- Rod discusses the eLearning Tech of flipping the classroom. Participate in the live online polls.
- 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
- 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
- iPad/Apple TV Pilot Program (What Apple TV brings to Education)
- Rod presents an abbreviated version of a talk given at the International Association for Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) at St. Andrews University in Scotland on June 8 and 10, 2013
- Learn how iPad and Apple TV can be used in innovative ways in class to facilitate the “flipped” classroom.
- iPad/Apple TV Pilot Program (What Apple TV brings to Education)
- Rod presents an abbreviated version of a talk given at the International Association for Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) at St. Andrews University in Scotland on June 8 and 10, 2013
- Learn how iPad and Apple TV can be used in innovative ways in class to facilitate the “flipped” classroom.
- Handwriting Capture
- I explore several ways to capture your voice and handwriting for that learning module you want to create for your flipped classroom or MOOC. Here are links to the solutions mentioned:
- Solution Comparison Spreadsheet
- iPad Solutions
- PC & Mac Solutions
- Recording and Sharing
- Also mentioned
- Podsafe Music Selection
- Duration: 19:30
- Interview: Sean Brown, Vice President of Education at Sonic Foundry. Sean has over 17 years of product management and education business development experience at IBM, Apple and Oracle before coming to Sonic Foundry in 2002. He is a past president and board member of the Hopkins Foundation for Innovation in Education.
- We discuss their Mediasite product including:
- lecture capture in the classroom
- their new product that supports personal recording at the desktop
- faculty and student acceptance
- new uses including flipping the classroom
- support for mobile devices including iPad
- Podsafe Music Selection from Music Alley
- "Winter Moon" by Rhonda Lorence - from the new age viola album "Winter Moon"
Duration: 29:08
- News from the Podosphere
- New Podcasts App from Apple liberates audio and video podcasts from iTunes with a dedicated app for iOS
- Integrating your Social Media
- IFTTT (ifttt.com) - "If This Then That", a free service that allows your social media portfolio to inter-operate and save you time. For example, earn how to automatically Tweet each time you post to your blog.
- Other sites mentioned
- Podsafe Music Selection from Magnatune
- "Run" from the new age piano album "Lines Build Walls" by Ehren Starks
Duration: 14:38
- Interview: Dr. Mary Ann Gawelek, Provost, Seton Hill University on "An iPad2 for Everyone". This is a follow-up with Dr. Gawelek, who I interviewed back in September 2010 (RPP# 87) just as they were about to launch their trend setting iPad program. I asked:
- Why did you provide both iPads and Macbook Pros to students?
- Did you “flip” your classrooms?
- How is your faculty adjusting to this new paradigm?
- Did you save on printing costs?
- How about iBook Author or other e-textbook programs?
- What lessons did you learn?
- How do you gauge the success of the iPad program?
- Links to resources mentioned:
- Rod's Delicious iPad Bookmarks
- Podsafe music selection from Music Alley
- "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme" performed by Jane Aubourg, a solo electric violinist using digital effects
Duration: 28:45
- Interview: Aaron Wasserman, Director, Blackboard Mobile
- Aaron is one of the founding members of Terriblyclever Design. Terriblyclever worked with Stanford to conceptualize iStanford, a suite of iPhone, Blackberry, and mobile web applications for fellow students. In 2009 they were acquired by Blackboard and Aaron now leads the new Blackboard Mobile division. We'll try to answer the questions:
- what is Blackboard Mobile?
- which platforms are supported?
- what are the benefits to an institution?
- why is a native app better than a web app?
- can you customize apps for your platform?
- what’s on the future road-map for Bb Mobile?
- Podsafe music selection from Music Alley
- "Maybe I'm Amazed" by Blake Morgan. His licensed cover of the Paul McCartney classic has topped the charts on the iTunes Music Store.
Duration: 22:49
- Interview: Dr. Mary Ann Gawelek, Provost, Seton Hill University on "An iPad for Everyone" - Dr. Gawelek tells us about their Griffin Technology Advantage Program and how they prepared their faculty and IT infrastructure to handle iPads and MacBook Pros for all their incoming students.
- iPad Apps for Education - selected iPad Apps faculty and students might find useful
- Podsafe Music Selection from Music Alley
- "New Soul" by Yael Naim, the acclaimed singer/songwriter from Israel, from her album Yael Naim. 'New Soul' gained fame as the music played during Apple's Macbook Air ad campaign.
Duration: 23:36
- - by Kristen Betts, Kenneth Hartman, and Carl Oxholm III, Drexel University
- Because of the recent economic downturn, higher education must re-examine and reposition itself to meet new and emerging challenge
- Learning on Demand (29 page PDF) - This Sloan Survey of Online Learning reveals that online enrollment rose by nearly 17 percent from a year earlier
- Apple iPad - Apple's new tablet computer with an unfortunate name
- - ScrollMotion will make textbooks compatible with the new Apple iPad for four major publishers
- - Tablet-style computers bring classroom collaboration and push the adoption of electronic textbooks
- - iSites is a new service that take an RSS feed and quickly transform it into an iPhone, iPad or Android app
Duration: 26:35
