Inspace.chat: A better zoom replacement?

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Inspace.chat: A better zoom replacement?

In one moment in March 2020, the world became extremely virtualized. Colleges and schools across the country and world moved to remote instruction. Educators were caught by surprise. We needed to learn how to connect with our students in an online environment and what that might look like. Education has to work. We owe it to our students and children. If that means using software development and building something from the ground up, putting student and teacher experience at the center of the platform, then that is what we need to do. And that is what we did. Our first inclination was to collaborate with companies in the video conferencing space to make something that works better for education, but we quickly realized a fundamental rethinking was necessary and that would not be possible with existing companies. When we first showed our platform to colleagues, they immediately realized the impact and potential value added to our teaching experiences and wanted to start using InSpace right away. The support and excitement we have seen from our colleagues and fellow educators energized us to move at an incredible speed to bring the platform to beta and offered as a pilot after a month of development.
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We will start with this zoom link, and then switch to Inspace

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Feb 2, 2021 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://oakland-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAud-CqqTssHd3BuBjZyffsvYV_5M2tUl9T
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  • Date: 03 Feb 2021
  • Time: 01:30 AM UTC to 02:30 AM UTC
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  • Co-sponsored by Subra Ganesan
  • Starts 10 January 2021 07:09 PM UTC
  • Ends 31 January 2021 07:08 PM UTC
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Narin Hall Narin Hall of Champlain College

Topic:

Inspace.chat: A zoom replacement

Inspace uses Proximity to modulate the audio, and simulates more real life interactions, virtually.

Biography:

Narine Hall is an Assistant Professor and Program Director in Data Science at Champlain College where she has been a faculty member since 2015. Hall holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Complex Systems from the University of Vermont. Hall teaches multiple undergraduate courses in data science and has developed six new courses over the past three years. 

Dr. Hall's research interests lie in the areas that include multidimensional analysis using self-organizing maps (a form of neural network), data mining, tunably rugged evolutionary landscapes, machine learning, cloud computing, and computational complexity. She is the co-founder and CTO of high-tech startup BlinkSecure Inc. and previously worked at Wolfram Research, IBM Watson, and Lycos Europe. She founded Google Development Group (GDG) Cloud Burlington, is an active member of VT Women in Machine Learning and Data Science, and is a member of Women Techmakers. Currently, she advises local startups in data science and artificial intelligence strategy and implementation. 

Hall is an enthusiastic advocate for local farms, sustainable agriculture, and general education around food sourcing and the farm-to-table movement. She enjoys running races with her kids, CrossFit, and competing at the Dragon Boat Festival with Champlain's team.

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Agenda

8:30 PM - Welcome and Introductions, Chapter business update; break

8:35 PM - Technical Talk/Presentation *and* Q & A

9:20 PM - Wrap Up 

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Note - there is an attendee limit (50) to this event, as we will use the Inspace.chat platform

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