Learning Unboxed

Alex Bandar is the founder and Chief Mischief-Maker at the Columbus Idea Foundry. An engineer by training and serial entrepreneur by practice, Alex is the kind of guy who likes to roll up his sleeves and solve problems – and inspire others do the same.The Idea Foundry is a multifaceted collaborative environment for exploring, learning, making; a makerspace for anyone with passion and an idea. Whether you want to launch a startup or teach a class, create a podcast or learn a new skill, collaborate on an idea or get into some mischief, it’s the ideal place to make things happen in a 21st century world.We unbox:The next generation of teaching and learningWhat is work in the 21st century?Tricking kids to learn tech through hands-on, functional artistic projectsBecoming a center for creative and techy adultsWhat innovation means in a world where sci-fi is becoming realityColumbus is a startup town – and a 21st century version of Renaissance Florence ItalyWhy the Columbus Idea Foundry worksThe role of makerspaces i

Rich Rosen is the Founder of Indigo Systems, an organization founded to mobilize practicing engineers to use systems analysis and design skills to address education problems in their local community.At the heart of Rich’s work is the idea of “engineers helping educators,” and today we discuss the role of both engineers and organizational partnerships in our efforts to reimagine, rethink, and redesign the educational system.We unbox:How Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future catalyzed Rich’s shift from healthcare to educationCreating partnerships between education and businesses – and why it’s necessary“A good idea doesn’t spread just because it’s a good idea.”The built-in systems of constraints endemic to our schoolsChanging the landscape of education through a focus on STEMFinding the best and highest use of an organization, beyond moneyBringing the concept of R&D to educationBest practices for business-education partnerships that allow for crea

Today we have two wonderful guests, Marcy Raymond and Jack McClintock, joining us to talk about creating startups with a meaningful impact on the world of education.Marcy is serial school starter and a STEM education specialist with the Education Services Center of Central Ohio. She is a founder of Metro Early College High School (MECHS), which is Ohio’s very first STEM school and a platform for innovation in school design that many schools across the nation are now based on.Jack is one of the first students to attend and graduate Metro, after which he received a bachelor’s from OSU’s Fisher College of Business and founded G&P Productions.We unbox:The massive undertaking of starting a new school, especially one with such an innovative design philosophyWhy doing school differently is a “moral imperative”The goal of The Metro School, and all of the schools that have followed its modelThe uphill battle of STEM educationWhy Jack took the risk and jumped in as a founding student of MetroPartnering with OSU, th

We hear, frequently, that the global education system is broken, and as a result, we spend billions of dollar trying to fix it. But the K-12 system isn’t actually broken at all – it’s working exactly as it was designed, 100 years ago, and it’s obsolete. So in Learning Unboxed, we will have a conversation about teaching, learning, and the future of work; we will reimagine, rethink, and redesign our educational system. And we invite you to join us. Your host on this journey is Annalies Corbin – the Founder, President, CEO, & Chief Goddess of the PAST Foundation – and we will be joined by experts, innovators, and entrepreneurs who are wrestling with this conversation, and who have a whole set of creative designs and solutions.   Resources: Learn more at https://www.pastfoundation.org Connect with Annalies: Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn   Learning Unboxed is produced by Podcast Masters