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: Ethics of Using Games

Tina Goodyear, COO of the Presidents’ Forum, 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 Tina Goodyear Expert Profile Presidents’ Forum DEAC USA Funds

Excelsior LIVE: Tina Goodyear on the need for alternative education quality assurance

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 Revolutionary Learning 2016 Nick Fortugno Profile Storytelling for Learning (Presentation) Playmatics

Excelsior LIVE: Nick Fortugno on storytelling for learning

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. 

Excelsior LIVE: Clark Aldrich on teaching and learning via short simulations

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.   Resources The Case for CACE: The Consortium for the Assessment of College Equivalency (WCET) Tina Goodyear Expert Profile

Excelsior LIVE: Tina Goodyear on “The Case for CACE”

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.

Excelsior LIVE: Avery Rueb on good game design

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. Full Interview with Pascal Nataf and Avery Rueb Avery Rueb segment   More information Affordance Studio Revolutionary Learning Avery Rueb Revolutionary Learning Conference profile Brainstorm Cards: Playing a Card Game to Learn about Good Game Design (Revolutionary Learning session)

Excelsior LIVE: Pascal Nataf and Avery Rueb on teaching academics to think like game designers

Dorcey Applyrs, DrPH, MPH, faculty program director for Excelsior College, discusses the reciprocal relationship between public health and economic development.

Excelsior LIVE: Dorcey Applyrs on public health and economic development

In this audio-only version of this Excelsior LIVE broadcast, Glenn Braddock, PhD, executive director of the new Excelsior College Student Success Center, 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.

Excelsior LIVE: Braddock on Excelsior College Student Success Center

Dr. Andrew Hurd, 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.

Excelsior LIVE: Andrew Hurd on cybersecurity workforce development

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. James Antonakos of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.

Today in Cybersecurity: Virtualization Security

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. James Antonakos of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.

Today in Cybersecurity: Insider versus Outsider Threats

Physical security has to do with all aspects of making sure that information systems are protected from anything in their physical environment. James Antonakos of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.

Today in Cybersecurity: Physical Security

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. James Antonakos of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.

Today in Cybersecurity: Honeypots

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. James Antonakos of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.  

Today in Cybersecurity: Separation of Duties

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.

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