How do you design personalized learning experiences that are dynamic and adaptive? Serj Hunt and Scott Meyer dive into that and other big questions facing educators in the Age of Intelligence.

The podcast discusses the growing trend of alternative education, the role of technology, specifically AI, in shaping the future of learning, and the launch of Hunt's startup: City as a School.

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While AI provides new potential, a challenge is integration. How do schools innovate and integrate these tools?

In this podcast, Scott Meyer and Serj Hunt discuss the need for culture design in education to enable schools to adopt new technologies such as AI.

The conversation highlights the importance of public collaboration, sharing, and learning to create a rich and diverse ecosystem of innovative practices. Innovation often comes from the fringe, and the podcast shares who we should be watching and learning from so we know how to use and integrate new technologies and practices.

Jump in to collaborate, learn in public, and build helps build a culture of innovation in education! Thanks for tuning in!

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Ed3 is going unplugged!

With the fast pace of change, we're excited to start weekly unscripted conversations between Serj Hunt and Scott Meyer on the latest educational changes. This will bring a conversational approach to the emerging trends we are seeing in education.

In this episode, we explore the explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) tools announced this week - like GPT-4 and Midjourney 5 - and their impact on education. We focus on how AI can help humanize the learning experience. Imagine a world where teachers can focus on the human parts of their job and move away from the "bookish" work we associate with instructors.

The big takeaway: robots can make us more human.

We hit on big ideas like how AI can personalize education to meet the unique needs of each student and how AI can provide the content so teachers provide the  emotional connections and support.

Enjoy this conversation on what the recent AI announcements mean for education - present and future.

Tatiana Torres is an entrepreneurial educator, exploring and bringing the latest technologies into the classroom. She has used TikTok, NFTs, digital badges, and AI for education. 

From her home in Peru, she is working to help other educators see themselves as learners who can experiment and share new technology with their classes, no matter where they are.  

This warm-hearted conversation is a great way to see what is happening in EdTech in other parts of the world. Most importantly, it is a challenge for all of us to continue to explore and learn.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yXGcsqB46Vg

Learning ecosystems are networks of learning resources that can be adapted around a specific learner's needs or interests. Serj Hunt is working to develop these ecosystems with City as a School.

In this podcast, Hunt argues that schools and teachers are asked to be everything to everyone: counselors, career advisors, mentors helping teens go through puberty, and educators working on getting students "market-ready."

That's a lot. 

In Hunt's mind, we have learning resources, such as within a city, that we can use to customize and curate educational experiences. He argues that students spend too much time in the traditional classroom. Technology could play a role in freeing up teachers to provide students with the personal exploration they need.

He argues that we can't put babies in front of an AI and expect them to be Galileo, but he is working to reimagine a future where learning and accrediting skills can be more personal with technology.

Enjoy this wide-ranging discussion with a deep-thinker, exploring the edges of what's possible in education.

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Learn more about City as a School: https://www.cityasaschool.com/

Colin Reynolds is a former teacher now working to build accessible learner records. In his position at the Education Design Lab, he is leading a collaborative project with the US Chamber of Commerce to accelerate the adoption of learner employment records using AI.

In this conversation, we remember our early days in radio in the Upper Midwest before diving into how digital records can actually improve learning, help teachers, and unlock opportunities. Reynolds is a deep thinker who does a great job of connecting theoretical digital transformation to real world change. 

Learn more about Reynolds on Twitter and about the Education Design Lab. 

Watch the interview on YouTube here.

Teachers and curriculum designers spend a significant amount of time understanding a concept. Then, they spend more time creating curricula, projects, and exercises based on that material.

What if that work could be done in minutes? What if learners could immediately have flashcards to review key concepts and terms?

Nolej AI makes this possible.

In this episode, we welcome Bodo Hoenen, the first-ever repeat guest on the Ed3 Podcast. Previously, Hoenen discussed decentralized education and how learners could become teachers with his Proof of Learning Protocol.

Not surprisingly, Bodo's company was acquired at the end of 2022, joining French start-up Nolej. With his new company, he is helping to launch Nolej AI.

Nolej AI makes it easy to develop learning materials. With a single URL, blog post, video, or document, Nolej AI will generate flashcards, quizzes, summaries, and more. Future work will build on Nolej AI and continue creating a learning protocol.

This episode is unique because Bodo gave us a sneak peek of the tool! In addition to this podcast, the YouTube video will let you see the tool in action: https://youtu.be/U-tGQW3ANHo

Verifiable credentials are a data type, often thought of as a digital version of credentials we use in the physical world, like diplomas, driver's licenses, professional certifications, etc. 

Evin McMullen of Disco.xyz is on a mission to change that. She is unlocking the personalized web by creating digital backpacks. In everyone's backpack, we have verifiable credentials that share our likes, preferences, experiences, and more. These credentials enable a personalized web, where every site we visit adapts to us. The potential is to take this technology offline as well, so the world around us responds to our individuality.

This conversation is inspiring, deep, and pleasant. Evin makes thick concepts approachable and exciting. I am a total fanboy as you will hear! This episode is a great way to kick off season two, so I hope you'll enjoy it. Read the show notes and subscribe for future episodes at: https://www.ed3.gg/

In the echo of the FTX collapse, how we talk about web3 will forever change. Blockchain tech is perfect for credentials, as long as no one knows.

In this audio essay kicking off season 2, we talk about how web3 as we previously understood it is dead, and how new iterations of web3 are now ready to emerge.

The airdropped university creates competition for existing education institutions by using public information from on-chain credentials. 

This concept seems particularly relevant this week, as the University of Nicosia announced the first 100% on-chain course with over 10,000 students minting the token for access. 

This episode revisits "The Airdropped University", an essay written in January 2022 about the potential for on-chain credentials to enable more rapid innovation and competition in higher education.

You can read the original essay here and subscribe to the Ed3 blog here.