Showing posts with label mobile. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mobile. Show all posts

Thursday, September 12, 2019

RPP #180: Learning Technology Entrepreneurs


  • This special podcast is a recording of a panel discussion, Learning Technology Entrepreneurs: Case Studies from Concept to Market. This was recorded at a unique joint meeting of the PA/DE/NJ Distance Learning Association and the Venture Café located in the University City Science Center in Philadelphia, PA. The meeting featured a moderated panel discussion of Learning Technology Entrepreneurs sharing their personal journeys from initial concept to bringing their product/service to the learning marketplace.
  • Podsafe music selection
    • "Fly Fly Fly" by singer/songwriter Adrina Thorpe - Influenced by Sarah Mclachlan, Tori Amos, and Coldplay
Duration: 56:55
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Monday, March 26, 2018

RPP #163: Academia Beyond Millennials with Bryan Alexander


    Duration: 47:35
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    Thursday, December 21, 2017

    RPP #160: Lovoco - Interview with Calvin Shum


    • Interview with Calvin Shum, CEO of Lovoco. Lovoco offers accessibility, communication, and educational solutions with proprietary speech and translation AI resulting in instantaneous bilingual subtitling. He demonstrated German translation of our live interview! We discuss:
      • How speech tech improves accessibility and ADA Compliance for live and recorded
        Calvin Shum, CEO
        lectures
      • How the automated polylingual stenographer enables: 
        • visual aid for caption readers
        • translations for global communicators
        • higher learning outcomes for students
      • How their social mission donates a system to a local primary or secondary school of your choice
      • Podsafe music selection
        • "Jingle Bells" by Natalie Brown - soulful vocalist/songwriter with a dynamic, multi-octave vocal range
      Duration: 28:03
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      Monday, October 23, 2017

      RPP #158: StudyTree - Interview with Ethan Keiser


      • Interview with Ethan Keiser, CEO of StudyTree
        • We discuss how StudyTree integrates academic support services with artificial intelligence to provide students with a mobile automated academic assistant. StudyTree analyzes students’ grades and behavioral patterns to construct customized recommendations to improve their academic performance. 
          Ethan Keiser, CEO
        • We answer the questions:
          • How does the StudyTree app work?
          • How is AI used in the app?
          • How does it work with STEM and Humanities?
          • How do you form cooperative study groups?
          • How does it compare to live coaching?
          • How does it integrate with the LMS?
          • Who is using it now?
          • What is the ROI for the student/institution
      Duration: 34:23
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      Thursday, September 07, 2017

      RPP #157: Blackboard Roadmap - Interview with Jim Chalex


      • Interview with Jim Chalex, Vice President of Product Management at Blackboard Inc. We discuss the Blackboard Learn product roadmap. What are the various "flavors" of Blackboard Learn and how will they evolve over the next couple of years? We discuss:
        • Experiences / Course Views: Original, Ultra
          Jim Chalex, Blackboard VP
        • Deployments: Self-Hosted, Managed Hosted, SaaS
        • Mobility: Responsive web design vs new native apps
        • We answer the questions:
          • How many clients have deployed SaaS, both Original (9.1) and Ultra?
          • What are some of the new features and when will they be available?
            • Workflow improvements 
            • Inline Grading Update 
            • Responsive design optimization 
            • Embedded analytics
            • Integrated audio and video 
            • Cloud storage integration 
            • Attendance tracking
            • Community (aka Portal) functions in Ultra  
        • Blackboard Roadmap Slides based on Jim's BbWorld17 Presentation:
      Duration: 34:44
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      Wednesday, August 16, 2017

      RPP #156: Glisser - Interview with Michael Piddock


      • Interview with Michael Piddock, CEO and Founder of Glisser. Glisser is a unique audience response system that shares presentation slides to mobile devices in real-time and uses polling and Q&A to make live events and the classroom interactive. We discuss:
        Michael Piddock, CEO & Founder
        • How Glisser got started
        • How you use Glisser audience response
        • Limits of the free version
        • Key features of Glisser
          • Live Polling
          • Live Slide Sharing
          • Audience Q&A backchannel
          • Twitter Wall for events
          • Web platform, no plugin required
          • Participant note taking
          • Downloading slides
          • Translated captions (coming soon)
      • Podsafe Music Selection
      Duration: 33:30
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      Friday, March 17, 2017

      RPP #151: Algebra By Hand - Interview with Michael Eiseman


      Duration: 27:18
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      Thursday, January 26, 2017

      RPP #150: Memorang - Interview with Yermie Cohen


      • Interview with Yermie Cohen, MD, Co-Founder & CEO of Memorang, Inc. Memorang is a free web and mobile study tool that helps students memorize any type of information through spaced repetition, multiple quizzing modes and games. Students can prepare for exams with thousands of free pre-made flashcards and quizzes. Memorang partners with leading publishers, institutions, professional organizations, and authors to develop trusted content. We discuss:
        • History of this profitable startup company
        • Flashcards for the USMLE, MCAT, Netter's Anatomy, NCLEX
          Yermie Cohen, MD
          Co-Founder & CEO Memorang
        • Custom study playlists
        • Flashcards / multiple choice question / games
        • Knowledge architecture for self-testing
      • Links
      • Podsafe music selection
        • "Ain't No Reason" by Brett Dennen - featured on several TV shows including "House", "Scrubs" and "Grey's Anatomy"
        Duration: 31:41
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        Wednesday, November 23, 2016

