is developing new types of educational systems to meet the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century. His research spans emerging technologies for learning, infusing technology into large-scale educational improvement initiatives, developing policies that support educational transformation, and providing leadership in educational innovation. Currently, Chris is a Co-Principal Investigator of the NSF-funded National Artificial Intelligence Institute in Adult Learning and Online Education. 

Prof. Chris Dede https://www.gse.harvard.edu/directory/faculty/christopher-dede

Silver Lining for Learning https://silverliningforlearning.org

John Helmer is the owner and senior consultant at John Helmer Consulting as well as the founder of the two highly successful podcasts The Learning Hack and Great Minds on Learning. In his consultancy, he advises businesses in communications and marketing. As a pioneer in digital marketing, John co-created and promoted more than thirty training courses on using the Internet for marketing and business. He is also a published novelist, lyricist for the group Marillion, has been on Top of Pops, and won a Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival. 

John Helmer https://johnhelmerconsulting.com

The Learning Hack and Great Minds on Learning https://johnhelmerconsulting.com/category/podcast/

In this episode I reflect on my experience at The Learning Ideas Conference 2023 and my key takeaways. In the second half I am joined by the founder of The Learning Ideas Conference, Dr. David Guralnick, and we will discuss highlights from the conference, the hybrid experience, and the upcoming online Winter Event on Artificial Intelligence in Learning. 

Dr. David Guralnick is President and CEO of Kaleidoscope Learning and a consultant specialized in the use of technology to improve job performance. He is also the current president of the International E-Learning Association, founder and chair of The Learning Ideas Conference and an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University. David has been credited with the creation of the first corporate training learning-by-doing simulation, the first e-learning-specific authoring tool, and the award-winning Watch, Rate, and Compare e-learning approach. David has won over 200 awards in the e-learning industry, and his unique approach to his consulting and project work have saved over $2 billion, due to improved employee performance, for Fortune 500 and multinational clients such as Target, IBM, GE, Time Warner, and many others. David focuses his deep knowledge of the industry to reimagine learning in higher education and the workplace.

Dr David Guralnick: http://www.davidguralnick.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dguralnick_IELA

The Learning Ideas Conference: https://www.learningideasconf.org/

Kaleidoscope Learning: https://www.kaleidolearning.com/index.html

International E-Learning Association: https://www.ielassoc.org/index.html

Winter Event - Artificial Intelligence and Learning - Feb 15, 2024

https://aiandlearning.org

Video Interviews with Speakers:

Dr. Joiselle Cunningham Smith – CEO, Pathways to Creative Industries, USA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP79dIRwzcA

Dr. Christoph Knoblauch – Ludwigsburg University of Education, Germany

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFBKp-X_K8Q

Dr. Alexandra Urban – Coursera, USA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oZFk-0IIfY

Dr. Usman Naeem – Queen Mary University, UK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaG1nKahmM4

Elizabeth Huttner – MIT, USA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llwOFggexYQ

Veronica Chehtman – AySA, Argentina 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh0ZaVXP36g

John Hack – Interflexion, USA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3vQXJ2WP44

Gary Dickelman, EPSSCentral, USA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sEMfx29L28

Dr. Pat Herndon & Dee Gay – Daytona State College, USA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6j2Uc-6Y6Q&feature=youtu.be

Cindy Lawrence is the Executive Director and CEO of the National Museum of

Mathematics in New York City. As an accountant, her education and career has

been rooted in mathematics. She worked at Price Waterhouse as an auditor and

later moved to Newsday as a senior accountant in the newspaper’s budget and

financial management group. After becoming a mother, Cindy decided to move

toward education by joining Becker Professional Education, working in various

capacities on the organization’s CPA exam review program. She taught students

all over the globe and was named one of four national editors for the program.

In 2009, a friend approached Cindy with an idea to open a mathematics museum.

This was the start of an exciting and life-changing project that has created

incredible impact. 

MoMath: https://momath.org

buzzfeed.momath.org

momath.org/masters23testimonials

Carol Leaman, CEO of Axonify, a learning and communications company focused on frontline enablement in Waterloo, Canada. Prior to Axonify, Carol was the CEO of PostRank Inc., a social engagement analytics platform she sold to Google. She was also the CEO at several other technology firms, including RSS Solutions and Fakespace Systems. Carol is a celebrated entrepreneur and trailblazer who has won multiple awards, and whose articles appear in leading learning, business and technology publications. She also sits on the boards of many organizations and advises a variety of Canadian high-tech firms.

Carol Leaman: https://axonify.com/team/carol-leaman/

Axonify: https://axonify.com 

Julia Hobsbawm OBE is an award-winning writer, speaker, consultant and Bloomberg commentator and columnist about the future of work. The author of the acclaimed book The Nowhere Office: Reinventing Work and the Workplace of the Future. She was a founder of the US-led Workforce Institute, was Chair of the inaugural UK Demos Workshift Commission, and now co-hosts the popular podcast The Nowhere Office. Julia is the author of six books including the award-winning The Simplicity Principle which won two awards for Best Business Book and Best General Self-Help book 2020 in the USA, and Fully Connected: Social Health in an Age of Overload which was shortlisted for Management Book of the Year in the UK.

Julia has been connecting people and ideas for many years. She is an acclaimed entrepreneur who founded the networks and podcast business Editorial Intelligence. She was awarded an OBE in the late Queen Elizabeth II’s Birthday Honours List in 2015 for ‘Services to Business’. She regularly consultants for and speaks to corporations, government and changemakers around the world. 

Julia Hobsbawm: http://juliahobsbawm.com/index.html

Twitter: https://twitter.com/juliahobsbawm

The Nowhere Office: https://thenowhereoffice.com/index.html

Dr David Guralnick is President and CEO of Kaleidoscope Learning, a consultant specialized in the use of technology to improve job performance, and the author of How, Organizations Can Make the Most of Online Learning. He is also the current president of the International E-Learning Association, founder and chair of The Learning Ideas Conference and an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University. David has created the first e-learning-specific authoring tool, and the award-winning Watch, Rate, and Compare e-learning approach. David has won over 200 awards in the e-learning industry, and his unique approach to his consulting and project work have saved over $2 billion, due to improved employee performance, for Fortune 500 and multinational clients such as Target, IBM, GE, Time Warner, and many others. David focuses his deep knowledge of the industry to reimagine learning in higher education and the workplace.

Dr David Guralnick: http://www.davidguralnick.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dguralnick_IELA

Book: How, Organizations Can Make the Most of Online Learning

https://www.amazon.com/Organizations-Make-Most-Online-Learning/dp/1637422733

The Learning Ideas Conference: https://www.learningideasconf.org/

Kaleidoscope Learning: https://www.kaleidolearning.com/index.html

International E-Learning Association: https://www.ielassoc.org/index.html

Creating a successful hybrid class, conference, or meeting requires new skills. In this collaboration with The Learning Ideas Conference 2022, we explore the different aspects of how to create a successful hybrid event. In the months leading up to the conference, we followed the journey of how The Learning Ideas Conference prepares a new hybrid experience for June 2022. The Learning Ideas Conference is dedicated to reimagining education and workplace learning, using new technologies to provide us with new opportunities. With the goal to always innovate, in 2022 The Learning Ideas Conference is creating new approaches to hybrid experiences, and exploring what collaboration and networking could be in a hybrid environment. In this special series of The Art & Science of Learning podcast, we will follow the progress of creating this new hybrid experience, discuss the best practices in the field, and share useful tips on creating successful hybrid events. I am very happy to have back on the podcast the founder of The Learning Ideas Conference.

Dr David Guralnick is President and CEO of Kaleidoscope Learning and a consultant specialized in the use of technology to improve job performance. He is also the current president of the International E-Learning Association, founder and chair of The Learning Ideas Conference and an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University. David has created the first e-learning-specific authoring tool, and the award-winning Watch, Rate, and Compare e-learning approach. David has won over 200 awards in the e-learning industry, and his unique approach to his consulting and project work have saved over $2 billion, due to improved employee performance, for Fortune 500 and multinational clients such as Target, IBM, GE, Time Warner, and many others. David focuses his deep knowledge of the industry to reimagine learning in higher education and the workplace.

Dr David Guralnick: http://www.davidguralnick.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dguralnick_IELA

The Learning Ideas Conference: https://www.learningideasconf.org/

Kaleidoscope Learning: https://www.kaleidolearning.com/index.html

International E-Learning Association: https://www.ielassoc.org/index.html

Donald Taylor is Chair of the Learning Technologies Conference in London, the leading workplace learning event in Europe and one he has led for the past twenty years. He was also Chairman of the Learning and Performance Institute from 2010-2021. Donald is the author of the book Learning Technologies in the Workplace (Kogan Page, 2017) and many articles. In 2007, he received the Colin Corder award for services to training, and in 2016, an honorary doctorate from London’s Middlesex University, for services to the Learning and Development profession. Since 2014, Donald has run the Learning & Development Global Sentiment Survey, which provides valuable insights to leaders of organizations and L&D professionals. It’s a pleasure to have Don back on the podcast to discuss the results of the L&D Global Sentiment survey for 2023.

Donald Taylor: https://donaldhtaylor.co.uk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donaldhtaylor/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DonaldHTaylor

L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2022

GLOBAL SENTIMENT SURVEY 2023 - Donald H Taylor

Book: How to be a Webinar Master can be downloaded from  www.webinarmaster.com

Learning Technologies – London UK – 3 - 4 May 2023

https://www.learningtechnologies.co.uk

Lydia Di Francesco, is a workplace health and performance practitioner and CEO of Fit + Healthy 365 in Ottawa Canada. She has worked with corporate clients for over a decade to improve individual and organizational wellness, she is a weekly radio host of a wellness segment on CHIN Radio Ottawa 97.9FM and a regular TV guest expert on CTV and Rogers TV and has been published in national and local magazines.

Lydia Di Francesco:

Website: http://www.fithealthy365.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lydiadifrancesco/

Prof Jennifer Mather is Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Lethbridge in Canada, and is a leading expert in the ethics of octopus. Prof Mather has been studying octopuses for more than 40 years and found her love of sea life while growing up in Victoria, British Columbia. She served as the scientific advisor on the 2021 Oscar-winning documentary My Octopus Teacher.  The film tells the story of how Craig Foster, a South African filmmaker, spent a year with a wild octopus in the Great African Seaforest. In this time, he built a connection with the creature and started to understand the incredible intellect of the octopus. This connection between humans and animals is something Prof Mather studies extensively and has created the popular course called Human-Animal Interactions. In 2017 she received the Distinguished Teacher award at the University of Lethbridge for her innovative approach to teaching. 

Prof Jennifer Mather: https://directory.uleth.ca/users/mather

Dr Susan Glaser and Dr Peter Glaser are the founders of Glaser & Associates Inc, providing essential interpersonal communication and leadership development consulting services to organizations. They earned their doctorates in Communications from the Pennsylvania State University. Their BreakThrough Communication series won the Gold Award for best hybrid learning of 2022 from the International E-Learning Association. As married business partners and co-presenters for 40 years, Susan and Peter have published over 40 research articles and three books, including the internationally acclaimed book Be Quiet, Be Heard: The Paradox of Persuasion. Their research on transforming organizational culture has received the International Association of Business Communication Research Foundation Award for bridging communication theory and practice. Feature stories have been written about them in Psychology Today, Fast Company, Business Week, Newsday, Nation’s Business, Working Woman, Success Magazine, and the Washington Post. They have served as members of the University of Oregon’s faculty, as well as consulting globally with leaders in business and government. 

Dr Susan Glaser & Dr Peter Glaser

https://www.theglasers.com

Prof Melanie Adrian is Associate Professor in the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She has been appointed to the Order of Ontario, the province’s highest honour, for establishing Carleton University as a global leader in protecting vulnerable scholars and co-founding the not-for-profit Be the Choice that helps cancer patients navigate their treatment options. In addition to her academic work, Prof Adrian is also a pioneer and innovator in her pedagogical approach. In 2019 she was appointed to Carleton University’s inaugural Chair in Teaching Innovation. This prestigious position is awarded to educators who have demonstrated teaching excellence and innovation across their academic careers. It provides the professor with funding to develop a scholarly project to advance teaching excellence, with a particular emphasis on strategies to foster student success. Throughout her career, Prof Adrian has been recognized as an exceptional teacher. At Harvard University she was awarded five distinctions in teaching, and at Carleton University she received several teaching awards from the Faculty of Public Affairs and several at the University level. In 2021 she was named one of Ontario’s most outstanding university teachers by the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA). She received the prestigious OCUFA Teaching Award for her outstanding contributions to the quality of higher education at Ontario’s universities.

Emily-Jean Gallant is a Doctoral Candidate in Legal Studies at Carleton University. She recently presented research on Engaged Testing with university students at the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. She has extensive experience working as a research and editorial assistant across multiple disciplines. Emily-Jean's background is in philosophy and anthropology, and her Master's thesis is on Martin Heidegger's conception of time. Her current research is focused on the impact 20th century Continental philosophy has on Critical Legal Studies.

