RPP #191: Marcus Popetz on Harmonize by 42 Lines
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English - April 17, 2021 20:20 - ★★★ - 5 ratingsEducation Technology medical education blackboard podcasting elearning learning training Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Interview with Marcus Popetz, CEO and co-founder of 42 Lines. Harmonize is a discussion tool that allows students to communicate, interact, and engage more easily with one another. It supports richer discussion and collaboration. Faculty and students upload multiple files directly within posts and easily record audio and video comments. We discuss:
Why 42 lines?Marcus Popetz, CEO
What's wrong with discussion boardsDiscussion board, group chat, instant messaging,Requires LMS LTI integrationAnalytics to lower instructor workloadCreating a hybrid cadence between synchronous and asynchronousIntegration with Zoom and other video conferencing systemsAccessibility accommodation including auto-captioningCompatible with smartphones Visual layout with 'cards' instead of a long list of textFaculty can mark up videos! Peer to peer interaction is comingFuture direction to use data science to build "formative drop-out detector" to improve student retention
Podsafe music selection
Kiss This! (Hey IRS)" by Robert Lund of the Funny Music Project, a parody of Faith Hill's "This Kiss"
Duration: 37:59