A greater focus on sustainability/profitability. Sharper alignment of technology with actual market need and not just good ideas. Leading to economic as well as functional viability.
Alan Maguire – Partner at Leaf Investments
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It’s time online education as seen in MOOCs receives official recognition within the educational system. For students, this can be ECTS credits. However, working professionals in further education need certificates that confirm the job-related hands-on skills they have acquired. European educational policy should make a commitment here.
Hannes Klöpper, MPA – Managing Director, Iversity
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Ignore the hype, and focus on applying the best available technologies to improve learning outcomes, motivation and scalability while reducing costs. Technology is not a goal in itself, but used right it will lead to significantly better education.
Mads Tvillinggaard Bonde – Founder and CEO, Labster
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Edtech must enable students’ learning resources to be tailored, allowing them to interact with information in a way that supports their preferred learning style, in order to reach their learning goals.
Matthias Ick – Managing Director, Macmillan Digital Education
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Greater engagement of teacher entrepreneurs, solving real systemic challenges in education institutions, linking technology in schools to learning outcomes and getting serious investment into Europe
Ian Fordham – Co-founder, The Education Foundation & Director, Edtech Incubator
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It’s important to create tools that personalize course materials, prevent more students from falling behind, and give every student a path to success.
Charlie Harrington – The Director of Business Development at Knewton and Co-Head of the Knewton London Office
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Access to content is the key in education technology. It implies efficient Apps evaluation and rating, discovery, and provisioning, adapted to students and teachers’ needs.
Jérôme Serre – CEO of EduPad
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Make sure that teachers are not left behind. Build ed-tech that empowers teachers and not replaces them.
Dr. Dror Ben-Naim – Founder, CEO of Smart Sparrow
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The priorities are how to unite the potential of Ed Tech in terms of reach, with reliable assessment of its pedagogy. The sector also needs a clearer response to privacy concerns.
Anne McElvoy – Public Policy Editor, The Economist
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The future of learning will not be defined by what is taught, but by changing how students learn and how data is used to improve outcomes
Cheyne Tan – Founder and CEO, BlikBook.
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To change the focus away from data and into how we improve the lives of the student population by saving them time and increasing their competence through analysis and improvement.
Lars Sørup – EVP LearnSmart, Area9
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Leveraging the explosion of content–quality is high, costs low. Focus on access, measurement, credentials, relevance to curriculum (K-12), and relevance to employment (adults).
David Blake – CEO, Degreed.
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The edtech should focus on motivating and engaging students, making sure they enjoy learning, see their progress and feel successful every day.
Evgeny Shadchnev – Co-founder and CEO, Makers Academy
