Interview with Lee Johnston, CEO of Strut Learning - the "next-generation LMS for innovators." Strut integrates personalized learning, assessments, student success, authoring, automation, workflows, and analytics. Listen as we discuss:
The history of Strut (formerly Sagence Learning)
Lee Johnston, CEO
Cognify / Compose / Certify and Connect
Competency-based and non-term direct assessment
Strut as a replacement or add-on to the LMS
Strut's market focus
Gamified personalized learning
Active social learning
Skills mapping creating active feedback loops
Next-Gen analytics, active workflows, and automation
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.
Interview with Anjli Jain, founder of Unifyed. We discuss Yoda, their AI-powered Bot with SIS and LMS integration that automates responses to student and faculty frequently asked questions such as: How much do I owe? I forgot my password, can you reset it? How do I enter grades? We discuss:
Anjli Jain / Unifyed
The genesis of Yoda
The digital campus, a GUI-less experience
Yoda for whole student lifecycle FAQ help
Voice accounts for 60% of help interactions
Multiple communication modes
How Yoda authenticates users and hands-off to human helpers
Interview with Dr. Thomas Waite, CEO of K16 Solutions. K16's Scaffold Designer is the industry’s first cloud-hosted, fully-integrated course development tool that automates manual processes and improves efficiency for instructional designers and faculty. Scaffold products are integrated with Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, Brightspace, and Sakai. We discuss:
Background of Dr. Waite and history of K16 Solutions
Scaffold Designer and Scaffold Migration
Migrate or rebuild courses
Migration tool for most LMSs
Customers including K12 and OPMs (Online Program Management Companies)
Working in elearning ecosystems as opposed to LMSs
AI, machine learning and algorithms
New Scaffold Faculties, a faculty management system
