LabChats

Continued conversation with William Bork who shares his experience with SEISMIC–a new way to approach foundational STEM courses. William discusses how multiple universities share data to better understand how decisions may affect student success metrics. Learn more: www.seismicproject.org

We're kicking off Season 2 with William Bork who shares his experience with SEISMIC–a new way to approach foundational STEM courses. William talks about collecting data across multiple universities and the complexity of consolidating data from non-uniform data streams. This is part one of a two part series. Learn more: www.seismicproject.org 

Episode 33 is a recap of some of the conversations we were able to have in season 1 of LabChats.  We look forward to returning in mid-November with season 2!

In this episode of LabChats, we cover various things that can be done with data collected by LabStats customers.  We discuss hardware, software, student success, student satisfaction and how things have changed in the pandemic.  

Christian Hayes joins LabChats to share the story of what prompted him to put together a homegrown solution to collect computer usage data and how he needed to completely redesign it to eventually evolve into what LabStats is today. 

Alex Collins shares the evolution of 3-D printing from the first printer he built in his home to what options are available on the market today.

Michael Horn discusses the 5 general motivations used by students when picking a college or university.  Which ones can the schools use to increase enrollment and provide better value to their students?

We finish the conversation with Ben Hambelton sharing his experiences around working outside of normal channels to drive the progress of IT resources on campus.  We pick up on how to build adoption for new IT initiatives on campus.

Ben Hambleton, from Skunkworks of IT, joins us to talk about the evolution of IT from the 1970's to 2010's and how improving tech was used to improve teaching. Part 1 of a 2 part interview.

Suddenly Online is an article outlining a study of 1,008 college students' experience beginning a semester onsite and finishing it online. What challenges did they face and how did they rate the experience?

https://digitalpromise.org/suddenlyonline