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Tal Havivi is the Managing Director of R&D at ASCD + ISTE, focusing on initiatives to improve the health and effectiveness of the EdTech market. He leads research around high-quality EdTech design, programs focused on improving evaluation processes in school systems, and supports EdTech providers. Previously, he led Education Strategy at Amazon Business focused on improving education procurement. He also has experience working at edtech startups and in K-12 administration.
How the role of evidence in EdTech has evolved over the last decade and why it’s more critical than ever.The importance of teacher usability in EdTech tools and how it impacts learning outcomes.What ISTE and ASCD’s initiatives are doing to create a more rigorous evaluation framework for EdTech products.The five quality indicators used to assess EdTech solutions: Usability, Interoperability, Accessibility, Data Privacy, and Research Basis.How EdTech providers can bridge the gap between research and practical application in schools.
💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode:✨ Episode Highlights:
[00:00:00] Introduction to Tal Havivi and his role at ASCD & ISTE.
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[00:02:59] The coalition behind EdTech’s five quality indicators.
[00:05:41] How evidence-based EdTech has evolved post-pandemic
[00:09:11] Why teacher usability is crucial for EdTech success.
[00:15:55] ISTE’s 2025 plan to prioritize validated EdTech vendors.
[00:19:37] Challenges in bridging research and practical EdTech solutions.
[00:29:38] The future of EdTech evaluation and quality standards.
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Join hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore the latest developments in education technology, from AI breakthroughs to new VC investments and edtech reports.
✨ Episode Highlights:[00:03:16] 🧠 OpenAI’s New Reasoning Model - ChatGPT o1 (Strawberry)
[00:07:20] 📚 AI's Role in Education - Practical Use Cases
[00:14:03] 👩💻 Common Sense Media Report on AI Use Among Teens: 70% of teens are using generative AI, with disparities in how different demographics use the technology
[00:17:42] 🏫 Schooling in America Report - Declining Parent Trust: 64% of parents believe K-12 education is heading in the wrong direction, driven by safety concerns and tech gaps
[00:24:51] 💡 Owl Ventures leads a $6.9M investment in Brisk Teaching
[00:33:40] 📈 AI Optimism in Schools - Clever Report: Teachers' concerns about AI making their jobs harder drop from 48% to 18% in the last year.
[00:37:15] 💸 AllHere Files for Bankruptcy
Plus special guests:[00:41:22] 🎙️ Abby Coyle and Katie Gracey, Co-founders of ClassBank discuss how ClassBank teaches financial literacy through a digital school currency system and their recent $1M pre-seed funding.
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Jennifer Holland is the Director of Program Management at Google for Education. With over 17 years at Google, she has been a pivotal figure in the development of Google for Education and Google Classroom. Jennifer has played a key role in shaping the tools that have transformed teaching and learning in K-12 and higher education.
The history and inspiration behind Google Classroom and its early adoption in schools.How Google Classroom helped streamline teachers' workflows and reduce time spent on administrative tasks.The evolution of Google for Education, including the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and shifts in the education landscape.How AI is driving new innovations in Google Classroom, helping to elevate teachers' roles while personalizing learning.The global impact of Google Classroom and how the team integrates feedback from teachers around the world to continually improve the platform.
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[00:00:00] Jennifer Holland on Google’s mission: "more teaching, less teching."[00:02:28] The inspiration behind Google Classroom’s development.[00:03:50] A second-grade class inspired Classroom’s early design.[00:08:45] Google's strong support for education fueled Classroom’s creation.[00:11:35] AI’s role in enhancing personalized learning in Classroom.[00:17:14] Classroom’s global reach and adaptation for low-connectivity areas.[00:21:04] Jennifer reflects on 10 years of Classroom and its evolution through COVID-19.😎 Stay updated with Edtech Insiders!
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ThinkHumanTV delivers evidence-based emotional skills training and assessment by integrating with major streaming sites like Netflix and Disney+. The platform employs a research-based training methodology and curricula developed by our founding team of Columbia cognitive scientists. The methodology involves explicitly teaching emotion science principles in a systematic manner and illustrating these concepts by leveraging popular media.
ThinkHumanTV is one of the winners of the 2024 Tools Competition.
Ilya Lyashevsky, Co-founder and CEO of Affectifi, which created ThinkHumanTV. Faculty member at Columbia Teachers College with a background in cognitive science and social-emotional learning.
