Blursday Socials Are Reborn! First One on Thursday, July 31st

For folks who have missed Blursdays, they’re back and better than ever. The first one is coming up fast on Thursday, July 31st at 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET.

Here’s the deal: The Empirical Educator Project (EEP), now under 1EdTech, has been rebranded as 1EdTech Learning Impact Labs. This name change is important because, unlike EEP, 1EdTech can drive change right into the EdTech ecosystem. Accordingly, Blursdays have been renamed 1EdTech Learning Impact Labs Live (or LIL Live). Lots of old friends, some new ones, and a renewed focus on driving change. Our first guest is Unizin CEO Bart Pursel, who has two concrete, actionable proposals for us:

• We know interleaving works as a teaching practice. The data are clear. Why don’t we create cross-platform interoperability standards that make it easy to implement the same interleaving methods across different LMSs, courseware systems, etc.?
• We know that course design can significantly impact whether students change their majors. Why don’t we make it easy to analyze the impact of course designs on major changes?

Bart has already presented these ideas to the 1EdTech community at our Learning Impact conference. Now I’ve asked him back to speak with…well…you. You can weigh in on what you need. You can help shape the 1EdTech community’s perspective on these topics. And you can still enjoy the old Blursday camaraderie.

How to join

We’ll be using Engageli. For those who haven’t been to a Blursday and haven’t used the platform before, Engageli is a virtual learning platform designed to foster active learning and engagement in live and asynchronous learning environments. You don’t need to pre-register for Learning Impact Labs Live; just click the link to access the classroom lobby on the scheduled day and time. Sign-up will take a minute or two, so please allow yourself time if you can. Here are the steps:

• Input your email address and receive a verification code
• Once you input the verification code, edit your learner name to your first and last name
• Check your audio and video settings
• Select Join classroom

Please feel free to watch this quick video before our session to get a feel for Engageli classroom!