Rod's Pulse Podcast

Thursday, May 14, 2020

RPP #185: RedShelf - Interview with Greg Fenton

Interview with Greg Fenton, CEO & Co-Founder of RedShelf. We discuss the RedShelf e-textbook platform offering more than 1 million digital titles including study tools from most publishers at a significant discount. We discuss:

How Redshelf got started

Greg Fenton, RedShelf CEO
How they compete against Amazon
Free student access because of COVID-19
Which publishers they work with (almost all)
How they deliver publishers' ebook content
Features make e-textbooks better than print (read aloud, flashcards and study guides)
Student's desire for hard copy textbooks
Reading e-textbooks offline
Faculty authors options to self-publish
Business model (student and institutional purchase)
Future directions including "inclusive access"

Links

Podsafe music selection

Gymnopédie No.1 by Erik Satie

Duration: 31:43

Saturday, April 11, 2020

COVID-CONVERTED EDITION #1: Introduction to Actionable Tips and Tricks to Teach Online in Real Time

This special COVID-Converted Edition audio and video podcast series is in response to the impact of COVID-19 on the way we live, learn and work. Teachers all over the world have been thrown into teaching their "COVID-Converted" courses online. This series will focus on moving from this emergency remote teaching and learning to more thoughtfully prepared online learning experiences.

This episode is an interview with Gary Dietz and Shannon Forte, partners in a new venture to bring teachers affordable, practical techniques to engage learners and deliver effective online instruction. We discuss their Workshop including:

Open Video Podcast on Youtube

Presenter backgrounds
Need for workshops to teach instructors
Intended audiences for these workshops
Activities used in the workshop and taught
Sensorial approaches using music, sound, drawing
Use of video in place of "talking heads"
Using private chat to manage classroom
Advantages of online over physical classroom
Overcoming obstacles for teachers new to online

Links:

Register for the PADLA Online Workshop: Actionable Tips and Tricks to Teach Online in Real Time
Presenters: Gary Dietz and Shannon Forte

Podsafe Music Selection:

Twinkle in the Night by Aakash Gandhi

Duration: 38:20

Friday, March 20, 2020

RPP #184: Bongo - Interview with Josh Kamrath

Interview with Josh Kamrath, CEO of Bongo. Bongo offers Video Assignments and a Virtual Classroom that power experiential learning, assessment, and feedback. We discuss:

Josh's background and evolution of Bongo

Josh Kamrath, CEO
How did Bongo get started
Not just web conferencing
Putting knowledge into action
Structured video assignment workflows
Peer review and assessment
Auto-analysis using AI and machine learning
Integration with the LMS
How they are different from competitors
Sentiment analysis in the development pipeline

Podsafe music selection

Aurora Borealis Expedition by Asher Fulero

Duration: 37:17

Wednesday, February 05, 2020

RPP #183: Academia Next with Bryan Alexander

This special edition is a wide-ranging talk with Bryan Alexander, author of Academia Next, about the futures of higher education. Bryan is a futurist, researcher, speaker, and educator. His focus is on the future of higher education, especially under the impact of technology. We discuss:

Dr. Bryan Alexander