Today I'm joined by Kevin Bell, Kevin is the Founder and CEO at Digital Education Analytics. Some highlights in Kevin's career - he was the Pro Vice Chancellor for Digital Futures at Western Sydney University, he previously held the role of Executive Director and Senior Fellow for the Lowell Institute at Northeastern University and was a senior member of Paul LeBlanc's team at Southern New Hampshire University where he led SNHU's innovation lab. He has enjoyed an extensive career, so please visit his LinkedIn profile to see what else he's been up to - you'll be impressed.

Kevin holds a Bachelors from the University of Manchester, A masters in teaching and learning from Marlboro College and earned his Doctorate at the UPenn GSE where he graduated with distinction. His thesis on the intrinsic motivation of students is surfaced several times in our conversation.

Kevin and I chat about intrinsic motivation; positive reinforcement; the importance of decision making; the power of experimentation, gameful design and flow; formal and informal learning; the power of networks; online vs F2F; ubiquity of content; the importance of assessment and the ability to demonstrate competency; augmenting learning experiences through online; the intersection between academia and industry - the role of the intermediary; moving beyond qualifications as a requirement for a job; artificial intelligence and much more

Kevin is a friend, he's a terrific guy to spend time with and he understands Higher Education very well, plus he has interesting stories to share!

I hope that you will enjoy our time together.

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