Interview: Scott Nadzan, Director of Marketing & Sales for Ensemble Video. Ensemble Video is like an institutional YouTube with the flexibility and controls required in higher education.
We answer the questions:
What is video content management?
How is it used?
What formats are supported?
Why isn’t Youtube good enough?
Does it work with my LMS?
Can you use it for iTunes U videos and GoToMeeting recordings?
Online LawMeets® leverage the ApprenNet platform to bring a community of lawyers together in order to foster knowledge sharing without the high costs that traditional apprenticeships entail. Online LawMeets offer the ability to scale significant predictors of skills acquisition, including: observation, social capital and mentorship.
Interview with Mark Max, Vice President of Blackboard Analytics (formerly iStrategy)
Blackboard Analytics for Learn combines the data from Blackboard Learn with student and course attributes from the student information system to create reports and dashboards. We discuss how this product is used by students, faculty and leadership, for example:
Students: How do I measure up to my peers?
Faculty: How can I easily find students who are at-risk?
Leadership: Who are the most innovative instructors?
Blackboard CEO, Michael Chasen, opened the corporate keynote and announced...
Project XP: xpLor - XP stands for "cross-platform" and Lor stands for "learning object repository". Finally a way for faculty content experts to share and consume modular learning objects.
Ray Henderson, CTO and President of Academic Platforms, discussed recent advances and the future roadmap for Learn
Bb Collaborate v12 - improves Learn integration, including grade book, and mobile delivery
Bb Social - social learning coming in the fall for FREE with Community module
Katie Blot, President of Global Services Division, presented new professional services aimed at expanding program and course development, marketing, and student lifecycle support.
Kayvon Beykpour, General Manager of Blackboard Mobile showcased new capabilities in Blackboard Mobile Learn and Mobile Central
New Podcasts App from Apple liberates audio and video podcasts from iTunes with a dedicated app for iOS
Integrating your Social Media
IFTTT (ifttt.com) - "If This Then That", a free service that allows your social media portfolio to inter-operate and save you time. For example, earn how to automatically Tweet each time you post to your blog.
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?
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.
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
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.
"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
GoingOn has developed an innovative academic social networking platform, enabling students, faculty, and administrators to more effectively connect, collaborate, and learn. We discuss:
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
