Sights on EdTech

Zanichelli Venture

Interviews with EdTech founders & CEOs as well as ecosystem players such as incubators, testbeds, academics and so on.

  1. 11/03/2025

    🏆🏅 BETT Awards Special 🏅🏆

    🎤 Special Episode Alert! 🎤Luigi went behind the scenes at Bett Global 2025 to meet this year’s award winners! 🏆✨ In this special episode, Duncan Verry, Portfolio Director at Hyve Group, introduced us to the exhibition and the prestigious awards before diving into exclusive interviews with the winners.From groundbreaking EdTech innovations to emerging startups, we spoke with:🏅 Jon Neale from Quizizz🏅 Ida Laszuk and Paulina Kowalik from MUSICON – educational devices🏅 Martin Saunders from EdShed🏅 Zoltan Visy from Redmenta🏅 Victoria Mallinson from Olex.AIAnd how could we miss our chance to take a peek at the GESAwards - Global EdTech Startup Awards 2025 winners🏅finding Mohammed Reda from STEMpedia!

    38 min

  2. 24/02/2025

    🚀 Leading an Impactful EdTech Enterprise - ⁠UCL⁠ Course with Alison Clark-Wilson and Anissa Moeini 🚀

    🚀 Leading an Impactful EdTech Enterprise - UCL Course 🚀🗓️ 1st cohort: 3-5 March; 2nd cohort: 18-20 June Alison Clark-Wilson and Dr. Anissa Moeini told Luigi about their upcoming course for edtech leaders @ IOE - UCL's Faculty of Education and Society! 🎯 Build impact strategies that align teams to create trustworthy edtech 🎯 Avoid costly missteps by designing with evidence from the start 🎯 Cultivate leadership skills to shape the future of education technologies

    10 min

  3. 03/02/2025

    🔍 Inclusive EdTech: A Conversation with Louisa Rosenheck 🔍

    How can EdTech founders embed inclusive design from the very first prototype?In this episode of Sights on EdTech, Luigi sat down with Louisa Rosenheck—EdTech design expert, Harvard instructor, ex Kahoot! and former MIT researcher—to explore: 🛠️ The role of co-design and why engaging learners early in development is key. 🧠 Why inclusive design isn’t just about accessibility of the marginalised—it’s about better learning for all. 📏 “We tend to value what we can measure instead of measuring what we really value.” How can we recenter on what we truly value? 🚀 EdTech developers can embed future-ready skills alongside content and standards, making them a core part of learning.

    1 h 5 min

  4. 29/10/2024

    Jessica Triant and Tanner Higgin from WestEd

    🔍 Evidence-Based Design in EdTech: Why It Matters 🔍 In this episode of Sights on EdTech, we explore the pivotal role of evidence-based design in shaping effective #EdTech solutions. WestEd’s experts, Tanner Higgin, Ph.D. and Jessica Triant, dive into the role of formative research in developing effective EdTech tools. 💡 Measuring success must extend beyond pre-post testing; building strong partnerships between researchers, developers, and educators from the start leads to truly impactful innovation.

    1 h 1 min

  5. 18/10/2024

    Dan Fitzpatrick from The AI Educator

    Join us as Dan Fitzpatrick, educator, innovator, and author of The AI Classroom, explores the role of AI in education. In this episode of Sights on Edtech, we dive into how AI is already making its way into education and its long-term potential, as well as the challenges traditional schooling systems face in trying to keep up. 🚀 Working on an innovative EdTech project? We’d love to ⁠connect⁠!

    49 min

  6. 10/07/2024

    Alberto Arenaza from Transcend Network

    Alberto Arenaza, co-founder of Transcend Network, shares how they support early-stage EdTech founders. From finding product-market fit to choosing the appropriate funding vehicle, Transcend Network is enabling innovators to transform education and the future of work. 🚀 Working on an innovative EdTech project? We’d love to connect!

    38 min

  7. 22/05/2024

    From EdTech to PedTech by Fiona Aubrey-Smith

    Fiona and Luigi discuss the importance of choosing EdTech tools that are aligned with pedagogical beliefs, and why considerations regarding pedagogical alignment are important for all stakeholders, including developers. 🚀 Working on an innovative EdTech project? We’d love to connect! 👉 https://lnkd.in/djrP4FW

    32 min

  8. 02/05/2024

    Matteo Penzo from Zick Learn

    In this episode, Luigi and Matteo discussed the challenges and potential solutions in corporate training, with a focus on the use of text-based microtrainings delivered with Zick Learn. They explored the platform's features including its analytics, AI-enabled tools and compatibility with other software, and discussed the principles it is built upon: microlearning and spaced learning. The conversation also touched on Zick Learn's positioning in the market and the anticipation for upcoming features. Zanichelli Venture is the Italian leading textbook publisher Zanichelli Editore’s investment initiative, focusing on early-stage edtech startups.

    54 min
Elenco completo (33)

Descrizione

Interviews with EdTech founders & CEOs as well as ecosystem players such as incubators, testbeds, academics and so on.

Informazioni

  • Creatore
    Zanichelli Venture
  • Anni di attività
    2022 - 2025
  • Puntate
    33
  • Classificazione
    Contenuti adatti a tutti
  • Copyright
    © Zanichelli Venture
  • Sito web del podcast
    Sights on EdTech