Interview with Lee Johnston, CEO of Strut Learning - the "next-generation LMS for innovators." Strut integrates personalized learning, assessments, student success, authoring, automation, workflows, and analytics. Listen as we discuss:
The history of Strut (formerly Sagence Learning)
Lee Johnston, CEO
Cognify / Compose / Certify and Connect
Competency-based and non-term direct assessment
Strut as a replacement or add-on to the LMS
Strut's market focus
Gamified personalized learning
Active social learning
Skills mapping creating active feedback loops
Next-Gen analytics, active workflows, and automation
This special podcast is a recording of a panel discussion, Learning Technology Entrepreneurs: Case Studies from Concept to Market. This was recorded at a unique joint meeting of the PA/DE/NJ Distance Learning Association and the Venture Café located in the University City Science Center in Philadelphia, PA. The meeting featured a moderated panel discussion of Learning Technology Entrepreneurs sharing their personal journeys from initial concept to bringing their product/service to the learning marketplace.
This special audio podcast is a recording of a Panel Discussion at the USciences eLearning 3.0 Conference on Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Our Keynote speaker, Phil Hill, was the moderator. The Panel consists of Kenneth Chapman (D2L), Ryan McDonald (Blackboard), and Ben Moriarty (Strut Learning). You will hear reference to Glisser, the tool we use to solicit audience questions.
These questions were asked:
What will be the most different about the LMS in 5 years?
What will not change in the LMS after 5 years?
Will the instructional designer be more important than the instructor?
What hasn't worked regarding the effort to have data inform the LMS experience?
What about the "dark underbelly" of data, privacy, and misuse of data?
What hasn't worked with student personalization, and what will the future bring?
Do the needs of accreditation conflict with student personalization?
What will be the impact of blockchain, voice control, and machine learning?
What are the biggest hurdles to adopting a new LMS?
How do you deal with shortened student attention span?
This is a special audio and video podcast of Phil Hill's Keynote, entitled The Future of Learning Platforms. Phil Hill is Publisher of the PhilOnEdTech Blog and Partner at MindWires, LLC. As a market analyst, Phil has analyzed the growth of technology-enabled change for educational institutions. Phil gave this Keynote at the USciences eLearning 3.0 Conference on Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Phil discusses:
LMS market share
Watch on Youtube
LMS as a walled garden
The chasm between visionaries and pragmatists
Transformation of MOOCs
New platform designs
Moving beyond the digitization of traditional classrooms
Interview with Lori Anderson, VP of Technical Product Management at McGraw Hill. We discuss ALEKS (Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces) a web-based, AI assessment, and learning system focused on math and chemistry. ALEKS uses adaptive questioning to quickly and accurately determine what a student knows and doesn't know in a course. ALEKS then instructs the student on the topics she is most ready to learn.
This podcast is a presentation entitled "Neuro-Andragogy: Science & Art of Changing the Brain" Presented by Dr. Kristen Betts, Clinical Professor, Drexel University School of Education. It was delivered at the PADLA Annual Conference and Expo. PADLA is the PA/DE/NJ chapter of the United States Distance Learning Association.
Interview with Julia Winter, CEO and Founder of Alchemie, which combines commercial game design with a deep understanding of how students learn. Alchemie’s digital learning tools provide an intuitive learning experience that encourages students to explore and experiment with concepts. We discuss:
Julia Winter, CEO
Julia's background
History of Alchemie
How Alchemie works
The audience for Alchemie
How students learn by manipulating bonds and electrons
Panel on the Future of Higher Education including Dr. Alexander, Dr. Bobbe Baggio, Dr. Paul Katz (USciences President), Dr. Ken Hartman (past President of Drexel eLearning, Inc.) and Dr. Rod Murray.
We discuss how StudyTree integrates academic support services with artificial intelligence to provide students with a mobile automated academic assistant. StudyTree analyzes students’ grades and behavioral patterns to construct customized recommendations to improve their academic performance.
Interview with Vikram Savkar, Vice President & General Manager, Legal Education, Wolters Kluwer. Connected Casebook is an integrated digital and print learning solution designed to facilitate deeper student mastery of legal thinking and stronger learning outcomes. We discuss:
Electronic textbooks and how they fit into mobile education
Vikram Savkar, VP
Legal Education, Wolters Kluwer
Improvements in electronic publishing
How authors publish books online with WK
How content is adapted for Millennials
Adaptive and competency based learning
The Casebook platform
Future of audio textbooks
Purchase options for students
Podsafe music selection
Maybe I'm Amazed by Blake Morgan. Licensed cover of the Paul McCartney classic.
Interview with Jim Cooper, CEO of Maplesoft, about Möbius their new comprehensive online courseware environment that focuses on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. We discuss:
Maplesoft history
Jim Cooper, CEO
Maplesoft course/module marketplace
Möbius platform and toolkit
LMS integration
Adaptive and customized learning
Analytics to improve learning
AI / Machine Learning / Deep Learning
Building an AI tutor
Pricing models
Podsafe music selection
Concerto No. 2 in G Minor (Summer) from the CD entitled "The Four Seasons by Vivaldi" by the American Baroque Orchestra.
Interview with Yermie Cohen, MD, Co-Founder & CEO of Memorang, Inc. Memorang is a free web and mobile study tool that helps students memorize any type of information through spaced repetition, multiple quizzing modes and games. Students can prepare for exams with thousands of free pre-made flashcards and quizzes. Memorang partners with leading publishers, institutions, professional organizations, and authors to develop trusted content. We discuss:
History of this profitable startup company
Flashcards for the USMLE, MCAT, Netter's Anatomy, NCLEX
Interview with Dr. Tony Bates, CEO of Tony Bates Associates Ltd and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ryerson University. Tony was the former Director of Distance Education and Technology at the University of British Columbia. We discuss the underlying principles that guide effective teaching in an age of technology:
The Christmas Season by Devo Spice, a comedy rapper from New Jersey who is one of the most popular artists on the nationally syndicated Dr. Demento Show.
Interview with Bryan Alexander, educator, futurist, speaker, writer, and senior researcher for the New Media Consortium (NMC). We discuss the future of higher education.
