EDITORIAL OVERVIEW

Find out what’s included in the fifth 2018 edition of your Reimagine Education Newsletter: we shift our focus to accelerators and incubators. We introduce you to the Towson University Incubator, share news of AWS EdStart’s plans to go global, and invite readers to join the WISE Summit in 2019.

THE TOWSON UNIVERSITY INCUBATOR

Over the last decade, Towson University’s Incubator – the TU Incubator – has supported over 80 companies, while also collaborating with Baltimore County to support the creation of new corporate ventures and regional economic development. Their EdTech Innovation Showcase offers regional education technology entrepreneurs to showcase their work, making them a natural regional complement to the work done by Reimagine Education. Find out more about them here.

AWS EDSTART GOES ABROAD TO BRING RESOURCES TO EDTECH STARTUPS

Our Reimagine Education Gold EdTech Sponsor, Amazon Web Services, outline their plans to take their EdStart initiative – designed to help edtech solutions construct effective, successful solutions on the AWS Cloud – global.

INTRODUCING: THE WORLD INNOVATION SUMMIT FOR EDUCATION

The WISE Accelerator has also supported Reimagine Education since 2016, and are, like both of our other contributing incubator/accelerator programs, aiming to support the development of innovative education technology solutions. Though their 2018 call for applications has now closed, they are encouraging engagement with edtech companies whose work has high potential for scalability and impact. Find out more about their work, and their 2019 summit, here.

REIMAGINE EDUCATION AWARDS 2018: JOIN THE JUDGES

Are you an educational expert? Passionate about identifying, acknowledging, and rewarding innovation in your space? Want to meet those behind the work that’s transforming education for learners worldwide? Then apply to join our judging panel – our call for judges is open until May 31st!

SPEAK AT THE 2018 REIMAGINE EDUCATION CONFERENCE

If you’re an expert in your field, keen to contribute to urgently-needed debate about the future of education, then we want to hear from you! Our 2018 Call for Speakers has opened, and we’re accepting applications from educators worldwide! This year, we’re offering especial preference to those that can offer case studies of successful pedagogical innovation – demonstration above speculation, efficacy before prophecy.

Particularly desirable are case studies pertaining to successful implementation of:

• Artificial intelligence
• Virtual reality/augmented reality
• Learning analytics
• New forms of learning assessment (e.g. adaptive comparative judgement)
• Curricular redesign
• Approaches at the intersection of neuroscience and pedagogy
• Adaptive learning
• Hybrid learning approaches

If you would like to convene a panel, please contact jack@qs.com with your proposal. You can apply to speak at http://bit.ly/Reimagine18Speakers.