This episode brings us into the world of Skills-Based Instruction: we suggest that audio/video is the primary tool to make this happen in online education. Tune in to the conversation to hear why we are so adamant about this idea. Even better, we suggest how VoiceThread might be your one-stop-shop to accomplish this! For more information on these tools and our conversation, check out the episode page here.

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Josh and Will discuss the background and value in Digital Storytelling as an activity and as a genre, which sets them up to discuss Adobe Spark for all of the ways it can support the creation of digital stories. For more information on these tools and our conversation, check out the episode page here.

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It's happening. We're finally finding out what's inside Josh's brain: or rather, what contains it. We survey the landscape of wikis and discuss one of our favorite apps, Notion. For more information on these tools and our conversation, check out the episode page here.

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This interview takes us in depth with Brian Lukoff, CEO and Founder, at Perusall. Pedagogy, statistics, Optical Character Recognition, and much, much more are the focus of this episode. Bring a cup of coffee and settle in for the wonderful insights on Perusall and its future. For more info, check out the episode page here.

Make sure to listen to our original episode on Perusall before you check this one out.

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Soapbox alert! Josh and Will wrestle with assessments and how to make them more effective. Drawing on personal experiences in college and theories learned later on, they advocate for one more tool in your tool box. Add some Twitter for Education into the mix, and you've got a full house experience. For more information on these tools and our conversation, check out the episode page here.

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Josh stokes Will on for a good ol' soapbox on how to teach language online! The conversation leads the two through many examples and ideas about what it would take to teach a language online. For an app, they talk about how Duolingo is great for personal study of languages or for assigning in a classroom.  For more information on these tools and our conversation, check out the episode page here.

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Part 2 of a two-part conversation on student engagement. We wrap the conversation by broadening the topic from assessment to the wide-world of engagement: the buzz word, the research concept, the marketing ploy. The conversation takes us into some interesting options for considering engagement in our educational practices. Afterwards, we introduce the tool ThingLink: it creates interactive videos, images, and 360 degree virtual experiences. For more information on these tools and our conversation, check out the episode page here.

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Part 1 of a two-part conversation on student engagement. Josh and Will start the conversation on the idea of interactivity for assessment: if we want students to engage then we should find good ways to observe the engagement. Then they turn to EdPuzzle for ideas on how to do this with video-based learning content.. For more information on these tools and our conversation, check out the episode page here.

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In this round, Josh and Will focus on the actual practice of finding apps: resources like Twitter, Alternativeto.net, professional communities, and Will. After that, they chat about one of their favorite research and resource repository apps: Mendeley. For more information on these tools and our conversation, check out the episode page here.

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Josh and Will share some jokes and thoughts with Don Carney, CEO and Founder, from MathWhiteBoard. They discuss the product, how it came to be, the complex ideas of AI and annotation software, and how it all brought us one fantastic (and free) tool. For more info, check out the episode page here.

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