Dr. Melanie Adrian: https://carleton.ca/law/people/melanie-adrian/

Email: MelanieAdrian@cunet.carleton.ca

Twitter: https://twitter.com/melanieadrian

Be the Choice: https://bethechoice.org

Scholars at Risk Network: https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/

Articles: 

All Together Now: Teaching Trailblazer Melanie Adrian Wants to Make Remote Learning a Social Experience

https://carleton.ca/ravenmag/story/melanie-adrian-remote-learning/

Carleton’s Melanie Adrian Appointed to Order of Ontario

https://newsroom.carleton.ca/2021/melanie-adrian-order-of-ontario/

Emily-Jean Gallant: https://carleton.ca/law/people/gallant-emily-jean/

Anamaria Dorgo is the Head of Community at Butter, a platform for planning and hosting collaborative sessions, and the founder of L&D Shakers, an international learning community for L&D professionals. With degrees in psychology and human resources, as well as being a true lifelong learner, she creates engaging learning experiences for a global community. Together with a core team, she has grown L&D Shakers to over 2,000 members from all over the world in the past two years. The community is fully members-led, and it's a breeding ground for collaborative learning projects and experiments. In 2021, Anamaria joined the team at Butter and has built the community from the ground up into a place where facilitators, trainers, consultants, designers, and educators gather to hone their facilitation skills and learn more about Butter. Anamaria is also advising companies and NGOs on how to build their internal communities of practice to boost their learning culture, innovation, employee engagement, and sense of belonging, as well as driving change from within.

Anamaria Dorgo

LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/anamariadorgo/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnamariaDorgo

L&D Shakers: https://www.notion.so/Welcome-to-the-L-D-Shakers-23972fa0a18f419a9abe1bd59cb174c0

Butter Community: https://community.butter.us/c/start-here/our-mission-vision-and-values

Butter: https://www.butter.us

Resources mentioned:

Drive by Daniel Pink

The Learning Communities Handbook by Louise Wilson and Dr. Toby Lowe

The Art of Community by Charles Vogl

The CMX YouTube channel

Anne-Marie Fannon is the director of the Work-Learn Institute at the University of Waterloo. This is the only institute in the world dedicated to research on co-operative education and other forms of work-integrated learning. Founded in 2002, with the mission to advance research for global impact on the development of talent for a complex future. For the last ten years, prior to her current role, Anne-Marie was director of Work-Integrated Learning Programs at the University of Waterloo. In this role, she oversaw the development and delivery of curriculum that supported students in a variety of work-integrated learning opportunities including the new (WE) Accelerate program, the EDGE program and the WatPD courses. Anne-Marie is actively engaged with Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning (CEWIL) Canada and serves as co-chair of CEWIL’s Government and External Relations Committee. She was president of the association in 2016/2017 during which time she led the association through an expansion of its mandate from co-op to work-integrated learning.  

Anne-Marie Fannon: https://uwaterloo.ca/work-learn-institute/about/people/amfannon

Future Ready Talent Framework: https://uwaterloo.ca/future-ready-talent-framework/

Work-Learn Institute at the University of Waterloo: https://uwaterloo.ca/work-learn-institute/

Barry J. McLoughlin is the President of TLC Transform Leaders Consultants Inc. – a leadership communications firm in Ottawa Canada – with over three decades of experience as a leadership trainer, communications consultant, and educational program designer. Barry is a former television writer, producer, and broadcaster, and is recognized as one of North America’s leading communications consultants and seminar leaders, creating and delivering over 5000 seminars for governments, associations and corporations. He is regularly profiled and interviewed on television and radio. Barry received a Master of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is also a Fellow in the Riddell Graduate Program in Political Management at Carleton University where he is a frequent lecturer in Strategic Communications, and Political Management and the Media. 

Barry J. McLoughlin: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mclomedia

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barrymcloughlin/

TLC Transform Leaders Consultants Inc: https://tlctransformleaders.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Trans4mLeaders

Jaime Webbe is the President and CEO of the United Nations Association in Canada. This curriculum combines her knowledge and background in Indigenous education and sustainability. She spent almost two decades shepherding new sustainability concepts, approaches and technologies through the transition from scientific facts to internationally recognized best practice. With the World Bank and United Nations, she built partnerships bringing new donors, stakeholders and views to the table.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jaimewebbe?lang=en

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaime-webbe-ab78164/?originalSubdomain=ca

Indigenous Conservation Toolkit: http://www.unac.org/teachin

United National Association in Canada: https://www.unac.org/staff

Twitter: https://twitter.com/UNACanada

In-person events are slowly returning, and the future is hybrid. Creating a successful hybrid class, conference, or meeting requires new skills. In this collaboration with The Learning Ideas Conference 2022, we will explore the different aspects of how to create a successful hybrid event. In the months leading up to the conference, we will follow the journey of how The Learning Ideas Conference prepares a new hybrid experience for June 2022. The Learning Ideas Conference is dedicated to reimagining education and workplace learning, using new technologies to provide us with new opportunities. With the goal to always innovate, in 2022 The Learning Ideas Conference is creating new approaches to hybrid experiences, and exploring what collaboration and networking could be in a hybrid environment. In this special series of The Art & Science of Learning podcast, we will follow the progress of creating this new hybrid experience, discuss the best practices in the field, and share useful tips on creating successful hybrid events. I am very happy to have back on the podcast the founder of The Learning Ideas Conference.

Dr David Guralnick is President and CEO of Kaleidoscope Learning and a consultant specialized in the use of technology to improve job performance. He is also the current president of the International E-Learning Association, founder and chair of The Learning Ideas Conference and an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University. David has created the first e-learning-specific authoring tool, and the award-winning Watch, Rate, and Compare e-learning approach. David has won over 200 awards in the e-learning industry, and his unique approach to his consulting and project work have saved over $2 billion, due to improved employee performance, for Fortune 500 and multinational clients such as Target, IBM, GE, Time Warner, and many others. David focuses his deep knowledge of the industry to reimagine learning in higher education and the workplace.

Dr David Guralnick: http://www.davidguralnick.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dguralnick_IELA

The Learning Ideas Conference: https://www.learningideasconf.org/

Kaleidoscope Learning: https://www.kaleidolearning.com/index.html

International E-Learning Association: https://www.ielassoc.org/index.html

The following are the links to the people and resources that I discuss in the episode: 

Learning Technologies, London: https://www.learningtechnologies.co.uk

Learning Technologies Conference 2022: https://www.learningtechnologies.co.uk/welcome/conference/conference-programme

Donald Taylor: https://donaldhtaylor.co.uk

Talk: Creating a high performance culture in a complex, rapidly-changing world

Matthew Syed: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewsyed/?originalSubdomain=uk

Talk: Change Management 

Elisabetta Galli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisabetta-galli-3a105223/?originalSubdomain=it

Anna Phipps: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-phipps-9079505/?originalSubdomain=uk

Talk: Automation, skills and the disappearing office - facing the future of work

Julia Hobsbawm: https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/julia-hobsbawm/the-nowhere-office/9781541701946/

Anita Lettink; https://www.anitalettink.com/about/

HR Tech Radar: https://hrtechradar.com

Marco Dondi: https://outgrowingcapitalism.com/about-the-author/

Report: Defining the skills citizens will need in the future world of work https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-and-social-sector/our-insights/defining-the-skills-citizens-will-need-in-the-future-world-of-work

Podcasts: 

John Helmer 

The Learning Hack Podcast: https://learninghack.libsyn.com

Great Minds on Learning: https://greatmindsonlearning.libsyn.com

Andrew Jacobs

The Women Talking About Learning Podcast: https://womentalkingaboutlearning.com

Sheena Whyatt: https://www.kapowme.com/team/sheena-whyatt/

The Flaming Super Business Chat Show

The Mind Tools L&D Podcast: https://mindtoolsbusiness.com/resources/podcast

In-person events are slowly returning, and the future is hybrid. Creating a successful hybrid class, conference, or meeting requires new skills. In this collaboration with The Learning Ideas Conference 2022, we will explore the different aspects of how to create a successful hybrid event. In the months leading up to the conference, we will follow the journey of how The Learning Ideas Conference prepares a new hybrid experience for June 2022. The Learning Ideas Conference is dedicated to reimagining education and workplace learning, using new technologies to provide us with new opportunities. With the goal to always innovate, in 2022 The Learning Ideas Conference is creating new approaches to hybrid experiences, and exploring what collaboration and networking could be in a hybrid environment. In this special series of The Art & Science of Learning podcast, we will follow the progress of creating this new hybrid experience, discuss the best practices in the field, and share useful tips on creating successful hybrid events. I am very happy to have back on the podcast the founder of The Learning Ideas Conference.

Dr David Guralnick is President and CEO of Kaleidoscope Learning and a consultant specialized in the use of technology to improve job performance. He is also the current president of the International E-Learning Association, founder and chair of The Learning Ideas Conference and an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University. David has created the first e-learning-specific authoring tool, and the award-winning Watch, Rate, and Compare e-learning approach. David has won over 200 awards in the e-learning industry, and his unique approach to his consulting and project work have saved over $2 billion, due to improved employee performance, for Fortune 500 and multinational clients such as Target, IBM, GE, Time Warner, and many others. David focuses his deep knowledge of the industry to reimagine learning in higher education and the workplace.

Dr David Guralnick: http://www.davidguralnick.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dguralnick_IELA

The Learning Ideas Conference: https://www.learningideasconf.org/

Kaleidoscope Learning: https://www.kaleidolearning.com/index.html

International E-Learning Association: https://www.ielassoc.org/index.html

Dr. Heidi Tworek is a Canada Research Chair (Tier II) and Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, jointly appointed at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and History. She is an award-winning researcher of media, communications, health, platform governance, and international organizations. Her work examines the history and policy around media, hate speech, health communications, international organizations, and platform governance. Heidi writes extensively for academic and public audiences, including her prize-winning book, News from Germany: The Competition to Control World Communications, 1900-1945, and her research has been featured in the New York Times, Financial Times, CNN, CBC, and many other publications.

Dr. Heidi Tworek:

https://history.ubc.ca/profile/heidi-tworek/

https://www.heiditworek.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeidiTworek

Dr Cindy Plunkett is Director of Learning Design & Development at PointClickCare, a platform that connects data in the care sector. She is also the Executive Director of the Canadian eLearning Conference, the first conference in Canada to focus on learning technologies in the workplace. With over 20 years of experience in online instructional design and development, specializing in learning in the healthcare sector, Cindy has worked with three of the largest academic teaching hospitals in Canada on high profile projects. She is deeply involved in the learning technology community in Canada and shares her knowledge as a part-time professor in the faculty of education at Ontario Tech University teaching the Financial Management of eLearning Projects course.

Dr Cindy Plunkett: https://canadianelearning.ca/cindy-plunkett/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindyplunkett/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrSenseiCindy

Canadian eLearning Conference: https://canadianelearning.ca

In-person events are slowly returning, and the future is hybrid. Creating a successful hybrid class, conference, or meeting requires new skills. In this collaboration with The Learning Ideas Conference 2022, we will explore the different aspects of how to create a successful hybrid event. In the months leading up to the conference, we will follow the journey of how The Learning Ideas Conference prepares a new hybrid experience for June 2022. The Learning Ideas Conference is dedicated to reimagining education and workplace learning, using new technologies to provide us with new opportunities. With the goal to always innovate, in 2022 The Learning Ideas Conference is creating new approaches to hybrid experiences, and exploring what collaboration and networking could be in a hybrid environment. In this special series of The Art & Science of Learning podcast, we will follow the progress of creating this new hybrid experience, discuss the best practices in the field, and share useful tips on creating successful hybrid events. I am very happy to have back on the podcast the founder of The Learning Ideas Conference.

Dr David Guralnick is President and CEO of Kaleidoscope Learning and a consultant specialized in the use of technology to improve job performance. He is also the current president of the International E-Learning Association, founder and chair of The Learning Ideas Conference and an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University. David has created the first e-learning-specific authoring tool, and the award-winning Watch, Rate, and Compare e-learning approach. David has won over 200 awards in the e-learning industry, and his unique approach to his consulting and project work have saved over $2 billion, due to improved employee performance, for Fortune 500 and multinational clients such as Target, IBM, GE, Time Warner, and many others. David focuses his deep knowledge of the industry to reimagine learning in higher education and the workplace.

Dr David Guralnick: http://www.davidguralnick.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dguralnick_IELA

The Learning Ideas Conference: https://www.learningideasconf.org/

Kaleidoscope Learning: https://www.kaleidolearning.com/index.html

International E-Learning Association: https://www.ielassoc.org/index.html

Prof Jinny Yu is an internationally recognized artist and professor of visual arts at the University of Ottawa. Her practice is an inquiry into the medium of painting as a means of trying to understand the world around us. Her work presented at the 56th Venice Biennale addresses themes about migration, which resonate with larger political concerns globally. Jinny works simultaneously to scrutinize conventions and to explore new possibilities within the medium of painting, oscillating between the fields of the abstract painting and the object. Her work has been shown widely, including exhibitions in Canada, Germany, Japan, Italy, Portugal, South Korea, UK and USA. 

Prof Jinny Yu: http://www.jinnyyu.com

Francois Gagnon is Vice-President of Learning at the Institute on Governance (IOG), an organization in Ottawa that is dedicated to improving public governance in Canada and around the world. Francois has worked in the Public Service of Canada for 25 years, including 13 years as an executive, leading and designing a variety of learning experiences. Prior to joining IOG, Francois founded Lead-Action, a firm specialized in Leadership Development. At the IOG Francois leads a diverse offering of unique learning experiences for government leaders and policy makers.  

Francois Gagnon: https://iog.ca/team/francois-gagnon/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francois-gagnon-8b5a2939/  

Laura Peck is Co-founder and Senior Partner of Transform Leaders in Ottawa Canada. For over 30 years, Laura has trained and coached CEOs, Deputy Ministers, Ministers, and C-Suite Executives in the public, private, and non-profit sectors around the world. Laura is a frequent media and issues analyst on a variety of television and radio programs and her articles appear in several national newspapers. She is a Fellow at Carleton University’s Riddell Masters Program in Political Management, where she frequently lectures on Strategic Communications and Political Management and the Media. She is also Adjunct Professor in the MBA program at the Shannon School of Business, Cape Breton University where she teaches Strategic Communications. In 2014, Laura was awarded the Communications Excellence Award by Women in Communications and Technology (WCT). 

