When Should You Stop Ignoring Small EdTech Startups? With Jared Stein

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for this episode is Jared Stein. In the first half of his career, Jared led the development of new, fully online programs at colleges and universities and helped faculty adopt new ways of teaching with technology to increase student access and success.After more than a decade of heading up product strategy and research at Instructure (makers of Canvas), Jared started Rarebird, an EdTech consultancy that helps startups and institutions maximize their impact.Jared is also the author of “Essentials for Blended Learning: A Standards-Based Guide.”In this ‘start-up’ conversation Jared and I discuss00:00 › Start3:08 › Stop Ignoring The Problem—Jared kicks us off by diving right into discussing when you should stop ignoring edtech startups and why this is a problem - from both corporate and traditional education experiences8:35 › Starting Up Processes—Jared discusses processes he uses at Rarebird to advise startups for bringing their tech into the larger ecosystem, and how different personalities within Edtech startups create different outcomes16:50 › Aid And Counsel—Jared offers his counsel for mitigating and managing risk as an EdTech startup and any organization willing to work with with (admittedly) sometimes not-fully-baked services26:00 › The Graceful Stop—Jared talks about how to gracefully stop or walk away from an experiment with a start up when it doesn't work out33:17 › Startup Boon—Finally, Jared discusses, where institutions might look for promising, legitimate and trustworthy startups solutions, especially in the generative AI space.Subscribe for the latest news, practice and thought leadership at eLearnMagazine.com