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 #98: Mathematica: Interview with Andy Dorsett

• Interview: Andy Dorsett, Academic Key Account Manager, Wolfram Research

• Mathematica is billed as the world's ultimate application for computations, a development platform integrating computation into workflows, moving from initial ideas to deployed solutions
• View interactive Demonstrations in life science and other domains
• Run Wolfram Alpha on mobile devices
• Download the CDF (Computable Document Format) Player to view Mathematica interactive documents  

• Podsafe music selection from Music Alley
• The Christmas Season by Devo Spice, a comedy rapper from New Jersey who has become one of the most popular artists on the nationally syndicated Dr. Demento Show.

Duration: 23:47

RPP #97 ePortfolios: Interview with Trent Batson

Trent Batson

• Interview: Trent Batson, Executive Director of The Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning.
• A Survey of the Electronic Portfolio Market Sector: Analysis and Surprising Trends
• The Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning
• Post Secondary Electronic Standards Council
• The International Journal of ePortfolio (IJeP)
  
• Pearson's Open Class LMS
• Podsafe music selection from Magnatune
• Vivaldi: Concerto No. 3 in F Major “Autumn” (Allegro movement) by the American Baroque Orchestra. The full CD "The Four Seasons by Vivaldi" is available at magnatune.com

Duration: 31:00

RPP #96 Terribly Clever Blackboard Mobile: Interview with Aaron Wasserman

• 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