AI in the Global South: SWOT and action

Voices from Online Educa Berlin 2025.

Recorded at Online Educa Berlin 2025, this episode brings together five perspectives on keeping the human at the centre of learning in the age of AI. From global learning trends and AI maturity, to human-centred education, the Global South, emerging talent, and the long view of digital learning, these conversations capture the diversity, tensions, and possibilities shaping education and workplace learning worldwide.

• Donald H. Taylor

• Margaret Korosec

• Ibraheem Adedayo Adediran

• Buena Jill Galleposo

• Paul Bacsich

• 00:02:19 – Intro: OEB 2025

• 00:02:52 – Donald H. Taylor: humanity, AI, and the learning peloton

• 00:26:48 – Margaret Korosec: human-centred AI and higher education

• 00:49:56 – Ibraheem Adedayo Adediran: AI, counselling, and the Global South

• 01:13:53 – Buena Jill Galleposo: 30 Under 30 and the future of learning

• 01:30:26 – Paul Bacsich: distance learning, perspective, and continuity

• 01:54:32 – End

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