The Transformative Potential of Edtech - A Conversation with Carla Aerts

A versatilist and somewhat of a polymath, Carla started her
career in the performing arts, before moving into the digital
domain. Becoming captivated by the international education
landscape and the role of technology for learning, her focus
turned to learning with technologies in diverse contexts.


For many years, Carla managed international transformation
programmes and innovation initiatives for education publishers.
She was Global Digital Director of Education for Cambridge
University Press and Director of Futures at UCL – Institute of
Education, where she led the mentoring and training of 250 edtech
start-ups. This summer Carla launched the Refracted! Inter- and
transdisciplinary learning community - free to join - in order to
facilitate essential dialogue and knowledge sharing that pierces
through the education silos.


Prior to this, Carla also set up and ran the Tmrw Institute, a
thought leadership and catalyst organisation focused on the role
of technologies for education and learning, from policy to
practice. She runs the Next Billion EdTech Prize for start-ups
working in resource-poor contexts, a Varkey Foundation
initiative.


Carla speaks at international conferences: including Les
Rencontres à Aix, Global Education and Skills Forum, FT Live,
Reimagine Education, EdTechX, e-Learning Africa, etc. Carla was
involved in the 2019 workshop that led to the publication of the
World Economic Forum Generation AI report, developed in
partnership by UNESCO, CIFAR and WEF.


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https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlaaerts/