Ed3 Podcast

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This is the trailer for the forthcoming Ed3 Podcast where we will explore how to scale education using web3.

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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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The airdropped university creates competition for existing education institutions by using public information from on-chain credentials. 

This concept seems particularly relevant this week, as the University of Nicosia announced the first 100% on-chain course with over 10,000 students minting the token for access...