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Education is entering a period of exponential change where there is a great need for learners, teachers and leaders to learn, unlearn and relearn faster than ever before. The Emerging...
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Education is entering a period of exponential change where there is a great need for learners, teachers and leaders to learn, unlearn and relearn faster than ever before.
The Emerging Futures of Education podcast hosted by LearnTech Lab will explore what the emerging futures of education might be with a range of leading futurists, thought leaders and innovators.
It will have a high-tech and a high-touch focus exploring the possible impact of exponential technologies on education and learning and also the growing importance of defining and developing what is needed to enable humans to thrive in a largely automated future with a focus on the K12 sector.
LearnTech Lab are Nick Burnett and Angela O’Sullivan and for more info and to sign up for The Emerging Futures of Education weekly newsletter please visit www.learntechlab.com”.
With thanks to Sam Burnett for composing the intro and outro music “For What Is To Come”
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The Emerging Futures of Education podcast hosted by LearnTech Lab will explore what the emerging futures of education might be with a range of leading futurists, thought leaders and innovators.
It will have a high-tech and a high-touch focus exploring the possible impact of exponential technologies on education and learning and also the growing importance of defining and developing what is needed to enable humans to thrive in a largely automated future with a focus on the K12 sector.
LearnTech Lab are Nick Burnett and Angela O’Sullivan and for more info and to sign up for The Emerging Futures of Education weekly newsletter please visit www.learntechlab.com”.
With thanks to Sam Burnett for composing the intro and outro music “For What Is To Come”
The Emerging Futures of Education
The Emerging Futures of Education
9 NOV 2020 · In Episode 20 Nick talks with Hayley McQuire about: An Indigenous Perspective of the Future and Past of Education
- Is what we have been doing preparing our youth for the future?
- Recognising different cultural lenses and Cultural Intelligence
- The importance of community
- Acknowledging the past to assist in moving forward
- Understanding your place in the world
- Great examples of where the emerging future is already happening
- Coming together around the ‘Wicked Problem’
- What is education for and the possibilities around community ownership and responsibility
- What legacy do you want to leave for 7 generations from now?
Bio for Podcast:
Co-Founder and National Coordinator of the National Indigenous Youth Education Coalition.
Passionate about supporting young people to be critical and active drivers in our education ecosystem, where Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing are embedded and tied to the aspirations of both Indigenous Nations and our young people.
Committed to building on the work of my Old People who paved the way in Indigenous education and facilitating opportunities to share and learn with Indigenous Peoples internationally.
Former Australian Representative on the Youth Advocacy Group (YAG) for the United Nations Global Education First Initiative. The YAG acted as an advisory body, which represents and gives voice to the views of youth around the world on education.
www.globaleducationfirst.org/669.htm
Also, former UNICEF Australia Youth Ambassador, GPE Youth Champion and presenter of the Deadly Vibe on Radio 4US Rockhampton
https://www.niyec.com/
coordinator@niyec.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayley-mcquire-394b1a4b/
https://twitter.com/hayleymcquire
27 OCT 2020 · In Episode 19 Nick talks with Leanne Kemp about:
• Seeing the world through two-dimensions – physical and digital
• The art and science of leadership and listening
• Blitzscaling through teaming and re-teaming
• Why every CEO should have a Chief Entrepreneur
• The importance of a curious mind
• Everledger and Everlearning
• The importance of anti-fragility both physical and mental
• Improving digital literacy
Bio for Podcast:
Leanne Kemp is Founder and CEO of Everledger and Queensland Chief Entrepreneur. She is a prominent figure in the technology sector and recognised internationally as an innovator and leader. Her company Everledger uses Blockchain technology to track high-value assets such as diamonds, art and wine with the aim of increasing transparency and trust with technology.
In 2018, her entrepreneurial success saw her appointed as the Queensland Chief Entrepreneur in Australia, to develop the state’s startup ecosystem, attract investment and support job creation. She is the first woman entrepreneur to hold this position. In 2019 her tenure as Chief Entrepreneur was extended for another year, the first time the role has been extended since its creation.
