Rod's Pulse Podcast

Interview: Jon Corshen, CEO of GoingOnGoingOn 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 PennsylvaniaUse as messaging tool and ePortfolio LMS IntegrationContrast with Facebook, Twitter, Ning and othersand more Podsafe music selection from MagnatuneVivaldi: 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.comDuration: 28:37

Interview: Courtney Peagler, Vice President of Strategic and Business Development, TaskStreamEducators 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. Other Podcasts on ePortfoliosRPP #99: GoingOn: Interview with CEO Jon CorshenRPP #97: ePortfolios: Interview with Trent Batson Podsafe music selection from Music Alley"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 campaignDuration: 27:23

Interview: David Yaskin, CEO and Founder of Starfish Retention Solutions, Inc.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. Podsafe music selection from MagnatuneConcerto 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 Duration: 26:49

Picks from Rod's Podcaster Guide and E-Learning News Blackboard Pledges to Follow Open Standards - Blackboard’s Ray Henderson, pledges that the company will do more to follow industry software standards.Need to Learn Medicine? There's an App for That - The Medical College of Georgia is providing free health science education apps for their students.Harnessing the Power of Social Networks in Teaching &Learning - Dr. Alec Couros addresses social networking and education: open courses, control of knowledge, pedagogy, creative commons, and more. I'll Take My Lecture to Go, Please - A new study suggests a "clear preference" among undergraduates for lecture capture. Lecture Capture in a Nutshell Overview of lecture capture Lecture capture systems offer three important benefits: an alternative when students miss class; an opportunity for content review; and content for online course development. Resources on lecture captureLecture Capture Feature Comparison Chart - Features of Accordent, Echo360, Mediasite, Panopto, Tegrity and Wimba 7 things you should know about Lecture Capture (2 page PDF from Educause)Previous interviews with lecture capture vendors: RPP #62: PanoptoRPP #63: TegrityRPP #71: Echo360RPP #72: WimbaRPP #77: MediasiteView Rod's "lecture capture" bookmarksPodsafe Music Selection from Music Alley "Maybe I'm Amazed" by Blake Morgan who has worked with Lenny Kravitz, Lesley Gore, Phil Ramone, and others. This licensed remake of the McCartney classic has topped the charts on the iTunes Music Store. Duration: 17:36

Social Media Resources Rod's Annotated Bookmarks for over 80 Social Media links Faculty Social Media Survey by Pearson Learning Pressible: Columbia University's Social Network for Educational Content Vialogues: Columbia University's Social Media site for Video Interview:  Brian Hughes, Associate Director of Design, Publishing, and Service at Teachers College's Library of Columbia University. We address the questions... What are the best ways to use social media for novice faculty? Has it been shown that using social media improves learning? What is the best way to prepare faculty to use social media for teaching? Podsafe music selection from Music Alley "From the Beginning" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, from their "Then & Now" Live 1998 Album Duration: 23:38

Picks from Rod's Podcaster Guide and E-Learning News Follow Rod's e-learning news sources and his Delicious bookmarks Interview:  Matthew Wasowski, Senior Manager of Customer Programs, Blackboard Collaborate Learn about industry leading tools for synchronous and asynchronous learning. Matthew discusses Wimba Classroom, Pronto and Wimba Voice and how these products and Elluminate will be combined in the upcoming Blackboard Collaborate, due this summer. Podsafe music selection from Ioda Promonet Laura Sullivan plays "Pachelbel For The Potomac" from "Pianoscapes For The Trails Of North America" Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 Duration: 21:42

Picks from Rod's Podcaster Guide and E-Learning News Rod's Delicious iPad Bookmarks - Links to more than 20 sites that were viewed in preparation for this podcast Interview: Dr. Mary Ann Gawelek, Provost, Seton Hill University on "An iPad for Everyone" - Dr. Gawelek tells us about their Griffin Technology Advantage Program and how they prepared their faculty and IT infrastructure to handle iPads and MacBook Pros for all their incoming students. iPad Apps for Education - selected iPad Apps faculty and students might find useful GoodReader - read and store Office docs and PDF files The Elements: A Visual Exploration - the periodic chart comes alive Netter's Anatomy Flash Cards - navigate through 324 fully annotated images Molecules 3D - manipulate 3D renderings of molecules; download more from the protein databank iTunes U on iPad - free lectures, language lessons, audiobooks and more for students CourseSmart eTextbooks for iPad - rent electronic textbooks Podsafe Music Selection from Music Alley "New Soul" by Yael Naim, the acclaimed singer/songwriter from Israel, from her album Yael Naim. 'New Soul' gained fame as the music played during Apple's Macbook Air ad campaign. Duration:  23:36