Laura Peck: https://www.transformleaders.ca/about-us/laura-peck/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LauraPeck6 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-peck-02408884/ 

Transform Leaders: https://www.transformleaders.ca

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Trans

The Rt Hon Matt Hancock is the Member of Parliament for West Suffolk in the UK and served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from 2018 to 2021. Matt is proud to be dyslexic, but this has not always been the case. Going through school without knowing he had dyslexia, Matt spent all his school years focusing on math and science subjects, trying to avoid anything that needed more than a few sentences. Once he got to Oxford University, his tutor told him “the problem is, Matt, you can talk, but you can’t write.” He was one of the lucky ones as he was sent to be diagnosed and received support. Now, Matt has introduced the Dyslexia Screening Bill in the UK Parliament, which calls for all children to be screened for the condition before the end of primary school and provide training on neurodiversity to all teachers. 

The Rt Hon Matt Hancock: https://www.gov.uk/government/people/matthew-hancock

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MattHancock

Neurodiversity in Business: https://neurodiversityinbusiness.org

In-person events are slowly returning, and the future is hybrid. Creating a successful hybrid class, conference, or meeting requires new skills. In this collaboration with The Learning Ideas Conference 2022, we will explore the different aspects of how to create a successful hybrid event. In the months leading up to the conference, we will follow the journey of how The Learning Ideas Conference prepares a new hybrid experience for June 2022. The Learning Ideas Conference is dedicated to reimagining education and workplace learning, using new technologies to provide us with new opportunities. With the goal to always innovate, in 2022 The Learning Ideas Conference is creating new approaches to hybrid experiences, and exploring what collaboration and networking could be in a hybrid environment. In this special series of The Art & Science of Learning podcast, we will follow the progress of creating this new hybrid experience, discuss the best practices in the field, and share useful tips on creating successful hybrid events. I am very happy to have back on the podcast the founder of The Learning Ideas Conference.

Dr David Guralnick is President and CEO of Kaleidoscope Learning and a consultant specialized in the use of technology to improve job performance. He is also the current president of the International E-Learning Association, founder and chair of The Learning Ideas Conference and an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University. David has been first e-learning-specific authoring tool, and the award-winning Watch, Rate, and Compare e-learning approach. David has won over 200 awards in the e-learning industry, and his unique approach to his consulting and project work have saved over $2 billion, due to improved employee performance, for Fortune 500 and multinational clients such as Target, IBM, GE, Time Warner, and many others. David focuses his deep knowledge of the industry to reimagine learning in higher education and the workplace.

Dr David Guralnick: http://www.davidguralnick.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dguralnick_IELA

The Learning Ideas Conference: https://www.learningideasconf.org/

Kaleidoscope Learning: https://www.kaleidolearning.com/index.html

International E-Learning Association: https://www.ielassoc.org/index.html

Anne Mahon is an author and the 14^th chancellor of the University of Manitoba in Canada. With a deep interest in people, their stories and making meaningful connections, Anne is a committed life-long volunteer and an oral history author. She has written two books which tell the stories of local marginalized communities: The Lucky Ones: African Refugees Stories of Extraordinary Courage (2013) and Redemption: Stories of Hope, Resilience and Life After Gangs (2017). Anne’s third book is going to be published in the fall 2022 and it is tentatively titled Overcome: Stories of Strong Women Who Grew Up in the Child Welfare System. Having volunteered extensively for over 35 years, Anne also co-founded and co-facilitates the Book Mates Book Club at the Winnipeg Women’s Correctional Center.

Anne Mahon: http://www.annemahon.ca

Heidi Bernhardt, is a psychiatric nurse by training, mother of three grown sons with ADHD who inspired her to build the Centre for ADHD Awareness Canada (CADDAC), a Canadian charity dedicated to awareness, education, and advocacy for ADHD. Heidi was the Executive Director of the Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance (CADDRA), a national not-for-profit organization of the leading clinicians and researchers in ADHD in Canada, from 2006 to 2012. During these years she built CADDAC in her volunteer life, nationally incorporating CADDAC as a not-for-profit in 2006 and becoming the Executive Director and President from 2012 to 2019. Heidi currently focuses on ADHD education material and systemic advocacy while holding the role of Director of Education and Advocacy for CADDAC. She also continues to teach and present on ADHD for CADDAC. 

Heidi Bernhardt:

https://caddac.ca/about/

Centre for ADHD Awareness Canada (CADDAC)

https://caddac.ca

CADDAC YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/c/adhdvid/featured

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CentreforADHD

Flynn Coleman is an author, international human rights attorney, a fellow at Harvard and Yale, public speaker and social innovator. She has worked with the United Nations, the United States federal government, and international corporations and human rights organizations around the world. Flynn has written extensively on issues of global citizenship, the future of work and purpose, political reconciliation, war crimes, genocide, human and civil rights, humanitarian issues, innovation and design for social impact, and improving access to justice and education. 

Flynn Coleman: https://flynncoleman.community

Twitter: https://twitter.com/FlynnColeman

Donald Taylor is Chair of the Learning Technologies Conference in London, the leading workplace learning event in Europe and one he has led for the past twenty years. He was also Chairman of the Learning and Performance Institute from 2010-2021. Donald is the author of the book Learning Technologies in the Workplace (Kogan Page, 2017) and many articles. In 2007, he received the Colin Corder award for services to training, and in 2016, an honorary doctorate from London’s Middlesex University, for services to the Learning and Development profession. Since 2014, Donald has run the Learning & Development Global Sentiment Survey, which provides valuable insights to leaders of organizations and L&D professionals. It’s a pleasure to have Don back on the podcast to discuss the results of the L&D Global Sentiment survey for 2022. 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donaldhtaylor/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DonaldHTaylor

L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2021: https://donaldhtaylor.co.uk/survey/

Book: How to be a Webinar Master can be downloaded from  www.webinarmaster.com

Learning Technologies – London UK – 4-5 May 2022

https://www.learningtechnologies.co.uk

Prior to founding Nureva, Nancy was the CEO of SMART Technologies Inc., which she co-founded in 1987 with her husband David Martin in Calgary, Canada. One of the iconic products they created was the SMART Board® interactive whiteboard that changed the way people worked and learned around the world in millions of meeting rooms and classrooms. Over the years SMART Technologies grew to a global company with annual revenues just under $800 million. Nancy has received numerous awards, including Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2015, she received the C21 Shifting Minds National Award for her distinctive achievements in 21st-century learning and innovation. 

Nancy Knowlton:

https://www.nureva.com/product-news/author/nancy-knowlton-president-and-ceo-of-nureva-inc

https://nancyknowlton.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nancyknowlton11

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-knowlton-848116184/

Nureva: 

Website: https://www.nureva.com

Blog: https://www.nureva.com/blog

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NurevaInc

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nureva-inc

In-person events are slowly returning, and the future is hybrid. Creating a successful hybrid class, conference, or meeting requires new skills. In this collaboration with The Learning Ideas Conference 2022, we will explore the different aspects of how to create a successful hybrid event. Each month we will explore different aspects of a hybrid event and follow the journey of how The Learning Ideas Conference, as they prepare a new hybrid experience for June 2022. The Learning Ideas Conference is dedicated to reimagining education and workplace learning, using new technologies to provide us with new opportunities. With the goal to always innovate, in 2022 The Learning Ideas Conference is creating new approaches to hybrid experiences, and exploring what collaboration and networking could be in a hybrid environment. In this special series of The Art & Science of Learning podcast, we will follow the progress of creating this new hybrid experience, discuss the best practices in the field, and share useful tips on creating successful hybrid events. To Start this series, I am very happy to have back on the podcast the founder of The Learning Ideas Conference.

Dr David Guralnick is President and CEO of Kaleidoscope Learning and a consultant specialized in the use of technology to improve job performance. He is also the current president of the International E-Learning Association, founder and chair of The Learning Ideas Conference and an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University. David has been credited with the creation of the first corporate training learning-by-doing simulation, the first e-learning-specific authoring tool, and the award-winning Watch, Rate, and Compare e-learning approach. David has won over 200 awards in the e-learning industry, and his unique approach to his consulting and project work have saved over $2 billion, due to improved employee performance, for Fortune 500 and multinational clients such as Target, IBM, GE, Time Warner, and many others. David focuses his deep knowledge of the industry to reimagine learning in higher education and the workplace.

Dr David Guralnick: http://www.davidguralnick.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dguralnick_IELA

The Learning Ideas Conference: https://www.learningideasconf.org/

Kaleidoscope Learning: https://www.kaleidolearning.com/index.html

International E-Learning Association: https://www.ielassoc.org/index.html

In-person events are slowly returning, and the future is hybrid. Creating a successful hybrid class, conference, or meeting requires new skills. In this collaboration with The Learning Ideas Conference 2022, we will explore the different aspects of how to create a successful hybrid event. Each month we will explore different aspects of a hybrid event and follow the journey of how The Learning Ideas Conference, as they prepare a new hybrid experience for June 2022. The Learning Ideas Conference is dedicated to reimagining education and workplace learning, using new technologies to provide us with new opportunities. With the goal to always innovate, in 2022 The Learning Ideas Conference is creating new approaches to hybrid experiences, and exploring what collaboration and networking could be in a hybrid environment. In this special series of The Art & Science of Learning podcast, we will follow the progress of creating this new hybrid experience, discuss the best practices in the field, and share useful tips on creating successful hybrid events. To Start this series, I am very happy to have back on the podcast the founder of The Learning Ideas Conference.

Dr David Guralnick is President and CEO of Kaleidoscope Learning and a consultant specialized in the use of technology to improve job performance. He is also the current president of the International E-Learning Association, founder and chair of The Learning Ideas Conference and an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University. David has been credited with the creation of the first corporate training learning-by-doing simulation, the first e-learning-specific authoring tool, and the award-winning Watch, Rate, and Compare e-learning approach. David has won over 200 awards in the e-learning industry, and his unique approach to his consulting and project work have saved over $2 billion, due to improved employee performance, for Fortune 500 and multinational clients such as Target, IBM, GE, Time Warner, and many others. David focuses his deep knowledge of the industry to reimagine learning in higher education and the workplace.

Dr David Guralnick: http://www.davidguralnick.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dguralnick_IELA

The Learning Ideas Conference: https://www.learningideasconf.org/

Kaleidoscope Learning: https://www.kaleidolearning.com/index.html

International E-Learning Association: https://www.ielassoc.org/index.html

Ikem Opara: https://catapultcanada.ca/about/

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ikemopara

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ikemopara/

Catapult Canada: https://catapultcanada.ca

Catapult launch press release: https://rhf-frh.ca/new-program-receives-government-of-canada-funding-to-support-equity-in-access-to-learning-opportunities-for-young-canadians/

There has never been a better time to reimagine learning: https://www.policymagazine.ca/there-has-never-been-a-better-time-to-reimagine-learning/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RideauHallFdn

Georgia Morissette teaches yoga to seniors in Ottawa, Canada. Georgia is herself in her 70s, and she started to learn yoga after the age of 50, when chronic back pain was impacting the quality of her life. Having spent her career as a high school teacher, Georgia understands how people learn, and the need to modify her strategy to different students, something she brings to her yoga teaching. Having experienced first-hand the life altering impact of regular yoga practice, she began to teach senior citizens, most of whom have never practiced yoga, and may not have even been very active throughout their life. I’m very happy to have her as a guest on the podcast to discuss the skills and strategies needed to teach, as well as learn, yoga at any age, as well as her any wonderful tips for wellbeing throughout life. 

Georgia Morissette – Yoga Meditations 

Introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w4IB-4qyL8

Chapter 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLDZ7NJIpDU

Chapter 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDwE0wSO2bU

Chapter 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzjnIBw-p1Y

Georgia Morissette teaches yoga to seniors in Ottawa, Canada. Georgia is herself in her 70s, and she started to learn yoga after the age of 50, when chronic back pain was impacting the quality of her life. Having spent her career as a high school teacher, Georgia understands how people learn, and the need to modify her strategy to different students, something she brings to her yoga teaching. Having experienced first-hand the life altering impact of regular yoga practice, she began to teach senior citizens, most of whom have never practiced yoga, and may not have even been very active throughout their life. I’m very happy to have her as a guest on the podcast to discuss the skills and strategies needed to teach, as well as learn, yoga at an advanced age, as well as her any wonderful tips for wellbeing throughout life. 

Georgia Morissette – Yoga Meditations 

Introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w4IB-4qyL8

Chapter 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLDZ7NJIpDU

Chapter 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDwE0wSO2bU

Chapter 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzjnIBw-p1Y

Teresa Marques: https://rhf-frh.ca/about/our-team/

Rideau Hall Foundation: https://rhf-frh.ca/

Innovation Learning Resources – Classroom ready resources for teachers: https://canadianinnovationspace.ca/resources/

Innovation Index: https://rhf-frh.ca/innovation-index/

30 Years of Giving in Canada: https://rhf-frh.ca/our-initiatives/giving/thirty-years-of-giving-in-canada/

Dr David Guralnick is President and CEO of Kaleidoscope Learning and a consultant specialized in the use of technology to improve job performance. He is also a Columbia University adjunct professor, the current president of the International E-Learning Association, and the founder and chair of The Learning Ideas Conference. David has been credited with the creation of the first corporate training learning-by-doing simulation, the first e-learning-specific authoring tool, and the award-winning Watch, Rate, and Compare e-learning approach. David has won over 200 awards in the e-learning industry, and his unique approach to his consulting and project work have saved over $2 billion, due to improved employee performance, for Fortune 500 and multinational clients such as Target, IBM, GE, Time Warner, and many others. David focuses his deep knowledge of the industry to reimagine learning in higher education and the workplace.

