Apple Releases Standalone Podcasts App

9 July 2012

Apple quietly introduced its own Podcasts app recently. Simply titled “Podcasts,” the new app for iOS touts itself as the “easiest way to discover, subscribe to and play your favorite podcasts.”

[Source: Wired]


Open Source Comes to Textbooks

21 March 2012

College professors are ready to reinvent the textbook. The new price: $0

[Source:IEEE Spectrum]


The New Digital Storytelling: Creating Narratives with New Media

21 April 2011

A new book by Bryan Alexander surveys the many ways of telling stories with digital technology, including blogging, gaming, social media, podcasts, and Web video.

Just ordered a copy from Amazon!


Apple Education Profiles

8 March 2011

The Apple Education Profiles series includes compelling stories about leaders, educators, researchers, and IT professionals using Apple technology to advance teaching and learning in schools, colleges, and universities. Available in iTunes.

[Source: Apple]


Taking lecture podcasts mobile

9 November 2010

Medical students at Ohio State University to listen to lecture podcasts on their own time. This allows for a deeper understanding of the course material and inspires professors to transform their class time into more interactive discussion sessions.

[Source: Apple in Education Profiles]


Case Studies: Shifting class time away from lectures

18 August 2010

Three professors share their experiences of using technology to free them up for more personal instruction.

[Source: Chronicle of Higher Education]


Harvard lectures, podcasts come to iTunes U

24 March 2010

Joining the ranks of other famous colleges on iTunes, Harvard has just uploaded a series of lectures, preview clips, podcasts and performances on Apple’s own iTunes U.

[Source: MacWorld]


Coursecasting and Class Attendance – Does Year in Program Matter?

18 February 2010

A recent study explored the effect that providing lecture recordings to two different classes of Biology students would have on attendance.

[Source: Bioscience Education]


On Podcasting

10 February 2010

A professor assigns students to create podcasts and learns a few lessons himself.

[Source: Chronicle of Higher Education]


ELI Podcast of the Month: Robert Fox on Rethinking Learning Spaces at Georgia Institute of Technology

2 September 2009

This podcast spotlights conversation from the 2009 EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference with Robert Fox, associate director for public and administrative services at Georgia Institute of Technology. He shares ideas and proven techniques to improve student learning spaces. Listen to more podcasts at the EDUCAUSE Resource Center, or follow EDUCAUSEPodcast on Twitter.

[Source: EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative]


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