Melissa Cesarano, Co-founder and President of of Affectifi Inc (ThinkHumanTV), cognitive scientist, and professor at Columbia University. Expert in coaching and consulting for students and media companies.💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode:
How ThinkHumanTV uses Netflix and Disney+ to teach emotional intelligence.The science behind emotion-based learning and cognitive appraisal.The importance of reflection in building emotional competence.The vision for achieving universal emotional literacy using AI.Insights into the National Science Foundation-funded research behind ThinkHumanTV.✨ Episode Highlights:
[00:03:30] Introduction to ThinkHumanTV and its impact in the edtech space.[00:07:50] The experience of learning emotional intelligence while watching streaming content.[00:14:00] How emotion science improves social-emotional competence in older learners.[00:19:27] Sneak peek into ThinkHumanTV’s future mobile and second-screen experience.[00:14:46] Winning the Tools Competition and its impact on ThinkHumanTV’s growth.😎 Stay updated with Edtech Insiders!
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Jomayra Herrera is a Partner at Reach Capital, where she leads investments in companies like Guild Education and Handshake. She is passionate about diversity in venture capital, serving on the board of SomosVC to promote Latino representation.
Lyman Missimer is the former Head of M&A and Partnerships at Newsela, where he led key acquisitions, including Formative. Now at Owl Ventures, Lyman focuses on corporate development and strategic investments in EdTech.
The biggest EdTech challenges and opportunities driving investments and acquisitions.How AI is transforming education and what it means for schools and EdTech companies.Strategic choices between building, buying, or partnering in today’s market.The increasing importance of non-academic outcomes like mental health tools in K-12.Why trust and relationships are crucial for successful exits in EdTech.
💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode:
[00:03:56] EdTech investment trends focus on solving labor shortages and mental health.[00:07:10] M&A driven by data consolidation, build, buy, or partner decisions. [00:14:46] Trust and relationships are key in successful M&A.[00:17:00] Go-to-market approaches differ for various EdTech tools.[00:20:25] AI is a tool; strong models and data ensure success.[00:22:39] AI adoption in education needs proper educator training.
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Join Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell, as they explore the most critical developments in the world of education technology this week!
✨ Episode Highlights:
[00:03:25] 💰 OpenAI in Talks for $100B Valuation, 200M Weekly Active Users, Considers Higher-Priced Subscriptions
[00:15:18] 🖼 Google launches Gems and Imagen 3
[00:18:53] 🐝 Anthropic CEO predicts hive-mind AI, partners with Amazon for Alexa revamp; Claude for Enterprise: 500K context window, GitHub integration, and enterprise-grade security
[00:35:04] 🎓 PhysicsWallah’s ‘Alakh AI’ making education accessible in India, expands 4x in UAE
[00:38:50] 📚 AI could revolutionize dyslexia intervention and drive educational gains
[00:43:42] 🎓 Yale announces $150M for leadership in AI
[00:46:36] 💻 U.S. Higher Ed Faculty increasingly reliant on digital course materialsPlus special guest:
[00:52:34] 🎙️ Kumar Garg, President at Renaissance Philanthropy😎 Stay updated with Edtech Insiders!
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Join Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell, as they explore the most critical developments in the world of education technology this week:
Dr. Steve Ritter, Founder and Chief Scientist at Carnegie LearningChristopher Kahler, Co-founder and CEO at Kinnu
🎯 Rumors about OpenAI's "Project Strawberry"
📰 ChatGPT now includes Wired, Vogue, and The New Yorker
🤝 New AI fund by GitLab Foundation, Ballmer Group, and OpenAI
🔊 Google launches Gemini Live to rival ChatGPT
👨🏫 Sal Khan says teachers matter more than tech at EduTECH 2024
🤖 California partners with NVIDIA to enhance AI education
⚠️ MIT releases a comprehensive AI risk database
📉 Softbank-backed Paper cuts 45% of head office jobs
🚀 Go1 CEO change and IPO plans ahead
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Dr. Paul J. LeBlanc is the Board Chair for Human Systems, a new AI and Education company he co-founded with noted researcher George Siemens.
Until June 2024, he served as President of Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU). He remains at SNHU as a researcher, writer, and advisor. Under the 20 years of Paul’s direction, SNHU has more grown from 2800 students to over 250,000 and is the largest non-profit provider of online higher education in the country, and the first to have a full competency-based degree program untethered to the credit hour or classes approved by a regional accreditor and the US Department of Education.
Paul is considered one of America’s most innovative educators. In 2012, the university was #12 on Fast Company magazine’s “World’s Fifty Most Innovative Companies” list and was the only university included. Forbes Magazine has listed him as one of its 15 “Classroom
Revolutionaries” and Washington Monthly named him one of America’s ten most innovative university presidents. He was named 2022 Citizen of the Year in his home city of Manchester, NH.
