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WISE On Air
An education podcast where we talk to the world’s leading minds. Brought to you by WISE: The global platform for innovators in education. Join us as we talk to thought leaders, innovators, educators and artists from around the world about any and all things to do with education.
Episodes
WISE On Air73: Empowering Young Leader's of Tomorrow in Today's World - Victoria Ibiwoye
This episode is the first of the Unmute Education limited series dedicated to raising the volume on the education conversation in the leadup to the WISE 2021…
WISE On Air72: Post-Pandemic Priorities for Education Part 6: Africa - Shannon May
Africa is the birthplace of humanity. The place where Homo Sapiens evolved language, built increasingly complex tools, and took the first tentative steps on a…
WISE On Air71: Post-Pandemic Priorities for Education Part 5: Europe - Tracey Burns
Europe is the world's wealthiest continent and the first region in the world to modernize. The scientific and industrial revolutions began in Europe and the…
WISE On Air70: Post-Pandemic Priorities for Education Part 4: Brazil - Claudia Costin
Claudia Costin is the founder and director of the Center for Excellence and Innovation in Education Policies (FGV CEIPE), a think and do tank within Getulio…
WISE On Air69: Post-Pandemic Priorities for Education Part 3: China - Berlin Fang
Berlin Fang is an education columnist and currently serves as the Director of Instructional Design at Abilene Christian University. His major interests are…
WISE On Air68: Post-Pandemic Priorities for Education Part 2 India - Rukmini Banerji
Rukmini Banerji is the CEO of the Pratham Education Foundation, India's and the world's largest education NGO. Rukmini has been with Pratham since 1996 and has…
WISE On Air67: Post-Pandemic Priorities for Education Part I: The United States - Rebecca Winthrop
Rebecca Winthrop is a senior fellow and co-director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution. Her research focuses on education…
WISE On Air65: Adapting for a Better Future - Building Resilience in Children with Sherrie Westin
Sherrie Westin serves as President of Social Impact and Philanthropy at education nonprofit Sesame Workshop, the organization behind Sesame Street. In her time…
WISE On Air64: Reimagining Education in VR with Alvin Wang Graylin
Can VR transform education? HTC China President Alvin Wang Graylin has over 20 years of experience in tech business management, including 15 years focusing on…
WISE On Air63: Edutainment in Africa with Nisha Ligon
Meet the 2020 WISE Awards winners: https://bit.ly/3kNrBTq ------------------------------------------------- Nisha Ligon is the Co-Founder and CEO of 2017 WISE…
WISE On Air62: Why Social-Emotional Learning is More Important Than Ever
With societies more fluid and fragmented than ever, how can we help young people feel confident in their own identities? Leading members of Karanga: The Global…
WISE On Air61: Post-COVID19 - An Edtech Investor's Insights with George Straschnov
2020 WISE Accelerator: bit.ly/2020-21WISEAcceleratorCohort ------------------------------------------------- This episode’s guest is George Straschnov…
WISE On Air60: Engaging Students from Vulnerable Communities with Vicky Colbert
Founder & Director of Escuela Nueva and long-time pioneer of innovation in the education space, Vicky Colbert joins us to discuss engaging students from…
WISE On Air59: Learning Through Play in Schools with Bo Stjerne Thomsen
Do children need to go back to school? And is it time to reassess or reconceptualize the traditional school model? Vice President and Chair of Learning Through…
WISE On Air58: How Edtech is Changing the Higher Education Landscape with Amira Yahyaoui
Tunisian entrepreneur, blogger, and human rights activist, Amira Yahyaoui joins us to discuss what the edtech space is doing to support and change the higher…
WISE On Air57: Public Health Education for Children with Dimitri Christakis
Dr. Dimitri Christakis joins us again to discuss recent developments in global education and the many implications of lockdown on early childhood cognitive…
WISE On Air56: Maths in the Age of A.I. with Conrad Wolfram
Strategic Director and European Co-Founder/CEO of the Wolfram Research, Conrad Wolfram joins us once again to discuss how today’s maths may need to experience…
WISE On Air55: Personalized Adaptive Learning Technologies with Claudio Sassaki
Co-Founder of Brazilian edtech startup, Geekie, Claudio Sassaki joins us to discuss how schools in Brazil have been utilizing personalized adaptive learning…
WISE On Air54: China's Shift to Online Learning with Berlin Fang
