Back Recent Posts About this Blog More on Blogs Focus: Podcasts Thursday, February 26, 2009 "By diligence shall we do more with less perplexity" ...said Benjamin Franklin [NPR] 10:55:47 AM     Thursday, December 13, 2007 Audio Interview: How the Internet Is Changing Education John Seely Brown, former director of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) talks about how computer networks and Web 2.0 are radically changing education. [The Chronicle of Higher Education - Wired Campus] 1:59:58 PM     Monday, December 3, 2007 The iPod lecture circuit Technology is bringing the ivory tower to big rigs and fishing boats, offering the chance to study existentialism or theoretical physics. Retirees in Long Beach and Weaverville, Calif., halibut fishermen in Alaska, data entry clerks in London, casting agents in New York -- all separated from the classroom by age, distance or circumstance -- are learning from some of the world's top scholars. "Something revolutionary is happening," said UC Berkeley professor Richard Muller, whose Physics for Future Presidents class airs on iTunes. "A large number of people around the world want more education. They thirst for understanding and knowledge." One e-mail Muller received came with the subject line "Thank you from a grateful sailor in Iraq." [The Los Angeles Times] 6:50:06 PM     Thursday, May 24, 2007 U Washington Deploys IP-Based 'Coursecasting' The University of Washington, in an effort to improve access to classroom materials for students, has deployed IP-based audio encoding devices throughout 24 classrooms, standardizing on Barix Instreamers. [Campus Technology] 9:00:33 AM     Thursday, December 15, 2005 Welcome to the Nature Podcast Each week Nature publishes a free audio show, presented and produced by Chris Smith, a doctor, virology researcher and radio presenter from the University of Cambridge, UK. Each show features highlights from that week's issue of Nature and interviews with the people behind the science, and journalists covering the research. [Nature] 1:59:19 PM     Podcasts from the United States government A range of programs including Health Care Information from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) News and Feature Stories, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Research and Development News, Profile America - a daily feature from the Census Bureau, the White House Weekly Radio Address, and more. 9:39:15 AM     Wednesday, November 9, 2005 Drexel University Launches Third Podcast of Four-Part Series Helpful hints for researching and choosing a credible online program. Learn key points to consider and what you can do to ensure that a program suits your needs. [Drexel University - eLearning] 10:23:59 AM     Saturday, May 14, 2005 ADC Institute on iPods, Podcasting, and the Future The Apple Digital Campus (ADC) Leadership Institute (April 6-7, 2005 at the University of Missouri) offers participants an online space for discussing and sharing ideas about pervasive computing in higher education. Several podcasts and vodcasts are available. Here's a podcast on integrating podcasting in the classroom. 5:46:57 PM     © Copyright 2009 Oscar Retterer   November 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30           Feb   Dec

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