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This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 6/10/22
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textGuest: Philip Cutler, CEO @ PaperTopics This Week:MetaversitiesWith Money From Facebook, 10 Colleges Turn Their Campuses into ‘Metaver...
Alternate Reality Gaming in Education with Sarah Toms of Wharton Interactive
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSarah Toms is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Wharton Interactive. She is a serious games expert and demonstrated thought leade...
This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 6/3/22
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textTopics This Week:Edtech Funding LandscapeWhy Some Investors Say Edtech ‘Doom and Gloom’ OverhypedUnacademy tells employees to focus ...
Making Edtech Interoperable with Erin Mote of InnovateEDU
30 May 2022
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Send us a textErin Mote is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of InnovateEDU, a non-profit that brings together leaders in education and technology...
This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 5/27/22
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textGuest: Jeffrey Cohen, CEO of FullBloomTopics This Week:Class Technologies Acquires Blackboard Collaborate$210M DealPhilOnEdTech Take Me...
Evaluating Parenting Technology with Sophie Brickman, Author of "Baby, Unplugged"
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSophie Brickman is the author of the new book “Baby, Unplugged: One Mother’s Search for Balance, Reason and Sanity in the Digital Ag...
This Week In EdTech with Ben Kornell, 5/20/22
21 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text1. Brutal Year for EdTechIt’s Been A ‘Brutal’ Year for Public Education Companies2. Major Breaking News: Byju’s in Talks t...
The Pedagogy of Game-Based Learning with Louisa Rosenheck of Kahoot!
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLouisa Rosenheck is the Director of Pedagogy at Kahoot!, one of the largest and most influential gamified edtech companies in the world....
This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 5/13/22
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textTopics This Week:Higher Ed’s Commodification and DecentralizationUpskilling Trend Brings Coupons, ‘Flash Sales’ and Other Marketin...
Balancing AI and Human Proctoring with Jordan Adair of Honorlock
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJordan Adair is the Vice President of Product at Honorlock, an online proctoring platform dedicated to maintaining academic integrity. J...
This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 5/6/22
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textGuest: Ashley Andersen Zantop, CEO & Chairman of Cambium Learning GroupTopics This Week:Google Grow Good?Training now free for 500 w...
Expanding Access to Higher Education with Eli Bildner of Guild Education and Rivet School
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textEli Bildner is a Senior Director at Guild Education, where he helps to provide opportunity for America’s workforce through education a...
This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 4/29/22
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textGuest: Stratsi Kulinski, President of NewU UniversityInternational Bubble?New Oriental Education, Unacademy, BYJU'sMetaverseMeta, F...
Credentials for Informal Education with Mario Vasilescu of Readocracy
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMario Vasilescu is co-founder of Readocracy, an online learning platform that makes all the content you consume count. Readocracy includ...
This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 4/22/22
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textGuest:Amar Kumar - Founder & CEO @ KaiPod LearningTopics:Online TutoringData + EfficacySchools Pay Millions for Tutoringa16z START ...
Special Episode: Postcards from ASU GSV (Part 2)
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this second part of the Postcards from ASU GSV mini-series, we talk to a wide variety of amazing Higher Ed and workforce entrepreneur...
Exploring European Edtech with Svenia Busson of the European Edtech Alliance
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSvenia Busson is a global Learning Innovation explorer who has traveled through 19 countries to identify the most innovative technologic...
This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 4/15/22
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textGuest:Mehrad Yaghmai - Co-Founder of QureosQureos raises $3M to grow its learn to earn platformTopics This Week:Employers start to light...
Special Episode: Postcards from ASU GSV (Part 1)
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this special episode, Edtech Insiders hits the road and travels to San Diego for the ASU GSV conference, the biggest and most influen...
New Learning Analytics with Beth Porter of Esme Learning and Riff Analytics
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textBeth Porter started her career in the mathematics classroom before moving into edtech with Mathsoft and Pearson, where she was a VP of s...
This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 4/1/22
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textOn this week in Edtech, we are delighted to have guest host Matthew Tower to cover the top stories of the week:Topics This Week:EdTech @...
Launching The Innovation Gap Year with Jeanette Cheah of Hex
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJeanette Cheah is an award-winning education technology and business leader based in Melbourne, and raised across the US, Japan and Aust...
Evidence as a Service in Edtech with Karl Rectanus of Learnplatform
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textKarl Rectanus is an educator, serial entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of LearnPlatform, a mission-driven "for benefit" ...
This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 3/25/22
01 Apr 2022
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Send us a textOutschoolHow Outschool won the pandemicMaster’s Degree Pricing SoarsRyan Craig on MasterCrashWeb3 and EducationJomayra Herrera on Lear...
Building The $6,000 CS Degree with Ope Bukola of Kibo School
28 Mar 2022
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Send us a textOpe Bukola was a product manager at Amplify Education and a product lead for Google Classroom for four years before branching out as an ...
Investing in Human Enablement with Sergio Monsalve of Roble Ventures
21 Mar 2022
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Send us a textSergio Monsalve is a Founding Partner of Roble Ventures, a venture capital investing firm based in Silicon Valley that invests in human ...