In 2018, Paul won the prestigious IAA Institute Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence in Higher Education, joining some of the most respected university and college presidents in American higher education. He is a frequently requested speaker internationally and often quoted in the media. He is the author of Students First: Equity, Access, and Opportunity in Higher Education (2021), winner of the 2022 Phillip E. Frandson Award for Literature, and Broken: How are Social Systems Are Failing Us and How We Can Fix Them (2022).
He served as Senior Policy Advisor to Under Secretary Ted Mitchell at the US Department of Education, working on competency-based education, new accreditation pathways, and innovation. He also served on the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI), the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s Board on Higher Education and Workforce, the AGB President’s Council, the NEASC (now NECHE) Commission, and the Board of the American Council on Education, which he chaired, as well as various corporate boards and advisory committees.
Paul will step down from his current role on June 30th to lead Human Systems, a new AI and Education start up co-founded with George Siemens and funded by SNHU.
Paul’s family immigrated for an impoverished rural farming community in Canada, settled in the Boston area; the youngest of five, he was the first in his extended family to graduate from college. His wife Pat is an attorney, now retired, and they have two daughters. Emma is a Rhodes Scholar with a D.Phil from Oxford and will soon graduate from Yale Law School. Hannah has a PhD from Stanford and is a History teacher at the Francis Parker School in San Diego. Paul is a passionate traveler, having visited over 65 countries and all 7 continents, rides motorcycles (too fast), reads a lot (too slow), and is most excited about becoming a first-time grandfather in June.
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Join Alex Sarlin and guest host, Matt Tower, as they explore the most critical developments in the world of education technology this week:
🧠 OpenAI's ChatGPT 5 is Coming
🚪 High-Level Departures at OpenAI
🚫 AI Detection Technology Still Unreleased
🦙 Meta Launches LLAMA 3 and AI Studio
🤝 Google Hires Character.AI Co-founders
🎓 Community Colleges Band Together on AI Education
🔗 Instructure Canvas Integrates AI Across Platform
👩🏫 Heeyo's AI Chatbot Aims to Be Kids' Interactive Tutor
🍐 Pear Deck’s New Instant AI-Generated Lessons
🛠️ Pluralsight’s AI Assistant Iris
🌍 Neuberger Berman Nears $15B Deal for Nord Anglia Education
🚀 Uplimit Announces $11M Series A Led by Salesforce Ventures
🗣️ Fluently’s AI-Powered English Coach Secures $2M Seed Round
Upcoming Event:
📚 Book Club with FOHE: Discussion on Sal Khan’s new book Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That’s a Good Thing)
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Prashant Raizada is a serial entrepreneur deeply committed to changing the status quo in education, future of work & sustainability. He was part of the founding team of Infosys BPM, playing a key role towards a $2B exit. Later, he built EnglishUp as Brazil's 3rd largest but most loved online English learning platform as a flagship corporate venture of Macmillan-Holtzbrinck group. Leveraging his tenure at McKinsey & Co, Prashant has advised multinational corporations globally on digital transformation. He has spent the last 14 years building businesses in Ed-tech across Asia, LATAM, Europe and the US and co-founded his latest initiative Lumi.Network along with his son Nikhil and with Prof Shen at Stanford University. It is an AI-augmented platform empowering 10-25-year-olds to shape their future by building AI, Entrepreneurship & Innovation skills to confront global challenges. Prashant is a practicing monk and uses meditation to enhance the quality of his leadership and life.
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Andrew Goldman joined HMH in 2024 when HMH acquired Writable, where he, as Co-Founder and CEO, oversaw business and product strategy. Andrew joined HMH as the EVP of HMH Labs, a newly formed division that pursues innovative product development through a highly cross-functional team structure. Previously, he was the Founder and CEO of Subtext, Inc., a collaborative learning company that was acquired by Renaissance Learning. Before entering the EdTech industry, Andrew was the CEO and Co-Founder of Pandemic Studios, a leading game development studio that was ultimately acquired by Electronic Arts. Andrew received his BA in Political Science from Brown and earned his Master’s in Human-Computer Interaction from NYU. Andrew was a member of the U.S. Olympic sailing team in 1988.
