Matthew Mugo Fields

Justin Reich is joined by Matthew Mugo Fields, the general manager of supplemental and intervention solutions at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a learning technologies company. Together they discuss Matthews career, the direction and values at HMH, and the responsibilities of designing and implementing effective educational technology.“...it can never be about the technology alone. It has to be about sort of more comprehensive instructional systems that leveraged technology, and that technology can play a key role, but if you're going to be serious about... instructional technology at scale, you've got to be as thoughtful about implementation and how you're going to support teachers and using it, how you're going to coach them, et cetera, as you are about what algorithms you are going to optimize.” - Matthew Mugo Fields In this episode we’ll talk about:Updates on education in their livesMatthew’s edtech story -  “Tracked to the bottom” / TutoringBeginning of Redbird Advanced LearningWork with Dr. Patrick SuppesThe importance of building relationships in educationMatthews work at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt“Unfinished learning”Designing for users Resources and LinksLearn more about Matthew Mugo FieldsCheck out the HMH podcast Shaping the FutureCheck out Justin Reich’s new book, Failure To Disrupt!Join our self-paced online edX course: Becoming a More Equitable Educator: Mindsets and Practices Transcripthttps://teachlabpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/matthew-mugo-fields/transcript Produced by Aimee Corrigan and Garrett BeazleyRecorded and mixed by Garrett Beazley Follow TeachLab:FacebookTwitterYouTube