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Stephen Heppell: Contemporary learning spaces, online education and why we must keep ”eyes on the horizon and feet on the ground”

Stephen Heppell is an English educator who specialises in the use of ICT in education. He is a Professor at Bournemouth University and holds a number of other academic positions around the world. 

He is probably best known for his work Ultralab, and has worked on education projects such as “Learning in the New Millennium”, “Schools OnLine”, development of “Think.com” and “Talking Heads”.

Stephen is retained by a number of organisations to help with future policy and direction, including the BBC, as an Associate of KPMG, and is retained by the UK government in Horizon Scanning work to advise of future directions for educational policy.  

Stephen is executive chairman of  LP+ who are currently developing a Chinese language learning community for 20 million Chinese school students, in partnership with China’s Sun New Media corporation.

Here is some commentary on Professor Stephen's work: 

"Professor Stephen Heppell is a world expert on contemporary learning, specialising in online education and learning spaces" Bournemouth University, 2017.

"Digital Education Leader and learning futurist Prof Stephen Heppell is one of the most influential academics in the field of technology and education globally" CI TV, 2016

"Stephen Heppell is somewhat of a guru when it comes to learning space design and the move to what he terms agile learning environments". Open Learning Spaces 2011

"Europe's leading expert on online education and learning spaces" EduTech Future Schools, Australia, 2014

"Europe's leading online education expert" Microsoft 2006

"Stephen has a vast portfolio of successful, large scale, learning projects behind him". JISC 2006

"Professor Stephen Heppell, world renowned expert in education, media, technology and learning environments". Macmillan Education 2017

"one the world's foremost experts on contemporary learning", Queensland Courier 2011

"In a career that spans academic research, teaching, policy development, public and private sector collaboration, development of educational applications, politics, radical thinking and leftfield innovation, it is hardly surprising that the recipient of this evening's award is often referred to as the "funkiest on-line guru on the scene". Royal Television Society 2006

"the most influential academic of recent years in the fields of technology and education" Department for Education and Skills (DfES), UK, 2006

 

 

Dr Marian Mahat: Innovative learning spaces, co-designing curriculum and pedagogy and what it is really like to be a woman in academia.

It is my great pleasure to introduce you today to the amazing Dr Marian Mahat - she has over 20 years of professional and academic experience across multiple education sectors. 

Her research focuses on learning environments, with an emphasis on co-designing curriculum and pedagogy, teacher-led inquiry, and professional development. 

She was the lead Research Fellow and Research Manager of the Australian Research Council Linkage Innovative Learning Environments and Teacher Change (ILETC). The Project worked with Australian and New Zealand schools to develop a capacity for teachers and school leaders to teach and transition into innovative learning environments.

In this discussion we talked about: 

1. Why does design matter? How can we create spaces that catalyse learning? 
2. The role of co-designing curriculum and pedagogy why it has been such a focus of her work
3. Why there has been a shift from ‘identical classrooms and autonomous teachers to more collaborative shared spaces?” 
4. How we can tell if these new spaces will be effective?

This was actually one of my favourite interviews on the podcast and I left the discussion so excited about the future of our profession.

Here is her Micro-Certification: 

https://bit.ly/3BRoUIP

Here are a few of Dr Marian’s latest research papers:

Integrated Learning Environments - Scoping Study 2021-2022

Women thriving in academia: Exploring the terrain

Innovative perspectives and approaches for enhancing the student experience

Whether you work in a new school, an old school or anywhere in between I really below that you will get something out of our discussion today. 

Phil Roberts: The new era of principal leadership, how and why we should take calculated risks and why leading is about others.

Today I have the great privilege of introducing you to the amazing Phil Roberts.

He is an innovative school leader and educator with over 30 years in education. Phil has a wealth of experience and expertise when implementing great teaching pedagogy and creating a school in which others can thrive. He was a wonderful guest and we covered a range of topics including:

Why we need to be comfortable with taking calculated risks. 

Why it’s essential to have a life outside of your work. 

What the new era of principal leadership is and what it involves, and 

How to draw out the best in others. 

 

In his own words “I am not here to warm the chair. I am here to make a difference!” I hope that you get as much of our discussion as I did.

Please enjoy

 

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Dr Adam Fraser: The importance of asking great questions, challenging assumptions and why he loves working with school leaders.

Dr Adam Fraser is a peak performance researcher, professional speaker, author and consultant

In this wide-ranging and incredibly personal discussion we talked about: 

• His response to COVID as a dad, as a leader and as a business owner and why it very nearly broke him. 
• His favourite bands; The Stones, Earth Wind and Fire and why one of his greatest memories was at an Iron Maiden Concern.  
• The importance of asking great questions, being driven by data and challenging assumptions. 
• Why he has fallen in love with working with school principals
• And, The importance of transitioning well between “spaces” (whether personal or professional). 

This conversation with Adam was very special and had a huge impact on me. In particular, his own personal struggles with feeling the pressure to have “it all together” and his views on the pervasive effects of burnout and how these can reach into all aspects of our lives

I hope that you get as much out of it as I did.

Steven Kolber and Bec West: Being two of the 50 finalists in the 2021 Global Teacher Prize, teacher networks across borders and sharing expertise.

