Best Teacher Tapp Podcasts (2024)

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Big data and algorithmic bias in education: what is it and why does it matter? 25:22

9d ago25:22

25:22

This episode, Owen and Libby speak to Ryan Baker, a leading expert in using big data to study learners and learning interactions with educational software. Ryan is a Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, and is Director of the Penn Center for Learning Analytics. Ryan provides an overview of educational dat…

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Think aloud or think before you speak?: OpenAI’s new model for advanced reasoning 10:59

25d ago10:59

10:59

In this short episode, Libby and Owen discuss OpenAI’s new model for advanced reasoning, o1. They talk about its new capabilities and strengths, and what they think about its significance for education after an initial play around. They talk through the benefits of ‘think aloud’ versus ‘think before you speak’ approaches in education, and how this …

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Misconceptions about misconceptions: How AI can help teachers understand & tackle student misconceptions 34:16

1M ago34:16

34:16

In this episode, Libby and Owen are joined by Craig Barton, Head of Education at Eedi and host of the Mr Barton Maths and Tips for Teachers podcasts, along with Simon Woodhead, Director of Research at Eedi. Together, they explore the world of educational misconceptions—what they are, why they matter and how AI and data science can help tackle them.…

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Why Language Models are suck ups and how this can be bad for learning 11:56

2M ago11:56

11:56

In this short, Libby and Owen discuss recent research from Anthropic looking at sycophancy – the tendency to agree with users – in large language models (LLMs), and key research from educational psychology about how important feedback is for learning. Libby and Owen connect the two papers and explore why sycophancy is especially a problem when it c…

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Passionate about planning (and Tim Walz): automated lesson planning tools 13:36

2M ago13:36

13:36

In this short, Libby and Owen discuss automated lesson planning tools (after Owen stops talking about his Tim Walz crush). There’s now a growing number of lesson planning tools out there for teachers who are using AI: Khanmigo, Magic School, Diffit and Oak National Academy (who will soon release a lesson planning tool) to name a few. Libby and Owen…

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Short: Generative AI Can Harm Learning - our quick takes 10:13

3M ago10:13

10:13

In this short, Libby and Owen discuss a recent paper that has generated interest and discussion called ‘Generative AI Can Harm Learning’. The paper presents the findings from a thought-provoking study of nearly 1,000 students in Turkey. The study tested the effects of giving students access to two different versions of GPT-4 while studying math: on…

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Tangerines & loquats: Building AI EdTech for low resource settings 29:44

3M ago29:44

29:44

This episode, Owen and Libby speak to Carmen Strigel, Senior Director of Education Technology at RTI, a non-profit global research organisation. Carmen has been the driving force behind a number of successful EdTech products built and used in low resource settings. Carmen tells Owen and Libby about Tangerine, data collection software used in more t…

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Short episode: What do teachers, parents, and students really think about AI chatbots? 9:48

4M ago9:48

9:48

In our second short episode of the season, Owen and Libby chat about the recently released results of a US poll (conducted on behalf of Walton Family Foundation and Renaissance Philanthropy) looking at the views of teachers, parents, and students on AI chatbots. There were some surprising findings: more than 8 in 10 participants think technology in…

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From biscuits to AI: Teacher Tapp's surprising insights on teacher preferences 34:19

4M ago34:19

34:19

In this episode of Ed-Technical, Owen and Libby speak with Becky Allen, co-founder of Teacher Tapp, a survey tool that polls a representative sample of teachers about what's happening in their schools, classrooms, and lives at the end of every school day. The conversation covers a range of topics related to AI and education, including how teachers …

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Voice AI for teacher feedback: navigating noisy classrooms and building teachers' trust 28:37

5M ago28:37

28:37

In the second episode of season two Owen and Libby speak to Alyssa Van Camp, Head of Research at EdTech start-up TeachFX. TeachFX is an app for teachers that uses voice AI (a combination of automated speech recognition and natural language processing) to analyse classroom talk and then provide automated feedback to teachers. Owen and Libby talk to …

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Short episode: Google's newest research on genAI for education, and the problem with hypotenuses... 11:13

5M ago11:13

11:13

In the first short episode of season two, Owen and Libby share their warm takes on two big releases from OpenAI and Google. They reflect on the OpenAI demo video of Sal Khan’s (Khan Academy’s founder) son using their latest model (GPT-4o) as a maths tutor, and Google’s paper describing how they trained and evaluated a fine-tuned version of Gemini f…

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Season 2 : Three decades of AI in education: assessment to classroom collaboration 37:10

6M ago37:10

37:10

This season Libby Hills from the Jacobs Foundation and AI researcher Owen Henkel continue to speak with leading researchers, practitioners and educators on the Ed-Technical podcast series about the cutting edge of AI in education. They will break down complex AI concepts into non-technical insights to better understand what the research says and he…

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Season 1 Highlights & Lingering Questions 37:09

7M ago37:09

37:09

In this final episode of season 1 Owen and Libby pull out highlights from each episode. They reflect on some of the common themes, and their lingering questions after season 1. They ask, if a model’s not perfect, how good does it have to be before it stops being useful at all? And they share their appreciation for their many guests who are ex-teach…

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Short 3: What out-there EdTech idea would you buy or sell? 7:20

8M ago7:20

7:20

This week we're doing our third short episode - a chat between Libby and Owen about the more speculative or out-there EdTech ideas they could get behind (or not). Listen to find out who’s into calculators and who’s into roboteachers…… Join us on social media: BOLD (@BOLD_insights), Libby Hills (@Libbylhhills) and Owen Henkel (@owen_henkel) Listen t…

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Behind the scenes of building AI EdTech for schools 38:42

