On 12th June EdTech Europe ,a one day event in London hosted by IBIS Capital and Edxus Group, will bring together leading entrepreneurial innovators and private equity/venture capitalists amongst others.
The e-Learning market is one of the fastest growing sectors(‘Funding for educational tech hit a record high in the first quarter of 2014, when investors put $559m into 103 deals, according to researcher CB Insights’Financial Times June 4th 2014) and we caught up with some of the main players asking them ‘ What should be the key priorities when it comes to education technology?’
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For students, ed tech should be powerfully engaging and motivating. For instructors, ed tech should be simple to use and deploy…and to truly enhance learning, ed tech should address key learning objectives and personalize the students’ experience based on where they are on the continuum of learning.
Ron Reed – Executive Producer of SXSWedu
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Turning both content providers and platforms into trusted sources through subtle but compelling branding.
Robert Jones – Wolff Olins
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I’m excited for a new generation of products that succeed at facilitating truly meaningful peer-to-peer interactions in online learning. Without this, online learning is merely a poor alternative to face-to-face instruction; with it, it’s more powerful than this.
Jan Matern – CEO of Emerge Venture Lab
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Education technology should enable the teacher and learner: i) improving learning outcomes ii) in a time and cost efficient way iii) that is motivating to pupils.
John R.Martin – CEO of Sanoma Learning
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In 2016 more kids do have an access to mobile internet than access to school. That’s why school have to be in the mobile internet.
Harri Ketamo – Founder & Chief Scientist – SkillPixels ltd.
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Fostering an educational data ecosystem based on open standards and an informed, broad discussion around balancing commercial innovation, personal confidentiality and the public interest.
Nick Kind – Holtzbrinck
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From our perspective, the key priorities when it comes to EdTech lie in:
- The learner’s engagement and motivation
- The impact of multi-device use on learning
- The use of big data in education
Oula Akiki – Education Director – Busuu
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Ed-tech must start focusing on the “Big E”, not the “Big T”. We must start with the education, pedagogy, and learner outcomes we desire, not the technology we pursue.
Amar Kumar – Vice President, Office of the Chief Education Advisor, Pearson
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Creating interactive learning experiences as powerful as one-on-one tuition with an excellent teacher.
Finding ways of distributing them for free to millions of people who’d lack such tuition.
Ed Cooke – Co-Founder of Memrise
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Truly adaptive courseware which delivers didactically relevant feedback to every input of students and is easy to integrate in teacher’s day to day work.
Arndt Kwiatkowski – CEO of Bettermarks
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Help teachers to deploy adaptive learning technology in secondary and primary schools.
Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet – CEO & Co-Founder of Exdus Group
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One size does not fit all. Multi-modal approaches that balance formal, informal and social learning will be key.
John Ambrose – Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development of Skillsoft
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Let’s do more with the new technologies we all use for fun because learning happens all the time – not as a separate event.
Charles Gould – CEO of Brightwave
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Education technology priorities: Accessible – Flexible – Engaging – Affordable. For all students, teachers and institutions and the fulfilment of their learning and teaching ambitions.
Chris Merrick – VP International Marketing of Blackboard International
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