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Join Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell, as they explore the most critical developments in the world of education technology this week:
🌐 Microsoft’s investigation into service outages following CrowdStrike chaos
🤖 What to expect from OpenAI's upcoming GPT-5 release
💼 Instructure's $4.8 billion acquisition by KKR
💸 2U's strategic moves amidst bankruptcy and what it means for the industry
📊 NWEA's latest research on COVID academic recovery and its implications
📉 The future of school enrollment trends and their impact on education
📝 Changes to the ACT exam and what it means for students
Plus special guest, 2024 Tools Competition Winner: Tyto Online by Lindsey Tropf, Founder & CEO of Immersed Games
Upcoming Event:
📚 Book Club with FOHE: Discussion on Sal Khan’s new book Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That’s a Good Thing)
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Kevin Leem is the CFO of Mathpresso, operator of the globally recognized AI-powered learning platform, QANDA, which serves over 90 million users. QANDA provides AI tutors that offer personalized support to students anytime, anywhere, enhancing their learning experiences. The platform also equips teachers with AI teaching assistants to improve teaching efficacy and student tracking. Driven by the belief that personalized, high-quality 1:1 tutoring is the most effective form of education, Mathpresso is dedicated to making such experiences universally accessible through technology.
Kevin brings strategic and operational expertise from his roles at Morgan Stanley Private Equity and Credit Suisse, backed by a strong foundation in Finance and Accounting from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is deeply passionate about using technology to overcome educational inequalities, aiming to ensure that all students have access to top-tier educational resources, irrespective of their financial or geographical circumstances.
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Joe Connor is the CEO & Founder of Odyssey, a company that partners with state agencies to administer school choice programs. Odyssey currently serves over 140,000 students by helping them access more than $400 million in state funding for education. Joe started his career as a teacher and school leader at the KIPP and Rocketship Education school networks. After working in schools for several years, Joe attended law school where he focused his research on private school choice and education policy. Joe practiced litigation while advocating for education choice, including working on Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, a landmark school choice case. Joe previously founded SchoolHouse, a private school network before founding Odyssey. He has also worked as legal counsel for Match Education, AltSchool, the Notre Dame Ace Academies, and Primer.
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Join Alex Sarlin and guest host, Claire Zau, Partner at GSV Ventures, as they explore the most critical developments in the world of education technology this week
🎙️ Andrej Karpathy’s New Venture: AI assistants for education
🚀 Meta’s Largest Llama 3 Model Launch
🔍 Anthropic’s Push for Third-Party AI Evaluations
🍓 OpenAI’s new AI model under code name 'Strawberry'
💸 AI Investment Bubble: Navigating a $600B market shift
📉 LAUSD's $6M AI Chatbot Controversy
🤖 $2.3M Contract between the New Hampshire Department of Education and Khan Academy
📘 U.S. ED Issues Guidance for AI Edtech Developers
📊 Quizlet’s AI Survey: Higher education leads AI adoption
📈 Tyton Partners Report on Digital Learning Tools
🏫 KKR emerges as front-runner for Instructure Buyout
🎓 Salesforce AI Tools for HigherEd
💡 $20M Opportunity@Work Grant from MacKenzie Scott
Plus special guests, Chris Hess, Director of AI Product Management at Pearson and Mark Naufel, Founder/CEO of Axio AI
Upcoming Events:
📺 Live Webinar: Solving EdTEch Problems with a UX Mindset with Nicole Gallardo, Founder at Founders Who UX and Alex Sarlin (Thursday, August 1, 2024, 1-2pm ET / 10-11am PT)
📚 Book Club with FOHE: Discussion on Sal Khan’s new book Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That’s a Good Thing)Stay updated with the latest Edtech news and innovations. Subscribe to Edtech Insiders podcast, newsletter and follow us on LinkedIn!
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Scott Kirkpatrick is CEO of BrainPOP, a leading brand in the U.S. edtech supplemental market whose learning solutions are beloved, trusted, and grounded in research and the science of learning. During his tenure, BrainPOP was acquired by KIRKBI A/S, the family-owned holding and investment company of the LEGO® brand. Scott joined BrainPOP from General Assembly, where he served as president and chief operating officer. Under his leadership, General Assembly experienced exponential growth and was subsequently acquired by The Adecco Group, the largest human capital company in the world. Prior to GA, Scott served as president of The Princeton Review and successfully facilitated its acquisition by IAC. He also served as executive vice president of strategy and marketing and president of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s technology division, Riverdeep. Prior to Houghton Mifflin, he was a strategy consultant at The Parthenon Group and The Callidon Group (now Oliver Wyman). Scott holds a BS in economics & management from the United States Coast Guard Academy. After graduation, he served as an officer in the Coast Guard as a ship navigator, financial analyst, and an aide to former U.S. President Bill Clinton. After his military career, he went on to earn an MBA from The MIT Sloan School of Management.
