Interview with Don Kassner, President and Founder of MonitorEDU. MonitorEDU is a leading provider of high-stakes remote proctoring using live proctors based in North America. We discuss:
Don's background and history of MonitorEDU
Don Kassner
Proctoring changes brought about by Covid
Efficiency of live proctoring over AI-generated flags
This special episode marks a milestone for Rod’s Pulse Podcast. Dr. Murray remarks on some of the progress seen since he started his podcast in 2006. Most never heard of podcasting back then but podcasting has seen tremendous growth and education has changed forever because of the Covid pandemic. Rod discusses:
Rodney Murray, PhD
Podcasting milestones
Podcasting 101 excerpt
Steve Jobs introduces podcasting and "Pod Father" Adam Curry
Interview with Narine Hall, Founder & CEO of Inspace. "InSpace is a socially intuitive online learning platform. By mimicking the natural flow of a classroom through proximity-based audio, we feel it's the closest you can come to teaching face-to-face in the virtual space." We discuss:
Narine's background
Narine Hall, CEO
History of InSpace
Replaces Zoom for classrooms
Proximity-based audio using machine learning
Improved student participation
Faces in "video circles" to reduce background distraction
Chat feature inside or outside of the classroom
InSpace mobile app
Synchronous and Asynchronous use
Analytics measures quality of conversations, not quantity
Interview with Adam Geller, Founder and CEO of Edthena. "Edthena is the complete solution for teacher growth, leveraging classroom videos for reflection and best practices." We discuss their video-powered professional learning:
Adams background
Adam Geller, CEO
History and founding of Edthena
K-12 Teacher training programs
Teacher candidates recording themselves
Use in teaching methods and field experience
Toolset to support evidence based approach on how to teach
Eportfolio for sharing and assessment
Time-stamped comments: question, suggestion, strength or note
Professional standards video tagging
Performance dashboards at group and organization level
Used in HigherEd Centers for Teaching Excellence
Used to help recruit and retain HigherEd adjunct instructors
Used in classroom or online (Zoom, etc.)
Tool to blur video to mask student names or faces
Supports school district privacy and security requirements
