Edufuturists

On this show, we have Chris Melia, who is a Senior Learning Technologist at the University of Central Lancashire (known as UCLan), and digital learning lead for the University’s Faculty of Health and Wellbeing.

On this episode we are joined by Paul McKean. Paul is the Head of Further Education and Skills at Jisc (a UK organisation that provides digital solutions for education and research).

On this episode of the Edufuturists podcast we are joined by Dr. Pete Phillips. Pete is Research Fellow in Digital Theology at Durham University & Head of Digital Theology at Premier Media in London.

On this episode we are joined by Deborah Kellsey Millar. Deborah has thirty years' experience working in further and higher education. Passionate about using technology for educational excellence, she is the Group Executive Director for Digital Learning...

On this episode we are joined by Dan Sydes. Dan is currently Principal at North East Futures UTC, a 14-19 year old School that opened in Newcastle, in the UK, in September 2018 specialising in the IT and Health Science industries, two of the fastest...

Khaled is Head of e-learning & libraries at the Hull College Group. His main focus is on blended learning and innovation using widening participation delivery models that enhance the digital skills of both staff and students. He is a passionate believer in edtech and learner voice and is a proud Microsoft innovative educator expert and holds a BSc Degree in Computer Science. He tweets at @khaledal_ankar

We are joined by Marta McAlister. Marta is a former teacher turned Googler who drives the voice of educators in product and program development. Marta has worked on education teams at Google for over 8 years and is currently focused on building productivity and collaboration tools for higher education.

We are joined by another good friend of the show, Louise Jones and also Ulla Koivula. Louise has recently joined Ulla and the team at Thinglink. ThingLink is an edtech platform that makes it easy to augment images, videos, and virtual tours with additional information and links.

If you cast your memory back to episode 41 we talked to Jon Neale about his visit to the Agora school in Roermond, Netherlands and their innovative style of education. On this episode we are delighted to be joined by Rob Houben, the manager of Agora. As the manager, Rob is like the headteacher or principal.

On this episode of the Edufuturists podcast we are chatting with friend of the podcast, Mark Allen. Mark has helped over two hundred schools become future-ready by moving them to the cloud. He works with schools on the three essential strands of Technology, Pedagogy and Engagement, to help them increase productivity both at the individual and the team level. His work has helped enhance learning for both children and adults, and both increase efficiency and save schools a lot of money.