RPP #210: Bryan Alexander on AI in Education

• Interview with Bryan Alexander, futurist, educator, speaker, and writer. We discuss AI and its impact on education. Bryan also mentions his new book, Universities on Fire. We discuss
• Bryan's background and current activities

  

  Bryan Alexander (and Rod)

• Overview of AI, especially generative AI: ChatGPT, Midjourney, Dall-E
• New jobs: AI "wrangler" and Bot Manager
• Personalized AI bot tutors
• Eliminate AI cheating: air-gapped PCs, paper/pencil exams 
• AI as a pedagogical tool: analysing writing and art to improve learning
• ChatGPT as an instrument for "playing the web" & role master for game simulation
• Can AI explain itself: sources are important in education
• Coming: new AI domains: China, Indian, Christian groups
• AI ethics and need for fact checking, combating deep fakes
• Military anti-AI technology and use of AI for national security 
• and much more

• Links
• RPP #183: Academia Next with Bryan Alexander
• RPP #164: Future of Education Discussion with Bryan Alexander
• RPP #163: Academia Beyond Millennials with Bryan Alexander
• RPP #140: Future Trends: Interview with Bryan Alexander
• RPP #129: Interview: Bryan Alexander on the Future of Higher Ed
  
  
• Podsafe music selection
• Utopian Prince - Create your own AI Music at Jukedeck 

Duration: 58:33

RPP #187: CoursePlan - Interview with Maria Andersen

• Interview with Dr. Maria Andersen, CEO of CourseTune, makers of the new CoursePlan product for individual faculty users to design their courses using visual tools. 
  
  
  
• We discuss:
• Background of CourseTune and how CoursePlan is different
• Course design layers: “What are students learning” and “When will they learn it”
• Aligning learning and assessment activities to the learning objectives
• Visualizing the entire course at once
• Support for HyFlex delivery
• Accounting for student load and time on task
• LMS integrations and future directions
• Contingencies for teaching this Fall during the pandemic

• Podsafe music selection
• New Age Piano: Lines Build Walls by Ehren Starks

Duration: 42:13

RPP #165: Coursetune - Interview with Maria Andersen

• Interview with Maria Andersen, CEO and Co-Founder, Coursetune. Coursetune has a completely new way to visualize the underpinnings and framework of curriculum design - a way to "harmonize" your curriculum. We discuss:
• Maria's background
  
• Need for a Coursetune
• Improving curriculum design beyond spreadsheets and whiteboards
• How Coursetune works
• Why it is like "Autocad" for learning design
• Target audience
• and more
• Podsafe music selection
• "See the Sun" by Black Lab from California with tunes featured in the movies "Spider Man" and "Blade: Trinity"

Duration: 39:12

RPP #152: The Future of Education: A Scenario

• Rod illustrates a scenario he wrote as part of a strategic planning process on the future of education at the University of the Sciences.
• The scenario illustrates one future of education. As we all know, technology is increasing at an exponential rate. Self driving cars, facial recognition, virtual-reality, augmented reality and 3D printing are extant today, but will be integrated into everyday life within 5 to 10 years, whether we like it or not. The interesting thing about the scenario is that each one of the technological advances illustrated here can be demonstrated in isolation today. Who knows where we will actually be in 5 to 10 years!
• 
  
• Links
• Read on Medium
• Apple Watch
• Apple AirPods
• Ring Doorbell
• Amazon Drone 
• GM - Lyft
• Google Luxotica
• Google Translate
• Coursera Credit Badges
• Ultrahaptics
• Toshiba Customer Service Robot
• The Great A.I. Awakening (Google Machine Learning)
  
• Podsafe Music Selection
• Synth Pop Echos by Rod Murray using Jukedeck - create your own at https://jukedeck.com.