This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 3/18/22
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textTopics This Week:NSVF and Others Receive Funding from MacKenzie Scott for General OperatingHere’s Who MacKenzie Scott Donated To So Fa...
This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 3/11/22
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text1. International Women’s Day (“Break the Bias”)Top 200 Women who are leading Global EdTech Startups. – HolonIQSupercharger Edtec...
Improving Student Outcomes Through Text Messaging with Josh Owens from Boost
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text Josh Owens is the CEO and co-founder of Boost, a personal notification assistant for students on their smartphone. Josh was formerly ...
Building Trust in Peer Grading with David Kofoed Wind of Eduflow
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textEduflow is rapidly becoming one a best-in-class LMS, including a cutting edge peer grading system that both saves instructor time and pr...
This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 3/4/22
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textTopics this week include:The Impact on Education of the War in Ukraine 7.5 million children & youth with education disruptedStudent...
Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 2/25/22
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textOur guest this week is Jomayra Herrera - Partner @ Reach Capital, talking about Web3.Higher Ed BeatA pathway out of intergenerational po...
Edtech Investing and Web3 with Jomayra Herrera of Reach Capital
24 Feb 2022
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Send us a textJomayra Herrera is a partner at Reach Capital, one of the leading edtech venture capital firms, where she supports entrepreneurs that de...
This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 2/18/22
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textTopics This Week:Education Stocks Take a Hit306 global education stocks lost $120B of value in 2021, down 40%Edtech Stocks hit a steep l...
Learning Playlists and Edtech Crowdfunding with Joshua Wöhle of Mindstone
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJoshua Wöhle is the CEO of UK-based Edtech company Mindstone, a platform that helps people learn faster, remember more and get things...
This Week in Edtech With Ben Kornell, 2/11/22
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textOur guest this week: Alberto Arenaza, Edtech Insider Extraordinaire and Cofounder of Transcend Network and author of the Transcend Ne...
This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 2/5/22
05 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week, we sat down with Jonathan Finkelstein, CEO of Credly, which was acquired by Pearson this week for $200m, and with Rhys Spence...
Making the Leap from Teaching to Edtech with Eva Brown
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textEva Brown is the author of “The Next Right Step: From Teaching to Edtech”. Eva was a classroom teacher for many years before transit...
This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 1/28/22
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textTopics This Week:1) Labor Shortages Loom in K12Almost half of all teachers are thinking of leaving their jobsParticularly hurting strugg...
This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 1/21/22
21 Jan 2022
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Send us a textIn this Week in Edtech, we cover:1) Lawsuit Alleging Price-Fixing at Top Universities- NY Times2) Phil Hill's Coverage of the Shrin...
An Applied Science for Working Learners with Stanford Sociologist of Education Mitchell Stevens
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textStanford education professor Mitchell Stevens on developing a science for working learners for the NSF to improve research and outcomes ...
This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 1/14/22
14 Jan 2022
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Send us a textThis Week in Edtech, we focus on 1) Labor Shortages and COVID Contingency Plans- California Community Colleges Go Online, along with mos...
Distributing Emergency Aid for Students with David Helene of Edquity
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textEdquity is an emergency financial assistance platform for college students that is distributing $50 million per quarter. Founder David ...
This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 1/7/22
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textBen and Alex discuss How US Schools are Opening and Closing and Opening, The Merging of Edtech Platforms with Content Providers, The M...
Edtech Year in Review 2021 with Ben Kornell
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this special episode, Alex and Ben Kornell of Cambium Education, Altschool and Altitude Learning talk about some of the major trends ...
Making Massive Online Courses Work with Elizabeth Madariaga and Michael Karsh of Edios Media
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, we talk to Elizabeth Madariaga and Michael Karsh, production and edtech veterans and co-founders of Edios Media. Edios...
Democratizing Career Coaching with Nikki and Dan Gusz of Lloyd
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, we speak to Nikki and Dan Gusz, the sibling entrepreneurial team behind career coaching startup Lloyd.Lloyd's miss...
The Online Schooling Revolution with Amy Jenkins of Outschool
29 Nov 2021
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Send us a textIn this episode of Edtech Insiders, we speak with Amy Amner Jenkins, Head of Schools at Outschool.Previously, Amy was the Chief Operatin...
Scaling Educational Impact with Ben Kornell of Cambiar Education
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, we speak to Ben Kornell of Cambiar Education, who was most recently the CEO of Altschool as it was acquired by Higher...
The Future of K12 Learning Platforms with Adam Franklin of Nearpod
02 Nov 2021
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Send us a textIn this episode, we talk to Adam Franklin, Sr. Product Manager for Content at K12 platform Nearpod. Adam explains his journey from hig...
Investing in Inspiring Edtech with Atin Batra of Twenty Seven Ventures (27V)
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this pilot episode, we interview edtech investor Atin Batra, founder and general partner at Twenty Seven Ventures, also knows as 27V,...
Welcome to Edtech Insiders (Series Trailer)
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textEducation technology is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world. At Edtech Insiders, we talk to the founders, operators, educ...