EP 17 - Bonus Fall “Catch-up” Episode as John and Jason talk about current reading, fall presentations, and upcoming OLC sessions.

In this episode, John and Jason talk about current reading, recent seminars, and their upcoming OLC Accelerate Conference (2023) presentation in Washington, DC

 

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Resources:

• John’s Book Recommendations:
  • The Renée Ballard series by Michael Connely
  • Kay Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell
  • The Whistler and The Judges List by John Grisham 
  • How to Make Sense of Any Mess, by Abby Covert
• Jason’s Book Recommendation:
  • Everything is Figureaboutable, by Marie Forleo
• John & Jason’s Slides from the University of Tennessee’s 1st AI Symposium “Reimagining online assignments with and because of AI”
• John’s Slides from Sweden where he talked about the promise of AI and whether it can democratize innovation or dilute quality. 
• OLC Session 1: EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF AI ON STUDENT CONNECTION AND BELONGING IN EDUCATION (Thursday, October 26, 2023 - 9:30 AM to 10:15 AM)
• OLC Session 2: ONLINE LEARNING IN THE SECOND HALF: TURNING DANGERS INTO OPPORTUNITIES (Thursday, October 26, 2023 - 1:15 PM to 2:00 PM)
• Contact John or Jason through LinkedIn if you are an educational podcaster and would like to join them in a recording session!

Transcript

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[00:00:00] John Nash: Do you smile when you talk? Did you know when you smile while you talk, it actually makes you sound like you're like. 


funny. It  


works. 


[00:00:06] Jason Johnston: that's what they, that's what they told us to do in telemarketing. 


[00:00:09] John Nash: That's right. Yeah, that's it. Yeah. I'm John Nash here with Jason Johnston. 


[00:00:14] Jason Johnston: Now I'm laughing. I can't. Okay, I'll 


try it again.  


Intro 


[00:00:19] John Nash: I'm John Nash here with Jason Johnston. Yeah, we're doing this podcast to let you in on a conversation we've been having for the last couple of years about online education. Look, online learning's had its chance to be great and a lot of it is, but a lot of it still isn't. How are we going to get to the next stage, Jason? 


[00:00:42] Jason Johnston: That's a great question. And I've got an idea. How about we do a podcast and talk about it? 


[00:00:48] John Nash: I love that idea. Let's do it right now. 


[00:00:50] Jason Johnston: good. Today, I wondered if we could talk just a little bit about the road behind, the road ahead, what we've been doing lately what