Dr David Guralnick: http://www.davidguralnick.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dguralnick_IELA

The Learning Ideas Conference: https://www.learningideasconf.org/

Kaleidoscope Learning: https://www.kaleidolearning.com/index.html

International E-Learning Association: https://www.ielassoc.org/index.html 

Dr Alison Clark-Wilson is Professorial Research Fellow at the UCL Knowledge Lab at University College London (UCL) Institute of Education. Her research focuses on school mathematics education, particularly on the design and use of digital technologies and the related professional development for teachers. She also co-ordinates UCL's founding partnership within the European EdTech Network (www.eetn.eu) that brings together EdTech experts, innovators, higher-education professionals and students, in order to connect the best specialists with the most creative minds from all over Europe, providing them with the most relevant EdTech content, to foster innovation in the field of higher education. Among her extensive publications, Alison also edited and authored three books, the most recent of which is The Mathematics Teacher in the Digital Age. This continues to be the most successful book in the series Mathematics Education in the Digital Era published by Springer Nature. 

Dr Alison Clark-Wilson: https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=ACLAR76

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AliClarkWilson

Dr Lori Leach is Director of Virtual Learning Strategist Program at the Government of New Brunswick in Canada. Lori and her team have developed the innovative and holistic Virtual Learning Strategist Program to address learning barriers and support students to be successful in the skilled trades. The successful outcomes of their program are being recognized across Canada increasing the demand for their service model. Most recently they have received an additional $10 million in funding to further their research and program delivery.

Dr Lori Leach: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lori-leach-phd-713751165/

Email: lori.leach@gnb.ca 

Virtual Learning Strategist Program: VLS@gnb.ca

Dr Shan Soe-Lin is Managing Director at Pharos Global Health Advisors, a non-profit policy and advisory organization whose mission is to save lives on a large scale by focusing on emerging issues in global health. Shan specializes in developing solutions to complex strategic, organizational and operational issues affecting global health and helps organizations and governments focused on nutrition, HIV, TB, and maternal and child health issues. More recently, Shan has advised developing countries and NGOs on Covid control, and published several op-eds in the New York Times, the Boston Globe and Politico on domestic Covid control and return-to-work strategies. She is also a lecturer at Yale University and adjunct professor at McGill University. 

Dr Shan Soe-Lin: https://pharosglobalhealth.com/team/

Scott Marshall is the President and CEO of the Institute for Shipboard Education (ISE), a non-profit organization that administers the Semester at Sea study abroad program. With a background in business and education, Scott has experience in several aspects of this program and it’s aim to develop global engagement. He also taught students on the ship prior to becoming CEO and is a passionate traveler, having visited more than 80 countries. 

Scott Marshall: linkedin.com/in/scott-marshall-b250305

Semester at Sea: https://www.semesteratsea.org/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/semesteratsea/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SemesterAtSea

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SemesteratSea

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@semesteratsea?lang=en

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/semester-at-sea-ise

Dr Susan James Relly is an Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Department of Education at Oxford University, as well as the Director of Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE) research centre. Susan’s entire career has been in education in various forms: she taught in secondary schools in Australia and England before starting her academic career. Her research interests include Vocational Education and Training (VET) systems and policy, vocational excellence, and work-based learning. Her interest in vocational education developed while teaching in secondary schools where she recognised the need and importance of vocational subjects for students not interested in a purely academic route.

Dr Susan James Relly: http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/people/susan-james-relly/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SusanJamesRelly

Report: Good People in a Flawed System

https://www.worldskillsuk.org/insights/good-people-in-a-flawed-system/

Article: The Political Rhetoric of Esteem

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03054985.2020.1866522

Word Skills Competitions: https://worldskills.org/

Guest Recommendations:

Book - The Craftsman https://www.amazon.ca/Craftsman-Richard-Sennett/dp/0300151195

Book – Injustice: Why Social Inequality Still Persists https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00YCU92QW?SubscriptionId=AKIAJA54JMESX73IGPXQ&ascsubtag=701171120-6-&linkCode=osi&psc=1&tag=besdeatod038-20&th=1

Robyn Scott and Lisa Witter are co-founders of Apolitical, which they launched in 2017 and a year later it was named one of Fast Company’s most innovative companies. Today Robyn is the CEO of Apolitical and Lisa is the CEO of the Apolitical Foundation. Together, with a team of about 60 employees, they are transforming workplace training by making it continuous and engaging learning within a global community of like-minded peers.

Apolitical: https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=ACLAR76

Apolitical Foundation: https://apolitical.foundation/

Robyn Scott & Lisa Witter: https://about.apolitical.co/meet-our-team

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobynScott & https://twitter.com/lisamwitter

Guest Recommendations:

Failure of Kindness speech: https://jamesclear.com/great-speeches/failures-of-kindness-by-george-saunders 

Quote: “When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.”

― George Saunders

Book: Influence - The Psychology of Persuasion: 

http://www.harperbusiness.com/book/9780062937650/Influence-New-and-Expanded-Robert-B.-Cialdini-PhD/ 

Book: Deep Work: https://www.calnewport.com/books/deep-work/

What impact would learning about our family history have on the way we live our life today? Understanding our family history goes beyond dates and places of our ancestors, it is digging into the historic context, events and motivations that shaped their lives. My guest has extensive experience in researching and writing family histories in a unique way that helps families learn how their lives have been shaped by the past.

Janet Uren is a professional writer in Ottawa, Canada. She has written many books, family histories, biographies, feature articles, as well as writing for exhibitions. Janet began her career as assistant editor at the Canadian Geographic Magazine as well as working on several other publications, she is now an independent writer and consultant. Her passion for history, people and community comes across beautifully in her writing, but it also extends to other fields. In 2007, Janet founded the Linden House Theatre Company, a successful community theatre company in Ottawa. She not only runs Linden House, but also acts in its wonderful productions.

Janet Uren: https://wordimage-history.ca/

Linden House Theatre Company: https://www.lindenpro.ca/

Bonnechere Caves in Canada is located under a hill of limestone, said by geologists to have been the bottom of a tropical sea 500 million years ago. The Caves are a weird and wonderful sight but it is also a rich learning experience that promotes lifelong learning in all aspects of the business. From young children going to learn about caves, bats, and fossils from a time before the age of the dinosaurs, to the young people working at the Caves who learn about geology and the running of a business. How can a tourism site be run as a learning experience for all that enter? I am joined by the owner who will share his story and how he built a business that promotes lifelong learning.

Chris Hinsperger is the co-owner of Bonnechere Caves, an ancient natural wonder in Eganville, Ontario, about 120km west of Ottawa. As a student Chris worked at the Caves learning about the history and how to run the business from the owners, Tom and Ruth Woodward. The Caves were discovered and explored by Tom Woodward in 1955 and became a major attraction with learning at the heart.

Bonnechere Caves: http://www.bonnecherecaves.com/

One of the great challenges in learning new skills is being able to put them to practice in real scenarios. Although practicing in real scenarios offers critical learning, it also comes with serious risks. Can AI be the answer in creating on the job learning without the risks? My guest is an internationally recognized expert in AI in education and the technology he created helps people learn faster and more effectively.

Dr Lewis Johnson co-founded Alelo in 2005 as a spinout of the University of Southern California, under his leadership Alelo has developed into a major producer of AI-driven learning products focusing on communication skills. Alelo has developed courses for use in a number of countries around the world, all using the Virtual Role-Play method. For his work on the first Alelo immersive game, Tactical Iraqi, he won DARPA’s Significant Technical Achievement Award and the I/ITSEC Serious Games Challenge. Alelo was a runner-up in the 2021 International E-Learning Awards and is a qualified team in the XPRIZE Rapid Reskilling competition. Lewis has been a past President of the International AI in Education Society, and was co-winner of the 2017 Autonomous Agents Influential Paper Award for his work in the field of pedagogical agents.

Dr Lewis Johnson: https://www.alelo.com/team-w-lewis-johnson-ph-d/

Alelo: https://www.alelo.com/team-w-lewis-johnson-ph-d/

Topics discussed:

Rapid Reskilling https://www.alelo.com/rapid-reskilling/

Case Study: Alelo’s learning products save lives in Iraq and Afghanistan https://www.alelo.com/2018/08/case-study-alelos-learning-products-save-lives-in-iraq-and-afghanistan/

Video demonstration of Alelo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edNIK6iONFA

Rapid Reskilling Part I: Time for a radical rethinking of training https://www.alelo.com/2020/12/rapid-reskilling-part-i-time-for-a-radical-rethink-of-training/

Twitter: @LewisJohnson, @AleloTLT

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/lewis.johnson.7370/

https://www.facebook.com/Alelo-129539007396

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lewis-johnson-468679/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/1123771/

From the start of the 2020 global pandemic, teachers around the world have experienced a drastically different way of teaching. It has been a challenging and often chaotic time, but there are also many valuable lessons to be taken that can improve teaching and learning in the long run. My guest has worked for many years with students and teachers in drastically different contexts and around the world. I’m happy to have her join me to discuss what we can take away from the extraordinary experience of teaching in the global pandemic.

Aneeqa Rana is a solution-focused global education entrepreneur and consultant with more than 30 years of success across technology, innovation, and global education. Aneeqa has worked with teachers from around the world, and in a variety of contexts, to help them improve their teaching. Her entrepreneurial projects include franchising an afterschool learning center in Colorado, founding a tutoring center in Dubai, launching a hybrid afterschool learning center in Iraq, piloting a hybrid teacher professional development program in rural Pakistan, and developing a digital school/community center concept for rural Morocco.

Aneeqa Rana: https://www.aneeqarana.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aneeqa-rana-m-s-m-ed-9a95348/

Prof Jason Chen is the Gerdelman Family Term Distinguished Associate Professor of Education at the William & Mary School of Education in Virginia, USA. The questions that drive his research have to do with the variety of ways innovative technologies can be used as a tool for motivation, engagement, and learning. In 2016, with funding from the National Science Foundation, Jason and his multidisciplinary team of geoscientists, social scientists, theater professionals and technologists created a program called GeoDES. This program involves the use of innovative virtual reality simulations designed to help university faculty practice advocating for more diverse, equitable and inclusive departments.

Prof Jason Chen: https://education.wm.edu/ourfacultystaff/faculty/chen_j.php

The GeoDES program: https://www.wm.edu/peopleofwm/creative-critical-thinkers/chen-j/index.php

Video: Virtual Reality Simulations for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: https://tinyurl.com/bnk95cc

Digital transformation has been a hot topic for some time. Integrating new digital technologies into the workflow of organizations, has been the focus of may leaders and IT departments. The focus is often on the actual technology, the investments needed, and the training that will be required. However, without carefully designing a new system (both in terms of technology and organizationally) there is a real danger that the new technologies will not have the desired impact. Although designing a system to support new technologies is time consuming and costly, my guest in this episode will explain why it is invaluable to the success of the organization.

Kevin Pashuk is the Associate Vice-President of Digital Transformation & Technology at Sheridan College in Oakville Canada. Sheridan College is a leading postsecondary institution, educating approximately 24,500 full-time and 18,500 part-time students every year. Prior to this role, Kevin was Chief Information Officer at Appleby College in Oakville, Canada, a co-educational independent school serving over 750 students. Under his leadership, Appleby was a trailblazer in North America in implementing 1 to 1 educational technologies. Kevin has received several awards for his vision and leadership in digital transformations. He was awarded the inaugural 2010 IT Leader of the Year (SME) Award from Computerworld Canada, and awarded one of the Top 20 Innovative CIOs by Computer Reseller News for his work at Appleby College.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kpashuk

Twitter: https://twitter.com/InvisiTech

Everyone’s brain is wired differently, some more different than others, but none are the same. Understanding these differences, their strengths and challenges, are important to realize our full potential, learn better and work together.

Siena Castellon is an 18-year-old neurodiversity advocate and best selling author of the wonderful book The Spectrum Girl's Survival Guide: How to Grow Up Awesome and Autistic. At the age of 12, Siena was diagnosed as autistic, dyslexic, dyspraxic and ADHD. As she searched for information to better understand these labels, she realized that the information she was looking for did not exist. This inspired her to set up a mentoring website for other people like her, to give practical tips and advice on how to navigate a world along neurotypical lines. Siena has gone on to have many great achievements that have helped and supported countless individuals. She launched Neurodiversity Celebration Week, an international campaign that aims to challenge negative perceptions and stereotypes about autism and learning differences by encouraging schools to flip the narrative from focusing on the challenges of being neurodivergent to focusing on strengths and talents. Over 760 schools and over half a million students from around the world took part in 2020. Siena has also won the 2018 Teen Hero BBC Radio One for her inspiring work. I’m thrilled to have her on the podcast to discuss the importance of understanding how people think and learn differently.

Siena Castellon: https://twitter.com/NCWeek

Neurodiversity Celebration Week: https://www.neurodiversity-celebration-week.com/

Book: The Spectrum Girl's Survival Guide: How to Grow Up Awesome and Autistic

https://www.amazon.ca/Spectrum-Girls-Survival-Guide-Autistic/dp/178775183X

Oxford University offers a very unique learning experience that combines the tutorial system, ancient traditions, cutting-edge research and facilities, as well as diverse individuals from all corners of the world. The University is comprised of 39 colleges, with all students and faculty belonging to a college as well as their course department. One of the largest Oxford colleges is St Catherine’s College, fondly referred to as St Catz. I am delighted to be joined by the person leading St Catz to discuss the Oxford learning experience as well as her experience leading the College.

