Aug 12, 2020
Jose “Pepe” Escamilla talked with Peter Mathieson, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh. A conversation about Edinburgh’s 2030 plan, the digital challenges facing universities, and how to encourage faculty to be future-ready.
Mathieson also discussed ethics in AI and the importance for...
Jun 24, 2020
Jose "Pepe" Escamilla met with Martin Paul, President of Maastricht University, one of the youngest Dutch universities, in a conversation that sought to rethink the European University.
Martin Paul also addressed Maastricht's efforts to develop its students' independent learning skills, explained their hybrid degree...
Jun 10, 2020
Listen to an insightful conversation about online education between José "Pepe" Escamilla and Anant Agarwal, edX CEO, and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT.
Anant talked about the birth of edX and its extensive MOOC offering. He described how data from the edX platform could help improve...
May 27, 2020
José "Pepe" Escamilla met with Singapore's Teachers' Union General Secretary Mike Thiruman. An eye-opening conversation on teacher empowerment, skills, and working conditions.
Thiruman also addressed Singapore's education success and what Latin America can learn from it. Finally, Thiruman shared his view on the future...
May 13, 2020
A conversation about the startup explosion and EdTech ventures in emerging economies between Maia Sharpley, Partner at Learn Capital, an Education-focused venture capital firm, and José “Pepe” Escamilla, inside TecSounds’ booth at the entrepreneurship festival INCmty 2019.
Maia Shapley described the new lifelong...