Thought this was interesting but with several strong caveats:
1) this is from a company that takes an promotional and generally uncritical view of edtech companies. 2) the claim si that people don't use threaded discussions anywhere in the real world - what about facebook?! It's all about threaded discussions! 3) the solution to all of this is threaded video discussions because writing is hard. All that said, I do like the shout out to 1st gen college students finding it more welcoming.
In Alvin Toffler’s groundbreaking book, Future Shock, he claims, “the illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” When projecting our educational objectives going forward, perhaps we should consider another form of fluency: change literacy.
"Audio description enables blind and low-vision moviegoers to hear descriptions of film images and actions, while captions are lines of text that transcribe dialogue and sound design for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences.
Speakers:
Anna Feder (she/her), Moderator
Malic Amalya (he/him), Panelist
Michele Spitz (She/her), Panelist
Kay Slater (they/them), Panelist"