RPP #102: Seton Hill's iPad Experiment

• 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:
• Collect, organize, and share ideas on the iPad
• Corkulus 
• Popplet
• Inkling - interactive textbooks for iPad
• Blackboard Mobile Learn
• Touchfire -  iPad Screentop Keyboard
  
• 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

RPP #101: Starfish Retention Solutions: Interview with David Yaskin

• Interview: David Yaskin, CEO and Founder of Starfish Retention Solutions, Inc.

• Learn about the Starfish enterprise student success and retention platform. We discuss Starfish CONNECT and Starfish EARLY ALERT, how they interface with the LMS and SIS, and how you can measure your return on investment.
  
• Podsafe music selection from Magnatune
• Concerto No.1 in D Major (Spring) - First Movement by the American Baroque Orchestra. The full CD entitled "The Four Seasons by Vivaldi" is available at magnatune.com

Duration: 26:49

RPP #100: TaskStream: Interview with Courtney Peagler

• Interview: Courtney Peagler, Vice President of Strategic and Business Development, TaskStream

• Educators and students use their Learning Achievement Tools (LAT) to plan learning activities, assess student performance, and demonstrate achievement of learning outcomes.
• Institutions use the customizable Accountability Management System (AMS) to support continuous improvement projects and manage accountability processes at a macro level.
  
• Other Podcasts on ePortfolios
• RPP #99: GoingOn: Interview with CEO Jon Corshen
• RPP #97: ePortfolios: Interview with Trent Batson
  
• Podsafe music selection from Music Alley
• "Too Long" by Yael Naim, the acclaimed singer/songwriter from Israel, from her album Yael Naim. She gained fame when her song “New Soul” played during Apple's Macbook Air ad campaign

Duration: 27:23

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