Ed3 Podcast

The average 12-year-old is playing tennis and hanging out with friends. Kaz Keller is doing those things but is also building a thriving AI education business. Keller hosts workshops, training everyone from 12-year-old peers to 90-year-old community members on how to use AI. In this interview, we learn how Kaz teaches AI, why he thinks AI is powerful and should be taught in schools, his newfound appreciation for his teachers, and how his dream is a selfie with Elon Musk...

Special guest Len Loving joins hosts Serj and Scott to dive into the fascinating world of AI in education. With backgrounds from Japan, the UK, and the US, the conversation explores the cultural context surrounding the use of AI in education. They discuss the transformative potential of AI, debunk misconceptions about its role in replacing educators, and highlight how AI can enhance teaching practices...

Hope Paterson is a transformational coach and advocate for change in education. Her passion for connecting people and fostering a culture of creativity and inspiration shines through in this episode as she shares her insights and experiences.

Hope discusses the daring pivots that she believes the education industry needs to make, emphasizing the importance of thinking differently and having the courage to challenge traditional approaches...

In this week of Ed3: Unplugged, Serj Hunt and Scott Meyer discuss the role of AI in education and how it can help teachers become builders.

We explore the four identities of a teacher, beginning with a reporter who regurgitates information and ending with a role model who competes with AI-powered chatbots that can teach students on their own.

We then dive into tools for teachers to use AI to improve their classroom instruction. The first is Nolej...

Dr. Sabba Quidwai sparks innovation by building empathy. Her work as an educator, podcaster, and even educational movie star has helped schools build trust and reimagine what education can be.

In this episode, she reminds us that we have the agency to create the future, and it starts with asking ourselves who we want to be...

According to McKinsey, nearly 40% of Americans identify as independent workers, up from just 27% seven years ago. In the future, more of the labor market will focus on fractionalized small bounties that freelancers can pick up and complete.

This week's episode of Ed3: Unplugged discusses the future of work and education, focusing on fractional talent and fractional talent marketplaces...

This lively Ed3: Unplugged discussion explores the concepts of attribution in an age when answers are everywhere.

Serj Hunt joins Scott Meyer to look at how teachers could train AI models and sell those models to other teachers. We talk about project-based learning and how to map those efforts to jobs. Then, we look at how technology might close the loop on identifying what to learn and getting credit for that learning...

What skills are needed for the future?

In this Ed3: Unplugged, Serj Hunt argues it is a moving target, but key skills like adaptability and agency will be needed regardless of technological change.

Scott Meyer and Hunt discuss algorithmic thinking and compare it to other frameworks like systems thinking. It is possible that the ability to communicate with machines will (or is) a key skill...

Personalized AI tutors can scale one-to-one tutoring. This new technology could boomerang education back to the Aristotelian model, not seen since the Industrial Age of education.

In this conversation, I sit down with the founders of Bloom: https://bloombot.ai/ Bloom is an AI reading companion created by Courtland Leer, Thomas Howell, and Vince Trost. They are working to build the future of adaptive learning and education...

Ed3: Gathering curates live events exploring the future of learning.

In this episode, we bring the Ed 3.0 discussion from March 23rd, 2023. The guests discuss how schools can implement AI into their curriculum mindfully and ethically. They emphasize the importance of considering AI's practical and ethical implications in education, including the risk of diminishing human capacity and offloading critical thinking to machines...