Sights on EdTech

How can EdTech founders embed inclusive design from the very first prototype?In this episode of Sights on EdTech, Luigi sat down with Louisa Rosenheck—EdTech design expert, Harvard instructor, ex Kahoot! and former MIT researcher—to explore:

Join us as Dan Fitzpatrick, educator, innovator, and author of The AI Classroom, explores the role of AI in education. In this episode of Sights on Edtech, we dive into how AI is already making its way into education and its long-term potential, as well as the challenges traditional schooling systems face in trying to keep up.

Alberto Arenaza, co-founder of Transcend Network, shares how they support early-stage EdTech founders. From finding product-market fit to choosing the appropriate funding vehicle, Transcend Network is enabling innovators to transform education and the future of work.

Fiona and Luigi discuss the importance of choosing EdTech tools that are aligned with pedagogical beliefs, and why considerations regarding pedagogical alignment are important for all stakeholders, including developers.

In this episode, Luigi and Matteo discussed the challenges and potential solutions in corporate training, with a focus on the use of text-based microtrainings delivered with Zick Learn. They explored the platform's features including its analytics, AI-enabled tools and compatibility with other software, and discussed the principles it is built upon: microlearning and spaced learning. The conversation also touched on Zick Learn's positioning in the market and the anticipation for upcoming features. Zanichelli Venture is the Italian leading textbook publisher Zanichelli Editore's investment initiative, focusing on early-stage edtech startups.

In this episode, Michael presents EdTech Impact, an EdTech marketplace that focuses on running quality evaluations of products, helping both buyers find their best solution, and sellers to generate leads. Michael also showed a new tool called EdTech Impact Manager, designed to help school leaders manage and optimise their EdTech stack. Finally, Luigi and Michael discuss the push for evidence-based procurement in the EdTech market. More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech Zanichelli Venture is the Italian leading textbook publisher Zanichelli Editore's investment initiative, focusing on early-stage edtech startups. https://www.zanichelliventure.it/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/zanichelli-venture/ https://twitter.com/Zanichelli_VC/

In this episode, we interviewed Libby Hills and John Soleanicov, co-leads of Learning Schools, one of the three areas of work of the Jacobs Foundation. The Jacobs Foundation is doing some very important work to bring about a paradigm shift in EdTech that will embed evidence into the norms of the field. More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech Zanichelli Venture is the Italian leading textbook publisher Zanichelli Editore's investment initiative, focusing on early-stage edtech startups. https://www.zanichelliventure.it/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/zani... https://twitter.com/Zanichelli_VC/

In this episode, we interviewed Natalia Kucirkova. Professor of Early Childhood Development at the University of Stavanger, Professor of Reading and Children's Development at The Open University and Visiting Professor at UCL. She has conducted foundational and empirical research on EdTech for the past ten years. In addition, she has developed apps and worked directly with EdTech companies, NGOs and investors to support the integration of learning sciences into practice. She is the Co-Founder and CEO of WiKIT and her current work on evidence is of great importance for the EdTech field. More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on:   / sights-on   Zanichelli Venture is the Italian leading textbook publisher Zanichelli Editore's investment initiative, focusing on early-stage edtech startups. https://www.zanichelliventure.it/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/zani...

In this episode, we interviewed Vince Jeong, Co-Founder and CEO of Sparkwise, a corporate learning company scaling captivating and interactive online skills training. More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech Zanichelli Venture is the Italian leading textbook publisher Zanichelli Editore's investment initiative, focusing on early-stage edtech startups. https://www.zanichelliventure.it/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/zanichelli-venture/ https://twitter.com/Zanichelli_VC/

In this episode, we interviewed Kristen Shroff, CEO of Prisma, a virtual school that accepts kids from grade 4 up to grade 12. More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech Zanichelli Venture is the Italian leading textbook publisher Zanichelli Editore's investment initiative, focusing on early-stage edtech startups. https://www.zanichelliventure.it/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/zanichelli-venture/ https://twitter.com/Zanichelli_VC/

In this episode, we interviewed Tom Symonds, CEO of Immerse, a VR EdTech company enabling companies to aggregate, distribute, and analyse any type of immersive learning content. Zanichelli Venture is the Italian leading textbook publisher Zanichelli Editore's investment initiative, focusing on early-stage edtech startups. https://www.zanichelliventure.it https://www.linkedin.com/company/zanichelli-venture/ https://twitter.com/Zanichelli_VC/ More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech Hosted by: Luigi Morino

In this episode, we interviewed Caro Jongert, program coordinator of EdTech Startup in Residence, an EdTech testbed running programs that connect Dutch higher education institutions with EdTech startups. Full list of EdTech SiR's 2023 challenges: https://startupinresidence.com/edtech Zanichelli Venture is the Italian leading textbook publisher Zanichelli Editore's investment initiative, focusing on early-stage edtech startups. https://www.zanichelliventure.it More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech Hosted by: Luigi Morino.

In this episode, we interviewed Anna Iarotska, Co-Founder and CEO of Robo Wunderkind, an EdTech company that partners with schools to equip educators with what they need to teach STEAM effectively. Their STEAM Hub hosts open & go lessons, playful curricula, and professional development and their robotics kit teaches basic robot assembly to children 5 - 12 years old. Their coding app comes with three intuitive interfaces matching all abilities. Zanichelli Venture is the Italian leading textbook publisher Zanichelli Editore's investment initiative, focusing on early-stage edtech startups. https://www.zanichelliventure.it More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech Hosted by: Luigi Morino.

