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Inside Learning Podcasts

Our Inside Learning podcast dives into learning science and the future of work. Each month we feature learning experts from all over the world.

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  • Inside Learning
  • 35 mins 10 secs
  • 03 Apr 2025
Exploring Learning Innovation with Graham Brown-Martin

In this episode, we delve into the world of learning innovation with Graham Brown-Martin, author of ‘Learning Reimagined’. Graham shares his journey from working on mainframe computers at the Open University to pioneering educational technology in the 1980s.

  • Inside Learning
  • 22 min 54 sec
  • 02 Mar 2025
AI, Skills Gaps and The Future of Work with Callum Chace

Calum Chace is an expert on artificial intelligence and the author of several bestselling books, including ‘Surviving AI’ and ‘Pandora’s Brain’. In this episode Calum and our host Aidan McCullen discuss the concept of two singularities: the Economic Singularity, where AI renders many jobs obsolete, and the Technological Singularity, where AI surpasses human intelligence.

  • Inside Learning
  • 26 min 25 sec
  • 02 Feb 2025
Navigating Your Career: Michael B. Horn on Job Progress

Michael B. Horn discusses his new book ‘Job Moves: Nine Steps for Making Progress in Your Career,’ offering valuable advice for those feeling stuck in their careers. He delves into the importance of understanding personal progress in career choices, the concept of ‘jobs to be done,’ and why thinking about experiences rather than perks is crucial when assessing job opportunities.

  • Inside Learning
  • 14 min 17 sec
  • 02 Dec 2024
Revolutionising Music Education with Margret Juliana Sigurdardottir

Discover how Margret Juliana Sigurdardottir, founder of Moombix is addressing the challenges adult learners face in accessing quality, flexible music lessons and how MoomBix is building a global community of music enthusiasts. Learn how the platform connects learners with expert teachers worldwide and provides innovative digital tools to enhance the learning experience.

  • Inside Learning
  • 14 minutes
  • 02 Nov 2024
Embracing the Access Economy: Sara Daw

We dive into the transformative concept of the access economy with our guest Sara Daw. Sara, the author of ‘Strategy and Leadership as Service: How the Access Economy Meets the C-Suite’, provides insightful definitions and real-world applications of the access economy. The discussion highlights the advance of mobile technology and the younger generation’s focus on social capital.

  • Inside Learning
  • 16 minutes
  • 05 Oct 2024
Live at Learnovation 2024 with Elliot Masie

Join us for a special episode of the Inside Learning Podcast, recorded at Learnovation 2024 in the Aviva Stadium Dublin, with Elliot Masie, a key innovator in e-learning since the 1990s. Elliot discusses the evolution of digital learning, the intersection of learning and innovation, and the role of creativity and storytelling in education.

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Meet the Patrons

Our Meet the Patrons series spotlights the Patron Members of the Learnovate Centre. Each interview offers insights into the innovative organisations that support our mission to advance learning technologies. Use the arrows to keep up to date with recent interviews, or click below to see our full library.

  • Approx 7 mins
  • 18 Mar 2025
Meet the Patrons interview with Roger Warnock, CEO of Young Social Innovators

As part of Learnovate’s Meet the Patrons series, we speak to Myles Thies, the co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of 186 Digital, a learning technology company that works with universities, colleges and businesses to provide innovative digital education solutions.

  • 14 Feb 2025
Meet the Patrons interview with Myles Thies of 186 Digital

As part of Learnovate’s Meet the Patrons series, we speak to Myles Thies, the co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of 186 Digital, a learning technology company that works with universities, colleges and businesses to provide innovative digital education solutions.

  • 13 minute read
  • 20 Jan 2025
Q&A with Gavin Cooney, CEO of Learnosity

We speak to Gavin Cooney, the co-founder and CEO of Learnosity, a leading provider of AI-powered assessment and learning products for learning institutions.

  • 14 Nov 2024
Meet the Patrons interview with Sinéad Lucey of RCPI

As part of Learnovate’s Meet the Patrons series, we speak to Sinéad Lucey, Director of Business Development and Examinations at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, a postgraduate medical training college and historic institution founded in 1654.

  • 14 Oct 2024
Meet the Patrons interview with Mark Henderson of Kubicle

As part of the Learnovate Centre’s Meet the Patrons series, we speak to Mark Henderson, CEO of Kubicle, a corporate training and upskilling company focused on the areas of artificial intelligence, data analytics, and technology.

  • 14 Jul 2024
Q&A with Declan McNiff

As part of the Learnovate Centre’s Meet the Patrons series, we speak to Declan McNiff, Managing Director of Realtime Recruitment, Ireland’s leading Tech and Digital Transformation recruitment specialists.

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Articles

Check out our latest articles, some are available to Learnovate Members only. Use the arrows to see more of our recent content, or click below to see our full library.

  • 01 Jan 2024
Start with the human – using AI to supercharge learning design

When Stella Collins was working in IT in the early 2000s, a conversation with a colleague opened a new door in her mind.

  • 01 Apr 2024
AI, academic integrity and all-inclusive education

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  • 01 Sep 2024
Skills and standards can guide a rapidly changing education sector

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  • 01 Sep 2023
Humans at the front, AI at the back – the art of digital coaching in personal development

How can we harness the power of AI for personal development, but keep that all-important human connection? This has been a burning question for Irish start-up Zelfio, which has worked with Learnovate to create a digital coaching and personal development app.

  • 24 Feb 2025
A quick look at how to decide the starting point for your next digital project

At Learnovate we work with organisations looking to leverage the power of technology to enhance learning outcomes. We find their ideas range from improving how they do what they do already, to coming up with the next big idea. This short article is to bring some clarity to: the areas; the differences; and the different supports we find work.

  • 24 Feb 2025
Barriers to technology integration in K-12 classrooms

The 90s were a time of creativity with innovations such as e-commerce, the Hubble Space Telescope and the resurgence of double denim. With such abundant creativity, one could be forgiven for missing the ground-breaking classification developed by Purdue University’s Peggy Ertmer in 1999.

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News

Stay up to date with the latest news from Learnovate, our community and world of work and learning. Use the arrows to keep up to date with recent news, or click below to see our full library.

 

  • 31 Mar 2025
Call open for EdTech start-ups to apply to accelerator programme run by Learnovate and Amazon Web Services

Our EdTech start-up accelerator, run in partnership with AWS, is now open for applications. The programme provides business mentoring, technical guidance on building and scaling in the cloud, as well as regulatory, data privacy and cybersecurity considerations. Specialist expertise will also be available on topics such as pilot studies, trials, pathways to market, public procurement and investor readiness.

  • 14 Oct 2024
Ex-Obama advisor calls for more AI skills training in schools and the workplace to kick-start learning technology innovation

Outdated attitudes to education and a lack of focus on AI skills at all levels are the biggest barriers to innovation in learning technology, a top advisor to former US President Barack Obama told Learnovation 2024, the annual summit on the future of work and learning.

  • 02 Sep 2024
Learnovate and EudaOrg play key role in €1.5m EU project to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in European semiconductor sector

The Learnovate Centre in Trinity College Dublin is one of three Irish organisations playing a key role in a €1.5 million EU initiative to lower the barrier to participation in the European semiconductor sector for women and other under-represented groups.

  • 10 Jun 2024
Learnovate wins Best Membership Services Category at the Associations & Institutes Awards 2024
  • 27 May 2024
Learnovate launches Work Ready Graduate Programme
  • 22 May 2024
Unlock the Future of Learning: The Latest Insights into Generative AI – May 2024
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