Register for Education Disrupted, Education Reimagined Part II: bit.ly/3cA8uqY ------------------------------------------------- Education Columnist and…
WISE On Air53: COVID-19 and the Third Sector with Nayla Al Fahed and Mike Dawson
Register for Education Disrupted, Education Reimagined Part II: https://bit.ly/3cA8uqY -------------------------------------------------- COVID-19 continues to…
WISE On Air52: Augmented Learning with Dwayne Iserief
We’re joined by Dwayne Iserief, Co-founder and CEO of Uptale, an immersive learning platform that utilizes 360-degree technology and virtual reality to…
WISE On Air51: Preparing Students For Change with Kiran Bir Sethi
We’re joined by Kiran Bir Sethi, the founder of Design For Change which is the world’s largest movement for change of and by children, operating in 44…
WISE On Air50: Edtech Frontlines - The Case of Latin America with Agustín Thienen
"This COVID-19, to make an analogy, would be like waking from a dream. The first 2 minutes, you remember it really vividly, but if you don't talk to someone or…
WISE On Air49: How Schools Can Plan For The New Normal with William Zhou
We’re joined by William Zhou, CEO of Chalk, a versatile planning and analytics platform tailored to the K-12 curriculum and designed to help support teachers…
WISE On Air48: COVID-19 - An Education Response with Fernando Reimers and Andreas Schleicher
One of the key questions we’re still looking to answer is how we can best support education decision making to ensure an effective education response to the…
WISE On Air47: How Schools Can Adapt to Remote Learning with Aparna Ramanathan
"The one silver lining that has come out of the COVID19 pandemic in education is that there’s now a shift in truly considering the whole child." Aparna…
WISE On Air46: Training Teachers From a Distance with Aldo de Pape
Like in many other industries, education practitioners and students around the world have been jumping into digital platforms as a means to continue operating…
WISE On Air45: What Do Young People Want From Their Education?
WISE@Bogotá and Medellín postponed: https://bit.ly/3agViHe ----------------------------------------------------- Nine out of ten young adults feel that they…
WISE On Air44: Scaling Innovation in Education with Ted Fujimoto
APPLY FOR THE 2020 WISE ACCELERATOR: https://bit.ly/2W13iaY ----------------------------------------------------- Innovation. You’ve probably seen the word…
WISE On Air43: AI for Education <-> Education for AI with Meia & Max Tegmark
There was a time when robots were so primitive they could only navigate on wheels, now not only do some have some the ability to walk, but they can even do…
WISE On Air42: How Music Can Transform The Way We Learn with Stevie Van Zandt & David Roth
APPLY FOR THE 2020 WISE AWARDS: bit.ly/2t5Vqsw ----------------------------------------------------- "The success of what we do has to do with teaching kids…
WISE On Air41: Humanity's Capacity For Teaching with Nicholas Christakis
APPLY FOR THE 2020 WISE AWARDS: https://bit.ly/2t5Vqsw ----------------------------------------------------- Author of Connected and Blueprint: The…
WISE On Air40: Before High Tech High with Larry Rosenstock
Founding Principal of High Tech High and the seventh WISE Prize for Education laureate, Larry Rosenstock, reminisces previous experiences throughout his life…
WISE On Air39: Can Tech Accelerate Early Learning? with Dimitri Christakis
"We found that the typical 2 year old spends, on average, 20-30 minutes a day with their favorite toy. And we know that children will happily spend way more…
WISE On Air38: Thinking Exponentially with Jason Silva
"Technology is advancing exponentially - that is the reason why the smartphone in your pocket today is a million times cheaper, smaller, and a thousand times…
WISE On Air37: The Untapped Potential of The Refugee Workforce with Mursal Hedayat
Multi-award-winning entrepreneur and Founder & CEO of Chatterbox, Mursal Hedayat, joins us to discuss why it has become essential to create better support…
WISE On Air36: Empowering Refugee Youth with Omar Al-Tal
Head of Education in Emergency at Mercy Corps, Omar Al-Tal, joins this episode to discuss his experience working with displaced youth in Jordan, Greece, and…
WISE On Air35: Social-Emotional Learning with Louka Parry
In the age of rapid technological advance, AI, and Machine Learning, the education community is increasingly looking for solutions for human beings to adapt to…
WISE On Air34: Elevating Wellbeing as a Strategic Concern with Steven MacGregor
