Interview with Julia Winter, CEO and Founder of Alchemie, which combines commercial game design with a deep understanding of how students learn. Alchemie’s digital learning tools provide an intuitive learning experience that encourages students to explore and experiment with concepts. We discuss:
Julia Winter, CEO
Julia's background
History of Alchemie
How Alchemie works
The audience for Alchemie
How students learn by manipulating bonds and electrons
Interview with Alastair Adam, Co-CEO of FlatWorld, a digital-first college textbook publisher building a niche between the high cost traditional publishers and open education resources (OER) publishers. We answer the questions:
What is the background of FlatWorld?
How many titles are available?
How many faculty are using FlatWorld books?
How are authors recruited?
What formats are available?
How much does a typical textbook cost - electronic and print?
Are electronic versions compatible with Kindle and iPad?
How much do authors earn?
Does FlatWorld support the LMS?
What special features are available?
What is "FlatWorld Unlimited"?
Podsafe music selection
Mine Again from Passion Leaves a Trace by Black Lab
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"
This special audio (and video) podcast is a broadcast of a Panel Discussion at the USciences eLearning 3.0 Conference held on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Rod kicked off the Panel discussion by showing a brief video on one possible future education scenario.
