RPP #146: Autodesk Education - Interview with Randy Swearer

• Interview with Dr. Randy Swearer, VP of Education Experiences, Autodesk. We discuss Autodesk’s efforts to empower students for lifelong learning through problem-solving, collaboration and design thinking.
• Topics

  

  Dr. Randy Swearer

• Free Autodesk software for all faculty and students
• How "design thinking" applies to non-design careers
• Disruptions to traditional learning institutions
• Rise of microcredentaling & badging
• Preparing students for jobs of the future
• The classroom of the future
• Peer Learning
• Ted Nelson and the Autodesk connection to his Project Xanadu
• 3-D Printing
• Democratisation of learning
• Links
• Autodesk
• Autodesk - Free Software for Education
• Autodesk Design Academy
• Instructables
• ApprenNet by Practice XYZ
• The next manufacturing revolution is here
  
• Podsafe music selection
• New Age Piano: Lines Build Walls by Ehren Starks

Duration: 33:22

RPP #145: DubLabs - Interview with Tony Orlando

• Interview with Tony Orlando, CEO of DubLabs, LLC on how mobile apps from DubLabs "Unifies student mobility and increases engagement to improve performance and retention."
• We answer the questions:

  

  Tony Orlando, CEO

• What does DubLabs do?
• How are mobile apps developed?
• How do apps increase student engagement and improve performance & retention?
• How are they integrated with university systems?
• What kind of modules are supported?
• What mobile platforms are supported?
• How long does it take to implement?
• Who is responsible for managing the store (iTunes & Google Play)
• How often does one have to upload a new build?
• Links
• DubLabs LLC
• Podsafe music selection from Music Alley
• Air on G String by J.S. Bach performed by UK’s Brunswick Duo

Duration: 24:18

RPP #144: ExamSoft - Interview with Jason Gad

• Interview with Jason Gad, Vice President of Business Development, ExamSoft Worldwide Inc.
• We answer the questions:
• How does Examsoft work?

  

  Jason Gad

• What are advantages over online LMS exams?
• Does it work with Scantron-type paper exams?
• Can exams be proctored?
• Do exams work on all smart phones and tablets?
• What happens if the Internet connection fails?
• Can you map questions to learning objectives?
• Links
• ExamSoft
• RPP #137: ProctorU - Interview with Don Kassner
  
• 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: 36:33

RPP #143: Knewton Personalized Learning - Interview with Jason Jordan

• Interview with Jason Jordan, Vice President for Higher Ed Markets at Knewton
• We answer the questions:



Jason Jordan, VP for Higher Ed Markets

• What is adaptive or personalized learning?
• How does Knewton work?
• Is it a tool kit or prepackaged content?
• Is Knewton used for more than math?
• How is crowd-sourced data used?
• Is Knewton used for corporate or competency/mastery based education?
• What higher ed challenges can Knewton help solve?
• What's in the future for Knewton?
• Links
• Knewton
• Podsafe music selection
• Hachiko by The Kyoto Connection

Duration: 23:47