Greg Nadeau is the Mr. Rogers of the Ed 3.0 community, welcoming new members and diverse stakeholders working to build the future of an interoperable education credential.

In this conversation we discuss the Academic Genome Project. This project looks to build future of the credential where individual Learner Employment Records - or LERs - enables mobility and unlocks opportunity across geography, industry, and skills. Nadeau walks through how to crosswalk skills to new domains, how to ensure quality and trust, and why this work matters for employers and learners.

By the end of this episode, you will understand the "academic genome" the Ed 3.0 community is working to build in which credentials are precise, machine readable, and interoperable. You can learn more about the Ed 3.0 community and join any meetings here.

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Educators often talk about pathways - an attempt to map all the concepts a student should learn, all the experiences teachers hope they will have.

The guest on this episode of the Ed3 Podcast reimagines this concept in a way that fits our data-filled world.

Bodo Hoenen is building the Proof of Learning Protocol (PoLP), a technology that helps students discover ideas, validate learning, and unlock opportunity. Students identify what they want to do and the PoLP unlocks a unique path to help them learn what is needed based on their intrinsic motivation. Other technologies can build on top of his protocol to create even greater impact.

In this episode, learn about inspiration for this work from a peer-to-peer learning experiment in East Africa. Then, hear the powerful story of how he was able to use the PoLP model to help his daughter when she suddenly became paralyzed. They wanted to build a brain-controlled exoskeleton to increase her mobility. The POL illuminated a path to get there, enabling them to build the device. Ultimately this work helped his daughter restore 40% of the strength in her arms.

Bodo's story is as inspiring as it is forward-thinking, as revolutionary as it is heartwarming. You do not want to miss learning about his decentralized approach to education. His vision of learners as teachers might just help us scale education and give students everywhere access to the latest concepts and technologies long before they would learn about it in a traditional classroom.

Learn more about Bodo at Dev4x.com and connect on Twitter.

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The Internet personalized the world we live in. Education is going through the same evolution with Ed3.

In this episode, learn about this evolution and how you can get involved. 

This audio essay is based on the original article written by myself, Scott Meyer. You can read the original article here (https://www.ed3.gg/writing/ed1toed3/), which includes all the links to the articles, whitepapers, and tweets I mentioned. Subscribe for this and more articles at: digest.ed3.gg.

The most important voice for digital equity that you don't know is Beth Havinga.

She stands at the center of policy, capacity building and AI, working to build solutions that promote digital equity now and 10+ years down the road.

As she notes, there are three levels of digital equity challenges:

Access - In a digital world, students need digital access. As COVID showed, this was far more difficult than expected.

Environment - Even with access, students need a safe space for learning and studying. They may be sharing devices, not have a family member who can help, or socio-economic challenges that make learning difficult.

Bias - Individual technology, such as AI, may be biased or culturally inappropriate for certain learners. Building this technology with digital equity in mind is essential.

With these concepts in mind, we discussed:

Enjoy this dynamic conversation about an issue facing educators globally.

Learn more about Beth Havinga and the EdSAFE AI Alliance.

DAOs could be the future of educational institutions, or at least a new way to scale their reach and depth. In this episode, learn how DAOs, or decentralized autonomous organizations, can decentralize and personalize learning. We will focus on how DAOs can be hubs for learning, networking, socializing, and yes, even dating.

This audio essay is based on the original article written by Vriti Saraf and myself, Scott Meyer. You can read the original article here (https://www.ed3.gg/writing/daoedu/), which includes more details on the organizational potential of DAOs to reimagine institutions and administration.

Regenerative Education solves global challenges with decentralized coordination. Using The One Room Schoolhouse Model, communities see immediate benefit.

In this episode, I share the Regenerative Education article from Ed3.gg. We will discuss:

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DAOs enable permissionless education where teachers become students and students become teachers. Manuel Maccou is working to unlock this innovation. 

As an educational contributor in Bankless DAO, Maccou works to create a welcoming environment where all learners are welcome. Now he is building Mass Effect - a knowledge exchange protocol that helps the smartest minds share information and perspectives. This permissionless education aims to provide the next step after traditional education, promoting lifelong learning.

Connecting with Manuel on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ManuelMaccou and find his project on GitCoin on here: https://gitcoin.co/grants/6173/education-as-a-public-good-the-first-phase-of-mas

Education is key to human flourishing. Web3 enables students to own their education, called ed3 - improving access, affordability, accreditation.

This podcast is a reading of this original article available here. It was written in December 2021. The concepts and ideas in this podcast imagine what the future of education could be.

I hope you enjoy this episode, based on work from Atish Mistry, Blair Rorani, Scott Meyer, Vriti Saraf and originally posted on Mirror.

The future of education will require a re-imagination of what credentials are and how they unlock opportunity.

Fortunately, builders like Tim Connors of https://101.xyz/ is creating this future.

Connors is the CEO and Founder of 101.xyz, building credentials for non-traditional courses that issue crypto rewards. In this conversation, we explore: 

Not only can you learn from Tim, but you can also earn a credential for doing so. Take the Ed3 + 101 quiz after listening to the episode here: https://101.xyz/course/cl4ftib06124509jwcp5wq334. You’ll earn your Ed3: Builders credential to show off everything you learned from this episode.

Learn more about credentials and Ed3 at: http://ed3.gg/

The impact of Web3 comes when we move from bits to atoms - from digital world building to physical world changing.

Web3 has the potential to build a better internet and better human systems. Industries like education can be reimagined in an equitable and impactful way. But, there is a window of time to create these massive changes. If someone’s only exposure to web3 is a scam or negative news headlines, they’ll be less likely to consider these new possibilities. If we wait too long or move too slow, the opportunity for reinvention may pass.

Now is the key moment to bring the ethos, technology and ambition of web3 to the real world to solve human problems.

In short: it’s time for web3 to equitably build.

Learn more about the opportunity and who is working on building with bits and atoms in this episode - our first official episode of the Ed3 podcast. 

You can read the full article and find links to the projects mentioned at: https://www.ed3.gg/writing/time-to-build/