Education
Production team:Host : Maria XenidouIntroduction Voice: David Bourne Contact us:impactlearningpodcast(at)gmail.com Music credits:Like Lee performed by The Mini VandalsTransition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks Where to find more about Nina Huntemann and edX:On LinkedInedX.org Mentioned in this episode:Penn StateSuffolk University in BostonHarvardMITIBMInter-American Development BankArticle: One of the Largest Experiments ever Conducted in Higher Education and Lifelong Learning Happened on edX. Here is what they Learned.Inside Track Listen to this episode and explore: Childhood: discovering the world through a magnifying glass and a microscope (4:52)University: studying communication to understand and democratize access to information (6:57)Nina’s PhD thesis and the most critical learnings during that time (10:02)How Nina decided to become a teacher (13:37)Leaving her tenured career behind to make a bigger impact on education (17:26)How she got to join edX in 2015 (20:50)The importance of having experience in the system you want to disrupt (24:01)edX’s mission: increasing access to education (24:57)Who are the students of edX? (26:47)The important of the edX partner network (27:42)Best practices for delivering online education at scale (28:35)The challenge of fostering team-based learning in an online environment at scale (34:28)Creating more opportunities for asynchronous online learning to increase accessibility (36:33)How edX measures learning outcomes (38:36)How social accountability within small groups helps enhance learning outcomes (40:12)Nina’s thoughts on hybrid flipped and other blended programs (42:32)edX’s new offerings since the beginning of the pandemic (45:49)Upskilling and reskilling to further evolve our career amid the pandemic (47:54)edX’s micro-bachelors programs that empower learners to design their learning journey (51:48)Supporting lifelong, self-directed learning through personal success coaches (57:36)The impact of the recent online developments on education, teaching and learning (58:46)What Nina wants to leave her mark on during her lifetime (1:00:36)