Duration: 09:48 audio & 10:42 video

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
• Memorang App
• Reimagine Education Conference & Awards 2016
• Best Educational App - Silver Award: Memorang: Leveling the playing field in higher education
• 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

RPP #141: Mersive Solstice - Interview with Christopher Jaynes

• Interview with Christopher Jaynes, CTO of Mersive 

• We answer the questions:

  

  Christopher Jaynes

• What is Solstice?
• Does it improve classroom pedagogy?
• Does it replace AppleTV? 
• What are the Enterprise features?
• How is it used in active learning spaces?
• What are the network requirements?
• How about distant end users?
• How about lecture capture?

• Links
• Mersive
• Apple TV
  
• Podsafe music selection 
• Vivaldi: Concerto No. 1 in D Major (Spring, 1st Movement) from The Four Seasons by the American Baroque Orchestra

Duration: 28:38

RPP #139: Design for the Mind - Interview with Victor Yocco

• Interview with Victor Yocco (@victoryocco), design researcher and author
  
• We answer the questions:
• What are your background and interests?
• What is andragogy?
• What are some of the key principles of learning design?
• How can psychology inform design?
• Can you tell us about your new book? 

• Links
• Design for the Mind
  For a 39% discount on the book, use the Promo Code: smayocco
• PhillyChi
• PADLA
• Podsafe music selection
• Vivaldi: Concerto No. 4 in G Minor “Winter” (Allegro movement) from The Four Seasons by the American Baroque Orchestra. 

Duration: 25:54

RPP #138: Higher Education Horizon Report by Alex Freeman

• The 2015 Higher Education Horizon Report presentation by Alex Freeman of the New Media Consortium



Alex Freeman

• Keynote presentation at the 2015 Pennsylvania / Delaware / New Jersey Distance Learning Association's (PADLA) Annual Conference & Expo
• Hear about the future of Higher Education:
• 6 Key Trends
• 6 Significant Challenges
• 6 Important Tech Developments
• Links
• Presentation Slides w/Audio
• PADLA.org
• NMC.org
• NMC Horizon Report Video Intro
• Horizon Report PDF
• RPP #123: 2014 Horizon Report
• Podsafe Music Selection 
•  "As The Wind Blows" by Kitaro

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Duration: 31:49

RPP #109: Undercover Student: Interview with Gwen Burbank

• Interview: Gwen Burbank, Curriculum Manager/Instructional Technology Specialist for the MBA program at St. George’s University in Grenada, West Indies. Gwen is also a member of the Pennsylvania Distance Learning Association (PADLA.org)
• Gwen went undercover as a MBA student in St. George's synchronous online program. We discuss:
• key educational management issues
• instructional design factors 
• teaching techniques helpful in keeping students engaged and honest
• "the good, bad and ugly" of synchronous online learning
• Podsafe Music Selection from Jamendo
• "Woods of Chaos" by Rob Costlow - New Age Piano"

Duration: 30:55

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:
• Collect, organize, and share ideas on the iPad
• Corkulus 
• Popplet
• Inkling - interactive textbooks for iPad
• Blackboard Mobile Learn
• Touchfire -  iPad Screentop Keyboard
  
• 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

RPP #93: Interview with Dr. Mark Nestor on Panopto Lecture Capture

• Interview: Dr. Mark Nestor, Associate Provost and Chief Information Officer at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
  
• Panopto Focus Lecture Capture

• Lecture capture systems offer important benefits: an alternative when students miss class; an opportunity for content review; and content for online course development
  
• Podsafe music selection from Music Alley
• "California Dreamin" by The Mamas and The Papas

Duration: 21:36

RPP #80: Lecture Capture in a Nutshell and E-Learning News

• Picks from Rod's Podcaster Guide and E-Learning News
• Blackboard Pledges to Follow Open Standards - Blackboard’s Ray Henderson, pledges that the company will do more to follow industry software standards.

• Need to Learn Medicine? There's an App for That - The Medical College of Georgia is providing free health science education apps for their students.

• Harnessing the Power of Social Networks in Teaching &Learning - Dr. Alec Couros addresses social networking and education: open courses, control of knowledge, pedagogy, creative commons, and more.
  

• I'll Take My Lecture to Go, Please - A new study suggests a "clear preference" among undergraduates for lecture capture.
  