Leanne works on a global scale to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation and is an advocate of sustainability in business. Leanne’s roles include:
CEO and Founder, Everledger
Queensland Chief Entrepreneur
Co-Chair, Global Future Council on the Future of Manufacturing, World Economic Forum
Member, Global Future Council on Blockchain, Circular Economy and Global Battery Alliance with the World Economic Forum
Board of Stewards for Accelerating Sustainable Production, World Economic Forum
Regional Ambassador of Australia, Global Blockchain Business Council
Co-Chair, Sustainable Trade Action Group, World Trade Board
Advisor, IBM Blockchain Platform Board of Advisors
Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Future Environment, Queensland University of Technology
Leanne is a two times Patent Inventor as well as holding the following prominent awards include:
Advancing Identification Matter (AIM) Global Allan Gilligan Award 2019
Advance Technology Innovation Award 2018
Innovator of the Year 2018 (Women in IT Awards, London)
Innovator of the Year 2016 (Women in IT Awards, London)
Top 26 Coolest Women in UK Tech, 2016 (Business Insider)
Top 30 Female Innovators (Brummell Magazine)
The link to unKempt Podcast - https://www.chiefentrepreneur.qld.gov.au/podcast
OQCE Social media channels:
LinkedIn- Queensland Chief Entrepreneur
Twitter – QChiefEntrepren
Facebook – QChiefEntrepreneur
Instagram – qchiefentrepreneur
Leanne’s social media:
Twitter: Leanne_kemp https://twitter.com/leanne_kemp
Instagram: leannemkemp https://www.instagram.com/leannemkemp/
13 OCT 2020 · In Episode 18 Nick talks with Dan Fish about:
- The Six D’s of digital transformation
- GO1 – The Spotify of learning
- Cradle to the grave learning
- The opportunity with adding a data layer to learning
- Capturing the learner journey
- Capturing the intangible learning
- How do we identify/assess what is useful?
- The possibilities of using AI/tech to assess and keep the learning record and suggest new learning experiences
Bio for Podcast:
Dan is a futurist, thought leader and entrepreneur in education & technology, Dan is passionate about the important role these industries play at a societal level. After a successful career in advertising he spent a number of years working in child welfare for both international and local NGOs. Here he saw the very real impact education, or a lack there of, could have on the planet. The last 15 years have been spent working for a number of successful technology businesses with a particular leaning towards education, career & the future of work.
Most recently Dan has held leadership positions at Australian success story SEEK and now heads up strategy at GO1; another exciting Australian start-up backed by SEEK, Microsoft and Salesforce in recent rounds of fundraising. Dan believes in the exponential opportunity that now exists, thanks to technology, in helping democratise education and support personalised & contextualised lifelong learning.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-fish-a624b039/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/techfishbowl
Email: dfish@go1.com
You can also visit the company site and find out more about GO1 by clicking on https://www.go1.com
22 SEP 2020 · In Episode 17 Nick talks with Anuraj Gambhir about:
•The ‘Smart’ School
•STEM to STEAM to ESTEAM
•Story-doing and story-living as opposed to story telling
•Hyper-personalised learning
•Wearables – Wear 2 Able - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/future-wear-to-able-anuraj-gambhir/
oUse of BCI’s to improve learning
oHeartmath – brain:heart coherence
•White Mirror https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/white-mirror-wall-what-does-future-hold-us-all-anuraj-gambhir/
•The importance of Mindsets
•De-cluttering the mind to unleash the Serendipity Mindset
Bio
Anuraj Gambhir is an internationally recognized Exponential Thought Leader, Strategic Business/Startup Advisor and Technology Visionary. Anuraj is an Innovation Evangelist, Business Strategist on the outside and Altruist, Philosopher on the inside, and a million things in between. He is focused on shaping the future of humanity from ‘mindset to heartset’. As an Innovation catalyst and Transdisciplinary expert Anuraj assists organizations to spearhead their innovation agenda. He has over 28 years’ experience working across the mobile ecosystem, spanning 5 continents. Some prominent companies he has worked with include NASA/JPL, Optus, Logica/Aethos, T-Mobile, Orange, GSM Association, Sharp, Siemens, Spice, Ericsson, MTS, Globacom, SingularityU.
Contact Details:
Website: anuraj.io
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anurajgambhir/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Anuraj_Gambhir
15 SEP 2020 · In Episode 16 Nick talks with Simone Planté about:
- Is AI the electricity of the future?
- Dystopia or Utopia in relation to AI
- The importance of ethics in the development of AI in relation to biases
- No-code algorithms and therefore reduced need to learn coding
- The importance of creativity, ethics and debating for students
- What we all need to know about AI
- O2O – offline to online in education and learning
- AI in Education in China
- When do we allow augmentation and when don’t we?
