Excelsior Life

Excelsior Life

Excelsior Life: Distance EDU on Demand is an academic podcast series exploring a variety of education, business, and technology topics. Individual shows include ‘Excelsior LIVE,’ an interview series, and ‘Today in Cybersecurity,’ a daily podcast show airing each October during National Cybersecurity Month.

Episodes

Excelsior LIVE: Ethics of Using Games

August 15, 2016 • 8 mins
Karen Schrier is an Assistant Professor of Media Arts at Marist College and Director of the Games and Emerging Media program. She joins the podcast to discuss some of the ethical issues around the use of games in education.
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Excelsior LIVE: Tina Goodyear on the need for alternative education quality assurance

July 25, 2016 • 7 mins
Tina Goodyear, , joins the podcast to discuss recent efforts exploring the need for a quality assurance entity (QAE) for alternative education providers, such as coding bootcamps. The project, led by the Presidents’ Forum and Distance Education Accreditation Commission (DEAC), is being funded by a $150,000 planning grant from USA Funds.   Resources
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Excelsior LIVE: Nick Fortugno on storytelling for learning

June 30, 2016 • 13 mins
Nick Fortugno is recognized around the world as a leading game designer, narrative and story expert as well as an entrepreneur of digital and real-world games. The chief creative officer of Playmatics joins the podcast to discuss his upcoming presentation at Revolutionary Learning 2016: Storytelling for Learning. Resources
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Excelsior LIVE: Clark Aldrich on teaching and learning via short simulations

June 23, 2016 • 16 mins
Clark Aldrich, one of the top educational simulation designers in the world and the founder and Managing Partner of Clark Aldrich Designs, joins the podcast to discuss the game changing nature of short simulations as an educational tool. 
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Excelsior LIVE: Tina Goodyear on “The Case for CACE”

June 10, 2016 • 11 mins
Tina Goodyear, COO of the Presidents’ Forum, joins Excelsior Live to discuss the new Consortium for the Assessment of College Equivalency, which brings together six institutions with expertise in Prior Learning Assessment and allows them to collaborate, pool their resources, and set common standards that could drastically improve how all of higher education facilitates the awarding of academic credit for workplace training.   Resou...
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Excelsior LIVE: Avery Rueb on good game design

May 31, 2016 • 7 mins
In part two of the interview with the co-founders of Affordance Studio, Avery Rueb, discusses his Revoluionary Learning 2016 presentation: Brainstorm Cards: Playing a Card Game to Learn about Good Game Design.
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Excelsior LIVE: Pascal Nataf and Avery Rueb on teaching academics to think like game designers

May 31, 2016 • 22 mins
Pascal Nataf, co-founder of Affordance Studio, a serious game company based in Montreal and a Quebec Entrepreneur of the Year finalist joins Excelsior LIVE to discuss all things educational gaming. In part two of the interview, Avery Rueb, Affordance Studio’s other co-founder, joins the podcast to discuss his upcoming Revolutionary Learning 2016 presentation: Brainstorm Cards: Playing a Card Game to Learn about Good Game Design. Fu...
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Excelsior LIVE: Dorcey Applyrs on public health and economic development

May 2, 2016 • 6 mins
Dorcey Applyrs, DrPH, MPH, faculty program director for Excelsior College, discusses the reciprocal relationship between public health and economic development.
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Excelsior LIVE: Braddock on Excelsior College Student Success Center

February 26, 2016 • 8 mins
In this audio-only version of this Excelsior LIVE broadcast, Glenn Braddock, PhD, executive director of the new , discusses the new initiative, the differences between academic coaches and academic advisors, and the need for more personalized student support across all of higher education.
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Excelsior LIVE: Andrew Hurd on cybersecurity workforce development

February 19, 2016 • 5 mins
faculty program director for cybersecurity at Excelsior College, discusses the NSA Day of Cyber, what drew him to Excelsior and distance education, and why so many employers are struggling to both build an educated and adaptable cyber workforce and create an informed cyber culture.
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Today in Cybersecurity: Virtualization Security

October 30, 2015 • 6 mins
Once an organization begins employing virtualization, they become less secure unless they utilize fault tolerance to keep things running in the event of the loss of a physical server running multiple virtual machines. of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.
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Today in Cybersecurity: Insider versus Outsider Threats

October 29, 2015 • 6 mins
Threats come from inside through employees or vendors, and from the outside through hackers or infected websites. Both types of threats should be considered and policies and procedures developed for each threat. of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.
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Today in Cybersecurity: Physical Security

October 28, 2015 • 7 mins
Physical security has to do with all aspects of making sure that information systems are protected from anything in their physical environment. of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.
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Today in Cybersecurity: Honeypots

October 27, 2015 • 6 mins
A honeypot is a computer on a network that is deliberately vulnerable, in order to lure attackers away from other more critical systems. This keeps the attacker busy giving attention to a systems that has no real information on it. of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.
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Today in Cybersecurity: Separation of Duties

October 26, 2015 • 6 mins
Separation of duties, together with the principle of least privilege, are two important areas to address in order to reduce or eliminate fraud and protect the organization. One individual should not perform multiple duties, to prevent the possibility of improper actions. of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.  
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Today in Cybersecurity: The Principle of Least Privilege

October 23, 2015 • 6 mins
An individual should only be given the least amount of privilege necessary to do their job. Granting more access than is necessary can lead to unnecessary security violations. of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.
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Today in Cybersecurity: Access Control

October 22, 2015 • 6 mins
Access control is applied to packets on a network, connections between computers, and users and their ability to access files and folders on company systems. Controlling access is essential to security in keeping information out of the wrong hands. of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.
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Today in Cybersecurity: The Cloud

October 21, 2015 • 6 mins
What is the cloud? Where is it located? How is our data protected while in the cloud? What happens when there is a problem within the cloud provider? Why is it important to read the cloud license agreement? of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.
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Today in Cybersecurity: Penetration Testing

October 20, 2015 • 7 mins
Penetration testing is a process in which we try to infiltrate computers or devices on a network from the outside or the inside, typically using a black box test or a white box test. of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.
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Today in Cybersecurity: Baselining

October 19, 2015 • 6 mins
Baselining is a technique we use to enhance our security and alert us that something is not right and may need further investigation. Any behavior that does not fit the baseline should be considered suspicious until it is examined. of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.
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