• Lecture Capture in a Nutshell
  
• Overview of lecture capture
  
• Lecture capture systems offer three important benefits: an alternative when students miss class; an opportunity for content review; and content for online course development.
  
• Resources on lecture capture
• Lecture Capture Feature Comparison Chart - Features of Accordent, Echo360, Mediasite, Panopto, Tegrity and Wimba
  
• 7 things you should know about Lecture Capture (2 page PDF from Educause)
• Previous interviews with lecture capture vendors:
  
• RPP #62: Panopto
• RPP #63: Tegrity
• RPP #71: Echo360
• RPP #72: Wimba
• RPP #77: Mediasite
• View Rod's "lecture capture" bookmarks

• Podsafe Music Selection from Music Alley
  
• "Maybe I'm Amazed" by Blake Morgan who has worked with Lenny Kravitz, Lesley Gore, Phil Ramone, and others. This licensed remake of the McCartney classic has topped the charts on the iTunes Music Store.
  

Duration: 17:36

RPP #76: Interview with Dr. Bobbe Baggio on Learning Meta-Trends

• Rod's Picks from Podcaster Guide and E-Learning News
• Why Google Lively Failed
• Can You Operate as a Virtual Being?
• PA/DE/NJ Distance Learning Association (PADLA) Meeting Presentation Archive

• Interview with Dr. Bobbe Baggio, Director of the Graduate Program in Instructional Technology Management at LaSalle University and CEO of Advantage Learning Technologies, Inc.
  
• Dr. Baggio is a recognized expert in applying psychology and neuroscience to the design of instruction and learning materials
• We discussed the 7 meta-trends for the future of learning:
1. Technology is improving, continuing to evolve but it alone does not make a difference in the learning.
2. The paradigm for what we call learning is dramatically changing.
3. Learner participation, whether with Web 2.0 tools, grassroots video or virtual communities, is extremely important.
4. Our boundaries are going away, so anywhere, anytime, ubiquitous learning is increasing.
5. Portable content that is accessible and usable is powerful.
6. Connecting people through the network has expanded, and tools that recognize connections will make these connections richer and more fluid. Intelligent searching has eclipsed the need for metadata and tags (SCORM is dead) and mashups are in.
7. 3D representations like 2nd Life and Peoplesburg are growing and finding their way into research, training and learning circles rapidly.
   

• Podsafe Music Selection from the Podsafe Music Network
  
• "10p Mix" - by Amplifico, a talented young band from Edinburgh, Scotland. This is one of the most played songs on the Podsafe Music Network.
  Buy at Amazon

Duration: 33:37

RPP #74: Interview with Dr. Ken Hartman on National Distance Learning Week

• Rod's Picks from Podcaster Guide and E-Learning News
  
• Podcasting Helps Bump NPR’s Site Traffic Up 78% In One Year
• What Was Sarah Palin's First Pet's Name? Lessons Learned About E-Mail Security
• The Institutional Path for Change in This Age: Andragogy, not Pedagogy
• Web 2.0 for the 21st Century Learner
• Stanford Testing iPhone Application Suite
  

• Interview with Dr. Ken Hartman, National Committee Chairman of National Distance Learning Week
  
• November 10 - 14, 2008
• Free Online Events: USDLA webinars, NASA, Florida Virtual School, New Mexico State University, Rochester Institute of Technology and others
  
• Drexel University Events
• Award to Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, November 10
  
• Award to First Lady, Laura Bush
• Faculty Showcase, November 14
  

• Podsafe Music Selection from the Podsafe Music Network
  
• "Tlm" - from I.I by Walt Ribeiro, a talented young composer of orchestral music I met at PodCamp Philly
  Buy at Amazon
  

Duration: 20:22

RPP #68: Better Chemistry through E-Learning and more Yael Naim

• News from the Podosphere
• Dr. Ken Hartman (Drexel University) wins USDLA Award

