RPP #180: Learning Technology Entrepreneurs

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• 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.

• Moderator: Louis Stricoff, Executive Director of PADLA
• Panelists:
• Michael Eiseman, Founder of Learn by Hand, LLC
• Ethan Keiser, Founder of Study Tree
• Shaunak Roy, Founder & CEO, Yellow Dig
• Mustafa Sualp, Founder & CEO, AEFIS
  
• Links
• RPP #159: AEFIS - Interview with Mustafa Sualp
• RPP #158: StudyTree - Interview with Ethan Keiser
• RPP #151: Algebra By Hand - Interview with Michael Eiseman

• Podsafe music selection
• "Fly Fly Fly" by singer/songwriter Adrina Thorpe - Influenced by Sarah Mclachlan, Tori Amos, and Coldplay

Duration: 56:55

RPP #179: Yoda AI Bot - Interview with Anjli Jain

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• Interview with Anjli Jain, founder of Unifyed. We discuss Yoda, their AI-powered Bot with SIS and LMS integration that automates responses to student and faculty frequently asked questions such as: How much do I owe? I forgot my password, can you reset it? How do I enter grades? We discuss:

  

  Anjli Jain / Unifyed

• The genesis of Yoda
• The digital campus, a GUI-less experience
• Yoda for whole student lifecycle FAQ help 
• Voice accounts for 60% of help interactions
• Multiple communication modes
• How Yoda authenticates users and hands-off to human helpers
• How AI is used in Yoda
  
• Links
• Unifyed
• BlackBeltHelp

• Podsafe music selection
• "New Soul" by Yael Naim

Duration: 37:14

RPP #178: K16 Solutions - Interview with Thomas Waite

• Interview with Dr. Thomas Waite, CEO of K16 Solutions. K16's Scaffold Designer is the industry’s first cloud-hosted, fully-integrated course development tool that automates manual processes and improves efficiency for instructional designers and faculty. Scaffold products are integrated with Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, Brightspace, and Sakai. We discuss: 
  
• Background of Dr. Waite and history of K16 Solutions
• Scaffold Designer and Scaffold Migration
• Migrate or rebuild courses
• Migration tool for most LMSs
• Customers including K12 and OPMs (Online Program Management Companies)
• Working in elearning ecosystems as opposed to LMSs
• AI, machine learning and algorithms
• New Scaffold Faculties, a faculty management system
• Links
• K16 Solutions Overview Video
• Scaffold Migration Demo Video
• Scaffold Product Specs
  
• Podsafe music selection
• Concerto No. 2 in G Minor (Summer) from the CD entitled "The Four Seasons by Vivaldi" by the American Baroque Orchestra. 

Duration: 35:08

RPP #177: The Future of Learning Platforms: Perspectives from LMS Vendors

• 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?
  
• Links
• Phil Hill, Moderator
• Biographies of Panelists
• Glisser Audience Engagement System
  
• Podsafe Music Selection
• "Stress" (song and flash animation) by highly caffeinated Jim Infantino of the band, Jim's Big Ego.

Duration: 53:12