The Future of EdTech Podcast

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Welcome to The Future of EdTech Podcast, where we explore the technologies transforming education and workplace learning. From AI and automation to machine learning and emerging digital tools, each episode uncovers the innovations shaping how we teach, train and develop skills in the future!

  1. Oct 8

    Gamification, AI, and Why Real Learning Needs To Be Messy | Graham Hutchings, Profitability

    What if making learning easier to build is actually making learning worse?In this episode of the Future of EdTech Podcast, Emil Reisser-Weston speaks with Graham Hutchings, CEO of Profitability Business Simulations, about gamification, AI and why effective learning needs to reflect the messy reality of work.Can AI help us create better learning, or is it simply making it easier to create more of it?Graham: https://www.linkedin.com/in/graham-hutchings-05344b26/Ready to experience the future of Edtech? Visit https://openelms.com or if you have a learning requirement book a meeting https://library.openelms.com/book/andy-howie-discovery00:00 Meet Graham Hutchings00:49 How AI Is Changing Business Simulations01:05 AI Has Supercharged Customisation02:46 Vibe Coding Learning Experiences04:47 What Does AI-Powered Gamification Look Like?05:07 Inside Profitability's Business Simulations07:37 Building Digital Team Simulations10:03 When Technology Gets in the Way of Learning10:36 Gamification vs Game-Based Learning11:12 Golf vs Football: Complicated vs Complex Problems11:55 Why Bad Gamification Doesn't Work13:47 When AI Role Play Works and When It Doesn't15:10 Turning Simulations Into Behaviour Change18:46 Measuring the Real ROI of Learning19:14 Proving Business Impact21:58 AI Adoption Inside Business Simulations23:48 Do Humans Make Better Decisions With AI?24:46 The Wild West of Workplace AI26:26 If It's Easy to Build, Will It Actually Work?27:15 Where to Find Profitability28:02 Outro#FutureOfEdTech #Gamification #GameBasedLearning #AI #LearningAndDevelopment #EdTech #FutureOfLearning #WorkplaceLearning

  2. Oct 6

    This is the One Thing AI Can Never Teach | Adam Lacey, Assemble You

    If AI can give us almost any piece of knowledge instantly, what is actually left to teach?In Episode 17 of the Future of EdTech Podcast, Emil Reisser-Weston speaks with Adam Lacy, co-founder of Assemble You, about the dramatic skills shift taking place as AI changes how we work and learn.Adam argues that knowledge is becoming increasingly accessible, but that doesn't make learning and development obsolete. Instead, its role is shifting towards harder-to-develop human capabilities such as judgement, critical thinking, interpersonal skills and accountability.The challenge now is developing the human skills to know what to do with it.Find out more about Assemble You and listen to the Assembly podcast:https://www.assembleyou.com/https://www.assembleyou.com/the-assembly/the-assembly-podcastSubscribe for more conversations exploring the future of AI, EdTech and workplace learning.00:00 Meet Adam Lacy01:00 If AI Knows Everything, What's Left to Teach?02:58 How L&D Needs to Change03:39 AI Could Remove the Admin From Work04:59 The Human Skills AI Makes More Important05:43 How Do You Teach Judgement?07:41 Are Younger Workers Missing Critical Skills?11:36 Will Chat Become the New Learning Interface?12:43 Using AI to Practise Real-World Skills13:24 Personalising Learning With AI16:26 The Coming Flood of AI-Generated Content18:22 Why People Hate eLearning18:53 Could AI Make Learning Worse?21:16 Why eLearning Tools Are Holding Us Back22:13 Why Should Learners Care?23:15 Can AI Create Great Learning?24:45 Do We Still Need L&D Professionals?26:03 L&D's Opportunity in an AI-First Business27:29 Why Assembly U Started With Audio28:57 Learning When You Don't Have Time32:25 Keeping Learning Content Up to Date33:18 Using AI to Audit Existing Content35:35 Why Accountability Matters More With AI37:04 Why Full AI Automation May Never Happen40:33 Using AI to Practise Failure Safely42:18 What EdTech Needs to Change42:26 Why Completion Is a Useless Metric44:04 How AI Can Analyse Real Performance46:24 The Assembly Podcast47:02 Outro

