Kirsten & Christopher
In this episode of review:ed Chris and I invited Dr. Alicia Chang of Airy Labs to talk about good research and faculty members leaving to found education startups. We also cover Blackboard’s new UI, Voxy Academy, Amazon buying TeachStreet and if we need to be afraid of Google.
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This Interview is sponsored by Acceptly – College Prep Done Right
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This Interview is sponsored by Einztein – The Social Learning Network
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Show Notes
- [01:40] Welcome Dr. Alicia Chang of Airy Labs.
- [02:30] How to judge if Research is trustworthy
Source: MindShift - [21:48] Stanford Faculty launching online teaching startup
Source: HackEducation - [34:40] Thank you to our sponsor Acceptly – College Prep Done Right
- [38:33] Chris reports from his call with Blackboard – overhauling the UI
- [50:53] Voxy launching Voxy Academy – ESL Classroom / Lab in the company HQ in New York
Source: EDUKWEST - [54:50] The state of language teaching in public schools – US and Europe
- [1:06:53] Thank you to our sponsor Einztein – The Social Learning Network
- [1:08:43] Amazon acquired TeachStreet – shuts it down on February 15th
Source: EDUKWEST - [1:16:55] Do we need to fear Google?
