Edufuturists

Watch the episode on Youtube We are joined by Davis Chen, VP of Engineering at Kneron, a San Diego based AI solutions provider. Davis spent 21 years at Qualcomm and was the former Taipei Head of Engineering. In his time there, he managed six business units including Mobile, IOT/XR, Compute, Connectivity, Auto, and Audio, and won eight Qualcomm Annual Achievement Awards. Davis has a Master’s Degree focused on Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego. Kneron are passionate about education and about building trust in AI. They regularly test facial recognition terminals to ensure they work correctly and are interested in how the workforce is becoming increasingly more automated and the effect this will have on student skills that are needed. The Kneron dongle is being used in UCLA, Notre Dame and the University of Virginia and they are looking at how AI can be used in classrooms as virtual tutors. Kneron primarily solves three main problems for smart devices running AI — security, energy and cost, thereby enabling AI everywhere and for everyone.

We are delighted to be joined by Amber Harper, the creator of Burned-In Teacher and author of Hacking Teacher Burnout. Amber is a Teacher Burnout Coach, she coaches educators to help prevent and/or recover from burnout, so that they can live happier, more fulfilled lives. Amber is driven by her desire to support teachers to ensure that this current career and this one life they have, is the best, most fulfilling that it can be. This is done through various mediums including her podcast, book, membership, and free Facebook Community. Watch this episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/ZguPwh3dslU

We are delighted to be joined by two pioneers in a brand new innovation, known as The Critical Engineer. Louise Jones is a regular guest on the podcast and is Founder of Cairngorm Futures & Director of Education Community and Partnerships at ThingLink. Paul Fagan is Head of Enterprise and Employability at West College Scotland and one of The Critical Engineer Founders.   Find out more and sign up at https://www.criticalengineer.net/ for the upcoming events on January 21st | January 28th | February 4th

We are delighted to be joined by David Jones has over 30 years experience in FE/HE, most recently 16 outstanding years as CEO at Coleg Cambria. He stepped down in January to pursue a range of consultancy and non-exec roles. David was a key presenter at our New, Next or Never Normal roundtable in June to launch a report he compiled of the same name, which we will discuss today. We asked about how to figure out the changing world of further and higher education. David was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Clwyd in March 2010 and was awarded an OBE in the 2015 New Year’s Honours List in recognition of his services to education. David also won the TES UK FE Leader of the Year Award in 2017. youtube.com/edufuturists edufuturists.com

Watch the video of this episode at https://youtu.be/mamE9OR1k3o We are delighted to be joined by Liz Pemberton, known on social media and education circles as The Black Nursery Manager. She is super active in the EYFS setting. Liz has worked in Early Years for over 16 years but has had experience in secondary teaching (Health & Social Care, Childcare & Drama) and university lecturing. She is passionate about many things and will inspire us tonight to rethink our attitudes to race.

In this episode we are delighted to be joined by Debra Kidd. Debra has worked across primary, secondary, FE and HE settings and is the author of four books on education. She works internationally now, in and out of classrooms with children and teachers, exploring how to make learning matter. Watch the video of this podast here https://youtu.be/B98pPjC1P1E www.edufuturists.com

We have a really exciting episode today and we have the CEO of Texthelp Martin McKay. Martin founded Texthelp in 1996 to help people with communication difficulties. What started as a company focused on people with profound Speech and Dexterity Disabilities has become a world leading Education Technology company creating smart, inclusive software that helps people read, write, express their thoughts and share information more accurately & fluently – across all stages of life.  His personal goal is to help 100 million people achieve their literacy goals. Martin has spent work life developing education technology. Current areas of R&D include learning analytics and the automated assessment of writing and oral reading fluency.  In the past, he has served on the Assistive Technology Industry Association Board as well as the NIMAS board for the USA Office of Special Education Programs. In 2017, he received the Presidential Award in recognition of lifetime contribution to dyslexia and literacy from the International Dyslexia Association. He is currently serving in an advisory capacity on the Universal Design for Learning council.

All of our guests in this episode were involved in London Tech Week. Our first guest is Professor Mischa Dohler from King's College London. He is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Distinguished Member of Harvard Square Leaders Excellence. Our second guest is Gori Yahaya Founder and CEO of UpSkill Digital -  a company dedicated to minimising the global digital skills gap. The third member of the impressive triumvirate is Caroline Wright, Director General of the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) She is also Director of EdTech Exchange, Europe’s largest EdTech start-up network organisation. We are excited to discuss some of the themes from the Future of Learning: 2020-2025 report from London & Partners and Future Scape 248 that has recently been published. Please get your questions and comments in for the 3 guests throughout the chat.

In this episode we are joined live by Professor Mick Waters. Mick worked at a national level with the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority where he was Director of Curriculum.

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