Professor Kersti Börjars is the Master of St Catherine’s College and Professor of Linguistics. Her academic focus is in how languages change and why it happens. In January of 2020 Prof Börjars became the Master of St Catherine’s, coming from the University of Manchester where she was a linguistics professor and Associate Vice-President.

Prof Kersti Börjars: https://www.stcatz.ox.ac.uk/person/borjars/

St Catherine’s College Oxford: https://www.stcatz.ox.ac.uk/

In this collaboration with The Learning Ideas Conference 2021, each episode will feature conversations with a selection of conferences speakers from around the world. In these conversations, each guest shares highlights from their conference talk, highlighting their fascinating work in the field of learning, sharing insights and tips, as well as what they are excited about in the future of learning.

The Learning Ideas Conference: https://www.learningideasconf.org/

(0:06:15 hours)

Gamification of Project Business Studies

Matti Koivisto, Ph.D., South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, Mikkeli, Finland

(0:20:15 hours)

Make it Matter: A Collaborative Student-Led Engagement and Persistence Program

Linda Elkins-Tanton, Ph.D., Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA; Turner Bohlen and Carolyn Bickers, Beagle Learning, Inc., Concord, New Hampshire, USA

Beagle Learning https://en.beaglelearning.com/makeitmatter/

(0:32:45 hours)

Integrating Intelligent Avatars with Classroom Teaching

Lewis Johnson, Ph.D., Co-founder Alelo Inc., Los Angeles, California, USA

Alelo https://www.alelo.com/team-w-lewis-johnson-ph-d/

In this collaboration with The Learning Ideas Conference 2021, each episode will feature conversations with a selection of conferences speakers from around the world. In these conversations, each guest shares highlights from their conference talk, highlighting their fascinating work in the field of learning, sharing insights and tips, as well as what they are excited about in the future of learning.

The Learning Ideas Conference: https://www.learningideasconf.org/

(0:05:45 hours)

* Wearable Enhanced Learning (WELL): Trends, Opportunities, and Challenges

Prof. Dr. Ilona Buchem

Professor of Media and Communication, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences

Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Berlin, Germany

EATEL https://ea-tel.eu/sig /well

Twitter https://twitter.com/mediendidaktik

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ibuchem/

(0:22:00 hours)

* ALICE (Adaptive Learning via Interactive, Collaborative and Emotional approaches) Track

Chair: Santi Caballé, Ph.D., Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

Chair: Nicola Capuano, Ph.D., University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy

Prof Santi Caballé http://smartlearn.uoc.edu/team-members/santi-caballe/

Dr Nicola Capuano https://www.capuano.biz/

(0:33:50 hours)

* BUILDING A UNIVERSITY OF TOMORROW - Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU)

* Cultivating Globally Minded Educators

Chair: Sarah Qian Wang, Ph.D., Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Jiangsu, China

Dr Sarah Qian Wang https://www.xjtlu.edu.cn/index.php?cultureKey=en&q=staff&alias=qian-wang

(0:47:20 hours)

* Online Learning Always Happens Somewhere: Where and When Will Office Workers Learn Post-Pandemic?

Imogen Casebourne, Learning Designer, University of Oxford, UK

Imogen Casebourne http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/people/imogen-casebourne/

Twitter https://twitter.com/icasebourne

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/imogen-c-6170111/

(1:04:20 hours)

* Remote Learning and Training Israel in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from the Field

Gila Kurtz, Ph.D., Holon Institute of Technology (HIT), Holon, Israel

Prof. Gila Kurtz https://www.hit.ac.il/en/faculty_staff/Gila_Kurtz

Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-gila-kurtz-ph-d-35619811/

Twitter https://twitter.com/gkurtz

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/gila.kurtz/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kurtzgila

(1:18:45 hours)

* Topic-Based Learning Saves Resources and Improves Learning

* Engagement between Corporate L&D and Education Sector

Bruce Cronquist and Todd Stone, Dell Technologies, Seattle, Washington

Bruce Cronquist https://www.linkedin.com/in/brucecronquist/

Todd Stone https://www.linkedin.com/in/tstone/

(1:32:20 hours)

* Solving Gender and Racial Equity with Experiential Learning and AI

Sheffie Robinson, Founder & CEO of Shamrck Education, Mississippi, USA

Shamrck Education https://shamrck.education/

LinedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheffierobinson/

The Learning Ideas Conference: https://www.learningideasconf.org/

(0:04:10 hours)

* A Look Ahead: The Now and the Next of Learning and Technology within Organizations

David Kelly, EVP & Executive Director, The Learning Guild, New York, NY, USA

The Learning Guild https://www.learningguild.com/

Twitter https://twitter.com/LnDDave

(0:19:15 hours)

* Mindfulness Intervention Courses in STEM Education: A Qualitative Assessment

Eunmi Kim, Ph.D., Co-founder of the Center for Contemplative Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea

Prof. Eunmi (Jina) Kim https://www.chacmc.org/eunmi-kim

(0:36:50 hours)

* It's Time to Shift Our Perspectives: From Teaching How to Enabling Doing

Hal Christensen, President of QuickCompetence, Forest Hills, New York, USA

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/halchristensen/

In this collaboration with The Learning Ideas Conference 2021, each episode will feature conversations with a selection of conferences speakers from around the world. In these conversations, each guest shares highlights from their conference talk, highlighting their fascinating work in the field of learning, sharing insights and tips, as well as what they are excited about in the future of learning.

The Learning Ideas Conference: https://www.learningideasconf.org/

(0:02:50 hours)

* Museums as Catalysts for Digital Learning

Deborah Howes

Adjunct Faculty , Museum Studies Program, Johns Hopkins University

President of Howes Studio Inc, New York, NY, USA

Howes Studio Inc. https://howesstudio.com/

Muslims in Brooklyn https://muslims.brooklynhistory.org/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/debseidhowes/

(0:31:15 hours)

* Supporting the Development of Critical Thinking Skills through Work-Based Learning Activities: A Pilot Experience in the Educational Science Context

Antonella Poce, Ph.D., Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Rome, Italy

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonella-poce-9a63789/

Intellect https://piattaformaintellect.it/portale/index.php/about/

(0:45:25 hours)

* Lab 21 – A Space for Learning, Sharing and Innovating

Christina Merl, Ph.D., TalkShop/2CG®, Vienna, Austria

Talk Shop/ 2CG https://www.lab21.cc/

Dr Christina Merle https://www.christinamerl.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CMerl

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinamerl/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poetryinbusiness

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TalkShop.cc

(1:01:15 hours)

* Teaching Data Science in a Synchronous Online Introductory Course at a Business School: A Case Study

Prof. Dr. Marcus Birkenkrahe, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Berlin, Germany

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/birkenkrahe/

Twitter https://twitter.com/birkenkrahe

The Learning Ideas Conference: https://www.learningideasconf.org/

(0:03:30 hours)

* Introduction to The Learning Ideas Conference

David Guralnick, Ph.D.

Founder and Chair of The Learning Ideas Conference

President and CEO, Kaleidoscope Learning

New York, New York, USA

Website: http://www.davidguralnick.com/

(0:15:00 hours)

* Learning on the Seam: The Intersection between Learning Science and User-Centered Design

Alicia Sanchez, Ph.D.

Director of Innovation, Defense Acquisition University

Department of Defense, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, USA

Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative https://adlnet.gov/

DAU https://www.dau.edu/

(0:32:00 hours)

* At Your Best: Artificial Intelligence, People Analytics, Highly Realistic Avatars, Innovative Learning & Development Methodologies

* Speech Analysis for Advanced Simulation

* Digital Learning and Medical Simulation

* A Digital Mindset for the Society 5.0: Experience an Online Escape Room

Fernando Salvetti, Ph.D., Logosnet, Houston, Texas, USA

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernandosalvetti/

Logosnet www.logosnet.org

e-REAL https://e-real.net/about/

(0:48:30 hours)

* Taking Project-Based Learning Online

Gary Natriello, Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

Website https://www.tc.columbia.edu/faculty/gjn6/

(1:07:25 hours)

* How to Design Compliance Training that is Engaging for Frontline Workers

Lucia Stejer, Kaplan Professional, Sydney, Australia

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucia-stejer-bbb0a122

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lstejer

Educational technology (EdTech) is a fast-growing industry that is expected to reach $404B in total expenditure by 2025. There are a staggering number of technologies that are labeled as educational, the Apple App Store alone has over 80 000 educational apps. However, the educational value of these technologies is not always clear. In this episode I am joined by a successful entrepreneur who shares her insights and experiences going from academia to building an EdTech startup.

Dr Lindy Ledohowski is the Co-founder and CEO of EssayJack, a successful Canadian software startup that helps students improve their academic writing. Lindy was a tenure-track English professor, specializing in contemporary Canadian literature, when she developed the idea for her company. After years of teaching English to high school and university students, she saw that often students had great ideas, but made errors in academic writing. With her believe that if you can master the art of writing well, then you can achieve all your dreams, she quite her academic career and developed the technology to help her students.

Dr Lindy Ledohowski

Twitter: https://twitter.com/doctorlindy

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindy-ledohowski

EssayJack: https://www.essayjack.com/

EssayJack Twitter: https://twitter.com/essayjack

EssayJack LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/essayjack/

EssayJack Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/essayjack/

EssayJack Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/essayjack

Prof David Jarraway is Professor of American Literature and Film Studies at the University of Ottawa. His work focuses on 20th century American literature and film noir. David is the author of the book Wallace Stevens Among Others: Diva-dames, Deleuze, and American Culture (2015), among others including many essays on modern American literature and film. He is also the editor of Double-takes: Intersections Between Canadian Literature and Film (2013).

Prof David Jarraway: https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/members/583v

Books:

TEACHING FILM, Edited by Lucy Fischer and Patrice Petro, esp. Part III: “Interdisciplinarities,” and Part VI: “Film and Media in the Digital Age” (New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 2012).

David R. Jarraway, GOING THE DISTANCE: DISSIDENT SUBJECTIVITY IN MODERNIST AMERICAN LITERATURE (Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2003), where I elaborate further on the “Open Subject” concept discussed in the Podcast.

Blake Bailey, CHEEVER: A LIFE (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009). The passage I quoted from this book (at the end of our conversation) appears on page 302, and is part of a Journal entry American novelist John Cheever wrote in 1962 just after the publication of his second novel entitled THE WAPSHOT SCANDAL. The citation reads: “I think of the enormous responsibilities and burdens that have, recently, overtaken modern fiction; to hold the attention of an audience whose attention is seriously challenged; to describe with coherence a society that has no coherence; to discover or invent links of precedence and tradition where there are none; to look into the moral questions . . . [and] to renew our sense of good and evil.”

Teaching topics that are sensitive, personal, or even taboo, can be extremely difficult. The skills needed go beyond good pedagogy and many other considerations need to be addressed. To discuss best practices and strategies for teaching sensitive topics, I am joined by a person running a ground breaking program that is teaching sexual assault prevention strategies to young women in Canada

Dr Sara Crann is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Windsor, Canada. She is the Co-Principal Investigator on a Public Health Agency of Canada grant to adapt and evaluate the Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, Act (EAAA) Sexual Assault Resistance Program, also know as the Flip the Script program. This program is aimed at women in their first year of university, now also being adapted to adolescent girls, and teaches them ways to defend themselves against sexual violence. The program also addresses topics such as the definition of consent, discusses positive attitudes about sex and addresses society's pattern of victim-blaming. Flip the Script has proven to be a very effective program and I’m so glad to have Sara here to discuss how they address the teaching of such sensitive topics.

Dr Sara Crann

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-crann-47755951/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/saracrann

SARE Centre Sexual Assault Resistance Education Centre : http://sarecentre.org/

Article: Teaching women to fight back an effective way to reduce sexual assaults

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/teaching-women-to-fight-back-an-effective-way-to-reduce-sexual-assaults-study/article36702176/

Sexual Assault Resistance Education for University Women: https://charlenesenn.ca/research/

Flip the Script study for teens will be recruiting participants. If you are interested please follow on social media:

Instagram: @Girls.Resist

Twitter: @Girls_Resist

Wen Do Women’s Self Defence: wendo.ca

Book: I Never Called it Rape https://www.harpercollins.ca/9780062844309/i-never-called-it-rape-updated-edition/

Reskilling and upskilling have become the leading trend in the field of Learning and Development (L&D) for 2021. With the start of the pandemic in 2020, L&D has had an unprecedented year in a variety of ways. Focus in the field has sharply moved away from the leading trends of the of the past few years, such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and learning analytics. To discuss the latest trends in workplace learning I am joined by a leader in learning technologies in the workplace.

Donald Taylor is Chair of the Learning Technologies Conference in London, the leading workplace learning event in Europe and one he has led for the past twenty years. He was also Chairman of the Learning and Performance Institute from 2010-2021. Donald is the author of the book Learning Technologies in the Workplace (Kogan Page, 2017) and many articles. In 2007, he received the Colin Corder award for services to training, and in 2016, an honorary doctorate from London’s Middlesex University, for services to the Learning and Development profession. Since 2014, Donald has run the Learning & Development Global Sentiment Survey, which provides valuable insights to leaders of organizations and L&D professionals. It’s a pleasure to have Don back on the podcast to discuss the results of the L&D Global Sentiment survey for 2021.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donaldhtaylor/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DonaldHTaylor

L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2021: https://donaldhtaylor.co.uk/survey/

Book: How to be a Webinar Master can be downloaded from www.webinarmaster.com

Julie Lavergne is the Vice-President of Organizational Development at CBN, the Canadian Bank Note Company - an award-winning Canadian secure solutions company, best known for printing Canada’s banknotes. Julie is a chemical engineer with extensive experience in senior roles in the areas of operations, quality management and systems development. In her current role, she has developed a new corporate division focused on attracting, developing, retaining and organizing people to support the business now and in the future.

