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Opens with Matt Seybold's short history of Instructure, the makers of Canvas LMS, with special emphasis on the takeover by Dragoneer and KKR in 2024.
This talk was delivered at Utah Valley University, but a selection from another talk at University of Albany has also been inserted as supplement.
The recording of the talk is followed by a studio conversation with two UVU faculty and a student about the impact of the Generative AI boom on their institution.
Date Recorded: March 3, 2026
Music: Danny Weiss Quartet, Moby
Featured Guests
Christa Albrecht-Crane is Professor of English & Literature at Utah Valley University and the author of Writing Off Code.
Angie McKinnon Carter is a Senior Lecturer specializing in composition and editing at Utah Valley University and the author of “Why Do You Think I’m Asking?” (Journal of Teaching Writing, 2022)
Chiler Moore is an English Major at Utah Valley University, who is also part of the Honors program and student government.
Matt Seybold is Associate Professor of American Literature & Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College, as well as resident scholar at the Center For Mark Twain Studies and executive producer of The American Vandal Podcast.
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