Transforming education globally through generative AI: Insights from AWS executive Valerie Singer

by Sarah Storelli

The education industry witnessed rapid transformation during the COVID-19 pandemic, driven by student-centric, flexible learning. The industry made great strides in the digital divide, but there are still challenges that education leaders seek to address. Given generative artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing every industry, I’m curious, like many of you, about the opportunities it provides in education. Generative AI has the potential to reduce inequities and allow global citizens to help diversify, rethink, advance, and positively impact education for all learners’ lifelong journeys and their future employers.

Valerie Singer , general manager of global education at Amazon Web Services (AWS) (AWS), is an inspirational trailblazer who has devoted her career to unleashing the art of the possible in technology and making the world more equitable and accessible through education. If anyone knows how to leverage generative AI to help influence and advance the global education community, it’s Valerie.

I’m Sarah Storelli, senior global marketing leader for Worldwide Public Sector (WWPS) at AWS, and I’m on a quest to discover the people behind innovations across industries. In the vodcast series AWS Behind the Cloud , I connect with pioneers serving the public sector globally to learn more about how their stories shape and define the way they build and support cutting-edge technologies that help make the world a better place.

In the fifth episode of AWS Behind the Cloud (which you can watch below!), I sat down with Valerie to uncover:

• How her culture has shaped her personally and professionally, growing up in a single-parent home and working at 11 years old
• What her favorite Amazon Leadership Principle is and why
• How generative AI is influencing the global education space from students to academic researchers
• How EdTechs are leveraging and applying generative AI to advance the worldwide education community
• What drives Valerie to make the world a better place
• What trends and opportunities Valerie is most excited about for education globally

Curious to learn more about Valerie’s journey and hear her insights about how generative AI plays a pivotal role in education around the world? Watch the latest episode of AWS Behind the Cloud now .