Julie Lavergne: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-lavergne/

Nick Borwell is the Co-founder of Oxford8, a consulting firm based in London, UK. Nick is highly experienced as a major program director and as a leader of organisations facing complex challenges. He has operated in both the private and public sectors most notably in the United Kingdom’s Cabinet Office, defense and health. He was the Principal of the UK Civil Service Leadership Academy (CSLA), after which he developed the program for the Office of Civil Society’s Covid-19 volunteering effort. While Nick was an Associate with the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) in the Cabinet Office, he transformed the UK Government’s capability and capacity for delivering projects. A key plank of this success was the development of the Major Projects Leadership Academy (MPLA) and its associated programs delivered by Said Business School at Oxford University. He is currently cohort program leader with the MPLA where he has devised and delivered the first distance learning digital program. Nick gained an MSc in Major Program Management from Said Business School in 2011 where he is now an Associate Fellow.

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Dr Melanie Adrian is Associate Professor in the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She has been appointed to the Order of Ontario, the province’s highest honour, for establishing Carleton University as a global leader in protecting vulnerable scholars and founding an organization to help cancer patients navigate their treatment options. In addition to her academic work, Melanie is also a pioneer and innovator in her pedagogical approach. In 2019 she was appointed one of Carleton University’s inaugural Chair in Teaching Innovation. This prestigious position is awarded to educators who have demonstrated teaching excellence and innovation across their academic careers. It provides the professor with funding to develop a scholarly project to advance teaching excellence, with a particular emphasis on strategies to foster student success. Throughout her career, Melanie was recognized as an exceptional teacher. At Harvard University she was awarded five distinctions in teaching, and at Carleton University she received several teaching awards from the Faculty of Public Affairs and several at the University level.

Dr Melanie Adrian: https://carleton.ca/law/people/melanie-adrian/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/melanieadrian

Be the Choice: https://bethechoice.org

Scholars at Risk Network: https://www.scholarsatrisk.org

Articles:

All Together Now: Teaching Trailblazer Melanie Adrian Wants to Make Remote Learning a Social Experience

https://carleton.ca/ravenmag/story/melanie-adrian-remote-learning/

Carleton’s Melanie Adrian Appointed to Order of Ontario

https://newsroom.carleton.ca/2021/melanie-adrian-order-of-ontario/

Andrew Mangan had an accident in December 2016, at the age of 17, that injured his spinal cord and left him paralyzed from below his neck. The doctors were unable to predict if Andrew would ever recover and be able to walk again. However, Andrew was always convinced that if he worked harder and pushed further, he would one day recover. In the four short years since his accident Andrew went on to be able to walk again, he started Connecting the Resilient, a platform for spinal cord injury information, researched and wrote the book Plugged In: How mind-machine interfaces will transform the world, and is now in his second year of mechanical engineering and computer science at Stanford University. He has recently started a company that helps people apply to jobs and internships. Andrew has been working on this company, Kiter, with his older brother. Andrew attributes his ability to achieve all that he has done to his positive mindset, which we will discuss in this episode.

Andrew Mangan: https://www.connectingtheresilient.com/new-blog/2017/7/7/andrew-mangan-c5

Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrewmangan2?lang=en

Connecting the Resilient: https://www.connectingtheresilient.com/new-blog/2017/7/7/andrew-mangan-c5

Book: Plugged In: How mind-machine interfaces will transform the world

https://www.amazon.ca/Plugged-Machine-Interfaces-Transform-World-ebook/dp/B07H7RJLYC

Article: Severe spinal cord injury inspires student to help others

https://news.wbfo.org/post/severe-spinal-cord-injury-inspires-student-help-others

Kiter: www.kiter.app

Tori Cadogan is the Education Editor at Tatler, the British magazine owned by Conde Nast. She writes about the UK’s independent schools, edits the annual Tatler Schools Guide, and she offers parents bespoke 1:1 educational consultation. Tori also wrote, produced and presented the accompanying podcast series Tatler Talks: Education, focusing on wellbeing and mental health within the education system.

Tatler Schools Guide 2020: https://www.tatler.com/article/schools-guide-2020

Twitter: https://twitter.com/schoolstatler?lang=en

Tatler Talks Education Podcast: https://www.tatler.com/article/schools-guide-podcasts

Innovation is an essential part of our increasingly complex world. This can not be more important that in governments that serve the public good. In order to innovate, there needs to be an effective and innovative learning resources that enables innovation. In this episode I speak to the person leading innovations in learning in the Canadian Government.

Neil Bouwer is Vice President of the Innovation and Policy Services Branch at Canada School of Public Service (CSPS). The mission of Canada School of Public Service is to provide a broad range of learning opportunities and establish a culture of learning within the public service. Neil’s career as a leader in government spans many sectors, including his role as Assistant Secretary at Treasury Board Canada, Assistant Deputy Minister at Natural Resources, and Senior Vice President at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jdneilbouwer

Canada School of Public Service: https://www.csps-efpc.gc.ca/index-eng.aspx

Catherine Clark is an internationally respected broadcaster, writer, emcee and the co-founder of the popular podcast The Honest Talk. She also runs Catherine Clark Communications, a consultancy which provides strategic communications advice and support to institutions, corporations, and individuals. Catherine has spent her entire life observing and conducting meaningful conversations. As the daughter of former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark and the prominent lawyer Maureen McTeer, Catherine grew up observing her parents have meaningful conversations with diverse groups of people across the country and around the world, and in her professional life, Catherine leads engaging conversations through the television shows, documentaries, panels and events that she hosts.

Website:                 https://catherineclark.ca/

Twitter:                 https://twitter.com/catherinejclark

The Honest Talk:   https://www.thehonesttalk.ca/podcast

Instagram:            https://www.instagram.com/catherinejclark76/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-clark-50b7247b/?originalSubdomain=ca

For the past three years the Canadian Government has been transforming and modernizing the way Canadian public servants are learning in the workplace. I’m thrilled to have on this episode the individual leading this change to discuss learning in the government context and how to modernize a learning organization that serves a massive and diverse workforce.

Taki Sarantakis is the President of the Canada School of Public Service (CSPS). The Canada School of Public Service leads the Canadian Government's enterprise-wide approach to learning by providing a common, standardized curriculum that supports public servants through key career transitions, ensuring that they are equipped to serve Canadians with excellence. Since Taki’s appointment to this role in 2018, he has transformed and modernized this learning organization. Among his many achievements, in 2011 he was awarded Canada's Public Service Award of Excellence in Public Policy, and in 2013 he was a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Taki Sarantakis: https://www.csps-efpc.gc.ca/about_us/organizationalstructure/president-eng.aspx

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TakiSarantakis

Canada School of Public Service: https://www.csps-efpc.gc.ca/index-eng.aspx

Twitter: https://twitter.com/School_GC

Designing effective and enjoyable online and blended learning experiences requires some particular strategies. In this episode I am speaking to a leader in online and blended learning who works with school districts, state departments of education, colleges and universities and other educational organizations in the United States, to enable them to build successful online and blended programs for educators and students.

Barbara Treacy is Adjunct Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) as well as for the HGSE Professional Education Programs. Throughout her career Barbara has led projects in online and blended learning across a wide spectrum of organizations and industries including currently serving as a co-chair of Digital Promise’s Education Leadership Institute, working with district leaders from across the country in an online Institute to their support planning and implementation of online, blended and hybrid learning during the COVID crisis and beyond. Barbara also served as a consultant to the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation to develop blended curriculum and capacity-building facilitator training for their national Leadership in Blended Learning Program, and is the former chair of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Digital Learning Advisory Council and recently served as their consultant on virtual school accountability. Barbara is also the former director of EdTech Leaders Online, Education Development Center's award-winning capacity-building online learning program for educators which she led for 15 years, providing online courses, online instructor and course developer training, and implementation consulting for online programs for educators and students in more than 30 states. She also directed EDCs collaboration with e-Learning for Educators, a 10-state consortium funded by the U.S. Department of Education to establish statewide online professional development programs in each of the 10 states. She also served as co-chair of the iNACOL Online Course Standards committee and led the Technical subcommittee for iNACOL's Blended Teaching Competencies.

Every year new technologies emerge that have the potential, or claim to have the potential, to revolutionize mathematics education. Countries around the world focus on improving the way mathematics is taught in their schools, and technology often plays a big role in that. However, it is widely recognized that technology does not always have the impact it was hoped to have. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has declared that “despite considerable investments in computers, Internet connections and software for education use, there is little solid evidence that greater computer use among students leads to better scores in mathematics and reading.” However, there are many very effective technologies, and ways of using them, that can greatly improve mathematics education. In this episode I am joined by an expert in mathematics education to discuss key ways that technology can help improve mathematics education in schools.

Dr Naomi Norman is a creative, reflective and strategic consultant, researcher, reviewer and author who’s work spans research and practice in mathematics education. She works with some of the most prominent universities and educational companies around the world. Naomi obtained a doctorate in mathematics education at Oxford University, and has extensive consultancy, research and writing experience in the field. She has worked as a consultant on London 2012, BBC, Granada Media, Sesame Workshop, Pearson, Oxford University Press, Collins, and at the UK Government’s Department of Education, just to name a few. Naomi also held posts as Director of Learning at Epic (now Leo Learning) - one of the UK's leading e-learning companies. In academia she has undertaken research contracts for Oxford University, Imperial College London, and Pearson.

A powerful source of learning and culture in any organization can come from having a well structured and supported learning community. It may be difficult in busy workplaces to prioritize creating and supporting learning communities, but the benefits of doing so are numerous and can be the glue that holds everything together. To discuss the impact of thriving learning communities and how they can be fostered, I’m joined by an internationally recognized education leader who has been creating learning communities for teachers in several different contexts and countries.

Liz Free is CEO and Director of the International School Rheintal in Switzerland, an IB World School. Prior to this role, Liz was the Founding Director of the International Leadership Academy at the Netherlands, and Head of Professional Development at Oxford University Press. She is also global board member for the TES Institute and a strategic lead for WomenEd, an organization connecting women leaders in global education. Liz is also an author, of the recently published ‘International Perspectives’ chapter of the Amazon number one bestseller book 10% Braver: Inspiring Women to Lead Education, a columnist with TES International and she writes for publications such as Schools Week, International Schools Magazine and Independent Schools Magazine.

Liz Free: https://lizfree.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LizAMFree

International School Rheintal: https://www.isr.ch/

WomenEd: https://www.womened.org/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/WomenEd

Books:

10% Braver Inspiring Women to Lead Education

Being 10% Braver

https://www.womened.org/the-book

Teaching online requires different strategies and skills than those used in classroom teaching. There are great opportunities in online teaching, but there are also many challenges. To discuss the best practices for making online teaching a success, I am joined by Dr Sarah Krongard, Associate Director, Program Development within the Professional Education division of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Sarah designs and produces professional development experiences for educators, particularly focused on using media and technology to facilitate effective teaching and learning. Sarah is a media education specialist with a doctorate from Boston University, where her research focused on the social, emotional, and cognitive implications of media engagement. She has been a teaching fellow and researcher at Harvard and Boston University, as well as an instructional designer at Lesley University. Sarah is passionate about harnessing the informal and formal learning potential of emerging technologies.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sarahkrongard

Harvard Graduate School of Education – Professional Education

https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe

Mikesh Udani is Co-founder and CEO of Albus Health, a medical technology spinout company from the University of Oxford that develops intelligent remote monitoring systems. Their first product is an award-winning device that remotely monitors respiratory symptoms without anyone having to do or wear anything.Within three years of starting, they have won several innovation awards, including the AI in Health and Care award by the UK government which was announced by the Secretary of the State for Health and Care. They also raised nearly £3 million in funding and commercialised their first product through a contract to supply one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. Mikesh, who studied mathematics and computer science, started his career in finance at Deutsche Bank. Prior to starting Albus Health, he completed a masters of computer science degree at Oxford University and was an Oxford Biodesign Fellow.

Albus Health: https://www.albushealth.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlbusHealth

As lifelong learning is becoming an essential component of any successful business, how is business education changing to support that? The two-year MBA (Masters of Business Administration) has been the foundation for many business leaders, but this may be changing. Harvard and Columbia’s business schools are starting to add certificates to their programs. Online learning is also paving the way for a different learning experience. Six years ago, Harvard launched the extremely successful Harvard Business School Online, which offers certificates instead of degrees in a fully online learning environment. These changes may transform business education for the years ahead. To discuss the future of leadership and business education, I am joined by the person leading this transformation.

Patrick Mullane is the Executive Director of Harvard Business School Online, where he is responsible for managing growth, expansion in global markets, and long-term success. Harvard Business School Online delivers rigorous and immersive courses that enable professionals at every level to advance their careers, positively impact their organizations, and appreciate business in powerful new ways. Patrick is also the author of The Father, Son, and Holy Shuttle: Growing Up an Astronaut’s Kid in the Glorious 80s a humorous memoir of his life growing up as the son of an astronaut.

Patrick Mullane: https://www.hbs.edu/about/leadership/Pages/leadership-profile.aspx?profileId=30

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mullaneHBS

Book: The Father, Son, and Holy Shuttle: Growing Up an Astronaut’s Kid in the Glorious 80s

https://www.amazon.ca/Father-Son-Holy-Shuttle-Astronauts-ebook/dp/B087B8F7LH

Harvard Business School Online: https://online.hbs.edu/

There is a commonality among high-quality learning programs, regardless of the medium, type of learning, or audience. Whether it be workplace training, online learning, school curriculum, or children’s educational television, to have an effective and enjoyable learning experience it is critical to develop it on a strong foundation of quality education research and beautiful design. In this episode we will discuss the interplay of research and design in creating quality learning programs.

