RPP #166: FlatWorld - Interview with Alastair Adam

• Interview with Alastair Adam, Co-CEO of FlatWorld, a digital-first college textbook publisher building a niche between the high cost traditional publishers and open education resources (OER) publishers. We answer the questions:
  
• What is the background of FlatWorld?
• How many titles are available?
• How many faculty are using FlatWorld books?
• How are authors recruited?
• What formats are available? 
• How much does a typical textbook cost - electronic and print?
• Are electronic versions compatible with Kindle and iPad?
• How much do authors earn?
• Does FlatWorld support the LMS?
• What special features are available?
• What is "FlatWorld Unlimited"?
• Podsafe music selection
• Mine Again from Passion Leaves a Trace by Black Lab

Duration: 36:02

RPP #165: Coursetune - Interview with Maria Andersen

• Interview with Maria Andersen, CEO and Co-Founder, Coursetune. Coursetune has a completely new way to visualize the underpinnings and framework of curriculum design - a way to "harmonize" your curriculum. We discuss:
• Maria's background
  
• Need for a Coursetune
• Improving curriculum design beyond spreadsheets and whiteboards
• How Coursetune works
• Why it is like "Autocad" for learning design
• Target audience
• and more
• Podsafe music selection
• "See the Sun" by Black Lab from California with tunes featured in the movies "Spider Man" and "Blade: Trinity"

Duration: 39:12

RPP #164: Future of Education Discussion with Bryan Alexander

• This special audio (and video) podcast is a broadcast of a Panel Discussion at the USciences eLearning 3.0 Conference held on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Rod kicked off the Panel discussion by showing a brief video on one possible future education scenario.
• Moderator: Dr. Bryan Alexander
• Panelists:
• Dr. Bobbe Baggio, Associate Provost, Cedar Crest College
• Dr. Ken Hartman, CEO Degree Quest & Former President, Drexel University Online
• Dr. Paul Katz, President, University of the Sciences
• Dr. Rodney Murray, Executive Director of Academic Technology, University of the Sciences
• We discuss the questions (with direct links to sections):
• How will students differ in 2030?
• How will faculty differ in 2030?
• Where do you see educational entrepreneurship having the greatest impact?
• Which educational trends keep you up at night?
• Impact of student and national debt
• and much more  
• Links
• Rod's Pulse Podcast Youtube Playlist
• Podsafe music selection 
• Utopian Prince by Rod Murray - AI Music from Jukedeck - create your own at http://jukedeck.com

Duration: 62:27

RPP #163: Academia Beyond Millennials with Bryan Alexander

• This special audio (and video) podcast is a broadcast of Dr. Bryan Alexander's Keynote, entitled Academia Beyond Millennials: The Next Generation of Higher Education. It was given at the USciences eLearning 3.0 Conference on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Bryan discusses:
• Globalization of higher education
• Demographic, macroeconomic and political changes
• Education trends
• Defunding of public universities
• Student loan debt
• Privacy in the post-Snowden world
• Trends in Accessing, Sharing, Cognifying and Filtering
• AI and automation
• VR + AR = Mixed Reality
• iOT
• Links
• Dr. Bryan Alexander's Biography
• Future Trends Forum
• Join the eLearning 3.0 Conference mailing list
• RPP #140: Future Trends: Interview with Bryan Alexander (March 2016)
• Podsafe Music Selection
• Utopian Prince by Rod Murray - AI Music from Jukedeck - create your own at http://jukedeck.com

Duration: 47:35