Rod's Pulse Podcast

Click the Title to Play or Download. Interview with Amanda Smith, Chief Academic Officer, Academic Partnerships, and Maria Andersen, General Manager of Coursetune.This special COVID-Converted Edition audio and video podcast series responds to the impact of COVID-19 on the way we live, learn, and work. Teachers all over the world have been thrown into teaching their "COVID-Converted" courses online. This series will focus on moving from this emergency remote teaching and learning to more thoughtfully prepared learning experiences. COVID is reshaping curriculum design and attitudes about online learning.Academic Partners is "an online facilitator that assists public institutions of higher education in taking their academic programs online and recruits and retains qualified students through program completion. Coursetune helps institutions improve course and program design by focusing on mapping and assessment alignment." We discuss:Watch on YoutubeAmanda and Maria's backgroundOv

Click the Title to Play or Download. Interview with Melvin Hines, CEO, and Co-Founder of Upswing. "A virtual assistant and student services platform to reach, relate to, and retain your non-traditional students." We discuss:Melvin's BackgroundMelvin Hines, CEOHistory of UpswingGreat disparities in education Reach, Relate, and RetainReach: answer questions via text chatbotRelate: connect to campus or Upswing human resources via web conferencing to provide support and tutoring on more than 400 topicsRetain: collect analytics to identify students at greatest risk   Result: 15% reduction in dropouts each yearUnique chatbot technology integrates with campus calendars to schedule web conferences with campus and Upswing staff and tutorsSupport for mental health and wellness Support for faculty     Changes due to the Pandemic Podsafe music selectionAutumn Day by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.Duration: 37:48

Click the Title to Play or Download. Interview with Dan Avida, CEO, and Co-Founder of Engageli. "Engageli's digital learning platformenables higher-ed institutions to provide educators and learners with an active, social, collaborative, inclusive and engaging learning experience."  We discuss: Dan Avida, CEOBackground of founders including Dan's wife Daphne Koller, co-founder of CourseraWorks in class or online (synchronous or asynchronous) and hybridNo need for breakout roomsStudent "table" with the group of peers: "Learn with Friends"Students can talk at the same time as the instructorIn-class students log in so they can take notes and capture instructors screenIn-class student presses button to ask questions - other mics are muted Polls and quizzes embedded into presentationsRecordings, notetaking, captioning built into the platformIntegrated with the LMS using LTIWorks with Chromebooks - no app to downloadVideo is not re-streamed  Supports thousands of students in a class

Click the Title to Play or Download. This special COVID-Converted Edition audio and video podcast series responds to the impact of COVID-19 on the way we live, learn, and work. Teachers all over the world have been thrown into teaching their "COVID-Converted" courses online. This series will focus on moving from this emergency remote teaching and learning to more thoughtfully prepared learning experiences.Interview with Jeff Borden, Chief Academic and VP of Academic Affairs at D2L. According to Dr. Borden, Education 3.0 entails a confluence of neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and education technology, using web-based digital and mobile technology to help students learn efficiently. We discuss:Watch on YoutubeJeff's backgroundHistory of Education 1.0 and 2.0Eric Mazur - Confessions of a converted lecturerWhat to keep from the pandemic experience - record lecturesNeurotransmitters that enhance learningGamification and creating novelty to enhance learning  "Habitable

Click the Title to Play or Download. Interview with Dr. Thomas Waite, CEO, and Steve Mildner, CRO of K16 Solutions. K16's Scaffold Designer is the industry’s first cloud-hosted, fully integrated LMS migration and course development tool that automates manual processes and improves efficiency. "Migrate Course Content. Archive Student Data. Build Better Courses. LMS Solutions for Educators by Educators." We discuss: Thomas and Steve's backgroundsThomas Waite, CEO & Steve Mildner, CROMission: course design, LMS migration, and archivingPartners: Blackboard, Canvas, D2L, and Open LMSReduced cost of migration between LMSsGlobal text replacement during migration (LMS name, phone numbers, etc)Migration duration shortened from months to hoursNo need to run both LMSs during the migrationHistorical data from legacy LMS archived on the K16 platform for easy retrievalScaffold solutions for efficient course design  Podsafe music selectionA Passage Of Life by KitaroDuration: 50