Bio for Podcast:
Simone is passionate about artificial intelligence for positive human impact. Simone has spent over 20 years working with, advising and investing in technology companies globally: as an investment banker, entrepreneur and Venture Capital Partner. Simone is Founder and Managing Partner of HumAIn Capital, based in Sydney, advising organisations and investing in Artificial Intelligence & deep tech for positive human impact.
She is passionate about complex systems and "O2O": bridging the gap between Offline (human systems) and Online (artificial intelligent systems).
Simone began her career in investment banking with Morgan Stanley corporate finance, working with some of the leading technology pioneers in Silicon Valley, followed by founding several tech startups with successful exits. After living abroad for over 20 years: in San Francisco, New York, London and Hong Kong, Simone recently returned to Australia.
Links:
Email: simone@humaincapital.com
Website: www.humaincapital.com
2 SEP 2020 · 15 – Peter Xing – Transhumanism and Education
In Episode 15 Nick talks with Peter Xing about:
- Transhumanism 101
- Brain-computer Interfaces and implications for learning
- Nanobots possible role in learning
- Do we need to understand consciousness to ‘solve’ the general AI problem?
- Do we need to merge with AI to ensure we don’t become irrelevant?
- The final state of the universe!
- The need to be proactive in use and awareness of the technology developments
- The importance of narrowing the digital divide
- Why banning mobile phones is a terrible idea
Bio for Podcast:
Peter is a keynote speaker on transhumanism and emerging technologies, helping individuals and organisations navigate disruptive technology and innovation.
He works on the strategy, design and delivery of data analytics, machine learning and automation projects to high growth and large multinational organisations. He is also the co-founder of
Transhumanism Australia, a community of technologists who work in and create positive impact through emerging technologies.
Peter speaks on transhumanism, artificial intelligence, blockchain, IoT, biotech, nanotech, healthtech and other emerging technologies which help humans overcome the limitations of biology by augmenting and enhancing our intelligence, healthy longevity and wellbeing.
Other Useful Links
https://www.transhumanism.com.au/
https://www.meetup.com/Transhumanism-Sydney/
https://su.org/about/faculty/peter-xing/
Contact Details:
Mob +61 421 949 366
pxing1@kpmg.com.au
https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-xing/
18 AUG 2020 · In Episode 14 Nick talks with Brad Twynham about:
· A chance meeting with Larry Page
· Creating better connections between home and school
· How might we make lifelong learning really happen
· Rehearsing the future
· The Learning Without Borders Tapestry
· Schools as Learning Villages
· The importance of wisdom
· Technology and the Montessori approach
Bio for Podcast:
Brad Twynham is a Technology Entrepreneur and Innovator who over his first 20 years of business life has
successfully co-founded and exited three award winning enterprise technology startups. On exiting his last
startup in 2015 and returning to the Central Coast of NSW where he now resides, Brad co-founded a Montessori Primary School. He is now Chairs the Board of that School and has been working on a Program within the School called "The Learning Village" which is redefining what the role of a school is in the community. The Learning without Borders Program is a key element of the learning Village and is becoming an open sourced project to define the school of the future using a pragmatic and flexible framework.
Brad currently is a Global Faculty Member of Singularity U, a Technology Strategist and Internationally recognised Leadership Expert.
We are intending to opensource the Learning without Borders Project. If anyone is interested in participating
then we would love to hear from you. Please drop me an email or Private Message through one of my Social
Channels if you are interested.
Facebook: @bmltwynham
Twitter: btwynham
Linkedin: Brad Twynham
website: www.bradtwynham.com
4 AUG 2020 · In Episode 13 Nick talks with Kieran Nolan about:
●Taking people on a journey of digital transformation
●It’s about mindsets not age
●The importance of courageous leadership
●The opportunities with Internet 3.0 and Blockchain with Primary Aged students
●Decentralising the ownership of the learning and content
●Minecraft as a learning tool
●Teaching and learning technologies of the future
Bio for Podcast:
As the education technologist at Wooranna Park Primary School, Kieran Nolan has helped establish the school as a world leader in education technology and future thinking. Students have developed everything from virtual reality games and custom-built computers to fully functioning Cisco networks. They have built their own 3D printed computer lab using Raspberry Pi, created their own cryptocurrency, voted on hardware and software for the school’s open-source STEAM centre, built their own full nodes for various blockchains, and created an educational game that teaches people how to mine Bitcoin. Students have even created an international Minecraft environment to learn about hardware wallets and financial literacy. These efforts led Wooranna Park Primary School to recently become only the third school outside of the United States to be filmed by the George Lucas Foundation.