  3. Sep 24

    AI Won't Change Your Job. Someone Using It Will | Ross Garner, Mind Tools Kineo

    AI won't change your job. But someone using AI might. In Episode 16 of the Future of EdTech Podcast, Emil Reisser-Weston speaks with Ross Garner, Chief Learning Officer at Mind Tools Kineo, about what AI adoption really means for employees, managers and L&D teams. Ross argues that the biggest change isn't the technology itself, but how people respond to it. Someone is going to change the way your job works. It could be you, your manager, or someone who learns to use AI to do the same work faster and more effectively. They explore why simply teaching people how to use AI tools isn't enough, the four barriers holding back enterprise AI adoption, why managers can unintentionally kill AI innovation, and why employees need the confidence and freedom to experiment. Ross also explains why AI could fundamentally change written workplace content, why L&D should focus on improving performance rather than simply producing more courses, and how personalised AI learning could reshape workplace development. The question isn't whether AI will change work. It's who takes control of that change. Subscribe for more conversations exploring the future of AI, EdTech and workplace learning. Chapters 00:00 Meet Ross Garner 00:39 We Forgot to Record the Podcast 01:04 Stop Thinking of AI as a Tool 02:55 Is AI Coming for Our Jobs? 04:41 Letting Go of Your Professional Identity 05:40 The Challenges of AI Adoption 06:10 The Four Barriers to AI Adoption 07:23 Why Organisations Must Reward AI Innovation 08:48 Building AI Skills From the Top Down 10:07 Should Businesses Build Their Own AI Systems? 11:48 The Human in the Loop 12:19 Ten Years of the Mind Tools Podcast 13:05 When Nobody Knew What a Podcast Was 14:35 Why Podcasts Generate Better Ideas 15:04 What 500 Podcast Episodes Teach You 16:08 What EdTech Needs to Change 16:22 Fewer Courses, Better Learning 17:07 Mind Tools Kineo's AI Skills Academy 18:26 Outro

  4. Sep 22

    Stop Looking For Problems AI Can Solve | Jon Poulter, Data and AI Literacy Academy

    AI can do almost anything. But that doesn't mean it should.In Episode 15 of the Future of EdTech Podcast, Emil Reisser-Weston speaks with Jon Poulter, Director of AI Transformation at the Data and AI Literacy Academy, about why organisations should stop starting with AI and start with the problem.Jon explains his “task then tool” approach to AI transformation, why qualitative data is becoming incredibly valuable, how to put the right human in the right loop, and why learning should be measured by business outcomes rather than completions.They also explore AI adoption, Copilot, vibe coding, job displacement and why being able to generate learning with AI doesn't automatically make someone a learning designer.AI can do anything. The real question is: what should it do?Jon Poulter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-md-poulter/https://www.dl-academy.comChapters00:00 Introduction to Jon Poulter01:19 Why AI Transformation Should Start With the Problem01:36 Task First, Tool Second02:49 Understanding What Employees Actually Need04:27 AI Can Do Anything. That's the Problem05:44 Why Giving Everyone AI Isn't Transformation06:17 The Hidden Risks of Copilot08:20 Use the Tools You Already Have10:51 The Problem-First Approach12:08 Using Data to Find the Real Problems14:28 Unlocking the Value of Qualitative Data17:14 Bridging Technical and Non-Technical Teams19:40 Measuring the Business Impact of Learning22:57 The Right Human in the Right Loop25:33 Why Experts Get Things Wrong Too28:17 Where AI Should Make Decisions30:07 Breaking the Quality, Cost and Speed Trade-Off31:29 Will AI Lead to Job Losses?34:33 Transforming Organisations, Not Just Processes35:35 Why Curiosity and Confidence Matter39:02 The Problem With Too Many AI Ideas41:34 Can Anyone Create Good Learning With AI?43:35 Data and AI Literacy Academy44:04 Outro

  5. Sep 11

    Why Human Judgement Still Matters In The Age Of AI | Johanna Pellenin, VouLearning

    What if AI’s biggest opportunity isn’t improving the way we already work, but making entirely new ways of working possible? In this episode of the Future of EdTech Podcast, Emil Reisser-Weston speaks with Johanna Pellenin, co-founder of VouLearning, about the difference between incremental innovation and genuine transformation, and why AI is fundamentally changing what organisations can do. Johanna explores how AI could reinvent competency mapping, dynamically uncover employee skills, analyse development conversations and turn qualitative information into meaningful business insight. She also explains why she prefers the concept of “augmented intelligence”, with AI enhancing human thinking and decision-making rather than simply replacing it. Find out more about Johanna and VouLearning: VouLearning: https://www.vuolearning.com/en/ Johanna Pellenin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pellinenjohanna/ Chapters 00:00 Meet Johanna Pellenin 01:01 From Philosophy to EdTech Founder 02:11 What Was Broken With eLearning? 02:43 Building Mobile-First Learning 04:18 Incremental vs Transformational Innovation 07:40 How AI Enables Transformational Change 08:31 Reinventing Competency Mapping With AI 10:38 Where Human Judgement Still Matters 10:54 Why AI Is Really Augmented Intelligence 12:43 Combining Employee and Company Data 13:46 Turning Conversations Into Business Insights 15:57 AI, Data Security and Ethics 18:16 Why Traditional Competency Mapping Fails 20:18 Can AI Evaluate Employees? 21:04 Why Employees May Prefer AI Assessment 23:20 Is HR Ready for AI? 24:11 The Shift From Content to Skills 25:29 Personalisation vs Organisational Consistency 27:53 How Philosophy Influences EdTech 30:56 Bringing L&D Into One Platform 32:20 What EdTech Needs to Change 33:01 Where to Find Johanna Pellenin

