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What now? What next? Insights into Australia's tertiary education sector
Hosted by Claire Field · EN
Claire Field talks with leaders and experts from within the Australian tertiary education sector and across the global ed-tech sector
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Claire unpacks the tertiary education sector's response to the ATEC Bill
Jan 2701:22:37Tap to summarizeIn this episode of the podcast Claire unpacks all of the submissions to the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee's inquiry into the "Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) Bill 2025 and a related bill".If you want to read any of the submissions you'll find them on the Senate website: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Education_and_Employment/ATEC2025/Submissions Also in this podcast episode Claire shares a few details (much more to come) on two big new initiatives she'll be launching this year - one focussed on VET data and the other on AI.Contact Claire:Connect with me on LinkedIn: Claire FieldFollow me on Bluesky: @clairefield.bsky.social Check out the news pages on my website: clairefield.com.auEmail me at: admin@clairefield.com.au The ‘What now? What next?’ podcast recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s traditional custodians. In the spirit of reconciliation we are proud to recommend John Briggs Consulting as a leader in Reconciliation and Indigenous engagement. To find out more go to www.johnbriggs.net.au
Transcribe →AI is changing everything - Claire shares lessons from global leaders
Nov 1100:52:36Tap to summarizeIn this episode of the podcast Claire shares insights from three recent events she's attended:GITEX Global where she learned about: the Canadian government's approach to "sovereignty not solitude" in an era of AI, and Canada's LLM (Cohere), the new Open University of Kenya, Estonia's successful digital economy, the UAE's LLM (Falcon), the Abu Dhabi government's TAMM app, G42's Global AI Institute with Microsoft, Abu Dhabi's Technology Innovation Institute, and the UAE's Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI (and here's the IMF's ratings of countries by GDP per capita)National Summit on AI and the Future of Australian Education - if you're not familiar with the Australian Framework for Generative AI in Schools it's making a big difference in the schools sectorDigital Education Council's Global Summit - the chart that DEC CEO Alessandro Di Lullo shared "the scariest chart in the world" from Derek Thompson writer at The Atlantic (using data from the US Federal Reserve), DEC's Ten Dimension AI Readiness Framework. Danny Bielik spoke with Claire in Episode 117 of the podcast and Prof. Himanshu Rai joined Claire in Episode 122 And details of The Economist's upcoming AI Innovation Asia summit.Contact Claire:Connect with me on LinkedIn: Claire FieldFollow me on Bluesky: @clairefield.bsky.social Check out the news pages on my website: clairefield.com.auEmail me at: admin@clairefield.com.au The ‘What now? What next?’ podcast recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s traditional custodians. In the spirit of reconciliation we are proud to recommend John Briggs Consulting as a leader in Reconciliation and Indigenous engagement. To find out more go to www.johnbriggs.net.au
Transcribe →EdTech - what next?
Aug 6, 2022Tap to summarizeIn this episode Claire reflects on what she learned at this year's EdTechXEurope conference. She mentions a number of websites and reports in the episode - links are below:EdTechXEurope: https://edtechxeurope.com/Claire's written summary of the conference: https://clairefield.com.au/about/ (scroll down on the page for Claire's notes)zSpace: https://zspace.com/Predictions on the use of AR/VR in education: https://www.perkinscoie.com/en/news-insights/optimism-around-immersive-technology-rising-post-pandemic-perkins-coies-xr-industry-insider-survey-finds.htmlEuropean Commission's Digital Action Plan: https://education.ec.europa.eu/focus-topics/digital-education/digital-education-action-planEuropean Digital Education Hub: https://education.ec.europa.eu/focus-topics/digital-education/digital-education-action-plan/digital-education-hubMark Brown's review of microcredentials for the European Commission: https://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/525CEDEFOP microcredentials study: https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/news/microcredentials-new-opportunity-lifelong-learningAlphaBeta's Future Skills report for Google Australia:https://alphabeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/google-skills-report.pdfMultiverse: https://www.multiverse.io/en-GBContact Claire:Connect with me on LinkedIn: Claire FieldFollow me on Bluesky: @clairefield.bsky.social Check out the news pages on my website: clairefield.com.auEmail me at: admin@clairefield.com.au The ‘What now? What next?’ podcast recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Australia’s traditional custodians. In the spirit of reconciliation we are proud to recommend John Briggs Consulting as a leader in Reconciliation and Indigenous engagement. To find out more go to www.johnbriggs.net.au
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