- SoftChalk Interview with Sue Evans, CEO and Founder and Steven Saltzberg, Marketing Director
- SoftChalk LessonBuilder™ is a web lesson editor that lets you create engaging, interactive web lessons for your e-learning classroom. Graduate from PowerPoints and Word Docs to professional looking, interactive content for your students.
- Features: pop-up annotations, crossword puzzles, hot-spot image quizzes, drag and drop matching, interactive time-lines and slide shows, flash cards, self-check questions, audio and video media, and more.
Duration: 26:55
- Rod's Picks from Podcaster Guide & E-Learning News
- The Power of Wikis in Higher Ed - Interview of Stewart Mader who discusses use of the wiki as a teaching tool
- Google Insights for Search - new Google tool to research search terms such as 'podcasting' used over time
- The Rise of Android - a new open source mobile operating system spearheaded by Google; gPhone not an iPhone yet
- Podcamp Philly, the New Media Unconference, will be held on September 6th and 7th at Temple University
- Interview: Matthew Wasowski, Director of Customer Programs, Wimba
- Learn about the Wimba Collaboration Suite, e-learning tools for synchronous and asynchronous learning
- Collaborative tools including, podcasting, content authoring, instant messaging
- Unique applications: vocal discussion board and virtual classroom with "follow the speaker video"
- Works with course management systems such as Angel, Blackboard, Desire to Learn, Moodle, and Sakai
- Live streaming for the iPhone on the way
- Why podcasting never killed the radio star in China
- Drexel University Online announces the launch of its new blog, e-Insights
- Podcamp Philly, the New Media Unconference, will be held on September 6th and 7th at Temple University
- Interview: Mark Jones, President, Echo360
- Echo 360 was formed recently from the merger of Anystream (Apreso Classroom) and Lectopia
- Learn about the EchoSystem platform for campus-wide automated lecture capture and playback
- Playback modes:
- Full rich media browser-based playback
- Podcast
- Enhanced podcast for video iPod
- VODcast - full motion video for mobile devices
- A/V capture appliance
- New browser-based editor
- Faculty self-publish feature
- Podsafe Music Selection from the Podsafe Music Network
- "Saccharine" - from the album Anger's Candy by Blake Morgan, who's successes as a recording artist and producer, have paired him with Lenny Kravitz, Lesley Gore, Phil Ramone, and others.
- Interview with Mauri Collins, DEd, Instructional Designer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
- Dr. Collins is also an adjunct assistant professor at Boise State University, where she co-teaches an innovative course: Teaching and Learning in Second Life. She has been involved with computer-mediated communication since 1987 and worked in distance education since 1992.
- Her presentation shared teacher and learner experiences for those who plan to teach using Second Life.
- Second Life and Learning Spaces
- "it's not just pixels on a screen"
- "Testicle in the Sky" (Slurl) by DrDoug Pennell (SL) aka Dr. Douglas R. Danforth of Ohio State University
- "Prim" - primitives, basic building blocks in SL
Duration: 24:22