The Education Innovators Podcast

Creators and Destroyers of Worlds

Iuri Melo is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience and the proud father of five. He’s the co-founder of SchoolPulse, a nationwide student support service that delivers positivity, optimism, and growth mindset tools to students, parents, and faculty via text and email. After several teen suicides in his community, Iuri co-created SchoolPulse in 2017 to proactively support stu...

Thriving in an AI World

Stefan Bauschard is a course instructor (teaching the Introduction to AI) at Union College. He is also an AI literacy curriculum designer for Study Hall in the UK. He is also an AI Education Policy Consultant, and, as featured in his first appearance on the Education Innovators Podcast, Stefan is a debate coach.

He has come back on the show to talk about one of his weekly newsletters that struck a chord wi...

Blazing New Trails in Virtual Education

Annette Levesque is the Founder & CEO of The Global Education Station, a platform dedicated to providing modern resources and professional learning workshops for educators, helping them stay ahead of today’s technological advancements. She is also the host of the video podcast The Global Education Station Presents.

Annette is an award-winning author. Her book “Elearning Gold: The Ultima...

Knowledge graphs and neural networks – reimagining AI-powered math tutoring

This episode is a relatively technical discussion with a brilliant researcher about the potential of a hybrid AI solution to be used to develop an accurate and adaptive AI-powered math tutor.

Haihao Liu is currently serving as the Education Director for the Asian Community Development Center, a growing US-based nonprofit with a mission to empower the As...

AI Characters – Friend or Foe?

In this episode I talk with Sonia Tiwari who has a unique expertise in the design and development of characters that enhance learning experiences.

Sonia Tiwari holds a PhD in Learning, Design, and Technology from Penn State University where she also was an Adjunct Professor of Learning Experience Design. She has been a children’s media research consultant for almost 9 years and has developed a framewo...

Beyond AI: Student Centric Education

This episode is a follow up to my solo episode about the Alpha School, “A School with no Teachers”. My guest is here to cut through the hype and tell us the real story.

Jon Stewart is a creative strategist and leader in the education technology space, currently serving as Head of Engagement at Alpha School in Austin, TX. In this role, he crafts compelling educational narratives that reshape how ...

Lead with Purpose

Dr. Roger A. Gerard is the owner of Sloan & Gerard Consulting, a private consulting practice serving executives and boards in strategic planning, operational planning, executive coaching, and management development. He also specializes in process improvement, and the use of lean methodologies in bringing about significant and measurable organizational

improvement.

He is the former Chief Learning Officer fo...

AI-Powered Pedagogy

Dr. Jennifer Chang-Wathall is an independent educational consultant, author, and part-time instructor at the University of Hong Kong. With a rich background spanning over 30 years in international education, she has worked at various international schools, such as South Island School and Island School in Hong Kong, and The United Nations International School in New York. In the international arena, she has pres...

Tech-Intentional Education

A former middle school English teacher and parent of two, Emily Cherkin, MEd., Emily Cherkin, MEd., The Screentime Consultant, witnessed the simultaneous rise of technology use for school, and smartphone and social media use for kids. Today, Emily consults with parents, offers school presentations and professional development training, and writes about parenting, education, and screentime to bring her tec...

Beyond Academics – Life Skills

Nitin Gour is the Founder and CEO of Bloomster. He is passionate about transforming education to focus on holistic student development. Bloomster is a dynamic platform that empowers students by teaching over 25 essential life skills, helping them thrive in five key areas critical to navigating today’s ever-changing world. With nearly two decades of experience in the corporate world, spanning technol...

Sharon Gal-Or: Regenaissance – The Call to Heal

Sharon Gal-Or is a regenerative consultant, public speaker, and author. He caught my attention with his latest book “Regenaissance: The Call to Heal”, and with his passion for innovation in education and his transformative works that explore the intersections of spirituality, ecology, future of humanity, and regenerative movements. In this episode he takes us on a philosophical, yet...

Mila Devenport – A Vision for Digital Wellbeing

Mila is an AI ethicist and the Founder and Chief Education Officer of the Kigumi Group, a social enterprise here in Hong Kong doing digital well-being for digital natives, including teaching them about AI ethics, cybersafety, and metacognitive skills. She is a certified AI ethics assessor by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and a character educator who focuses o...

Laura Jacob is the Superintendent of the California Area School District and founder and CEO of California Academy of Learning Charter School. 

In her current capacity as Superintendent of Schools, she maintains a focus on creating schools where all children love learning, with a focus on teaching environmental sustainability. The Moonshot Program eliminates grades, and grade levels and establishes an individualized learning plan...

Zone of Proximal Development – In this episode, Chris Hess, from Pearson, helps connect the dots between training for a triathlon and preparing to take an exam. By targeting the zone of proximal development, he is helping Pearson develop AI tools for education that optimize learning experiences to achieve this state of higher performance.

Chris Hess currently serves as the director of AI product management for higher education at...

Bedales – Head Hand and Heart

This episode is about a school with over 130 years of history as a progressive and innovative educational institution. An exclusive school with old world charm and new world perspectives on teaching and learning.

I am joined by Will Goldsmith who is the Head of Bedales School in Petersfield England. Founded by John Badley in 1893, it is a private school offering an alternative to GCSE courses and asses...

Phillip Alcock is the founder of AIxPBL, a startup focused on AI-powered project-based learning. He is experienced in STEM/STEAM education, Project-Based Learning (PBL) research and implementation, Game-Based Learning, Sustainability education, AI-enhanced curriculum design, and learner-centric pedagogies.

Phillip publishes a very popular and powerful newsletter on LinkedIn (link below). Phil’s writing is both informative and ver...

Season 3 Trailer

This is a quick recap of some highlights from season 2 and a look forward at our aspirations for season 3.

The Education Innovators Podcast is a set of conversations between Eric Byron and guests from all aspects of education around the world. We look for innovative ideas and practical examples of things happening in schools and learning environments that are of interest to teachers, corporate trainers, school admi...

Dr Michelle Ament is an educational pioneer renowned for creating the Learning, Experienced (LXP) model. She leads educational systems to develop Human Intelligence, the essential human-centered skills needed to be career-ready in an AI world. An architect of the groundbreaking approach to teaching and assessing social-emotional wellness with experiential learning through a build, apply and transfer instructional model. Her com...

Romy Alexandra is a learning experience designer and experiential learning trainer on a mission to humanize learning spaces (in-person, online, and hybrid). She is passionate about designing and delivering transformative learning experiences that integrate experiential learning, psychological safety, emotional intelligence, the neuroscience of learning, and behavior change.

Romy brings over a decade of international facilitation ex...