• Interview with Jean-Claude Bradley, Associate Professor of Chemistry and E-Learning Coordinator, College of Arts and Sciences, Drexel University
• Drexel CoAS E-Learning Blog
• Drexel CoAS E-Learning Podcast
• Drexel Island on Second Life
• Useful Chemistry - Open source project in chemistry
  
• Open Notebook Science using Blogs and Wikis
• Teaching Chemistry with Second Life
• Other topics and tools mentioned:
• Audacity - free audio editing tool
• Blogger - free blog service
• Camtasia Studio - screen recorder
• Creative Commons - licenses for authors, artists, and educators
• Feedburner - manage RSS feeds and track subscribers
• Second Life - a 3D virtual world
• SMILES - for describing chemical molecules
• WikiSpaces - free Wiki service

• Podsafe Music Selection from the Podsafe Music Network
• "Too Long" by Yael Naim, the acclaimed singer/songwriter from Israel, from her album Yael Naim. She gained fame as the music played during Apple's Macbook Air ad campaign

Buy at Amazon

Duration: 26:08

RPP #44: Slice of Life Workshop and Podsafe Jefferson Airplane

Topics covered during this 19 minute podcast:

• News from the Podosphere
• Learning "Second Life" comments by Dr. Susan Toth-Cohen, Jefferson College of Health Professions
• New Media Consortium (NMC) is an international not-for-profit consortium of organizations dedicated to the exploration and use of new media and new technologies. View the YouTube video on the NMC Campus in Second Life.
  

• Slice of Life Workshop 2007
• Notes from attending the 19th Slice of Life Workshop at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Dr. Suzanne Stensaas, the founder and driving force behind Slice was interviewed in RPP #35
• Selected Conference Highlights
  
• Keynote: Principles of E-Learning: Lessons from Cognitive Psychology (PDF). Geoff Norman, Ph.D., McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
• PocketSnips: Ubigquitous as YouTube but with Cutting Edge Quality. Joyce Helmer, David Topps, Richard Witham, Cambrian College and Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
• Keynote: The Socialization of Technology, Medicine and Education: Driving Forces for a New Hyperlearning Environment (PDF). Fran Rabuck, Rabuck Associates, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• I'm Melting! I'm Melting! Web 2.0 and the Death of the Virtual Learning Environment (PDF). Rachel Ellaway, University of Edinburgh, UK
• Technology Tips
  
• Turning Point - Audience Response System
  
• iSquint - free iPod Video Converter for Macintosh
• Clerkship Companion - Palm-based tool for patient and procedure logging developed at Drexel
• Rod presented on "Podcasting and Web 2.0: Implications for Medical Education (PDF)" - view the SlideShare Powerpoint Presentation
• International Association of Medical Science Educators will incorporate the Slice of Life group next year
  

• Podsafe Music Selections from the Podsafe Music Network
• "Somebody to Love" by Grace Slick and the Jefferson Airplane at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1967
  
• Jefferson Airplane also performed at the Berkeley Folk Festival, Monterey Pop Festival, Woodstock, and Altamont. "Somebody to Love" and their other hit single "White Rabbit" were from the album "Surrealistic Pillow".

RPP #23 Podcasting News, Classroom 2.0 and Podsafe Vivaldi

Topics covered during this 23 minute podcast:

• YouTube for Colleges (http://www.youtube.com/school_main)
  
• Microsoft-designed "School of the Future" (http://www.cnn.com/.../school.of.future.ap/)
  
• Rodney McPhail and his "Pod Pedagogy" (http://www.bio.purdue.edu/)
• Apple + iPods @ GCSU (http://ipod.gcsu.edu/)
  
• California Western School of Law Podcast (http://www.podcastingnews.com/)
  
• Harvard Law's CyberOne Podcast (http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cyberone/)
  
• Classroom 2.0: Interview of Will Richardson on the Brian Lehrer Show (http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/2006/09/07)
  
• Podsafe Vivaldi: Concerto No. 3 in F Major (Autumnl) by the American Baroque Orchestra. The full CD entitled "The Four Seasons by Vivaldi" is available at magnatune.com