In this interview with Joshua Wöhle, CEO of Mindstone, we spoke about how their APPs and browser extensions leverage the learning sciences to optimise people's informal, unstructured #learning which happens constantly while engaging with content on the web. Zanichelli Venture is the Italian leading textbook publisher Zanichelli Editore's investment initiative, focusing on early-stage edtech startups. https://www.zanichelliventure.it More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech Hosted by: Luigi Morino.

In this episode, we interviewed Garrett Smiley, Co-Founder and CEO of Sora Schools, a live, virtual project-based middle and high school with a non-traditional curriculum designed around students' interests and learning styles. More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech Hosted by: Luigi Morino.

In this episode, we interviewed Curtiss Barnes and Michael Feldstein, Co-Founders and respectively CEO and CIO of Argos Education, an end-to-end learning experience platform powered by a multisided marketplace. More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech Hosted by: Luigi Morino.

In this episode we asked imagiLabs's Co-Founder and CEO Dora Palfi to show us how they are introducing more girls to coding and how they manage to compete with gaming apps for kids' attention. More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech Hosted by: Luigi Morino.

This is Part 2 of "Sights on EdTech - Introduction to EdTech MOOC by SuperCharger Ventures with Alessandro di Lullo" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRS_G...). In this part, we discuss what is going on at SuperCharger Ventures' accelerator and incubator. More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech. Hosted by: Luigi Morino.

In this episode we interviewed Alessandro Di Lullo, co-founder of SuperCharger Ventures, a well-known EdTech accelerator and incubator. They have also recently launched their MOOC on Coursera, Introduction to EdTech, so make sure to check it out: https://www.coursera.org/learn/introduction-to-edtech More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech Hosted by: Luigi Morino.

In this episode we interviewed Andrew Hutton, CEO of DayOne, an EdTech company rethinking how to provide first-time entrepreneurs with the training, support and connections they need to successfully launch and grow their businesses. DayOne is a Zanichelli Venture portfolio company, so we definitely believe in their mission to empower the next generation of entrepreneurs! More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech Hosted by: Luigi Morino.

In this episode, we interviewed Jin Yun Chow, Co-Founder and COO of Polygence, an EdTech platform facilitating project-based learning for high school kids by pairing them with expert research mentors to work on personalised research projects. More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech Hosted by: Luigi Morino.

In this episode we interviewed Robin de Lange, Founder & Director of the Virtual Reality Learning Lab. Robin is also a Lecturer at Leiden University, where he teaches the Honours Class “Learning though Virtual Reality”. He has extensive experience in promoting the use of VR in schools and organisations, so we asked him to share his experience on the challenges and opportunities of using VR in education. More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech Hosted by: Luigi Morino.

In this episode we interviewed Meytal Sedaka, Head of Product, and Ron Angel, VP of Marketing at Inception XR, an immersive content platform producing mixed reality literary experiences. Their flagship product, Bookful, pioneers a new literary category, where books come alive through the use of augmented reality. More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech Hosted by: Luigi Morino.

In this episode we interviewed Anurupa Ganguly, Founder and CEO of Prisms of Reality, an immersive virtual reality platform that improves students' performance in Maths. More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech Hosted by: Luigi Morino.

In this episode we interviewed Emilie Joly, Co-Founder and CEO of Zoe Immersive, a collaborative platform which enables users to easily create interactive learning experiences in 3D, mixed reality and virtual reality. More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech Hosted by: Luigi Morino.

In this episode we interviewed Jamie Poskin, CEO of TeachFX, an app that captures and analyzes teachers' classroom instruction to produce insights about classroom discourse patterns. By revealing key insights about teachers' own teaching, TeachFX empowers teachers to reach their fullest potential. More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech Hosted by: Luigi Morino.

In this episode we interviewed Will Fan, CEO of NewCampus, a modern growth and leadership school aiming to bring accessible business education to anyone, anywhere, through livestreamed classes, conferences and mentoring sessions led by diverse global experts. More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech Hosted by: Luigi Morino.

In this episode we interviewed Monika Katkute, CEO of Teachers Lead Tech, a guided learning space for primary school teachers to up-skill themselves technologically and bring such skills to the classroom. More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech Hosted by: Luigi Morino.

In this episode of Sights on EdTech, we interviewed Shahin Nabavian, Co-Founder & Director of SuperSavvy. SuperSavvy is an adaptive learning platform and education marketplace aiming to make private tutoring widely accessible by drastically cutting its cost. It is also a Zanichelli Venture portfolio company, so we definitely believe in its great potential! More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech Hosted by: Luigi Morino.

In this episode of Sights on EdTech, we interviewed Edward Keller, CEO of Smart Science Education. Smart Science is an interactive virtual science labs platform which utilizes videos of science experiments to allow students to experience real, hands-on style labs online. Their story is a quite uncommon one, as they are a family run EdTech company which has never gone through venture capital funding. Throughout the years it has provided great value to their customers and secured a comfortable market share to continue innovating and improving their platform. More from the Sights on EdTech interview series on: https://medium.com/sights-on-edtech. Hosted by: Luigi Morino.