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Welcome to Curio Insights, the podcast channel where we share our discussions, conversations and webinars audio. Check out our episodes where we chat with industry experts, students, facilitators and academics about anything education-related from CPD, transitioning to online as a student and as an educator to plans for future university campuses. Curio is an international education consulting and services company operating across Australia, Asia and the UK. We advise organisations in learning online then partner in the design, development and delivery of exceptional learning experiences and education products. Making the Financial Times Fastest Growing companies in 2021, Curio has grown to over 210 people in just five years. Our global presence includes offices in London, Sydney, Melbourne, and Austin, Texas, with emerging outposts in Shanghai and Hong Kong.Find us here:Website: www.curio.coLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/curio-group-pty-ltd Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/curiogroupContact us at hello@curio.coTo stay updated, sign up to our mailing list: https://curio.co/contact/
In support of London Tech Week (20th-24th September 2021), Curio London hosted 3 live Q&A sessions with industry experts.
Technology is now intimately wedded with the learner experience. However, when developing educational products, too often, the discussion tends to focus either too much on the platform or too much on strategy. When is it right to talk about technology in your strategy processes? Is it ever right to lead with the potential of a given platform or tech stack?
Resident consultant at Curio, Mark Jones, joins us to answer the question about how to design a process to make sure the learner remains front and centre at the same time as taking advantage of new advances in data and digital tech.
Join us for this 30-minute podcast episode!
Host: Rob Jack, Learning Designer at Curio
Special guest: Mark Jones, Principal at Curio London
In support of London Tech Week (20th-24th September 2021), Curio London hosted 3 live Q&A sessions with industry experts.
As universities define the student and pedagogical experience they will provide to students returning to campus, to what degree does the technology of online learning delivery fit enable new models or signature pedagogies that can speak to a brand?
Many are adopting a blended or Hyflex approach to attempt to bring together the campus and online with varying degrees of emphasis. But what are the implications for the universities contemplating implementing a technology ecosystem which can support mixed or flexible modes of delivery across the classroom and online?
Join us for this 30-minute Q&A session as we talk to Steven Buckingham about everything Hyflex and the technology behind it.
Host: Rob Jack, Learning Designer at Curio
Special guest: Dr Steven Buckingham, Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences and Director of Innovation and Good Practice at the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences.
In support of London Tech Week (20th-24th September 2021), Curio London hosted 3 live Q&A sessions with industry experts.
Technology has certainly shown how it underpins our educational systems during the pandemic, but the hype has tended to focus on how it has supported delivery. What may be more revolutionary is the tech supporting new learning ecosystems which can support lifelong learning and new forms of accreditation. We’re talking about the likes of digital credentials, stackable learning pathways and learner records which students can take with them anywhere.
Take a listen to this Q&A session as Rob Jack talks to Martin Bean about the potential and the opportunity these technologies enable and provide.
Rob Jack, Learning Designer at Curio
Martin Bean, CEO of The Bean Centre. Previously Vice-Chancellor and President of RMIT University and Vice-Chancellor of The Open University in the UK.
Education is truly a global offering. Institutions rank on a global scale, and universities compete trans-nationally for research attention, funding, and talent. Students are similarly global, and they consider their needs and preferences from a global marketplace and a diversity of offerings.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to restrict travel and will continue through 2021. With such an impact on international student mobility, institutions must re-consider their traditional teaching models and approach to student recruitment.
International foundation programmes are no different and have had to adjust quickly to a remote learner need.
In this webinar hosted by our UK Learning Design Practice Lead, Tom Whitford explored the future landscape for university and pathway providers with Professor Mary Stiasny, PVC International and Chief Executive of University of London Worldwide, Jo Mithen CEO and Executive Director at Monash College in Australia and David Bowser, the CEO of Curio.
Listen to find out what is in store for IFPs in the future.
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Quality online tutoring requires a different set of capabilities to face-to-face teaching, how can academics and institutions prepare?
Tom Whitford, Learning Design Lead at Curio London discusses this and more with:
- Sirinut Sawatdeenarunat - Senior Learning Designer at Curio
- Trish Andrews - Curio Faculty Coach
Listen to find out how academics can prepare for online teaching, what institutions can put in place to support academics during the transition and what changes to expect in terms of workload and necessary skills.
