Thank you so much, Rick. It has been a blast - we've learned so much a long the way!

Thanks, Karen - we have already learned quite a few practical lessons about the implementation of this technology... some of them... the hard way. Unfortunately, the timing of this video didn't align well with our assessment. Our first cohort of students is scheduled to participate in a debrief about their experience with the evaluator next week. We noticed that remote learners did not engage with the UI in the way we had planned, so it will be interesting to both learn more about why that was, and work on improving some embedded communication tools into the system. Thank you so much for watching!

Thank you, Justin, for your response.  Aren't the best lessons learned the hard way? (or maybe that's what I tell myself because I seem to encounter a fair number in my projects!).  I know you'll learn a great deal from your assessment and feedback from students.  What you learn will be critical for making improvements and it will be important for the field.  Reading through the conversation thread, I see you have already connected with Chris Dede, which is great.  I appreciate your persistence--you are doing such important work.  Best wishes!  

Hello Catherine - the big thing that we have learned is that vendors are both friend and foe. The ability for colleges to access equipment remotely and pool resources is a major threat to some business models. While many of them love the idea of remote access and cloud-enabled systems, they would prefer doing so through a proprietary, controlled platform. Our big hope is that something designed around an open standard can be accessible enough to educators so that it can be a driving force. More to come about student outcomes - our first cohort just finished this week and we will crunching through the data... Thank you so much for checking out our work!

Chris this is great. Let's think about ways to work together. I will follow up via email. I can think of a few ways in which collaboration could make a lot of sense. 

Chris, this is one of the biggest challenges we are facing. As soon as we tackled the issue of accessing equipment remotely, we immediately saw the need to start building a community or ecosystem around the tools that facilitate that collaboration. But, as you can imagine - that is a significant scope expansion. It has been a struggle to stay focused on improving the tech and designing things in a way that will allow the connection of communication tools and collaboration engines when the time is right - we really don't want to spread resources too thin. It has been interesting to see the students come up with their own solutions. One group made a Slack channel... we may learn quite a bit by watching what organically arises. Appreciate you taking the time to check out our work!

Justin, agreed. We can't do it all at once... burn out does exist!  I love that the students are seeking solutions. I know you'll continue to encourage that. We have just as much to learn from them as they do us. Keep up the great work. I look forward to watching your progress!