Rod's Pulse Podcast

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Interview with Dr. Alec Couros, professor of educational technology and media at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

"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

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 systems offer three important benefits: an alternative when students miss class; an opportunity for content review; and content for online course development.

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:

"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

HigherEd Camp Philly - follow-up and link to their Ning community site
Does Google Wave Mean the End of the LMS? - The Chronicle is asking whether Blackboard can be replaced by WordPress. How about Google's Wave as a replacement for the LMS?
Blind Search - What happens when you remove the branding from Google, Yahoo and the new Microsoft "Bing" search engines?

This computer in a pen records audio while you take notes on special "dot paper". Play back the audio by tapping on your hand written notes, dock the pen to recharge and simultaneously sync to your PC, and share notes and audio.
"Pencasts" are a great solution for student note taking and faculty who want to describe and animate difficult concepts.
See my demo Pencast on Podcasting:

Podsafe Music Selection from the MusicAlley by Mevio (aka Podsafe Music Network)

Duration: 13:09

HigherEdCamp Philly - higher education technology unconference on June 6 at the University of Pennsylvania
Online Education in the United States - from the Sloan Consortium
YouTube EDU - Google launches higher ed YouTube site
Wolfram Alpha - computational knowledge engine from maker of Mathematica
These Lectures Are Gone in 60 Seconds - microlectures encourage active learning, says developer David Penrose
Text Message (SMS) Polls and Voting - alternative to expensive audience response systems
Blackboard Brings LMS App to iPhone - get alerts, read learning content on the go

Report from the 2009 Angel Users Conference in Chicago
Angel Learning CEO, Christopher Clapp, explains the reasons for joining with Blackboard
Blackboard CEO, Michael Chasen, introduces the new Blackboard Learning CEO, Ray Henderson, former Angel VP

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Duration: 20:17