RPP #29 Blackboard Content System Interview; "Donkeys and Elephants"

Topics covered during this 22 minute podcast:

• Podosphere News
• Podcasting with Blackboard
• Google Docs
  
• Bb Content System Background
  
  • Executive Summary (Source: pheWork Blog)
  • Content System Demo Movie 17 minutes (Source: Blackboard)
  • Bb World '06 Interview: Peter Van Tienen, Director, Solutions Engineering, Blackboard Inc. (Source: RPP #5)
    
• Bb Content System Interview: Paul Erickson, Academic Technology & Middleware Coordinator, Information Services, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Topics discussed include:
• Roll-out and training
• Xythos WebDav
• ePortfolios and eReserves


• Podsafe Music
• "Donkeys & Elephants" by Gecko 3 from the Podsafe Music Network

RPP #28 Slidecasting, Blackboard User Groups and Pod People

Topics covered during this 15 minute podcast:

• Podosphere News
  • Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Medicine Podcast - Rob Williams, Principle Nuclear Medicine Technologist, Guy's and St. Thomas NHS Trust, London UK
  • Note Pods - Like "Cliff Notes" for your iPod
  • "The RSS Revolution: Using Blogs and Podcasts to Distribute Learning Content" - presented at SLATE, the Midwest Blackboard Users Group by Jason Rhode, Assistant Director, Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center, Northern Illinois University
    • Slide Show
    • Audio
      
  • Web 2.0 Tool
    • SlideShare - Another Web 2.0 social network -- like YouTube for your PowerPoint slides
    
    
• Blackboard Users Groups
  
  • Philadelphia Area Blackboard User's Group
  • Dr. Kenneth E. Hartman, Director of Academic Affairs, Drexel e-Learning, Inc.
    
  • Craig Laird, Coordinator, Instructional Design, Drexel e-Learning, Inc.
  • Blackboard User Groups - List of Bb User Groups, national and international
  • Blackboard Connections - A central hub where Bb users can collaborate and share best practices

• "Podcasting & Web 2.0: Implications for Health Care Education" (via SlideShare)
  • Also discussed on RPP #22 Podcasting 101 and Implications for Health Care

• Podsafe Music
  • "Pod People Taking Over" by [munk] from the Podsafe Music Network