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 #137: ProctorU - Interview with Don Kassner

• Interview with Don Kassner, CEO & President, ProctorU Inc.

Don Kassner, CEO

• We answer these questions:
• Why do Universities need identity management and authentication and remote proctoring?
• How does ProctorU and UCard work?
• What kinds of biometrics do you use?
• How reliable are biometrics?
• Can clients use ProctorU for large scale simultaneous use in testing centers?

• Links
• ProctorU Inc.
• Utilizing webcam-based proctoring to deter misconduct in online exams
• Federal aid recipients illegally received millions in Federal Student Aid (PDF)

• Podsafe Music Selection
• Autumn Day by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license

Duration: 24:30

RPP #136: ApprenNet: Interview with Paul Freedman, CEO

• Interview with Paul Freedman, CEO of ApprenNet, Inc. 

• We discuss the ApprenNet learning platform
  
• Turning passive videos into active learning
• Combining low-cost, distributed eLearning with the power of simulation
• Practice > Feedback > Mentoring
• Building skills using video
• Merger with HandsFree Learning
• Competency-based education
• Use with MOOCs
• Links
• Case Study: Learning Hands-on Skills Using the ApprenNet Video Platform
• Remembering former CEO, Rachel Jacobs
• RPP #106: ApprenNet: Interview with Karl Okamoto & Emily Foote on LawMeet MOOC

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

Duration: 27:19