Picks from Rod's Podcaster Guide and E-Learning News YouTube - What Would Google Do? - blogging pioneer Jeff Jarvis reverse-engineers Google to discover forty clear and straightforward rules to manage and live by... Integrating Google Apps with Blackboard - digitalteacher from the Google Apps community shares 12 ways teachers integrate Google Apps with their Blackboard courses... Google Rolling Out Richer Web Apps - Google Docs can now handle large spreadsheets with performances that "feel like desktop applications"... GLADINET - Bringing the Cloud Closer to You -  drag and drop folders or an entire drive to quickly transfer thousands of files to Google Docs, Windows Live SkyDrive, or Amazon S3... Google SketchUp  - free software that you can use to create 3D models of anything you like and also add them to Google Earth... YouTube Launches Auto-Captions For All Videos - speech recognition automatically transcribes what’s said in a video... Google Voice Service  - provides a phone number, free of charge. Inbound calls are forwarded to other phone numbers of the subscriber... Google Buzz - Twitter-like micro-blogging tools linked to your Gmail contacts... Branching surveys and self-grading quizzes in Google Forms / Google Docs - ask a question, and route survey participants to different survey pages and questions based on their answers... The Google Apps Update Blog - you can subscribe to this feed to learn about the latest improvements to Google Apps Google Voice for Students! - late breaking news! All students get a free Google Voice phone number! Podsafe Music Selection Comcast Connection Blues by Derek K. Miller from Music Alley Duration:  16:37

Note: This is a standard audio-only mp3 podcast. See RPP #82EP above for Enhanced Podcast. Picks from Rod's Podcaster Guide and E-Learning News Internet Archive: A Future for Books - BookServer is an open system to find, buy, or borrow books, just like search to find Web sites. An E-Textbook Program Aims to Benefit Students and Professors - Professors create digital textbooks bringing prices down from their average cost of $100 to a much more moderate $15. Embracing Electronic Textbooks - Electronic textbooks offer convenience for professors, who can easily review a new textbook online, then make a quick decision to include it in a course. Interview on E-Textbooks with Scott Beadenkopf, Director of Academic Technology at Neumann University CourseSmart - benefit from instant access to the largest single source of electronic textbooks available anywhere Connexions - a place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses and books Flat World Knowledge - books by leading experts, rigorously reviewed and developed to the highest standards are free to read online Podsafe Music Selection from the Podsafe Music Network "Stress" (song and flash animation) by highly caffeinated Jim Infantino of the band, Jim's Big Ego. Buy at Amazon Duration: 23:25

Picks from Rod's Podcaster Guide and E-Learning News Campus Technology 2009 Presentations 7 Textbook Publishers Move to Electronic Format Interview with Dr. Alec Couros, professor of educational technology and media at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Open Thinking - his professional blog Social Media and Open/Networked Learning - his open course Harnessing the Power of Social Networks in Teaching & Learning - his recent keynote at the University of Delaware Podsafe Music Selection from Music Alley "New Soul" by Yael Naim, the acclaimed singer/songwriter from Israel, from her album Yael Naim. 'New Soul' gained fame as the music played during Apple's Macbook Air ad campaign. Duration: 29:13

Season's Greetings and a Happy New Year from Rod's Pulse Podcast Podsafe Holiday Music Selections from Music Alley "The Christmas Season" by Sudden Death - combines hip hop beats with what Dr. Demento calls "some of the funniest hip hop lyrics I've ever heard" "Jingle Bells" by Natalie Brown - soulful vocalist/songwriter with a dynamic, multi-ocatave vocal range "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" by Twisted Sister - yes, that hard rock group from the '70s "A Soldier's Christmas" by Jay Goeppner - a Chicago singer/songwriter who has shared his message of peace and love in the style of his hero, John Lennon "If Every Day Were Christmas" by Podsafe for Peace - Buy the song for 99 cents and all the proceeds will go to UNICEF Duration: 22:03

Bonus Enhanced Podcast formatted for viewing in iTunes or iPods. See RPP #82 post below for details.