RPP #120: TouchCast: Interview with Charley Miller

• Interview with Charley Miller, Head of Product at TouchCast
• TouchCast is a new startup out of bMuse from New York that is reinventing video content creation using touch via the iPad
• We answer the questions:

• What is TouchCast?
• How is it different from other video editors?
• What is a Vapp?
• How do you create and play a TouchCast?
• What is TouchCast Cloud Collaboration?
• Links
• www.touchcast.com
• TouchCast on iTunes
• TouchCast Examples
• Green Screen Augmented Reality 
• Technology to Use in the Classroom
• NEW! TouchCast Cloud Collaboration

• Podsafe music selection from Magnatune
• Vivaldi: Concerto No. 1 in D Major (Spring, 1st Movement) from The Four Seasons by the American Baroque Orchestra.

Duration: 24:54

RPP #119: Pruvalu ePortfolio: Interview with Claudia Reuter

• Interview with Claudia Reuter, Founder and CEO of SchoolChapters, Inc.

• Pruvalu by SchoolChapters is an integrated ePortfolio for Higher Education.
• We answer the questions:
• What is Pruvalu used for? 
• Institution Accreditation
• Student Assessment and Evaluation
• Student Personal Portfolios
• Standards-Based Faculty Portfolios
• Does it integrate with the LMS?
• Does it support mobile devices?
• Does it integrate with Facebook or LinkedIn?
• Related ePortfolio Links
• RPP #100: TaskStream: Interview with Courtney Peagler
• RPP #97 Interview with Trent Batson
• RPP #10 Electronic Portfolios
• Podsafe music selection from Magnatune
• Vivaldi: Concerto No. 4 in G Minor “Winter” (Allegro movement) from The Four Seasons by the American Baroque Orchestra. 
Duration: 26:00

RPP #118: iTunes U: Interview with Dr. Fus

• Interview with Dr. Matthew W. Stoltzfus, Chemistry Lecturer and Faculty Fellow, Digital First Initiative at Ohio State University

• OSU's General Chemistry course with “Dr. Fus” enrolled over 100,000 iTunes U students in the first year it was offered!
• We answer the questions:
• Why not use Khan Academy?
• What recording technology is used?
• Who does the video editing and iTunes U management?
• Is the course linked to a textbook?
• Was the MOOC concept accepted by faculty?
• What's the ROI for using iTunes U?
• Are there incentives for faculty to produce these MOOCs?
• How much effort was put toward marketing?
• Flipping the classroom: what activities are done in class?
• Links
• General Chemistry at OSU
• PaperShow
• Camtasia
• Learning Catalytics
• iTunes U Content Tops One Billion Downloads (Feb '13)
• Using Inquiry and the Scientific Method to Enhance Face to Face Time with Students
• Podsafe music selection from Music Alley
• The Christmas Season by Devo Spice, a comedy rapper from New Jersey who has become one of the most popular artists on the nationally syndicated Dr. Demento Show

Duration: 27:43

RPP #117: Blackboard xpLor: Interview with Brad Koch

• Blackboard xpLor: Interview with Brad Koch, VP Product Management, Blackboard Learn.
• We discuss xpLor, Blackboard's first cross-platform learning object repository
  
• We answer the questions:
• what is xpLor?
• how does it work?
• does it work with LMSs from other companies?
• is it for learning objects or complete courses?
• what's available to share in addition to Khan Academy content?
• how do features compare between xpLor and Bb LMS?
• why would anyone continue to develop courses in the Bb LMS?
  

• Northeast eLearning Consortium UnConference at USciences
• Please save the date of Monday, December 16, 2013 for the first Northeast E-Learning Consortium Un-Conference. The event will be hosted by the University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, PA. The event will also include the first Philadelphia stop on Blackboard's "Never Stop Learning Tour". 
• Podsafe music selection from Ioda Promonet
• Laura Sullivan plays "Pachelbel For The Potomac" from "Pianoscapes For The Trails Of North America"

Duration: 31:32