Podcast Episodes

Audrey Watters talks about her book ‘Teaching Machines’ (repeat from 2020)

Season 4 Episode 1

Audrey Watters is a legendary critical voice in the world of education and technology.

We rewind back to 2020 when Audrey caught up with Neil Selwyn t…

14 hours ago

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Learning analytics – what do students think?

Season 3 Episode 16

Learning analytics dashboards and metrics are an increasing presence in higher education. 

We talk to Hannes Hautz (University of Innsbruck) about his…

3 months ago

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Do schools need to be more careful when using social media?

Season 3 Episode 15

Schools now make extensive use of social media for communication and self-promotion.  

 We talk to Tiffani Apps (University of Wollongong) about the d…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

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Does GenAI spell the death of the essay?

Season 3 Episode 14

GenAI is changing the way that schools and universities think about student assessment. 

We talk to Thomas Corbin (Deakin University) about the future…

4 months, 1 week ago

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Digitally empowered students?

Season 3 Episode 13

How can students and teachers be supported to get the most out of living with digital tech? 

Prof. Louise Mifsud (Oslo Met) is leading a new project s…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Ed-tech as climate criminal?

Season 3 Episode 12

The environmental harms associated with our tech use are becoming increasingly apparent ... so how should the ed-tech community be responding? 

Colm O…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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Ed-tech in times of Trump

Season 3 Episode 11

Education and technology in the US is currently mired in the volatile politics of the second Trump administration. 

Dr. Morgan Anderson (University of…

6 months ago

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An ed-tech tragedy … looking back on the COVID-19 pandemic

Season 3 Episode 10

The COVID-19 pandemic was a significant turning-point in the history of ed-tech. 

Mark West (UNESCO) argues that we should look back on COVID remote s…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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The ethics of AI in education

Season 3 Episode 9

There is growing talk about ‘AI ethics’ in education. 

We talk to Michał Wieczorek (University College Dublin) about how to think about tech ethics in…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

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Agentic AI and education

Season 3 Episode 8

Carlo Perrotta (University of Oxford) was researching GenAI in education long before it hit the headlines. 

We talk about the latest hype around ‘Agen…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

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