Downloadable lectures: Are they really the answer to every hungover student’s prayers?

Posted in Podcasting by Rob on the November 5th, 2008

The Open University has had huge success with its collaboration with iTunes: it’s just celebrated its millionth download since it started the program, four months ago. And it’s no wonder, given that the whole point of the Open University is that it offers correspondence courses.

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100 Free Open Courseware Classes About Open Source Everything

Posted in Cool Tools, Distance Education, E-Learning, Higher Education, K-12 Education, Podcasting by Rob on the November 4th, 2008

Open CourseWare and open education resources are founded on the principles of open source living, so it’s only natural that there are lots of open source courses to be found. In this guide, you’ll find courses on Linux, open source philosophy, legal issues, and more.

100 Free Open Courseware Classes About Open Source Everything | BSchool.com Business Schools Directory

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ITunes U: Find college lectures next to pop stars

Posted in Podcasting by Rob on the August 9th, 2008

At Apple’s iTunes online store, Britney Spears and Shakespeare are separated by just a few clicks. While an episode of “Desperate Housewives” will cost $1.99, a series of lectures by renowned University of California-Berkeley philosophy professor Hubert Dreyfus is absolutely free. A single song by pop diva Rihanna is 99 cents. The price of a course on modern theoretical physics by Stanford

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Podcasting in Instruction: Moving Beyond the Obvious

Posted in Cool Tools, Mobile Learning, Podcasting by Rob on the July 20th, 2008

The lightweight, mobile nature of podcasting has the potential of moving education beyond familiar constraints of coursework and promoting a level of networking and input never seen before. But challenges still exist. Can more be achieved with podcasting that would heighten student engagement and maximize knowledge building in instructional contexts? Can we move beyond the obvious in their use?

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Use Wordpress For Podcasting

Posted in Cool Tools, Podcasting, Web 2.0 by Rob on the March 21st, 2008

Podcasting is seamlessly supported as of Wordpress 1.5. Just link to an audio file in one of your posts and WordPress will automatically add the necessary enclosure tag to your RSS2 feed to make it usable as a podcast.

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Free Audio Books With Podiobooks

Posted in E-Learning, Podcasting by Rob on the March 17th, 2008

Podiobooks.com users can choose to receive the episodes of their books via an RSS feed or by listening to episodes directly from this site. Some listeners keep the audio files on their computers, some transfer the book to CD, but most transfer the file on to their mp3 player so they can listen no matter where they are.

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