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Season 5 Episode 5
In this episode, Libby and Owen speak with Joanna Cannon, senior fellow at the Walton Family Foundation, where she supports a growing body of researc…
14 hours ago
Notes from the Festival of Learning: The future of AI in education
Season 5 Episode 5
In this episode of EdTechnical, Owen reports back from the Festival of Learning in South Korea, the annual gathering that brings together academics i…
3 weeks ago
AI Pre-Mortem: Getting Ahead of AI's Risks in Education
Season 5 Episode 3
In this episode of EdTechnical, Libby and Owen speak with Rebecca Winthrop, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, where she directs the Center …
1 month, 1 week ago
England's Bet on AI in the Classroom
Libby is on maternity leave, so Hermione Thompson steps in to guest co-host this episode alongside Owen. Hermione is AI and EdTech lead at Purposeful…
2 months ago
Should We Be Embracing Cognitive Offloading?
Season 5 Episode 1
This season EdTech founder Libby Hills and AI researcher Owen Henkel continue to speak with leading researchers, practitioners and educators on the E…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
AI That Acts: What “Agents” Mean for Classrooms
In this EdTechnical short, Libby and Owen unpack ‘AI agents’ and what they mean for education. Agents are large language models connected to tools an…
4 months ago
Voice AI Is Listening. But Is It Actually Hearing? (Recorded Live at SXSW EDU 2026)
At this year's SXSW EDU, Owen joined a panel on what it takes to make voice AI for assessment work in classrooms.
In this live recording of the sessio…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
A Teddy Bear That Talks Back?
Season 4 Episode 4
In this EdTechnical short, Libby and Owen test a conversational plush toy to understand more about AI-powered toys designed for young children. Recen…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
AI broke take-home assignments. Can it fix them too?
Season 4 Episode 3
In this episode of EdTechnical, Libby and Owen speak with Panos Ipeirotis, Professor at NYU Stern School of Business, about his experiment using AI t…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Why AI Can't Automate Just the "Boring" Parts of Teaching
Season 4 Episode 2
In this EdTechnical Short, Libby and Owen explore how AI might reshape teaching through the lens of the “weakest link” theory from economics. They di…
6 months, 2 weeks ago