  6. Sep 11

    The L&D Industry Is About To Get A Wake-Up Call | Derek Mitchell, Gallus Insight

    What happens when the C-suite realises AI can create learning faster and cheaper than traditional L&D teams? In this episode of the Future of EdTech Podcast, Emil Reisser-Weston speaks with Derek Mitchell, founder of Gallus Insight, about one of the biggest problems facing Learning and Development: proving that it actually delivers business value. Derek argues that completions, enrolments and engagement metrics tell us very little about whether training worked. Instead, L&D needs to measure behavioural change and connect learning directly to real business outcomes. They explore why AI could fundamentally change the role of L&D, how to calculate genuine learning ROI, the five data points that matter, why traditional LMS analytics fall short and how organisations can finally connect training to performance. Find out more about Derek Mitchell: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekmitchelluk/ Gallus Insight: https://www.gallusinsight.com/ #FutureOfEdTech #LearningAndDevelopment #LND #ArtificialIntelligence #EdTech #LearningAnalytics #LearningROI #AI #Elearning #lms

  7. Sep 1

    This is the One Thing AI Can Never Teach | Adam Lacey, Assemble You

    If AI can give us almost any piece of knowledge instantly, what is actually left to teach? In Episode 17 of the Future of EdTech Podcast, Emil Reisser-Weston speaks with Adam Lacy, co-founder of Assemble You, about the dramatic skills shift taking place as AI changes how we work and learn. Adam argues that knowledge is becoming increasingly accessible, but that doesn't make learning and development obsolete. Instead, its role is shifting towards harder-to-develop human capabilities such as judgement, critical thinking, interpersonal skills and accountability. The challenge now is developing the human skills to know what to do with it. Find out more about Assemble You and listen to the Assembly podcast: https://www.assembleyou.com/ https://www.assembleyou.com/the-assembly/the-assembly-podcast Subscribe for more conversations exploring the future of AI, EdTech and workplace learning. 00:00 Meet Adam Lacy 01:00 If AI Knows Everything, What's Left to Teach? 02:58 How L&D Needs to Change 03:39 AI Could Remove the Admin From Work 04:59 The Human Skills AI Makes More Important 05:43 How Do You Teach Judgement? 07:41 Are Younger Workers Missing Critical Skills? 11:36 Will Chat Become the New Learning Interface? 12:43 Using AI to Practise Real-World Skills 13:24 Personalising Learning With AI 16:26 The Coming Flood of AI-Generated Content 18:22 Why People Hate eLearning 18:53 Could AI Make Learning Worse? 21:16 Why eLearning Tools Are Holding Us Back 22:13 Why Should Learners Care? 23:15 Can AI Create Great Learning? 24:45 Do We Still Need L&D Professionals? 26:03 L&D's Opportunity in an AI-First Business 27:29 Why Assembly U Started With Audio 28:57 Learning When You Don't Have Time 32:25 Keeping Learning Content Up to Date 33:18 Using AI to Audit Existing Content 35:35 Why Accountability Matters More With AI 37:04 Why Full AI Automation May Never Happen 40:33 Using AI to Practise Failure Safely 42:18 What EdTech Needs to Change 42:26 Why Completion Is a Useless Metric 44:04 How AI Can Analyse Real Performance 46:24 The Assembly Podcast 47:02 Outro

  8. Sep 1

    AI Will Change How We Learn Forever | George Hanshaw, Los Angeles Pacific University

    What if getting things wrong was actually essential to better learning? In this episode of the Future of EdTech Podcast, Emil Reisser-Weston speaks with George Hanshaw, Digital Learning and AI Innovation Leader at Los Angeles Pacific University, about psychological safety, active learning and how AI can give learners the confidence to question, challenge and experiment. They explore Socratic AI, conversations with historical figures, data-informed course design, the changing role of subject matter experts, augmented reality and why real-time, problem-based AI learning could eventually cut learning time in half. George also explains why EdTech needs to move beyond AI hype and focus on what genuinely improves learning. Find out more about George: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ghanshaw/ Hanshaw's Horizon: https://hanshawshorizon.com/ #FutureOfEdTech #ArtificialIntelligence #EdTech #LearningTechnology #HigherEducation #AIinEducation #LearningAndDevelopment #Elearning

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