        RPP #148: Sway - Interview with Jill Sitnick

        Duration: 33:24
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        Tuesday, August 23, 2016

        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
        • Podsafe music selection from Music Alley
        Duration: 24:18
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        Tuesday, July 14, 2015

        RPP #133: Blackboard Ultra: Interview with Mark Strassman


        • Interview with Mark Strassman, Senior Vice President, Industry and Product Management, Blackboard Inc.
          • Mark Strassman oversees the company's product and integrated
            portfolio strategy to ensure Blackboard continues to build solutions that serve institutions, administrators, educators and students. 
          • We discuss the new Blackboard Ultra:
            • What are Core, Essentials, Insight, Student Retention?
            • What is the update roadmap for hosted systems?
            • Versions of Ultra SaaS, multi-tenant, single-tenant
            • New web REST API
            • Is Ultra completely adaptive/responsive? 
            • New Bb Student app
            • Ultra workflows subset for Community
            • Mobile compatibility; adaptive design
            • Future of Mosaic
            • "Persona Apps" 
            • New Collaborate Ultra
          • Links
          • Podsafe Music Selection
          • Duration: 35:26
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          Tuesday, August 27, 2013

          RPP #114: Blackboard Mosaic: Interview with David Small

          • Interview: David Small, Mobile Evangelist, Business Operations & Strategy at Blackboard Mobile.
            • We discuss all the new developments at Blackboard's Mobile Division
              • Mosaic: replaces Mobile Central and gives clients more direct access to modify and create new modules for their institution's mobile apps
              • Blackboard Mobile Learn: just released on 8/26, no more skeuomorphism
              • "Polls by Blackboard": coming soon, an alternative to audience response systems, no more clickers
          • Podsafe music selection from Music Alley
            • "Don't Be Long: The Beatles v Elken", a mashup of George Harrison's "Blue Jay Way" by Elken, a 60's influenced band from Dublin, Ireland. 
          Duration: 26:27
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          Friday, July 27, 2012

          RPP #104: Blackboard World 2012 Wrap-Up


          • Blackboard Corporate Keynote Wrap-Up
            • Blackboard CEO, Michael Chasen, opened the corporate keynote and announced...
              • Project XP: xpLor - XP stands for "cross-platform" and Lor stands for "learning object repository". Finally a way for faculty content experts to share and consume modular learning objects.
            • Ray Henderson, CTO and President of Academic Platforms, discussed recent advances and the future roadmap for Learn 
              • ConnectTxt - new 2-Way SMS Platform 
              • Bb Learn Service Pack 8 - improved global navigation, assessment insight, item analysis, and more 
              • Bb Analytics for Learn - new dashboards for improved decision making
              • Bb Collaborate v12 - improves Learn integration, including grade book, and mobile delivery
              • Bb Social - social learning coming in the fall for FREE with Community module
            • Katie Blot, President of Global Services Division, presented new professional services aimed at expanding program and course development, marketing, and student lifecycle support. 
            • Kayvon Beykpour, General Manager of Blackboard Mobile showcased new capabilities in Blackboard Mobile Learn and Mobile Central
          • Podsafe Music Selection from Magnatune
            • Concerto No. 2 in G Minor (Summer) by the American Baroque Orchestra. The full CD "The Four Seasons by Vivaldi" is available at magnatune.com
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          Saturday, June 30, 2012

          RPP #103: Managing Your Social Media

          • News from the Podosphere
            • New Podcasts App from Apple liberates audio and video podcasts from iTunes with a dedicated app for iOS
          • Integrating your Social Media
          • Podsafe Music Selection from Magnatune
            • "Run" from the new age piano album "Lines Build Walls" by Ehren Starks
          Duration: 14:38
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          Friday, May 25, 2012

          RPP #102: Seton Hill's iPad Experiment


          • Interview: Dr. Mary Ann Gawelek, Provost, Seton Hill University on "An iPad2 for Everyone". This is a follow-up with Dr. Gawelek, who I interviewed back in September 2010 (RPP# 87) just as they were about to launch their trend setting iPad program. I asked:
            • Why did you provide both iPads and Macbook Pros to students?
            • Did you “flip” your classrooms?
            • How is your faculty adjusting to this new paradigm?
            • Did you save on printing costs?
            • How about iBook Author or other e-textbook programs?
            • What lessons did you learn?
            • How do you gauge the success of the iPad program?
          • Links to resources mentioned:
          • Rod's Delicious iPad Bookmarks
          • Podsafe music selection from Music Alley
            • "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme" performed by Jane Aubourg, a solo electric violinist using digital effects
          Duration: 28:45
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          Wednesday, October 12, 2011

          RPP #96 Terribly Clever Blackboard Mobile: Interview with Aaron Wasserman


          • Interview: Aaron Wasserman, Director, Blackboard Mobile
            • Aaron is one of the founding members of Terriblyclever Design. Terriblyclever worked with Stanford to conceptualize iStanford, a suite of iPhone, Blackberry, and mobile web applications for fellow students. In 2009 they were acquired by Blackboard and Aaron now leads the new Blackboard Mobile division. We'll try to answer the questions:
              • what is Blackboard Mobile?
              • which platforms are supported?
              • what are the benefits to an institution?
              • why is a native app better than a web app?
              • can you customize apps for your platform?
              • what’s on the future road-map for Bb Mobile?
          • Podsafe music selection from Music Alley
            • "Maybe I'm Amazed" by Blake Morgan. His licensed cover of the Paul McCartney classic has topped the charts on the iTunes Music Store. 
          Duration: 22:49

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