Hi and welcome to the A16D podcast I'm Lauren Murrow and today's episode is all about education and technology

a topic that's especially top of mind as students in much of the country are returning to school this week

Virtually much of the discussion has been in the context are returning to school this week, virtually.

Much of the discussion has been in the context of COVID and safety,

but there's a greater debate around Ed Tech's potential

that's been decades in the making.

In this episode, A16Z general partner Connie Chan and I are joining in the the

in this episode A16Z general partner Connie Chan and I are joined by educators and experts Josh Kim,

the director of online programs and strategy at the Dartmouth Center for the

Advancement of Learning,

his most recent book, Learning Innovation,

and the Future of Higher Education,

was published earlier this year.

And David Deming, Professor of Education

and Economics at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

We explore the complicated issue of online education

from a variety of angles.

Can the quality of online learning stack up

to that of an in-person education? What improvements have we seen

over the past decade and what improvements are we likely to see this fall compared to the COVID

scramble last spring? And might this moment be the push we need for educators and technologists, sometimes at odds, to

collaborate more closely?

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