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As Senior Vice President and General Manager, PBS KIDS at PBS, Sara DeWitt is responsible for the strategic direction of a dynamic media service that supports the entire ecosystem in which children learn, including parents, teachers and the community.
Ms. DeWitt leads a cross-disciplinary team charged with content production, digital development, multi-platform asset distribution, educational product creation and marketing and communications for PBS KIDS, the #1 children's educational media brand.
DeWitt previously served as Vice President of PBS KIDS Digital, leading innovative strategies that built educational experiences for kids across media platforms. Having spent over 20 years in public media, she has played an integral role in the digital transformation of PBS KIDS. DeWitt has overseen the pbskids.org website, PBS KIDS streaming video services, and the PBS KIDS portfolio of educational apps for children and caregivers.
Under her leadership, PBS KIDS has produced award-winning games and apps, AR experiences, podcasts and second screen technologies; developed a learning analytics platform to better understand children's learning gains through gameplay; and established itself as a gold standard in children’s digital privacy and security.
DeWitt is a regular speaker on the subjects of digital privacy, games and learning, and has authored academic papers and editorials on children’s media and its educational impact. She gave a widely shared TED Talk debunking myths about screen time, and has presented at high-profile conferences such as SXSW, Games for Change, CES, the Grace Hopper Celebration and the Atlantic Education Summit. Through speaking engagements and panels, she has lent her voice to important conversations about career and family, and inspiring young girls to aim for careers in the sciences. In 2014, she was named one of the top 42 Women Leading in Education by the USC Rossier School of Education, and she also was recognized with Cynopsis Media’s Top Women in Digital Award in 2016 and 2017. Most recently, DeWitt was honored with the 2020 Hedy Lamarr Award for Innovation in Entertainment Technology.
Prior to joining PBS, DeWitt worked as a preschool teacher and as a field researcher studying media habits of children in rural areas. DeWitt holds an MA and a BA in English from Stanford University, as well as a certificate from the university’s Children Society and Public Policy Curriculum.This season of Edtech Insiders is once again brought to you by Tuck Advisors, the M&A firm for Education Entrepreneurs. Founded by serial entrepreneurs with over 25 years of experience founding, investing in, and selling companies, Tuck believes you deserve M&A advisors who work just as hard as you do.
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Join Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore the most critical developments in the world of education technology this week:
📈 Nvidia's stock buybacks expected and rumors on a French anti-trust suit
🔍 Instructure Acquires Scribbles acquisition impact
🤖 Apple joins OpenAI board
📰 TIME and OpenAI content collaboration
📊 LAUSD and AllHere whistleblower reports
🏛️ SCOTUS ruling impacts US Dept of Education
📋 TPS and regulatory updates from Phil Hill
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In this episode, Steve Daly, CEO of Instructure, discusses the major announcements from InstructureCon 2024, including new developments in Canvas and other products, the integration of AI features like discussion summaries, multilingual support, and smart search, and Instructure’s plans to support lifelong learners through partnerships with Parchment and Scribbles, enhancing student mobility and demonstrating competencies with rich credentials.
Highlights:
📢 Major new developments in Canvas and Instructure products
🤖 AI features: discussion summaries, multilingual support, and smart search
🎓 Supporting lifelong learners with Parchment and Scribbles
🚀 Enhancing student mobility and reducing friction in education
📜 Rich credentials to demonstrate competencies and skills
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Dr. Ethan Mollick is an Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he studies and teaches innovation and entrepreneurship, and also examines the effects of artificial intelligence on work and education. He is the Co-Director of the Generative AI Lab at Wharton. His academic papers have been published in top management journals and his research has been covered by CNN, The New York Times, and other leading publications. His newest book on AI, Co-Intelligence, is a NYT Bestseller.
Dr. Lilach Mollick is the Co-Director of the Generative AI Lab at Wharton. Her work focuses on the development of pedagogical strategies that include artificial intelligence and interactive methodologies. She has worked with Wharton to develop a wide range of educational tools and games used in classrooms worldwide. She has also written several papers on the uses of AI for teaching and training, and her work on AI has been discussed in publications including The New York Times and Vox. She advises companies and organizations on the advantages and risks of AI in teaching.This season of Edtech Insiders is once again brought to you by Tuck Advisors, the M&A firm for Education Entrepreneurs. Founded by serial entrepreneurs with over 25 years of experience founding, investing in, and selling companies, Tuck believes you deserve M&A advisors who work just as hard as you do.
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