RPP #159: AEFIS - Interview with Mustafa Sualp

• Interview with Mustafa Sualp, CEO and Founder, AEFIS, LLC. AEFIS is an integrated assessment management platform. We discuss the range of management tools, such as
• Syllabus Management

  

  Mustafa Sualp
  Founder & CEO

• Assessment and Outcomes Management
• Program Managment
• Course Evaluations
• Strategic Planning
• What changes in HiEd stimulated the need for AEFIS?
• What problem does AEFIS solve? 
• How does AEFIS automate tasks?
• How long does it take to implement?
• How does it integrate with other tools, SIS, LMS?
• How does it compare with competing assessment solutions?
• How is it deployed, local, SaaS?

• Links
• EDUCAUSE Preview: AEFIS Offers Power Solutions For Assessment Success

• Podsafe music selection
• Vivaldi: Concerto No. 3 in F Major “Autumn” (Allegro movement) by the American Baroque Orchestra. 

Duration: 39:32

RPP #132: D2L Brightspace - Interview with John Baker, CEO, D2L

• Interview with John Baker, CEO, D2L
  D2L (formerly Desire2Learn) announced the next generation of its learning platform, Brightspace. By featuring a new faculty user experience and bringing adaptive learning to the masses, D2L says that Brightspace is more flexible, smarter, and easier to use.

• We discuss D2L and their next generation LMS, Brightspace
• We answer the questions:
  
• Does it replace "legacy" D2L?
• What is adaptive learning and LeaP?
• What features can be used in-class?
• What about student retention support and e-portfolios?
• What's the new faculty UI?
• How is it delivered? Multi-tenant Cloud? Hosted? On premise?

• Links
• D2L Launches Next Generation of Learning Platform Brightspace

• Podsafe music selection from Music Alley
• "Fly Fly Fly" by singer/song writer Adrina Thorpe - Influenced by Sarah Mclachlan, Tori Amos, and Coldplay

Duration: 27:12

RPP #129: Interview: Bryan Alexander on the Future of Higher Ed

• Interview with Bryan Alexander, educator, futurist, speaker, writer, and senior researcher for the New Media Consortium (NMC). We discuss the future of higher education.
• Education Contexts
  
• Changes in international education, demographics, enrollment decline, education for seniors
• Technology
• 3d printing, Internet of Things, social media, augmented reality, cloud computing, digital video, alternative means of education, makerspaces
• Education Issues
• Too much testing
• Carnegie Unit vs competency based advancement
• ePortfolios
• the LMS dark web
• adjunctification of higher ed
• online education
• Creative Commons
• open education

• Links
• Bryan Alexander Consulting, LLC
• @BryanAlexander
• Makerspaces
• Alexandra Pickett
  
  
• Podsafe music selection
• A Passage Of Life by Kitaro
• Duration: 47:09

RPP #126: Blackboard: Interview with Jay Bhatt - Part 1

• Interview with Blackboard CEO, Jay Bhatt. He talks about their new business strategy that is mainly focused on making students successful. We discuss:
• Bb World 
  
  
  
• Blackboard history
• Jay's background 
• Student-centered focus 
• MyEdu acquisition
• ePortfolio features
• Links
• Blackboard
• MyEdu
  
• Podsafe music selection from Music Alley
• Maybe I'm Amazed by Blake Morgan. Licensed cover of the Paul McCartney classic.

Duration: 27:49

RPP #119: Pruvalu ePortfolio: Interview with Claudia Reuter

• Interview with Claudia Reuter, Founder and CEO of SchoolChapters, Inc.

• Pruvalu by SchoolChapters is an integrated ePortfolio for Higher Education.
• We answer the questions:
• What is Pruvalu used for? 
• Institution Accreditation
• Student Assessment and Evaluation
• Student Personal Portfolios
• Standards-Based Faculty Portfolios
• Does it integrate with the LMS?
• Does it support mobile devices?
• Does it integrate with Facebook or LinkedIn?
• Related ePortfolio Links
• RPP #100: TaskStream: Interview with Courtney Peagler
• RPP #97 Interview with Trent Batson
• RPP #10 Electronic Portfolios
• Podsafe music selection from Magnatune
• Vivaldi: Concerto No. 4 in G Minor “Winter” (Allegro movement) from The Four Seasons by the American Baroque Orchestra. 
Duration: 26:00

RPP #100: TaskStream: Interview with Courtney Peagler

• Interview: Courtney Peagler, Vice President of Strategic and Business Development, TaskStream

• Educators and students use their Learning Achievement Tools (LAT) to plan learning activities, assess student performance, and demonstrate achievement of learning outcomes.
• Institutions use the customizable Accountability Management System (AMS) to support continuous improvement projects and manage accountability processes at a macro level.
  
• Other Podcasts on ePortfolios
• RPP #99: GoingOn: Interview with CEO Jon Corshen
• RPP #97: ePortfolios: Interview with Trent Batson
  
• Podsafe music selection from Music Alley
• "Too Long" by Yael Naim, the acclaimed singer/songwriter from Israel, from her album Yael Naim. She gained fame when her song “New Soul” played during Apple's Macbook Air ad campaign

Duration: 27:23

RPP #99: GoingOn: Interview with CEO Jon Corshen

• Interview: Jon Corshen, CEO of GoingOn
• GoingOn has developed an innovative academic social networking platform, enabling students, faculty, and administrators to more effectively connect, collaborate, and learn. We discuss:
• Beginnings at University of Pennsylvania
• Use as messaging tool and ePortfolio 
• LMS Integration
• Contrast with Facebook, Twitter, Ning and others
• and more
  
• Podsafe music selection from Magnatune
• Vivaldi: Concerto No. 4 in G Minor “Winter” (Allegro movement) by the American Baroque Orchestra. The full CD "The Four Seasons by Vivaldi" is available at magnatune.com

Duration: 28:37

RPP #97 ePortfolios: Interview with Trent Batson

Trent Batson

• Interview: Trent Batson, Executive Director of The Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning.
• A Survey of the Electronic Portfolio Market Sector: Analysis and Surprising Trends
• The Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning
• Post Secondary Electronic Standards Council
• The International Journal of ePortfolio (IJeP)
  
• Pearson's Open Class LMS
• Podsafe music selection from Magnatune
• Vivaldi: Concerto No. 3 in F Major “Autumn” (Allegro movement) by the American Baroque Orchestra. The full CD "The Four Seasons by Vivaldi" is available at magnatune.com

Duration: 31:00

RPP #10 Electronic Portfolios

Topics covered during this 15 minute podcast:

• Keeping Up with Your Eyes Closed - Health and Science Podcasting by Margy Grasberger, Thomas Jefferson University
• Introducing Electronic Portfolios (e-Portfolios)
• The Electronic Portfolio Boom: What's it All About? (5 page PDF) by Trent Batson, University of Rhode Island

Audio clips from the following podcasts were included with permission:

• New Designs in Learning is a 28 minute interview of Randall Bass of Georgetown University. Dr. Bass is Associate Professor in the Department of English and Executive Director of the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship
• Digital/E-Portfolios and Learning - This 50 minute recording is from the 2005 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference Session entitled Digital/E-Portfolios and Learning: From Mosaic to Kaleidoscope, From Static to Dynamic by Linda Ehley and L. Kelly Talley of Alverno College

Review of the Blackboard Content System e-Portfolio features:

• Audio clip about e-portfolios from my previous interview of Peter Van Tienen, Director, Solutions Engineering, Blackboard.
• "Screencast" of Blackboard e-Portfolio Demo