- 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.
- We discuss:
- How ALEKS got started
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- How its AI adaptive learning works
- The audience for ALEKS
- Teaching formats covered
- Integration with other software
- Customization
- ALEKS pricing model
- Links
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- Vivaldi: Concerto No. 1 in D Major (Spring, 1st Movement) from The Four Seasons by the American Baroque Orchestra
Duration: 30:17
- Interview with Anders Krohn, CEO and Co-founder of Aula Education. Aula brings students, staff, and educators together in a digital environment that encourages interaction and collaboration.
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- We discuss:
- The meaning of the name "Aula"
- How Aula got started
- Social and conversational pedagogy
- Integrations with the SIS, Google, Microsoft
- Experience with traditional LMSs
- How faculty respond to AULA
- How AULA replaces an LMS
- Institutions that dumped their LMS
- Links
Duration: 44:23
- 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.
- Dr. Betts discussed these topics:
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- Neuroplasticity
- Metacognition
- Functional Fixedness
- Andragogy
- Neurodiversity
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
- Differentiated Instruction
- Neuro-Andragogy
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- "Winter Moon" by Rhonda Lorence - from the new age viola album "Winter Moon"
Duration: 40:20
- This podcast is a recording of a panel discussion at the Reimagine Education Conference on November 30, 2018, in San Francisco. You will hear from the panelists: Joel Hellermark (CEO of Sana Labs), Nirmal Mukhi (researcher at IBM Watson) and Ethan Keiser (CEO of Studytree) about how AI and machine learning can supplement education. Each panelist gives a brief introduction to their work in AI and answers questions from the moderator, Jack Moran of QS Quacquarelli Symonds, the Reimagine Education Progam Manager.
- Joel Hellermark / Sana Labs
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- Nirmal Mukhi / IBM Watson
- Ethan Keiser / Studytree
- They discuss:
- AI tutors
- Robopocalypse
- Teachers losing jobs
- Faculty resistance to technology
- Integrating machine learning into educational institutions
- Measuring the efficacy of educational technologies
- Improving research collaboration
- Interesting observations from student tech use
- Future directions of AI and machine learning for education
- Links
- Podsafe music selection
Duration: 38:06