Sesame Street, the children’s television program developed by media and education nonprofit Sesame Workshop, is a shining example of the power of quality research and design in educational programs. For over 50 years Sesame Street has brought critical early childhood education to over 150 countries, helping to prepare children for their first year in school as well as addressing critical social issues such as HIV, homelessness, death, and autism. Most viewers of the show possibly aren’t aware that every aspect of Sesame Street is backed and supported by years of research driven by a longstanding partnership with the Harvard Graduate School of Education. To discuss how research and design work together to create such a successful educational program, I am joined by leaders from each of those domains at Sesame Workshop.

Shanna Kohn is the Senior Education Manager of Humanitarian Programs at Sesame Workshop. She leads educational content development for Ahlan Simsim, a localized version of Sesame Street in the Middle East and manages the design of multimedia teaching and learning materials for Sesame Workshop’s humanitarian programs.

Dr Kim Foulds is the Senior Director of International Research & Evaluation at Sesame Workshop. She oversees research and evaluation on Sesame Workshop’s international co-productions and community engagement interventions across the globe focused on a variety of curricular areas and media.

Shanna Kohn: https://www.sesameworkshop.org/who-we-are/our-leadership/shanna-kohn

Kim Foulds: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimfoulds/

Article:

Using Mass Media to Address the Socio-Emotional Needs of Children Affected by Conflict: Sesame Street in the Syrian Response Region

https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/mar2020/creating-sesame-street-syrian-response

Books:

The Sesame Effect: The Global Impact of the Longest Street in the World

https://www.routledge.com/The-Sesame-Effect-The-Global-Impact-of-the-Longest-Street-in-the-World/Cole-Lee/p/book/9781138806917

“G” is for growing: Thirty years of research on children and Sesame Street

https://www.amazon.ca/Growing-Thirty-Research-Children-Sesame/dp/0805833951

A student’s success in school is determined by a wide spectrum of factors, including family life, relationships, mental health, and school policy. Since the pandemic, there has been a concerning drop in student attainment around the world. Even more concerning is the rising numbers of students being excluded from secondary schools. This exclusion is driven by the school’s reaction to poor behaviour often guided by the assumption that punishment will change behaviour. To help us better understand the cause and impact of school exclusion, as well as strategies to keep students in school, I am joined by an Oxford University professor who has been researching this issue for several years.

Prof Ian Thompson is Associate Professor of English Education at Oxford University’s Department of Education and Director of the PGCE course. He is joint convenor of the Oxford Centre for Sociocultural and Activity Theory Research (OSAT) and a Fellow of St. Hugh’s College. He is also a member of Oxford University’s English Faculty. Ian is currently co-PI on the £2.55 million ESRC funded project Excluded Lives: The Political Economies of School Exclusion and their Consequences. Thank you Ian for joining me today.

Prof Ian Thompson: http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/people/ian-thompson/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanThompsonEd

Excluded Lives: The Political Economies of School Exclusion and their Consequences: http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/research/excluded-lives/

Book:

Poverty in Education Across the UK: A Comparative Analysis of Policy and Place

https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/poverty-in-education-across-the-uk

Articles:

After Warnock: The Effects of Perverse Incentives in Policies in England for Students With Special Educational Need

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2019.00036/full

Factors associated with high and low levels of school exclusions: comparing the English and wider UK experience

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13632752.2019.1628340

The Shad Canada summer program is a very special and unique learning experience. Talented high school students interested in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) and entrepreneurship go through a rigorous selection process to spend a summer at one of Canada’s 20 participating universities. Throughout the summer the students spend time with professors at that university, learning topics and working on projects that are at a university level. Following their month-long university experience, the students spend a month working at the company that sponsored them, gaining valuable work experience in their field. But the experience is so much more than valuable academic and work experience. Many students form life long friendships, have life changing mentorships from the professors and professionals they work with, and the experience has a significant impact on their future career trajectory. I was lucky enough to attend Shad when I was in grade 11 and I worked for a medical tech company where the head of R&D took me under her wing for the summer. The experience had a very significant impact on the start of my career and my confidence. The Shad learning experience is truly unique and deeply impactful. I’m thrilled to be joined by the President of Shad Canada to discuss what makes this learning experience so special.

Tim Jackson is the President and CEO of Shad Canada. Tim has an extensive background as an entrepreneur, business and not-for-profit leader. He has served as CEO of the Accelerator Centre, an incubator for technology startups, Vice President at the University of Waterloo and Executive Vice-President at the MaRS Discovery District, one of the world’s largest urban innovation hubs. He co-founded Tech Capital Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm, and served as CFO and CEO at Waterloo-based technology firm, PixStream (sold to Cisco Systems). Tim has also chaired several boards boards and has co-founded two charitable organizations.

Tim Jackson: https://www.shad.ca/national-team/tim-jackson/

Shad Canada: https://www.shad.ca/

What does it take for a young Canadian from Winnipeg to build a successful tech start-up in his home town?

Chris Schmidt is the 27-year-old co-founder and CEO of Pluto Ventures, a successful tech company that uses artificial intelligence to revolutionize the way industries understand and account for the physical dimensions of their consumers. Chris founded his first company, a tree banding business, at the age of ten and he still runs it today along with his other ventures. His biggest company is Every Studio, a design agency with its main product being the very popular Snapchat geofilters – custom graphics, or filters, specific to certain locations that users can swipe onto their photos in the app. His clients include international brands such as McDonalsd’s, Starbucks, Coca-Cola and Macy’s, as well as individuals such as brides who want personalized filters for their wedding. While Chris was building these companies, he also completed a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Manitoba. With all his success, he did not choose to move to Silicon Valley, rather he is growing his businesses in his home-town of Winnipeg, Canada. In this episode we will discuss Chris’ journey in building successful businesses at such a young age, what he learned along the way, and how to foster entrepreneurial skills in young people.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/_ChrisSchmidt

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/_chrisschmidt/

Pluto Ventures: https://www.pluto.ventures/

Don Bureaux is the President of Nova Scotia Community College, in Halifax, Canada. Don worked with adult learners within colleges and universities, as well as with national and international professional designation-granting bodies for more than two decades. His work over the years has allowed him to collaborate with educational institutions in North America, Europe and Asia to promote the concept of entrepreneurial cultures as a foundation for learning-centered environments and student success. Don works to develop success-based models for both students and staff within post-secondary institutions.

Don Bureaux, President of Nova Scotia Community College:

https://www.nscc.ca/about_nscc/president/index.asp

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nsccprez

Nova Scotia Community College:

https://www.nscc.ca/default.aspx

Facebook: facebook.com/novascotiacommunitycollege

Instagram: Instagram.com/novascotiacommunitycollege

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NSCCNews

The future of work is defined by continuous learning. But how can workplace learning be an effective and enjoyable experience that enriches the organization and the individual? As technology continues to offer new ways of connecting and learning, it is more important than ever to use technology in a human-centered way, creating learning experiences that meet the learning and performance goals of the audience. My guest is a leader in the field of computer-based and online learning for over thirty years, immersed in both the research and practice of workplace learning.

Dr David Guralnick is a Columbia University adjunct professor and a consultant specialized in the use of technology to improve job performance. He is founder and CEO of Kaleidoscope Learning, the current president of the International E-Learning Association, and the founder and chair of The Learning Ideas Conference. David has been credited with the creation of the first corporate training learning-by-doing simulation, the first e-learning-specific authoring tool, and the award-winning Watch, Rate, and Compare e-learning approach. David has won over 200 awards in the e-learning industry, and his unique approach to his consulting and project work have saved over $2 billion, due to improved employee performance, for Fortune 500 and multinational clients such as Target, IBM, GE, Time Warner, and many others. David focuses is deep knowledge of the industry to reimagine learning in higher education and the workplace.

Dr David Guralnick: http://www.davidguralnick.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dguralnick_IELA

Kaleidoscope Learning: https://www.kaleidolearning.com/index.html

The Learning Ideas Conference: https://www.learningideasconf.org/

International E-Learning Association: https://www.ielassoc.org/index.html

Stephen founded Still Waters in a Storm, a one-room school in Brooklyn, New York, in 2008. Stephen’s approach to teaching and learning at Still Water incorporates his experiences as a teacher, his passion for language and theater, as well as what he learned in his personal journey to overcome depression. The school is for children aged 6 to 17 and many are children of undocumented Mexican and Ecuadorean refugees. The curriculum revolves around reading classic novels, such as Milton’s Paradise Lost, and translating it into present-day vernacular. The students learn to translate Latin, read complex texts, create a play, build empathy and confidence, and so much more. Stephen also invites many famous authors – among them Salman Rushdie, Valeria Luiselli, George F. Walker, Mary Gaitskill, and Michael Ondaatje – who visit the school to read their own work and help the students with their own writing projects. This unique school, where the only rule is, “everyone listens to everyone” is an example of teaching to the whole child. Stephen beautifully tells the story of what the experience of attending Still Waters is like, as well as how he came to create the school, in his new book, Kid Quixotes: A group of students, their teacher, and the one-room school where everything is possible.

Still Waters in a Storm: http://www.stillwatersinastorm.org/

Book: Kid Quixotes: A group of students, their teacher, and the one-room school where everything is possible.

https://www.amazon.ca/Kid-Quixotes-Students-One-Room-Everything-ebook/dp/B07NVN28V7/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Kid+Quixotes&qid=1606907561&sr=8-1

Marc Aristotle de Asis is a teacher in Vancouver Canada and earlier this year his robotics club came in first place at the provincial robotics competition, qualifying for the world championships. Marc is a teacher who goes above and beyond to not only teach his students, but also to inspire them to push their limits and reach for the stars. Marc is currently working on his doctorate at the University of British Columbia, specializing in education leadership and policy. Having started in engineering, Marc went on obtain an MPhil in math education from Cambridge University and has worked as a math, physics, robotics and religion teacher at several school in British Columbia, Canada.

Robotics Club Resources:

FIRST

https://www.firstinspires.org/

FIRST British Columbia

https://firstroboticsbc.org/

FTC: Share and Learn (Great group for supporting coaches & mentors.)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/FTCShareAndLearn

In an increasingly fast paced world, the ability to learn effectively is the most important skill. Throughout a person’s life they are expected to have several careers, some of which may be unimaginable when they were going to school. Lifelong learning is an essential part of the modern world. But what does lifelong learning really look like? Mostly people take courses or spend time learning a new skill when they need it, either for their current job or to train for the job they want. In this episode we will discuss why this model needs to change and how we all need to think about lifelong learning as constant capacity building. What does this mean for the individual, educational institutions and workplace learning? My guest today is a leading expert in developing new types of educational systems to meet the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century.

Prof Chris Dede is the Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. His research spans emerging technologies for learning, infusing technology into large-scale educational improvement initiatives, developing policies that support educational transformation, and providing leadership in educational innovation. Chris has received many awards for his contribution to the field. To just name a few, in 2017 he was named as one of the top 25 edtech innovators of the past 25 years by the Consortium for School Networking, and in the same year he received the Outstanding Contributions to Research in Immersive Learning Award by the American Educational Research Association. In 2011 he was named a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association. Chris was also recognized by Harvard University as an outstanding teacher, something I was lucky to experience first hand during my master’s degree. Chris shares his wealth of knowledge with his students not only in his very popular classes but also as a mentor. Having Chris as my supervisor during my masters, and working on one of his research projects, paved the way towards my doctoral studies. I’m very happy to be speaking with Chris in this episode about the ideas from his most recent book The 60-Year Curriculum: New Models for Lifelong Learning in the Digital Economy.

Prof. Chris Dede: https://www.gse.harvard.edu/faculty/christopher-dede

Book:

The 60-Year Curriculum: New Models for Lifelong Learning in the Digital Economy https://www.amazon.com/60-Year-Curriculum-Christopher-Dede/dp/0367821273/ref=sr_1_1?crid=DZ1OXS45ZE9X&dchild=1&keywords=the+60+year+curriculum&qid=1603032011&sprefix=the+60+year+c%2Caps%2C173&sr=8-1

Blogposts:

Dede, C. (2020). Advising your children about learning in the era of the new abnormal. (Blog)

https://silverliningforlearning.org/advising-your-children-about-learning-in-the-era-of-new-abnormal/

Dede, C., & Richards, J. (2020). Preparing students for a lifelong disruptive future: The 60 Year Curriculum. Evolllution May 19, 2020

https://evolllution.com/revenue-streams/extending_lifelong_learning/preparing-students-for-a-lifelong-disruptive-future-the-60-year-curriculum/.

Dede, C. (2020). Remote learning and stone soup. (Blog). https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/blog/remote-learning-and-stone-soup

Dede, C. (2020). Necessity is the father of transformation. (Blog). https://silverliningforlearning.org/necessity-is-the-father-of-transformation/

Silver Lining for Learning:

https://silverliningforlearning.org/

Dr David Hornsby is a Professor of International Affairs and the Associate Vice-President of Teaching and Learning at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. David has lived and worked in South Africa and the UK and is an honorary professor at Wits University in Johannesburg and University College London. David holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and has published widely spanning the social and biological sciences. He is a recognized scholar having been the recipient of teaching and research awards and is currently the Vice-President of the International Studies Association.