Contact: kdnolan@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kieran-nolan-a932411a/
Twitter: @KieranDNolan
Website: https://kdnolan.com/
22 JUL 2020 · In Episode 12 Nick talks with Nicole Dyson about:
•Transforming learning experiences by connecting the learning with the real world
•The shift from teacher to facilitator of learning
•Making learning transparent to the wider community and showcasing the learning
•Students co-designing the curriculum
•The range of learning experiences needed by young people
•The need for support to teachers and learners in the shift to new approaches
•Assessment should be based on what would success look like
Bio for Podcast:
Nicole is a globally recognised expert and practitioner in project-based learning and student entrepreneurship and is the founder of Future Anything, an award winning, curriculum aligned entrepreneurship program for high school students. She is also the founder of YouthX, Australia’s first purpose-built Accelerator program for school aged entrepreneurs.
Nicole is a contributor to the Foundation for Young Australian’s YLab program, has represented Australia as a delegate for the G20 Young Entrepreneur’s Alliance, held in Argentina in 2018 and was a finalist in the 2019 Business News Australia 'Young Entrepreneur Awards’.
As a teacher in the USA, UK and Australia as well as a Head of Department and Head of Year at some of Queensland’s top performing public schools, Nicole has repeatedly led the design and implementation of whole school changes to support future ready learning.
Nicole passionately believes that youth-led ideas have the power to bend the future, and works tirelessly to provide young people (and their educators) with the support, skills and space they need to take their ideas out of the classroom and into the real world.
30 JUN 2020 · In Episode 11 Nick talks with Aubrey de Grey about:
•The biology of ageing – it’s just a medical problem
•Re-imagining our current mind sets on ageing
•Education and learning opportunities around re-imagining ageing
•Longevity escape velocity
•Possible implications on education and learning
•The pro-ageing trance
•Things will seem to move really slowly and then suddenly extremely rapidly
Bio for Podcast:
Dr. Aubrey de Grey is a biomedical gerontologist based in Mountain View, California, USA, and is the Chief Science Officer of SENS Research Foundation, a California-based 501(c)(3) biomedical research charity that performs and funds laboratory research dedicated to combating the aging process. He is also VP of New Technology Discovery at AgeX Therapeutics, a biotechnology startup developing new therapies in the field of biomedical gerontology. In addition, he is Editor-in-Chief of Rejuvenation Research, the world’s highest-impact peer-reviewed journal focused on intervention in aging. He received his BA in computer science and Ph.D. in biology from the University of Cambridge. His research interests encompass the characterisation of all the types of self-inflicted cellular and molecular damage that constitute mammalian aging and the design of interventions to repair and/or obviate that damage. Dr. de Grey is a Fellow of both the Gerontological Society of America and the American Aging Association, and sits (uncompensated) on the editorial and scientific advisory boards of numerous journals and organisations. He is a highly sought-after speaker who gives 40-50 invited talks per year at scientific conferences, universities, companies in areas ranging from pharma to life insurance, and to the public.
Email: aubrey@sens.org
Website: https://www.sens.org/
Education is entering a period of exponential change where there is a great need for learners, teachers and leaders to learn, unlearn and relearn faster than ever before. The Emerging...
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Education is entering a period of exponential change where there is a great need for learners, teachers and leaders to learn, unlearn and relearn faster than ever before.
The Emerging Futures of Education podcast hosted by LearnTech Lab will explore what the emerging futures of education might be with a range of leading futurists, thought leaders and innovators.
It will have a high-tech and a high-touch focus exploring the possible impact of exponential technologies on education and learning and also the growing importance of defining and developing what is needed to enable humans to thrive in a largely automated future with a focus on the K12 sector.
LearnTech Lab are Nick Burnett and Angela O’Sullivan and for more info and to sign up for The Emerging Futures of Education weekly newsletter please visit www.learntechlab.com”.
With thanks to Sam Burnett for composing the intro and outro music “For What Is To Come”
show less
The Emerging Futures of Education podcast hosted by LearnTech Lab will explore what the emerging futures of education might be with a range of leading futurists, thought leaders and innovators.
It will have a high-tech and a high-touch focus exploring the possible impact of exponential technologies on education and learning and also the growing importance of defining and developing what is needed to enable humans to thrive in a largely automated future with a focus on the K12 sector.
LearnTech Lab are Nick Burnett and Angela O’Sullivan and for more info and to sign up for The Emerging Futures of Education weekly newsletter please visit www.learntechlab.com”.
With thanks to Sam Burnett for composing the intro and outro music “For What Is To Come”
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