HiTech Podcast

Metaphors galore in this episode: we talk about designing content for your students in an affective and clear method. User Experience in a virtual learning environment is much like building a house or giving someone instructions to the grocery store. Tune in to hear how we break it down. Pick up our app this week, Microsoft Office Lens, to get scanning the physical world into your OneDrive. For more on our conversation, check out the episode page here.

For all of our episodes and resources for each app we discuss, head over to our website at hitechpod.us.

Many elements of the physical classroom translate to the virtual learning environment: but does absence? Can a student be tardy to an online class? Do three missed forums equal an absence? Join us for this wrestling match where we determine what this classroom management method (absences) means in the virtual learning world. For more on our conversation, check out the episode page here.

For all of our episodes and resources for each app we discuss, head over to our website at hitechpod.us.

Some strong opinions and hot takes in bound! Josh and Will sink their teeth into the conversation on plagiarism, cheating, and dishonesty. How should we approach this issue? What's the goal for our students? Then we open up a conversation on Turnitin like no other app before it. Will you agree? For more on our conversation, check out the episode page here.

For all of our episodes and resources for each app we discuss, head over to our website at hitechpod.us.

Continuing the conversation on the LMS. Josh and Will have worked in this field for quite some time, so it's no surprise that their pros and cons list needed a second episode. After our convo, we open up some madness with a deep dive into the Miroverse-- or rather, all things Miro. This tool has been a team favorite for quite some time, so we're thrilled to finally give it a full episode. For more on our conversation, check out the episode page here.

For all of our episodes and resources for each app we discuss, head over to our website at hitechpod.us.

Will makes his best effort to put his tinfoil hat away, but Josh eggs him on. Is anything new? We talk about the impact of the LMS on higher education with all of the data it contains. How do we use this data for pedagogy and not for policing? Our app for the day is Mentimeter: an app for live-classroom engagement or for asynchronous online content. For more on our conversation, check out the episode page here.

For all of our episodes and resources for each app we discuss, head over to our website at hitechpod.us.

Josh and Will (and their surprise cohost?!) start a conversation off on cognitive dissonance. This topic proves a little fuzzy for them to agree on, but they work through the ideas that might impact your classroom experiences. After, that they gather around for a conversation on... Around. Around is a new video conferencing tool that focuses on the mood and experience of a virtual call. Most importantly, they make hybrid calls even better by cancelling out echo from any other devices that you're in the room with. For more on our conversation, check out the episode page here.

For all of our episodes and resources for each app we discuss, head over to our website at hitechpod.us.

This week we chat with Robin Jeffers, one of Josh's colleagues, about Instructional Design: what is it, why, who, what, and all of the fun info. Robin's newer to the field, so it's a refreshing perspective of someone who transitioned from K-12 instruction to the Higher Education Instructional Design world. Then, she leaves us with some info on the wonderful Gimkit (Gim pronounced like Gimli not gym). For more information on these tools and our conversation, check out the episode page here.

For all of our episodes and resources for each app we discuss, head over to our website at hitechpod.us.

We start a long conversation on a short topic: micro learning! It's a trendy topic and we all engage with it at some level in our lives these days. So, how can we do it better? What's the benefit to this over traditional methods? Tune in for our thoughts and the introduction of a tool to get this job done. EdApp is a learning management system for mobile and micro learning. For more on our conversation, check out the episode page here.

For all of our episodes and resources for each app we discuss, head over to our website at hitechpod.us.

This week's episode dives deep into discourse development. We highlight the CREATE system created by Dr. Marcela Borge (Twitter). This research-based discourse development tool helps learners discuss anything in critical and reflective ways. Finally, we open up another video-based discussion app called ThreadIt that is free and easy to use. For more on our conversation, check out the episode page here.

For all of our episodes and resources for each app we discuss, head over to our website at hitechpod.us.

Wrapping up our three-part series on game-based learning with breakdown and summary. Josh and Will love video games, so we hope that these episodes provide some insights into how the best parts of games can make the best parts of your course even better. We offer up the Construct3 tool as an option for building your own video game whether for academic or personal purposes. For more on our conversation, check out the episode page here.

For all of our episodes and resources for each app we discuss, head over to our website at hitechpod.us.