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EPISODE 6 - Building trust and innovation in EdTech

 

 

 

 

In this episode, Christina Makarona introduces key themes around trust and evidence in EdTech, with a focus on the EmpowerED project's roadmap. Moderated by Beth Havinga, the discussion highlights a significant trust gap between decision-makers and EdTech solutions. Andreas Klausing from Educa Swiss stresses the challenges in decentralised education systems, while Niko Lindholm from Helsinki Education Hub underscores the importance of collaboration to bridge the trust gap. Listen to the episode for all the insights.

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Beth Havinga

 

Beth Havinga

Managing Director, European EdTech Alliance

Beth Havinga is the Managing Director of the European EdTech Alliance. Beth currently serves on the Digitisation Council of the state of Berlin in Germany, on the steering committee of DigiEduHack, and serves on the international advisory boards of CoSN, ISTE, and the Children's Future Foundation. Beth represents the EEA in the EdTech Roundtable of the European Commission, UNESCO's Broadband Commission data for learning group, and the Digital Transformation Collaborative. Additionally, she consults to the Council of Europe on the topic of AI and education. Beth is chairwoman of the German standardization committee for Learning Technologies and represents Germany as head delegate to the European committee for standardization of interoperability of learning technologies and edtech. In addition to creating her own consulting firm, Beth has taught in schools, managed education software and publishing houses, founded two startups, and worked in over 45 countries to develop digital structures and strategies.

 

 

Niko Lindholm
 

 

Niko Lindholm

Senior Business Advisor, Edtech Innovation Lead, Helsinki Education Hub

Niko Lindholm is a pioneer in designing and implementing new models for Edtech innovation that have system level impact. He has built four Edtech accelerators in four different countries (Finland, Singapore, Italy, and Lithuania). He is now leading the innovation program (Edtech Deep Tech incubator) at Helsinki Education Hub at Faculty of Education, University of Helsinki. The innovation program is based on transferring Learning Sciences to Edtech entrepreneurs, who go through an Edtech Incubation program. The program is linked to the Helsinki Edtech Testbed, in order to enable entrepreneurs to validate their solution with educators and learners in public schools in Helsinki.

Andreas Klausing
 

 

Andreas Klausing

Member of the Management Board at Educa

Andreas Klausing is a member of the management board of Educa, the specialist agency for the digital education space in Switzerland. Educa is supported by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) and the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education (EDK). He is particularly interested in the transformation of the governance structures of the Swiss education system due to digital transformation. Previously, he managed the OECD's PISA studies in Switzerland and was the digitalisation officer for the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education (EDK). He studied sociology and political science in Zurich and Toulouse.

 

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