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Excelsior Life

by Mike Lesczinski

"Excelsior Life: Distance EDU on Demand" showcases the people, events, and programs that make Excelsior a vibrant community. Ranging from behind-the-scenes looks at faculty research to the passionate pursuits of staff and achievements of graduates, "Excelsior Life: Distance EDU on Demand" is the insider's source for all things Excelsior, whether across campus or around the world.

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  1. Excelsior LIVE: Ethics of Using Games

    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.

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

    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...

  3. Excelsior LIVE: Nick Fortugno on storytelling for learning

    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:...

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

    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.

  5. Excelsior LIVE: Tina Goodyear on "The Case for CACE"

    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...

  6. Excelsior LIVE: Avery Rueb on good game design

    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.

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

    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…

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  8. Excelsior LIVE: Dorcey Applyrs on public health and economic development

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

  9. Excelsior LIVE: Braddock on Excelsior College Student Success Center

    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…

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  10. Excelsior LIVE: Andrew Hurd on cybersecurity workforce development

    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.

  11. Today in Cybersecurity: Virtualization Security

    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.

  12. Today in Cybersecurity: Insider versus Outsider Threats

    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.

  13. Today in Cybersecurity: Physical Security

    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.

  14. Today in Cybersecurity: Honeypots

    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.

  15. Today in Cybersecurity: Separation of Duties

    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...

  16. Today in Cybersecurity: The Principle of Least Privilege

    An individual should only be given the least amount of privilege necessary to do their job. Granting more access than is necessary can lead to unnecessary security violations. James Antonakos of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.

  17. Today in Cybersecurity: Access Control

    Access control is applied to packets on a network, connections between computers, and users and their ability to access files and folders on company systems. Controlling access is essential to security in keeping information out of the wrong hands. James Antonakos of the National Cybersecurity...

  18. Today in Cybersecurity: The Cloud

    What is the cloud? Where is it located? How is our data protected while in the cloud? What happens when there is a problem within the cloud provider? Why is it important to read the cloud license agreement? James Antonakos of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.

  19. Today in Cybersecurity: Penetration Testing

    Penetration testing is a process in which we try to infiltrate computers or devices on a network from the outside or the inside, typically using a black box test or a white box test. James Antonakos of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.

  20. Today in Cybersecurity: Baselining

    Baselining is a technique we use to enhance our security and alert us that something is not right and may need further investigation. Any behavior that does not fit the baseline should be considered suspicious until it is examined. James Antonakos of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.

  21. Today in Cybersecurity: Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

    Disaster recovery is part of business continuity, and is concerned with getting essential services for the organization up and running as fast as possible after a disaster. Business continuity is concerned with the long-term health and growth of the company. James Antonakos of the National...

  22. Today in Cybersecurity: Passwords

    Passwords are the single most common thing we use to authenticate ourselves to a computer system. But it is surprising how little care people use in choosing and managing their passwords. James Antonakos of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.

  23. Today in Cybersecurity: Zero-day Attacks

    A zero-day attack is a malware attack that is so new it is not recognized by signature-based anti-virus software, and is therefore able to infect a system without detection. James Antonakos of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.

  24. Today in Cybersecurity: Computer Forensics

    Computer forensics is a set of processes used to acquire and analyze digital evidence. This is useful in determining how malware entered a system and also for proving or disproving that information of a certain form exists or does not exist on a system. James Antonakos of the National…

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  25. Today in Cybersecurity: Risk Assessment

    A risk assessment is used to identify assets within an organization, determine the threats to those assets, evaluate the probabilities of the asset being compromised, the impact to the organization, and a plan to mitigate or eliminate the risks. James Antonakos of the National Cybersecurity...

  26. Today in Cybersecurity: Encryption

    Encryption is a process where we take information that is readable and make it unreadable. Symmetric encryption uses one key to encrypt and decrypt. Asymmetric encryption uses two keys: one key to encrypt and a second key to decrypt. James Antonakos of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.

  27. Today in Cybersecurity: Backups

    James Antonakos of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains the importance of performing backups on a regular basis, testing the backups to make sure they work, and with storing the backups off site so they are not destroyed during a disaster.

  28. Today in Cybersecurity: Social Engineering

    James Antonakos of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains social engineering. This technique is essentially clever lying or deception, where one human tricks another human to obtain information or access to a restricted area.

  29. Today in Cybersecurity: Layered Security

    Security must be built in layers, with each layer providing a different measure of security, such as hardware, software, and even human behavior. James Antonakos of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.

  30. Today in Cybersecurity: Authentication

    Authentication is how a human proves who he or she is to a computer, using one or more of the following: something you know, something you have, or something you are. James Antonakos of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.

  31. Today in Cybersecurity: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability

    All three of these areas – confidentiality, integrity, and availability - must be present in order to provide a secure information environment. This is true for information that is stored as well as transmitted. James Antonakos of the National Cybersecurity Institute explains.

  32. Today in Cybersecurity: People, Process, and Technology

    Information security depends on people, process, and technology. James Antonakos of the National Cybersecurity Institute discusses why all three areas must be utilized properly in order for a security program to be effective.

  33. Distance EDU on Demand: Ebersole on higher education and the first National Republican debates

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  34. Distance EDU on Demand: Berenson on how online college students can find a mentor

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  35. Distance EDU on Demand: Tom Dalton on FAFSA simplification

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  36. Distance EDU On Demand: "Commencement Stories" with Laurie Cox

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  37. Distance EDU on Demand: "Commencement Stories" with Jason Duke

    Jason Duke, recipient of the Jean M. Smith Award, presented to a student who demonstrates outstanding academic and professional achievement in the world of business, joins the podcast to discuss his educational journey. Duke, a supervising auto damage appraiser, earned a Bachelor of Science in...

  38. Distance EDU on Demand: Dr. David Seelow on "Revolutionary Learning"

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  39. Distance EDU On Demand: Revolutionary Learning 2015

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  40. Initiative for Women in Cybersecurity: Interview with Anne Kohnke, PhD

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  41. Distance EDU On Demand: Excelsior College Student Success Center

    Glen Braddock, director of student success at Excelsior, presents to the college community on the development of the Excelsior College Student Success Center. Braddock discusses the central role of academic advising, enhanced student services, data informed outreach to vulnerable student...

  42. Distance EDU On Demand: How to fund higher education innovation

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  43. Distance EDU on Demand: Nursing entrepreneur Robert Freeman

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  44. Today in Cybersecurity: How to Establish Effective Cybersecurity Metrics

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  45. Today in Cybersecurity: The Importance of Security Awareness Training

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  46. Distance EDU On Demand: Deborah Golden Alecson on Dying in America

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  47. Today in Cybersecurity: Cyber Stalking...Protect Yourself

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  48. Today in Cybersecurity: Preventing Online Identity Theft

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  49. Today in Cybersecurity: Are Public Wireless Networks Safe?

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  50. Today in Cybersecurity: Cyber Investigations....What is the Procedure?

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"Excelsior Life: Distance EDU on Demand" showcases the people, events, and programs that make Excelsior a vibrant community. Ranging from behind-the-scenes looks at faculty research to the passionate pursuits of staff and achievements of graduates, "Excelsior Life: Distance EDU on Demand" is the insider's source for all things Excelsior, whether across campus or around the world.

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