Inside Education Perfect with CO-Founder Shane Smith

About this episode

Paul Spain interviews Shane Smith about the innovations and challenges in the edtech space, particularly with Education Perfect.

Host Paul Spain sits down with Shane Smith, the co-founder of Education Perfect, for a fascinating dive into the world of edtech innovation. Shane shares the story behind Education Perfect’s rise, building a gamified language learning platform that now helps millions of students and teachers across Australia and New Zealand. The conversation covers early development and key technical challenges, the role of AI in shaping personalised feedback and learning experiences, and thoughtful insights on balancing technology with integrity and data privacy in education. Special thanks to our show partners 2degrees, Fortinet, One New Zealand, Spark New Zealand, Workday and Gorilla Technology.

People in this episode

Host: Paul Spain

Guest: Shane Smith

Topics covered

• edtech
• innovation
• language learning
• AI in education
• data privacy
• gamification

Keywords

• Education Perfect
• edtech
• language learning
• AI
• data privacy
• gamification
• Shane Smith

Sponsors

2degrees, Fortinet, One New Zealand, Spark New Zealand, Workday, Gorilla Technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Education Perfect

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