Shanan Holm is Chief Technology Officer with Open Polytechnic and General Manager of iQualify, a popular, home-grown online learning management system that began life as an intrapreneurial lean startup. Shanan’s career has more of an IT background than our other guests however his broad-based work in education technology continues to influence online education.
Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/030-Shanan-Holm-Final.mp3 | recorded August 2019
Shanan’s LinkedIn profile: http://linkedin.com/in/cto
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Professor Tony Bates is our very first Leader & Legend of Online Learning. In this conversation Tony's student-centred advice mentions several important considerations for changing teaching methods, planning for improvement and education systems. Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/BONUS-Tony-Bates-final.mp3 | recorded May 2020 Additional commentary related to this interview: The Canadian Digital Learning Research Association (and 2019 results with commentary), with more about the surveyTony's previous advice to those about to teach online because of the corona-virus and analysis of online enrolments after Covid-19 part I and part II (policy implications) Tony's online profile: https://www.tonybates.ca/tonys-publications/tonys-bio/ Teaching in a Digital Age (free eBook): https://opentextbc.ca/teachinginadigitalage/ Major works: https://tonybates.wpengine.com/tonys-publications/my-books/ Blog: https://www.tonybates.ca/ Twitter: @DrTonyBates ...
Dr Patrina Law is a researcher and practitioner of open learning, and so has an informed perspective on the dynamics of open education and the characteristics of open learners. Patrina talks in particular about the development of OpenLearn. We talked in the Jennie Lee building at the Open University. Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/013-Patrina-Law-Final.mp3h | recorded December 2018 Patrina’s online profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrinalaw/ Patrina’s publications (Google Scholar): https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=AT1m4OUAAAAJ&hl=en Twitter: @[email protected] ...
Michael Kwet is a Visiting Fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. His perspective of big data and corporate involvement in education invites us to reconsider our assumptions about analytics and automated education. This episode will get you thinking! Interview: https://episodes.castos.com/onlinelearninglegends/032-Mike-Kwet-Final.mp3 | recorded September 2019 Mike’s profile: https://law.yale.edu/mike-kwet Nominated papers (free to access): Kwet, M. (2018). Digital colonialism: US empire and the New Imperialism in the Global South. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3232297Kwet, M. (2017). Operation Phakisa Education: Why a secret? https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/8054/6585Kwet, M. (2019). Smart CCTV networks are driving an AI-powered apartheid in South Africa. https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/pa7nek/smart-cctv-networks-are-driving-an-ai-powered-apartheid-in-south-africaKwet, M. (2019). Digital colonialism: South Africa’s education transformation in the shadow of Silicon Valley. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3496049Kwet, M. (2019). In stores, secret surveillance tracks your every move. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/14/opinion/bluetooth-wireless-tracking-privacy.html Nominated paper (may require payment): Kwet, M. (2019). Digital colonialism: US empire and the new imperialism in the Global South. Race & Class 60(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/0306396818823172. Twitter: @Michael_Kwet ...