In this week’s episode of The Art of Teaching Podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing the phenomenal Bec West and Steven Kolber. These two incredible educators have been named in the top 50 finalists for the 2021 Global Teacher Prize. Bec is a school leader in South West Sydney and is known for creating educational videos on her education YouTube channel Clever Pickles, while her YouTube channel Talkin’ Chalk has clocked up over 1.1 million views and helps her to engage in professional dialogue with educators worldwide. Steven publishes teaching content online on his YouTube channel Mr Kolber’s Teaching for other teachers and students to use. He is a regular podcast guest and is passionate about building communities to share best practices. 

Steven Kolber

@steven_kolber

#edureading founder. Teachers Across Borders Australia Secretary. Proud @AEUvictoria
#aussieED Global Teacher Prize

https://www.stevenkolber.com/

https://www.teachersacrossborders.org.au/

 

Bec West

Twitter: @BecWest81

Talkin' Chalk

 

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Professor Stephen Fogarty: Transformational leadership, intellectual stimulation and how to remain constantly curious.

Professor Stephen Fogarty is President of Alphacrucis College, a self-accrediting higher education provider and the national training college of Australian Christian Churches. 

He has held this position since 1999. His role involves providing leadership to the academic and administrative staff and students of the College and representing the College to its various constituencies.

His research explores transformational leadership, and the relationship between leadership and follower motivation. Professor Stephen’s research focuses on Organisational Leadership, Church Leadership, and Volunteer Motivation.

In our wide-ranging discussion we talked about: 

1. How he defines transformative leadership?
2. How has the leadership landscape changed over the last decades?
3. What is the current COVID-19 pandemic teaching us about effective leadership?
4. How do we effectively analyse organisations?
5. How do we support the development of effective leadership capacities of people with whom you work with? 

I hope that you get as much out of our discussion as I did.

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Moments with Anne Knock: Challenging assumptions and why questioning things that were once considered immovable, is a really really great idea.

In this bitesize episode of The Art of Teaching Podcast, we are hearing from the amazing Anne Knock.

For more than three decades Anne has worked in education and development. Commencing as a primary school teacher, she then moved into leading community development programs, school system administration and growing a school-based innovation centre in Sydney. Now Anne works as an independent consultant and is completing her PhD. Her work focuses om 

• How might we create environments where people thrive?
• How do we transform culture to sustain change?

In this bitesized episode we talk about the importance of challenging assumptions and why questioning things that were once considered sacred and immovable, is a really really great idea.

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Mundanara Bayles: Generational trauma, truths and conversations that need to be had.

“The most inhumane things have been done to our people, and yet we are still here, we are still welcoming people to our country and we are still willing to share it with everybody” Mundanara Bayles

It is an honour and a privilege to bring you this discussion with the phenomenal woman that is Mundanara Balyes. Mundanara’s cultural heritage is connected to the Wonnarua and Bunjalung people on her mother’s side and the Birri-Gubba and Gungalu on her father’s side. Mundanara grew up in Redfern NSW with her 8 sisters and moved to her father’s country in the early 90’s.

Mundanara is the Managing Director and co-founder of The Australian BlackCard Pty Ltd (BlackCard), which is a 100% Aboriginal owned and operated business certified with Supply Nation. Mundanara co-founded BlackCard with Dr Lilla Watson, who is a respected Aboriginal elder, artist, educator and long-time course developer. BlackCard is a specialist consultancy providing cultural capability training and consultancy services to enable people and organisations to work effectively with members of the Aboriginal community. BlackCard’s purpose is working with people, not for people, with the genius of Aboriginal Knowledge. We talked, (well she talked, I cried!) about many things in this interview including some of the “silent forces” that Aboriginal people face and what the word "Australian" means her. We unpack some of her quotes in which she says that: 

“I come from a culture, where most of you are increasing your life expectancy…this is not the case for my culture." (Cultural education: Mundanara Bayles at TEDxSouthBankWomen)"

I am so nervous to release this episode because it is so important. Mundanara is a powerhouse, she is a gift and work has never been more significant than it is now. 

Thank you for taking the time to listen to this powerful conversation. 

Black Card

Clothing The Gap 

Black Magic Woman Podcast

 

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Andrea Stringer: Why professional learning must be personalised and how to bridge the gap between practice and educational research..

Today’s episode of The Art of Teaching Podcast is with another amazing educators; Andrea Stringer. She was introduced to me by Professor Pasi Sahlberg after a keynote that he gave at the Sydney Opera House. I am so thankful for that introduction. 

Andrea’s work experience has incorporated coaching leaders and educators, designing and supporting educators’ professional learning. She is a Doctoral student at the University of New South Wales & Gonski Institute and her research area is on the professional growth of early career teachers and the impact of coaching.

Andrea Stringer's webiste

Andrea's twitter

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Moments with Ben Hammersley: Inventing the word podcast and time travel.

In this bitesize episode of The Art of Teaching Podcast, we are hearing from the amazing Ben Hammersley. His career combines three interconnected subjects - journalist, technologist, and strategic foresight. 

His website is here

His futures consultancy and keynote-speaking website are Hammersley Futures.

His machine learning and knowledge discovery company is Agathonic.AI.

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