[May 30, 2015] |
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EdCasting Enables Everyone to Share Their Knowledge & Engage in Lifelong Learning
Today EdCast, a Silicon Valley based Knowledge Network company,
announces "EdCasting" a new way for everyone to share their knowledge
easily with bite-sized Insights across online and mobile.
The launch of EdCasting includes 10 channels ranging from
entrepreneurship, architecture, robotics, technology, and health, filled
with insights from over 100 globally renowned experts and influencers.
"EdCasting moves learning from the industrial age to the knowledge age
with innovative, bite-size curated insights," said Dr. William J. Perry,
former Secretary of Defense of the United States & professor (emeritus)
at Stanford University. "EdCasting brings a new platform to influencers
and educators and levels the playing field for a global audience eager
to learn and share knowledge."
Mitch Kapor, founder of Kapor Capital, said, "EdCasting makes it easy to
stay engaged in knowledge sharing and lifelong learning. I'm very
excited about being part of this vision to transform education for
learners of all ages globally."
"Just as podcasting and Tweeting made it easier to share general
content, EdCasting empowers everyone to share their knowledge and help
create the new culture of lifelong learning in this knowledge economy,"
said Karl Mehta, CEO and Founder of EdCast. "With EdCasting, you are
just a button push away from being connected to subject experts."
Marquee Global Experts & Influencers Already
EdCasting Their Insights
Starting today, educators, influencers and any subject matter experts
can reserve their personalized EdCast page for free. A marquee list of
influencers, educators and brands have already begun EdCasting including
Former Defense Secretary Dr. William Perry who is currently Professor
Emeritus at StanfordUniversity on Nuclear Security; Mitch Kapor
of Kapor Capital on EdTech and Entrepreneurship; Queensland
Technology University (QUT) on Robotics; Joi Ito, Director of MIT (News - Alert)
Media Labs on Entrepreneurship; UN-backed SDSN.EDU (Sustainable
Development Solutions Network) on Sustainable Development;
Scooter Braun of SB Projects on Entrepreneurship in Music and
Technology; Mark Surman of the Mozilla (News - Alert) Foundation, Michigan State
University on Food Science; Michael Horn of the Clayton
Christensen Institute on EdTech, Adam Braun of Pencils of Promise
on Education and EdTech; Manipal University on Technology;
African Virtual University (AVU) on EdTech; Open Education
Consortium (OEC) on Education & EdTech; Prof. Jeffrey
Sachs of Columbia University on Sustainable Development; Prof.
David Bell of Wharton Business School on Marketing; Dr. Jess
Ghannam of UCSF School of Medicine on Health; Dr. Larry Johnson
of The New Media Consortium on EdTech; UCLA Distinguished
Visiting Prof. Terry Kramer on Entrepreneurship; Singularity
University and Stanford Fellow Vivek Wadhwa on Exponential
Technologies; John Seely Brown former Chief Scientist and Director
Xerox PARC on EdTech, TEDxUNPlaza Curator Kunal Sood on Social
Impact; Prof. Olinga Ta'eed of Northampton University on Social
Entrepreneurship; Prof. Dinesh Vyas of MSU on Health; Dr.
Hayley Gans of Stanford University Medical Center on Health,
Samsung (News - Alert) EVP John Pleasants on Mobile and Media; TJ Bliss of the
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation on EdTech, Jain University
and Keiretsu Forum on Entrepreneurship; Mimi Ito of the Connected
Learning Alliance and DML Hub on EdTech, Mavericks Space
Education on Space & Robotics; Max Life and HGS Interactive on
Social Media; Code for India on Social Impact; Willem van
Valkenburg of TU Delft on EdTech; Fair Observer on Economics;
Lucy Bernholz of Stanford University, Simpa Energy on Social Impact;
Roger Novak on EdTech; Captiv8 on Social Media; GEMS
Education on Education; IIIT-Delhi on Technology, and more.
How Does EdCasting Work?
Educators, Influencers, Institutions, Corporations and Brands can
publish knowledge-bites or "Insights" in their areas of expertise and
learners can engage in short-form, curated content on desktop or mobile.
About EdCast Inc.
EdCast is a personal knowledge network to enhance human ability to
collaborate and learn. EdCast Knowledge NetworksTM power
social, mobile and cloud-based learning for world-class institutions,
enterprises, governments and nonprofits that enable millions of lifelong
learners to collaborate with each other. The EdCast team has a track
record of building large-scale transformational technology and are
passionate about the global impact of mobile and online education.
EdCast is a Stanford StartX company backed by tier one venture capital
firms. The company is based in Mountain View, CA (News - Alert) with offices worldwide.
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