MENGENAI EPISOD INI
Production team:
Host : Maria Xenidou
Introduction Voice: David Bourne
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Music credits:
Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals
Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks
Where to find more about Nina Huntemann and edX:
Mentioned in this episode:
Inter-American Development Bank
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)