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Take a listen to our webinar hosted by Principal Michael Frantzis, and Associate Principal Liz Greener along with expert panellists Ian Dunn, Provost at Coventry University, Nick Barratt, Director of Learning and Discovery Services at The Open University and Stefan Krummaker, Deputy Vice-Principal (Education) and Associate Dean (Education) at Queen Mary University of London.
The successful UK vaccination campaign means that many universities are confronting the challenge of a return to campus in September. However, this is likely to look very different from what existed previously. Listen to find out how senior leaders in universities are handling the return to physical teaching and learning, and how the on-campus experience will adjust for the post-COVID moment.
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The return to campus comes amidst much uncertainty. For many, this means increased stress and anxiety for staff and students. Many leaders are not yet fully aware of what this means in terms of protocols and policies required to get “return ready”, and bigger questions around what exactly campus facilities and teaching spaces will be used for.
The commercial imperative and market importance to get this right should be paramount for all institutions. Understanding how and why the campus is used to deliver classes effectively changes what visible and invisible infrastructure is required. For example, lecture theatre retrofitting, an increasing shift to discussion spaces, and ICT equipment to help facilitate the broadcasting of live classes.
Take a listen to our webinar hosted by David Bowser, CEO and Founder of Curio along with expert panellists Leah Hill, Chief Faculty Experience Officer at University of Sydney, Stephen Weller, COO and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Australian Catholic University and Jesse Judd, Director of ARM Architecture.
Listen to find out what is in store for campuses in the future.
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With universities having moved most of their courses online, many are looking at how they can make the best use of their content and expertise to meet the needs of a wider audience.
Executive education and CPD courses, adapted from for-credit postgraduate programmes, is seeing a boom. But these learners have different needs and expectations. So how should institutions go about developing their vocational offers? What are the challenges to be overcome and what are the pioneering institutions doing in this space?
Listen to this webinar to find out how senior leaders at UK universities adapt online course content and learning design to maximise their impact and opportunity within this space.
Host: Mark Jones, Principal Consultant at Curio London.
Featured panellists:
Gillian Murray, Deputy Principal (Enterprise and Business) at Heriot-Watt University
Russell Brooks, Associate Director (Executive Education and Online Learning) at London School of Economics & Political Science
Jason Baker, Strategy Director at Hunterlodge
As an organisation, we are interested to see how the human element is being taken into account during the current rush to online learning in the university sector with the arrival of COVID-19. As experts and practitioners in the field of online learning, we often find ourselves commenting on what is best for the student, what pedagogy works effectively and the best ways to engage online students. However, we are aware that the voice of the student tends to be lacking in this conversation.
In this podcast, Michael Frantzis, Principal of Curio London, empowers the students' voice and listens to the experts to get their first-hand experiences of what it's like to be a UK-based student returning to a 'campusless' university. Listen to find out what has gone well, what hasn't gone so well, what needs to happen going forward, and if the new educational offerings are worth the price.
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As many young people are reassessing the contract via which they give up data in return for improved services, we tackle the following important questions in the latest instalment of our Putting the 'Human' in Online series:
- How effective are the existing measures of student satisfaction?
- How can you measure inclusivity and avoid bias?
- Is the current fashion machine learning just hype or is there real value which can be derived?
Michael Frantzis, Principal at Curio London discusses this and more with an expert panel consisting of:
- Prof. Stefan Krummaker, Deputy Vice-Principal (Education) at Queen Mary University of London
- Joe Harrod from COO of Signify.ai, an ethical data science company
- Tom Whitford, Lead Learning Designer UK.
Listen and find out how good design and best practice is, if not more, important for improving the student experience as technology and platforms.
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The global pandemic has accelerated innovation in employability. We're working with students who are eager to secure work in an uncertain economic landscape. Our work has shifted online, creating both opportunities and challenges for student and employer engagement. Some of our innovations have been successful, while others such as virtual careers fairs have fallen short.
By listening to this episode, you'll learn about innovations that might endure in the medium to long term, how we can best work with our students in the coming years, and where we might focus our efforts in terms of delivering exceptional employability offerings.
Rob Jack, a learning designer at Curio is joined by:
- Sarah Flynn, Associate Director of Learning and Teaching at the University of Hertfordshire
- Sophie Davis, Careers Consultant at Imperial College Business School
- Chang Tan, programme manager for consulting, corporates, technology and engineering at social mobility charity SEO London.