Dr. Steven MacGregor, global expert in executive health and performance with PhD and Master's degree in Design Thinking, joins us to discuss wellbeing in the…
WISE On Air33: Flipping Classrooms with Robert Talbert
Robert Talbert, Professor and Assistant Chair in the Mathematics Department at Grand Valley State University, joins this episode to discuss everything to do…
WISE On Air32: Gamification with Yu-kai Chou
Pioneer of gamification, Yu-kai Chou joins us to discuss the many ways of incorporating the elements of play into learning. Since beginning his gamified…
WISE On Air31: Envisioning The Future of Work (Part 2)
Our last episode featured three guest speakers we met in WISE@Paris, where they shared their thoughts on the future of work and employment. Episode 31…
WISE On Air30: Envisioning The Future of Work
10 years ago, the idea of a company using the internet to research candidates was a novelty. Now, having a bad online presence is considered to be detrimental…
WISE On Air29: Tackling Youth Unemployment with Mona Mourshed
Recent trends of increasing global youth unemployment have sparked debate on the return on investment for higher education. Mona Mourshed founded Wise Awards…
WISE On Air28: Making Higher Education Accessible with Ben Nelson
How do you create the best higher education experience without having the preconcieved notions or burdens of an existing institution. CEO and founder of…
WISE On Air27: Putting Well-Being into Practice - Project Spotlight
Following our last episode with Dr. Richard Davidson, we talked to four aspiring individuals from around the world who are advocating for well-being's…
WISE On Air26: Why Well-Being Matters with Dr. Richard Davidson
Why is it that some people are more vulnerable to life's challenges while others are more resiliant? Our guest speaker, Dr. Richard Davidson of the University…
WISE On Air25: Findings in Learning Sciences, A Revolution for Education?
This episode we meet three practitioners who are putting in place education methods, solutions, and policies that tackle the mismatch between how we teach and…
WISE On Air24: Who Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? with Dr. Ger Graus
How often have you been asked “What do you want to be when you grow up?” we challenge that question with the Director of Education at KidZania, Dr Ger Graus…
WISE On AirPart 2: Helping Innovations Spread
Our first episode of the year features Jim Shelton and Rebecca Winthrop to bring you a macro-level view of education and access. We also find out the…
WISE On AirPart 1: Underlying Challenges of Inequality in Education
Our first episode of the year features Jim Shelton and Rebecca Winthrop to bring you a macro-level view of education and access. We also find out the…
WISE On AirWelcome to Season 2
Our host, Stavros Yiannouka, shares a warm welcome with fellow producers of WISE Words, Sarah Fayyad and Vesta Gheibi. We discuss some highlights from 2018…
WISE On Air22: WISE@Accra Special Episode
In this final episode of the season we bring to you a special recording from WISE@Accra. The episode is narrated by WISE's very own Sarah Fayyad. As a former…
WISE On Air21: Sharing Knowledge for Consumption with Alan Greenberg
This episode features an interesting discussion between Stavros and Alan Greenberg, exploring what it takes to make education accessible in an age of…
WISE On Air20: Prioritizing Education as a Nation with Rebeca Grynspan
In this episode, Stavros talks to Rebeca Grynspan about what it takes to make education an actual priority for an entire nation. What are the trade-offs? What…
WISE On Air19: Exposing Youth to Entrepreneurship with Emily McHugh
In this episode, Stavros talks to Emily McHugh to discuss the value of exposing youth to entrepreneurship. Emily McHugh is the author of "The Little Girl's…
WISE On Air18: The Power of Local Solutions for Girls' Education with Dolores Dickson
In this episode, we discuss the importance of local solutions in creating opportunities for education, particularly for girls, and the return effects this can…
WISE On Air17. Helping Nations to Empower Young People with Steve Cumming
In this episode we try to understand what it means to meaningfully engage with young people in determining their impact on policies and employment. Stavros…
WISE On Air16: Technology Empowering Girls with Regina Honu
In this episode of WISE Words we meet Regina Honu and find out how her story helped shape the incredible work she's doing to empower the next generation…
WISE On Air15: Educating Ethical Leaders with Patrick Awuah
On this week's episode, Stavros Yiannouka sits down with Dr. Patrick Awuah founder and president of Ashesi University to discuss the African education…