8M ago38:42

38:42

Introduction: Join two former teachers - Libby Hills from the Jacobs Foundation and AI researcher Owen Henkel - for the Ed-Technical podcast series about AI in education. Each episode, Libby and Owen will ask experts to help educators sift the useful insights from the AI hype. They’ll be asking questions like - how does this actually help students …

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(Short) Behind the scenes: How impactful can an AI tutor be? 10:04

8M ago10:04

10:04

This week we're doing our second short episode - a behind the scenes chat about a recent paper of Owen’s that has been generating some interest online. In the paper Owen and his co-authors present the impact of an AI tutor (Rori) on maths performance of around 1,000 students. Listen in for a summary of the study, what they found (TL;DR - the result…

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Investing in the Future of Learning: Can AI Unlock New Learning Experiences? 35:13

9M ago35:13

35:13

In the seventh episode of this series, Libby and Owen talk to six EdTech investors about their views on AI in education. Guests join from Rethink Education, Educapital, Achieve Partners, Sparkmind, Brighteye Ventures and Reach Capital for a two part episode. In this first part, investors tell us what opportunities they see for AI potentially improv…

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(Short) Owen's Spicy Take on Hallucinations and Libby's Strong Disagree 9:28

9M ago9:28

9:28

This week, we're trying something a bit different and doing a short episode. The gloves come off as Libby and Owen engage in a lively debate about the "hallucinations" in large language models (e.g. unexpected and hard to explain errors) and their impact on building educational products. They spar on the nuances of model hallucinations, discussing …

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Navigating Assessment in the Age of AI: What Counts as Cheating? 30:41

10M ago30:41

30:41

In the sixth episode of this series, Libby and Owen talk to Matt Glanville, Director of Assessment at the International Baccalaureate (IB). The IB works with over 5,000 schools worldwide in 160 countries to offer a range of curriculum programmes and qualifications. Early last year they shared their progressive stance on AI – rather than banning AI …

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The quest to save teachers’ Sunday evenings with AI 29:32

11M ago29:32

29:32

Introduction: Join two former teachers - Libby Hills from the Jacobs Foundation and AI researcher Owen Henkel - for the Ed-Technical podcast series about AI in education. Each episode, Libby and Owen will ask experts to help educators sift the useful insights from the AI hype. They’ll be asking questions like - how does this actually help students …

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Helping Teachers One AI Experiment at a Time 28:23

11M ago28:23

28:23

In the fourth episode of this series, Libby and Owen talk to John Roberts, co-founder and Director of Product and Engineering at Oak National Academy. Oak was originally created as an online classroom in 2020 as a rapid response to the coronavirus outbreak. They have delivered over 150 million lessons in their online classroom. They have now become…

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The Inside Story Behind Khan Academy's AI Tutor Khanmigo 29:40

12M ago29:40

29:40

Join two former teachers - Libby Hills from the Jacobs Foundation and AI researcher Owen Henkel - for the Ed-Technical podcast series about AI in education. Each episode, Libby and Owen will ask experts to help educators sift the useful insights from the AI hype. They’ll be asking questions like - how does this actually help students and teachers? …

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Is AI the answer to quicker, better feedback for teachers? 25:51

1y ago25:51

25:51

Join two former teachers - Libby Hills from the Jacobs Foundation and AI researcher Owen Henkel - for the Ed-Technical podcast series about AI in education. Each episode, Libby and Owen will ask experts to help educators sift the useful insights from the AI hype. They’ll be asking questions like - how does this actually help students and teachers? …

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Should ChatGPT replace teachers’ red pens? 28:32

1y ago28:32

28:32

Join two former teachers - Libby Hills from the Jacobs Foundation and AI researcher Owen Henkel - for the Ed-Technical podcast series about AI in education. Each episode, Libby and Owen will ask experts to help educators sift the useful insights from the AI hype. They’ll be asking questions like - how does this actually help students and teachers? …

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Teacher Tapp Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Ed-Technical

Owen Henkel & Libby Hills

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Big data and algorithmic bias in education: what is it and why does it matter? 25:22

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Think aloud or think before you speak?: OpenAI’s new model for advanced reasoning 10:59

1
Misconceptions about misconceptions: How AI can help teachers understand & tackle student misconceptions 34:16

1
Why Language Models are suck ups and how this can be bad for learning 11:56

1
Passionate about planning (and Tim Walz): automated lesson planning tools 13:36

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Short: Generative AI Can Harm Learning - our quick takes 10:13

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Tangerines & loquats: Building AI EdTech for low resource settings 29:44

1
Short episode: What do teachers, parents, and students really think about AI chatbots? 9:48

1
From biscuits to AI: Teacher Tapp's surprising insights on teacher preferences 34:19

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Voice AI for teacher feedback: navigating noisy classrooms and building teachers' trust 28:37

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Short episode: Google's newest research on genAI for education, and the problem with hypotenuses... 11:13

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Season 2 : Three decades of AI in education: assessment to classroom collaboration 37:10

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Season 1 Highlights & Lingering Questions 37:09

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Short 3: What out-there EdTech idea would you buy or sell? 7:20

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Behind the scenes of building AI EdTech for schools 38:42

1
(Short) Behind the scenes: How impactful can an AI tutor be? 10:04

1
Investing in the Future of Learning: Can AI Unlock New Learning Experiences? 35:13

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(Short) Owen's Spicy Take on Hallucinations and Libby's Strong Disagree 9:28

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Navigating Assessment in the Age of AI: What Counts as Cheating? 30:41

1
The quest to save teachers’ Sunday evenings with AI 29:32

1
Helping Teachers One AI Experiment at a Time 28:23

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The Inside Story Behind Khan Academy's AI Tutor Khanmigo 29:40

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Is AI the answer to quicker, better feedback for teachers? 25:51

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Should ChatGPT replace teachers’ red pens? 28:32

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