{"podcast":{"title":"Future Learning Design Podcast","slug":"future-learning-design-podcast-2962232","podcast_index_feed_id":2962232,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/2b5499dc/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.goodimpactlabs.com/podcast","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/7169647/7169647-1725084156574-72a4b24e57367.jpg","author":"Tim Logan","episode_count":245,"summary":"We are stuck in an old paradigm, with institutional structures that were built for a world that no longer exists. Within education, passionate entrepreneurs & committed citizens are no longer waiting for these broken formal institutions to be reformed. All over the world, they're designing & building their own local responses with relationships at their core. These are the education ecosystems that our young people need and out of which new institutions will emerge. This podcast is an inquiry into these fundamental changes and an invitation to join the movement to help nurture positive change.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T22:20:50.236579+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/future-learning-design-podcast-2962232"},"episode":{"title":"Can AI reduce teacher workload in Iceland’s schools? A Conversation with Þórdís Jóna Sigurðardóttir","slug":"can-ai-reduce-teacher-workload-in-iceland-s-schools-a-conversation-with-rd-s-j-na-sigur-ard-ttir","published_at":"2026-03-21T23:04:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/future-learning-design-podcast-2962232/can-ai-reduce-teacher-workload-in-iceland-s-schools-a-conversation-with-rd-s-j-na-sigur-ard-ttir","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/future-learning-design-podcast-2962232","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/futurelearningdesign/episodes/Can-AI-reduce-teacher-workload-in-Icelands-schools--A-Conversation-with-rds-Jna-Sigurardttir-e3gk4lo","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/2b5499dc/podcast/play/117100664/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-18%2F343bcaba-ce81-da64-5a1d-94cc21cdcba7.mp3","summary":"This is the first part of a 4-part series exploring the ways in which artificial intelligence is impacting the lives of teachers and young people around the world, through the lens of Anthropic’s recently announced partnerships. In this episode, I talked with Þórdís Jóna Sigurðardóttir, the Director of the Directorate of Education and School Services in Iceland who is exploring the implications of AI for teachers' workload and working conditions, in partnership with Anthropic, Google and the Icelandic Teachers’ Union (KI). I was struck by how significant the learning focus of this pilot was, with a genuine openness to be both careful and curious in exploring the implications of AI in a country with diverse learning needs, and contrasting school contexts, both urban and very rural, in a historically very decentralised system. Þórdís Jóna is Director of the Directorate of Education and School Services. The Directorate of Education and School Services, active since April 2024 and taking over from the previous Directorate of Educations, plays a key role in promoting the education system in Iceland and implementing the government’s education policy. Þórdís Jóna holds a BA in Political Science and an MA in Sociology from the University of Iceland, an MBA from Vlerick Business School, and a leadership and policy implementation program from Harvard Business School. Links: https://island.is/s/midstod-menntunar-og-skolathjonustu https://www.csee-etuce.org/en/item/4428:icelands-ai-pilot-in-education-what-it-really-means-for-teachers https://island.is/en/o/directorate-of-education-and-school-services/news/a-turning-point-in-icelandic-schooling https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-and-iceland-announce-one-of-the-world-s-first-national-ai-education-pilots","meta_description":"This is the first part of a 4-part series exploring the ways in which artificial intelligence is impacting the lives of teachers and young people around t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1926,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/future-learning-design-podcast-2962232/episodes/can-ai-reduce-teacher-workload-in-iceland-s-schools-a-conversation-with-rd-s-j-na-sigur-ard-ttir/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/future-learning-design-podcast-2962232/can-ai-reduce-teacher-workload-in-iceland-s-schools-a-conversation-with-rd-s-j-na-sigur-ard-ttir.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}