Dr David Hornsby: https://carleton.ca/npsia/people/david-j-hornsby/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidJHornsby

Towards a Pandemic Pedagogy: power and politics in learning and teaching

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341113230_Towards_a_Pandemic_Pedagogy_power_and_politics_in_learning_and_teaching

Guest recommendation:

Teaching to Transgress

https://www.amazon.ca/Teaching-Transgress-Bell-Hooks/dp/0415908078

Elmwood School is an independent K-12 day school for girls in Ottawa, Canada. Elmwood is accredited at all three levels of the International Bachelorette Programme and 100% of the graduates are accepted to leading universities around the world. In terms of technology, Elmwood is at the forefront of integrating the latest educational technologies into their teaching and learning. James Whitehouse is the head of Elmwood School and also teaches grade 12 IB history. Previously, James was Deputy Head of the Middle and Senior School for seven years at Elmwood. Before coming to Canada, James was Assistant Head at Seven Kings High School in Redbridge, London, UK.

James Whitehouse: https://www.elmwood.ca/about/leadership

Elmwood School: https://www.elmwood.ca/

Book:

Grasp: The Science of Transforming How We Learn

https://www.amazon.com/Grasp-Science-Transforming-How-Learn/dp/0385541821

Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) Senior Lecturer, Joe Blatt is Faculty Director of the Technology, Innovation, and Education program. He has received HGSE’s highest faculty honor, the Morningstar Award for Teaching Excellence. As Joe was one of my professors during my master’s degree, I know first hand what an inspiring teacher he is, and his courses are extremely popular among students every year. Joe’s research and teaching focus on the effects of media content and technology on human development, learning, civic behavior, and informal learning. Joe has created television series and interactive media for many types of informal learning environments. He was the executive producer of Scientific American Frontiers, and made documentaries for NOVA, and close to 100 other programs for public broadcasting. He also advises major media and technology companies, including Sesame Workshop, the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, and Google.

Joe Blatt: https://www.gse.harvard.edu/faculty/joseph-blatt

Resources Discussed:

Common Sense Media: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/

Tap, Click, Read: http://www.tapclickread.org/

Dr. Laura Larke is a postdoctoral associate and teaching fellow at the MIT Teaching Systems Lab, affiliate of Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, and associate editor at Policy & Internet. Laura is a qualitative researcher and social theorist interested in equity and power in K-12 computer science education. She was previously a postdoctoral researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute and completed her PhD and MSc in the University of Oxford’s Learning & New Technologies Research Group. Currently Laura is working on two National Science Foundation-funded projects at MIT, both focused on broadening participation and success in K-12 computer science education and she is also co-teaching the Learning, Media, and Technology Seminar at MIT.

Dr Laura Larke: https://tsl.mit.edu/team/laura-larke/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrLarke

Resources Discussed:

Book: Ain’t No Makin’ It by Jay MacLeod

https://www.amazon.com/Aint-Makin-Aspirations-Attainment-Neighborhood/dp/0813343585

MIT Teaching Systems Lab

https://tsl.mit.edu/

MIT App Inventor

https://appinventor.mit.edu

Sctratch

https://scratch.mit.edu/

Some of the most advanced learning technologies are used in training healthcare professionals. However, healthcare professionals working in rural areas of low- and middle-income countries often don’t have access to such resources. What does workplace learning look like for healthcare workers in some of the world’s most underserved communities? How can their learning experience be improved so they can provide the best healthcare possible?

Professor Niall Winters is professor of education and technology at University of Oxford. His research examines the design, development and evaluation of technology enhanced learning programmes for healthcare workers in low resource setting in the Global South, particularly in Kenya. He is co-Director of the Learning and New Technologies Research Group at Oxford University’s Department of Education and formerly Deputy Director of Research and Director of MSc Education (Learning & Technology). Niall was involved in established the Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation at Kellogg College at Oxford University and he has consulted for UNESCO, Department for International Development and the NHS. On a personal note, Niall was also one of my doctoral supervisors who taught and guided me through my PhD at Oxford.

Links:

Prof Niall Winters: http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/people/niall-winters/

Lecture: Technology in Global Healthcare Training https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbbSYKfbvMA

Twitter: @nwin

The early years of a child’s life are a critical developmental period. The interactions a child has with adults in these early years can shape how they develop, perceive themselves, and also how they interact with others throughout their life. Understanding the research in the field of Child Development is an important part of developing the strategies and approaches that have the most beneficial impact on a child. In this episode we will discuss best practices informed by the latest research in how to connect with young children and provide quality feedback in what Dr Shimamura refers to as unconditional parenting.

Dr Hanako Shimamura is a child development specialist with a PhD in Education from the University of Oxford. She has been involved in the field of Early Childhood Education, especially Montessori education for the past 15 years. Her first book “How to provide connecting feedback to children” was published on April 17 2020 and is ranked No 1 in the early childhood education category on Amazon Japan. Hana’s expertise and empathetic approach to learning has had great impact among parents. Her online seminars helping parents understand how to connect with their young children in a more effective manner, has been incredibly popular. Hana is currently a full-time faculty member in an Early Childhood Education program at Lethbridge College, Alberta, Canada.

When you think about a school, you most likely think of it as a place where students learn. However, for students to have the best learning experience, teachers also need to continuously improve their skills. Like other professionals, teachers need to be given quality resources, support, and time to continuously update their skills. There is a wealth of knowledge that can be gained from the practice of other teachers as well as from research. Unfortunately, often research and practice in education are not linked. In this episode we will discuss the importance of having research informed professional development for teachers and how an organization in New Zealand is bridging the gap between research and practice in education.

Dr Nina Hood is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Education at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Her research is focused on the role that digital technologies can play in supporting and enhancing education. Nina is also the founder of The Education Hub, an organization based in New Zealand and dedicated to bridging the gap between research and practice in education. Nina started her career as a secondary teacher in New Zealand, before she moved to the UK to undertook an MSc (with distinction) in learning and technology, and a PhD in Education at the University of Oxford. After returning to New Zealand, and while being a lecturer at University of Auckland, Nina founded The Education Hub in 2007. The mission of The Education Hub is to empower educators to find, use and share research to improve their teaching practice, and then share their innovations.

Links:

Dr Nina Hood https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/n-hood

The Education Hub https://theeducationhub.org.nz/

Twitter @Hood_Nina @educationhubnz

In our interconnected world, it is easier than ever before to connect with people and ideas outside of our context. Young people are engaging with others online and sharing their thoughts and experiences on social media. In today’s digitally mediated world, what are the lived civic experiences of young people? How can parents and educators encourage young people to learn and develop their civic identities?

Dr Julianne Viola is a postdoctoral Research Associate at the Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship (CHERS) at Imperial College London. She completed her doctorate at the Department of Education, University of Oxford, where her research explored how adolescents develop their civic identities, and the role of social media and technology on youth civic identity. Julianne has a particular interest in young people's civic identity development and engagement with their communities. These interests, as well as her experience as an educator and mentor for young people through organisations like the Junior State of America, shaped and motivated her wok. Julianne has collaborated on a number of research projects at Harvard University, the University of California, Santa Barbara, Oxford Internet Institute, and The Education Hub, a not-for-profit organisation in New Zealand. Most recently Julianne has written a wonderful book entitled Young People’s Civic Identity in the Digital Age, which we will discuss in this episode.

Links:

Dr Julianne Viola: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/j.viola

Book: Young People’s Civic Identity in the Digital Age

https://www.springer.com/gb/book/9783030374044?utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=commission_junction_authors&utm_campaign=3_nsn6445_deeplink_PID9219306&utm_content=deeplink

Twitter: @DrJulianneViola

Book: The Political Classroom

http://thepoliticalclassroom.com/

Delivering online presentations, meetings, and training has quickly become the norm in 2020, but many people struggle to engage their audience in an online format. Filming a play does not make it a movie, and similarly using the same strategies for an in-person presentation is not the same as presenting it online. The approach and design must be tailored to the medium in which it is presented.On this episode I am thrilled discuss best practices of hosting webinars with an international expert in workplace learning technologies and designing engaging interactive webinars.

Donald Taylor is the Chairman of the Learning and Performance Institute and for the past twenty years has chaired the Learning Technologies Conference in London. Donald has helped plan and deliver Learning Technology events around the world, including Berlin, Paris, Singapore and Orlando. He works with speakers of every level of experience – including novices and some of the world’s most experienced online speakers – and has helped them build and pace their presentations, ensuring that they have everything they need to create interactive, compelling presentations that they keep audiences engaged. Since 2014, Donald has run the Learning & Development Global Sentiment Survey, which provides valuable insights to leaders of organizations and L&D professionals. He is also the author of the book Learning Technologies in the Workplace (Kogan Page, 2017) and many articles. In 2007, he received the Colin Corder award for services to training, and in 2016, an honorary doctorate from London’s Middlesex University, for services to the Learning and Development profession.

Links:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donaldhtaylor/

The book How to be a Webinar Master can be downloaded from www.webinarmaster.com

To discuss these issues, I am very happy to be joined by Imogen Casebourne, who brings deep knowledge in both the research and practice of workplace learning technologies. Following an initial degree in philosophy and a Masters in artificial intelligence, Imogen has worked as a writer and designer of online learning for nearly 25 years during which time she has been involved in the design of multiple courses, curriculums and authoring tools. She has designed solutions for tablets and smartphones and led the team that won gold for ‘Best Use of Mobile Learning’ at the E-Learning Awards in 2012, going on to herself win the instructional designer of the year award in 2017. Imogen is currently studying part-time for a Doctorate in Education at the University of Oxford, focusing on mobile technology in work-related learning.

Links:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/imogen-c-6170111

Article: http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/mobility-working-learning-and-place-in-a-time-of-pandemic/

Twitter: @icasebourne

Professor Cecilia Heyes is Senior Research Fellow in psychology at All Souls College at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy. Cecilia trained as an experimental psychologist at University College London and was a Harkness Fellow in the United States, as well as a research fellow at Trinity Hall at Cambridge University. She returned to UCL as a faculty member before coming to Oxford. Her work in experimental and theoretical psychology examines the evolution of human cognition. It explores the ways in which natural selection, learning, developmental and cultural processes combine to produce the mature cognitive abilities found in adult humans. Most of her current projects suggest that the neurocognitive mechanisms enabling cultural inheritance - social learning, imitation, mirror neurons, mind reading etc - are themselves the products of cultural evolution. In 2018 Cecilia published her latest book on these topics, titled Cognitive Gadgets: The Cultural Evolution of Thinking.

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ascch/index.htm

Book:

https://www.amazon.com/Cognitive-Gadgets-Cultural-Evolution-Thinking/dp/0674980158

Twitter:

@CeliaHeyes

Christine Fairchild is Oxford University’s Director of Alumni Relations and a Fellow of Jesus College Oxford. She is responsible for supporting links between alumni of the collegiate University and Oxford through a robust offering of events, benefits, services and communications vehicles. The University has over 350,000 known alumni, including more than 44,000 in 188 countries outside the UK. Before arriving at Oxford, Christine had over 20 years of experience in alumni relations at the Harvard Business School (HBS). She headed up External Relations at HBS, overseeing the School’s alumni outreach and fundraising activities. Christine also worked at the Harvard Art Museum.

Links:

https://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/people/ms-christine-fairchild

Learning in the workplace has never been as important as it is today, but very few organizations have successfully become effective learning organizations. My guest today has over 30 years of experience in this field and has helped companies around the world develop their training.

Piers Lea has worked in distance learning and technology-enabled communications since the early 1980s when he was at the University of London. He founded LINE Communications in 1989 which he sold into Learning Technologies Group in 2014. He is now Chief Strategy Officer for Learning Technologies Group (LTG) and LEO (the merge between LINE and Epic), with offices around the world and has worked with the world’s biggest brands to revolutionize the learning technology landscape. As Chief Strategy Officer, Piers is responsible both for setting strategy and working with key clients.

Links:

https://www.ltgplc.com/about/the-board-of-directors/

The field of learning and teaching extends far beyond the walls of a school. The way students are taught in school is defined by policy, research and practice. My guest today has had an illustrious career in all these sectors.

Professor Richard Pring is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Education, Oxford University. He was the Director of the department for 15 years. Since retiring 2003, he has led the Nuffield Review of 14-19 Education and Training in the UK and several subsequent large-scale research projects. Professor Pring has had many roles in education, in research, policy and practice. His experience in education ranges from being Assistant Principal in the Further Education Branch of the Ministry of Education, teaching adolescents in a London comprehensive school, being involved from the 1970s with the Further Education Unit and with TVEI, and as a member of the £15 million ESRC research project SKOPE (Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance). He has continued to publish extensively on philosophy and educational research and vocational education and training.

Links:

http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/people/richard-pring/

Dr Bihani Sarkar, is a scholar of Sanskrit and ancient Indian culture, language, history and society. She is an associate faculty member of the Oriental Institute at Oxford University, and member of Wolfson College. Bihani has a doctorate in Sanskrit from Oxford University, where she focused on the cult of the warrior goddess Durga in medieval Indian kingship. This research was the basis for her first book. She has subsequently held postdoctoral fellowships at Hamburg University, was a British Academy postdoctoral fellow at Oxford University, and has been a Teaching Fellow at Leeds University. Bihani has just published her second book, titled “Classical Sanskrit Tragedy: the concept of suffering and grief in medieval India”. This book focuses on the way tragedy is dealt with in ancient Indian text, which is what we dig deeper into this episode. We will see what we can learn from these ancient texts and the way that they portrayed people overcoming mental and emotional obstacles.

Links:

https://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/people/bihani-sarkar

Book: Heroic Shāktism - The Cult of Durgā in Ancient Indian Kingship

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/heroic-shktism-9780197266106?cc=gb&lang=en&

Book: Classical Sanskrit Tragedy - The Concept of Suffering and Pathos in Medieval India

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/classical-sanskrit-tragedy-9781788311113/