Tech in EdTech
Tech In EdTech improves the dialogue between education leaders and the innovators shaping edtech. This is your go-to show for actionable ideas and solutions that make digital learning not just possible, but effective, practical, and inclusive.
Episodes
87 episodes
What EdTech Gets Wrong About Implementing AI
Before your next AI strategy conversation, ask yourself this: Are you starting with implementation, or readiness? Stephen Jull, Global Head of AI and EdTech at Teach For All, argues that schools may be starting in the wrong place. The real ques...
The Enrollment Rebound That's Misleading Higher Ed
Enrollment trends may look like they’re improving, but the bigger challenges in higher ed haven’t changed. David Brunner speaks with Phil Hill about the realities behind enrollment shifts, evolving student expectations, and how institutions sho...
Are We Measuring the Wrong Things About Retention?
Some students log in, submit assignments, and still drop out. So what are we really measuring? In this episode, Shaunak Roy explains why most engagement metrics fail to predict retention and what institutions should be looking at instead. From ...
Invisible Talent: Fixing the Skills Visibility Gap in Career Readiness & Hiring
Most career readiness programs start in senior year. By then, it’s already late. Hiring is shifting toward demonstrated skills, work samples, and real evidence of capability, while schools still rely heavily on GPA and transcripts. So where is ...
From LMS Signals to Student Success: Learning Analytics, Data Governance & AI Ethics
Thomas Cavanagh, Vice Provost for Digital Learning at the University of Central Florida, breaks down how analytics should drive retention, graduation rates, and student success. He explains why adoption metrics miss the point and how LMS data c...
Workforce Learning Outcomes: Proving Impact Beyond Clicks
Clicks and completions are easy to report and mistake for an impact. In this Tech in EdTech episode, Sylvie Milverton, CEO & Co-founder of Lynx Educate, shares how companies use education to meet community and business goals and why the rea...
AI, History, and the Fight for Source Truth
AI makes it dangerously easy to stop at one confident answer. For education publishers and learning platforms, that’s a product risk: teachers need sources they can trust, students need research support (not shortcuts), and credibility doesn’t ...
Why Parent Engagement Is a Product Problem
Parents want to help their kids. Most don’t know where to start. In this episode of Tech in EdTech, Zahra speaks with Stephanie Parra, M. Ed., CEO of ALL In Education, about making proficiency, communication, and learning tools easier for famil...
Education at a Crossroads: AI, Equity, and Evidence
Dan Sandhu, CEO, EDT, lays out a practical, evidence‑first view of AI in education. He argues that AI must be anchored to shared educational outcomes, owned by local systems, and guided by living policies for ethics, safety, training, and leade...
Quality by Design in the AI Era
Dr. Andrea Gregg, Associate Research Professor and Director of Learning Experience Design at Penn State University, outlines a practical approach to building strong online learning in the AI era. She explains why simple, “don’t make me think” d...
The Engagement Illusion: Why Attention Doesn’t Equal Learning
Student engagement is a top priority in K12, yet teachers, students, and district leaders rarely agree on what it actually looks like or how to measure it. Brian Shaw, CEO of Discovery Education, shares new findings from their Education Insight...
The Hidden Metric Behind EdTech Success
Joel Kupperstein, Chief Product Officer at Project Lead The Way, shares field‑tested product principles for K–12. He explains why “easier before better” should be every product leader’s mantra, how empathy beats features, and what decades of ex...
The Secret to Building an AI-Ready Workforce at Scale
What does it take to shift from degrees to skills-based hiring while tackling the AI skills gap? Lydia Logan, VP of Global Education and Workforce Development at IBM, joins host Laura Hakala to discuss how IBM’s SkillsBuild program and its cult...
Cracking the Engagement Code in EdTech
What turns “edutainment” into real learning that lasts? Clarence Tan, co-founder of Boddle Learning, shares how thoughtful game design can keep students engaged without losing instructional focus. He unpacks strategies to reduce cognitive load,...
The Blind Spot Holding Back Higher Ed's Future
What does it take to put career services at the center of the college experience? Christine Cruz‑Vergara, Chief Education Strategy Officer at Handshake, joins Eric Stano to unpack why higher ed’s value is under pressure, what today’s students e...
Building EdTech Through a Neurodiverse Lens
Students with ADHD, dyslexia, and other learning differences are often underserved by traditional school systems. Diana Heldfond, Founder and CEO of Parallel Learning, joins Tech In EdTech to unpack how edtech can help close that gap. Drawing f...
Building a Workforce That Bends, Not Breaks
As AI, automation, and talent shortages reshape the future of work, Bijal Shah, CEO of Guild, offers a clear, practical roadmap for building teams that bend, but don’t break. In this episode, she shares how to support frontline talent, track th...
Proof Over Play: The New Rules for EdTech Engagement
Vadim Polikov, CEO of Legends of Learning, joins Dipesh Jain to explore what it takes to make game-based learning effective in K–12. He breaks down the difference between gamification and true game-based learning, the importance of curriculum a...
CTE 2.0: Scaling Hands-On Skills for Global EdTech Market
In this episode, Adam Reid, Online CTE Teacher at Anchorage School District, joins Sean Strathy and talks about what it takes to run effective virtual Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs. He shares insights from his unique appro...
Rethinking Knowledge Mastery in a Skill-Centric World
In this episode, Brainscape CEO Andrew Cohen joins Olivia Lara-Gresty and talks about how edtech products can better support serious learners preparing for high-stakes exams and certifications. Find out why active recall and spaced repetition s...
Rewriting the Future of Work, Skills, and Hands-On Learning
In this episode, Olivia sits down with Sara Leoni, CEO of Ziplines Education, to talk about what learners truly need: credentials that carry weight, hands-on simulations that reflect real work, not busywork, and support that builds confide...
From Band-Aids to Breakthroughs: Rethinking Innovation in Education
Dr. Annalies Corbin, CEO of the PAST Foundation and author of Hacking School, brings an anthropologist’s lens to educational change. In this episode, she breaks down why many EdTech initiatives fail to stick, pointing to short funding ...
The Hardest Conversation About Schools We Need to Have: School Safety, Technology, and Tough Decisions
How do you protect a school from threats you can’t predict? Philip Selton, CEO of Lockdown Experts, unpacks the realities behind school safety technology - what works, what doesn’t, and what most people get wrong. From the fire alarm systems we...
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The Future of Social Emotional Learning: Access, Agency, and Action
In this episode of Tech in EdTech, Sean Strathy sits down with Jason Kahn, Founder and Chief Science Officer at Mightier, to explore how digital play can power real emotional growth in children. They dive into timely topics like the urgency for...
Slowing Down to Move Forward: AI Done Right in Schools
Nathan Holbert, Associate Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, talks about the thoughtful integration of AI and other technologies into education. The conversation goes beyond AI’s “wow” factor to discuss how teachers, learners, ...
