RPP #104: Blackboard World 2012 Wrap-Up

• Blackboard Corporate Keynote Wrap-Up
• Blackboard CEO, Michael Chasen, opened the corporate keynote and announced...
• Project XP: xpLor - XP stands for "cross-platform" and Lor stands for "learning object repository". Finally a way for faculty content experts to share and consume modular learning objects.
• Ray Henderson, CTO and President of Academic Platforms, discussed recent advances and the future roadmap for Learn 
• ConnectTxt - new 2-Way SMS Platform 
• Bb Learn Service Pack 8 - improved global navigation, assessment insight, item analysis, and more 
• Bb Analytics for Learn - new dashboards for improved decision making
• Bb Collaborate v12 - improves Learn integration, including grade book, and mobile delivery
• Bb Social - social learning coming in the fall for FREE with Community module
• Katie Blot, President of Global Services Division, presented new professional services aimed at expanding program and course development, marketing, and student lifecycle support. 
• Kayvon Beykpour, General Manager of Blackboard Mobile showcased new capabilities in Blackboard Mobile Learn and Mobile Central
• Mobile Central maps now include augmented reality
• Mobile Learn now includes mobile assessments
• Usage and analytics are now available
• Push notifications for students
• Podsafe Music Selection from Magnatune
• Concerto No. 2 in G Minor (Summer) by the American Baroque Orchestra. The full CD "The Four Seasons by Vivaldi" is available at magnatune.com

RPP #99: GoingOn: Interview with CEO Jon Corshen

• Interview: Jon Corshen, CEO of GoingOn
• GoingOn has developed an innovative academic social networking platform, enabling students, faculty, and administrators to more effectively connect, collaborate, and learn. We discuss:
• Beginnings at University of Pennsylvania
• Use as messaging tool and ePortfolio 
• LMS Integration
• Contrast with Facebook, Twitter, Ning and others
• and more
  
• Podsafe music selection from Magnatune
• Vivaldi: Concerto No. 4 in G Minor “Winter” (Allegro movement) by the American Baroque Orchestra. The full CD "The Four Seasons by Vivaldi" is available at magnatune.com

Duration: 28:37

RPP #94: ConnectYard: Interview with CEO Donald Doane

• Interview: Donald Doane, CEO, ConnectYard Inc.
• ConnectYard a centralized social media communications platform that seamlessly integrates Facebook, Twitter and video as well as text messaging with popular Learning Management Systems such as Blackboard, to better engage students and expand overall institutional communication.

• Podsafe music selection from Music Alley

• "50 Ways to Lose Your Luggage" by Robert Lund of the Funny Music Project

Duration: 15:42

RPP #89: Social Media in Education

• Social Media Resources
• Rod's Annotated Bookmarks for over 80 Social Media links
• Faculty Social Media Survey by Pearson Learning
• Pressible: Columbia University's Social Network for Educational Content
• Vialogues: Columbia University's Social Media site for Video

• Interview:  Brian Hughes, Associate Director of Design, Publishing, and Service at Teachers College's Library of Columbia University. We address the questions...
• What are the best ways to use social media for novice faculty?
• Has it been shown that using social media improves learning?
• What is the best way to prepare faculty to use social media for teaching?

• Podsafe music selection from Music Alley
• "From the Beginning" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, from their "Then & Now" Live 1998 Album

Duration: 23:38

RPP #83: E-Readers: Are We There Yet? Interview with Scott Beadenkopf (Part 2)

• Picks from Rod's Podcaster Guide and E-Learning News
• The Complete Guide to Google Wave - Google Wave is a new web-based collaboration tool that's notoriously difficult to understand. This guide will help...
• Purdue U Brings Social Networking to the Classroom - Some professors--especially those who teach in large lecture halls--have come to embrace social networking as an instructional aid....
• Diigo - Like Delicious and Digg but better, with web highlighting, sticky notes, and annotation.

• Interview (Part 2) on E-Readers with Scott Beadenkopf, Director of Academic Technology at Neumann University: 
• Amazon Kindle
  
• Sony E-Reader
• Plastic Logic
  
• E-Ink - originator of electronic ink technology used in most e-book readers
  
• Barnes & Noble Nook

• Podsafe Music Selection from the Music Alley
• "Winter Moon" by Rhonda Lorence - from the new age viola album "Winter Moon" which was nominated for four Lifestyle Music Awards including Album of the Year and Best New Artist.

Duration: 26 min

RPP #81: Interview: Dr. Alec Couros on Social Networks in Teaching and Learning

• Picks from Rod's Podcaster Guide and E-Learning News
• Campus Technology 2009 Presentations
  
• 7 Textbook Publishers Move to Electronic Format
  

• Interview with Dr. Alec Couros, professor of educational technology and media at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Open Thinking - his professional blog
• Social Media and Open/Networked Learning - his open course
  
• Harnessing the Power of Social Networks in Teaching & Learning - his recent keynote at the University of Delaware
  

• 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: 29:13

RPP #80: Lecture Capture in a Nutshell and E-Learning News

• Picks from Rod's Podcaster Guide and E-Learning News
• Blackboard Pledges to Follow Open Standards - Blackboard’s Ray Henderson, pledges that the company will do more to follow industry software standards.

• Need to Learn Medicine? There's an App for That - The Medical College of Georgia is providing free health science education apps for their students.

• Harnessing the Power of Social Networks in Teaching &Learning - Dr. Alec Couros addresses social networking and education: open courses, control of knowledge, pedagogy, creative commons, and more.
  

• I'll Take My Lecture to Go, Please - A new study suggests a "clear preference" among undergraduates for lecture capture.
  

• Lecture Capture in a Nutshell
  
• Overview of lecture capture
  
• Lecture capture systems offer three important benefits: an alternative when students miss class; an opportunity for content review; and content for online course development.
  
• Resources on lecture capture
• Lecture Capture Feature Comparison Chart - Features of Accordent, Echo360, Mediasite, Panopto, Tegrity and Wimba
  
• 7 things you should know about Lecture Capture (2 page PDF from Educause)
• Previous interviews with lecture capture vendors:
  
• RPP #62: Panopto
• RPP #63: Tegrity
• RPP #71: Echo360
• RPP #72: Wimba
• RPP #77: Mediasite
• View Rod's "lecture capture" bookmarks

• Podsafe Music Selection from Music Alley
  
• "Maybe I'm Amazed" by Blake Morgan who has worked with Lenny Kravitz, Lesley Gore, Phil Ramone, and others. This licensed remake of the McCartney classic has topped the charts on the iTunes Music Store.
  

Duration: 17:36