Interview with Audrey Watters, a self-described “education writer, an independent scholar, a serial dropout, a rabble-rouser, and ed-tech’s Cassandra.” We discuss the Horizon Report and The History of the Future of Education Technology, the special focus of her Hack Education Project. Like previous Horizon reports, the 2018 edition identifies k ...…

Interview with Jodi Goldstein, Executive Director at Harvard Innovation Labs, a three-lab ecosystem that supports Harvard students, alumni and faculty in exploring innovation and entrepreneurship. We discuss:Jodi Goldstein Executive Director The Harvard iLab, Launch Lab X, and Harvard Life Lab How these innovation centers supplement the academi ...…

Discussion with Rob McCunney, Blackboard Sysadmin and Instructional Designer, University of the Sciences. We discuss our conversion from Blackboard Learn managed hosting to SaaS and then to the Ultra Experience and Ultra Courses. We discuss: Adoption of Blackboard Learn Ultra Moving from Managed Hosting to SaaS: What were some of the conversion ...…

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 ...…

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 ar ...…

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 ...…

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. Moderator: Dr. Bryan Alexander Panelists: ...…

This special audio (and video) podcast is a broadcast of Dr. Bryan Alexander's Keynote, entitled Academia Beyond Millennials: The Next Generation of Higher Education. It was given at the USciences eLearning 3.0 Conference on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Bryan discusses: Globalization of higher educa ...…

Interview with Howard Bell, Senior Vice President of Higher Education Student Success and the General Manager of Starfish at Hobsons. We discuss their Starfish Enterprise Success Platform including Early Alert, Connect, and Degree Planner, and how it helps scale student support initiatives in a way that enables students to engage with the campu ...…

Rod discusses the new USciences eLearning 3.0 Conference, including Background and history of this conference in it's 16th year What is eLearning 3.0 Keynote Speaker, futurist Dr. Bryan Alexander Panel on the Future of Higher Education including Dr. Alexander, Dr. Bobbe Baggio, Dr. Paul Katz (USciences President), Dr. Ken Hartman (past Presiden ...…

Interview with Calvin Shum, CEO of Lovoco. Lovoco offers accessibility, communication, and educational solutions with proprietary speech and translation AI resulting in instantaneous bilingual subtitling. He demonstrated German translation of our live interview! We discuss: How speech tech improves accessibility and ADA Compliance for live and ...…

Interview with Mustafa Sualp, CEO and Founder, AEFIS, LLC. AEFIS is an integrated assessment management platform. We discuss the range of management tools, such as Syllabus ManagementMustafa Sualp Founder & CEO Assessment and Outcomes Management Program Managment Course Evaluations Strategic Planning What changes in HiEd stimulated the need for ...…

Interview with Ethan Keiser, CEO of StudyTree We discuss how StudyTree integrates academic support services with artificial intelligence to provide students with a mobile automated academic assistant. StudyTree analyzes students’ grades and behavioral patterns to construct customized recommendations to improve their academic performance. Ethan ...…

Interview with Jim Chalex, Vice President of Product Management at Blackboard Inc. We discuss the Blackboard Learn product roadmap. What are the various "flavors" of Blackboard Learn and how will they evolve over the next couple of years? We discuss: Experiences / Course Views: Original, UltraJim Chalex, Blackboard VP Deployments: Self-Hosted, ...…

Interview with Michael Piddock, CEO and Founder of Glisser. Glisser is a unique audience response system that shares presentation slides to mobile devices in real-time and uses polling and Q&A to make live events and the classroom interactive. We discuss:Michael Piddock, CEO & Founder How Glisser got started How you use Glisser audience respons ...…

Interview with Vikram Savkar, Vice President & General Manager, Legal Education, Wolters Kluwer. Connected Casebook is an integrated digital and print learning solution designed to facilitate deeper student mastery of legal thinking and stronger learning outcomes. We discuss: Electronic textbooks and how they fit into mobile education Vikram Sa ...…

Interview with Jim Cooper, CEO of Maplesoft, about Möbius their new comprehensive online courseware environment that focuses on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. We discuss: Maplesoft historyJim Cooper, CEO Maplesoft course/module marketplace Möbius platform and toolkit LMS integration Adaptive and customized learning Analytics ...…

Interview with Dr. Ken Hartman, CEO of Degree Quest and the past president of Drexel University Online. Ken has a long distinguished history in education and especially online learning. This talk highlights changes to teaching and learning 20 years after Ken published his book, The Internet Guide for College Bound Students in 1996. We discuss: ...…

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 ...…

Interview with Michael Eiseman, Founder of Learn By Hand, LLC. With a masters in Chemical Engineering, Michael was a research scientist for DuPont R&D for nearly 30 years. He has always had an interest in education and launched Algebra By Hand™, the first app that allows drag and drop solving of algebra problems. We discuss: Michael's backgroun ...…

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 ...…

Interview with Dr. Tony Bates, CEO of Tony Bates Associates Ltd and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ryerson University. Tony was the former Director of Distance Education and Technology at the University of British Columbia. We discuss the underlying principles that guide effective teaching in an age of technology: New skills needed in our ...…

Interview with Jill Sitnick, Technology Strategist, Microsoft We discuss Sway, Microsoft's mobile graphic presentation tool. Create and share interactive reports, presentations, personal stories from your browser or smart phone. We discuss: What is Sway?Play Youtube Screencast Is it a Powerpoint replacement? Who is the audience? Can it be moder ...…

Interview with Dr. Mikkel Marfelt and Aaron Knox of Labster We discuss laboratory simulation and how it can be highly effective for STEM education while opening up new avenues for distance learning disciplines. Labster's next generation of virtual lab simulations are helping to improve student motivation, engagement, as well as, theoretical and ...…

Interview with Dr. Randy Swearer, VP of Education Experiences, Autodesk. We discuss Autodesk’s efforts to empower students for lifelong learning through problem-solving, collaboration and design thinking. TopicsDr. Randy Swearer Free Autodesk software for all faculty and students How "design thinking" applies to non-design careers Disruptions t ...…