Wireless Philadelphia

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast of a segment from the PBS News Hour with Jim Lehrer. In this segment, which was originally broadcast on 22 November 2005, correspondent Terrance Smith covers the plan for Philadelphia to implement city-wide wireless Internet access.

The show notes, which were published at:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/

included the following:

"Philadelphia intends to become the first U.S. city of its size to have wireless broadband access available to everyone, regardless of income, at below-market prices."

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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Burks

Click and Double-Click with Mark Colvson

Hi everyone! Today's selection is from the Educational Technology Center at Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, PA (a suburb of Philadelphia). Bryn Mawr College is a private college for women. This podcast, which is entitled "Click and Double-Click: Episode 8" was originally published on 28 September 2005 at:

http://www.brynmawr.edu/etc/etcblog/2005/09/click-and-double-click-episode-8.html

The shownotes for this podcast had:

"There's a new episode of Click and Double-Click out. Special guest Mark Colvson."

This podcast is a discussion about podcasts and e-books between Click (Laura Blankenship) and Double-Click (Mike Zarro), of the Educational Technology Center at Bryn Mawr College, and Mark Colvson, Coordinator of Curriculum and Research Support and Head of User Services at Bryn Mawr College. For more about Mark, see:

http://www.educause.edu/PeerDirectory/750&ID=96933

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Burks

A Conversation with Carl Berger

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast with an interview of Carl Berger, of the University of Michigan. Carl is interviewd by Vidya Ananthanarayanan (of Trinity University) and Matt Pasiewicz (of Educause). This interview was recorded at the 2005 Educause meeting, and was posted to the web on 19 October at:

http://connect.educause.edu/blog/vidya/a_conversation_with_carl_berger/1424

In the show notes, Vidya wrote "In the attached recording, Matt and I join Carl Berger in a wide ranging and entertaining conversation that we recorded on October 19th. This 25 minute interview address blogs, wikis, podcasting and myriad of other topics that might pique your interest."

More information about Matt Pasiewicz at

http://connect.educause.edu/user/mpasiewicz

and more information about Vidya Ananthanarayanan at:

http://www.educause.edu/PeerDirectory/750?ID=102015

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Burks

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http://www.educause.edu/PeerDirectory/750?ID=31517

Carl F. Berger, Sr. is Professor and Dean Emeritus at the University of Michigan. and Director of Advanced Academic Technologies in the Collaboratory for Advanced Research and Academic Technologies (CARAT) in the Provost's Office. Additionally, he is the National Research Fellow for the Apple Digital Campus program with Apple Computer Inc. In 2001, he was honored with the EDUCAUSE Leadership in Information Technology Award. Carl has made significant contributions to not only the University of Michigan family but to the entire EDUCAUSE community. Carl is probably best known for working to understand how people learn using technology and assessment of the appropriate use of technology in teaching and learning.

Carl received a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Denver in 1958, a M.A. in Physics and Science Education from California State University in 1966, and his Ed.D. in Science Education from UC-Berkeley in 1971.

Why Online Collaborations Fail

Hi everyone! Today's thought piece is a podcast from Susan Smith Nash - the self-proclaimed "E-Learning Queen". Susan is an administrator at Excelsior College, and very involved with the institution's online programs. She is a prolific blogger and podcaster - see her website at:

http://www.beyondutopia.net/

The original poscast "Why Online Collaborations Fail" was published on 3 November 2005 at:

http://elearnqueen.blogspot.com/2005/11/why-online-collaborations-fail.html

In the shownotes, Susan wrote:

"Ask online students if there was anything they disliked in their last online course, and you're likely to get a resounding "I hated the group work!" Best practices for online courses tend to place a great deal of importance on collaborative learning, either in the form of discussion boards, or in group projects. But while discussion boards work quite well, depending on the skill of the facilitator and the nature of the questions, group projects are often such miserable failures that they taint the learner's perception of the entire course."

I had the pleasure of meeting Susan at the Sloan-C annual conference in Orlando, FL, last week, and hearing one of her conference presentations. She clearly is a leader in the e-learning field, and we're all fortunate that she is sharing her thoughts in this area through her podcasts.

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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Burks

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http://elearnqueen.blogspot.com/

The E-Learning Queen explores all manner of online and distributed training and education, from instructional design to the construction and implementation of entire e-learning solutions. She finds real-world e-learning issues and applications particularly intriguing; in higher education, military, K-12, and corporate and humanitarian / not-for-profit realms.

Margaret Maag on Podcasting

Greetings! Today's selection is a podcast from Dr. Margaret Maag, of the University of San Francisco School of Nursing. This podcast is a recording of a presentation that Dr. Maag made at the 2005 Sloan-C annual conference in Orlando, FL, on 19 November 2005. This podcast was posted to the web on 24 November 2005 at:

http://margaretspod.blogspot.com/2005/11/podcasting-new-medium-for-new-voice-in.html

where it was titled "A New Medium for a New Voice in Healthcare Education". In the show notes, Dr. Maag wrote "I had the pleasure to present last weekend at the 11th Sloan-C Asynchronous Learning Network meeting in Orlando, Florida. It was a great conference and the awards ceremony was remarkable because it honored leaders and visionaries in online education. I am posting the presentation I gave on the use of podcasts in higher education with an emphasis on healthcare."

The PowerPoint slides that accompanied the presentation may be downloaded from:

http://maagnursing.com/podcast/maag_pods_sloan_aln_nov05.ppt

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

I hope you enjoy this podcast!

Best regards,

Burks

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http://www.maagnursing.com/bio.php

Margaret Maag, Ed.D., MSN, RN

Margaret Maag, Assistant Professor, teaches in the School of Nursing at the University of San Francisco. She received her undergraduate nursing degree from Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, in 1978. In 1997 she completed her Masters in Nursing Science from San Jose State University with an emphasis in nursing education. She holds a post-masters certificate in Nursing Informatics from Duquesne University. Her doctoral degree is from the School of Education at the University of San Francisco and her dissertation research project involved the investigation of the effectiveness of an interactive multimedia learning tool on nursing students' learning outcomes and self-efficacy.

What Is RSS?

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from the Texas Tech University College of Education. This podcast is a recording of Wesley Fryer's talk "Information Access in the 21st Century: RSS and News Aggregators". This talk was presented and recorded on 30 September 2005, and was posted to the web on 3 October 2005 at:

http://ttucoepodcast.blogspot.com/2005/10/podcast3-what-is-rss.html

Wesley Fryer is a prolific blogger and podcaster, and has his personal blog at:

http://speedofcreativity.org/

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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Burks

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http://www.wesleyfryer.com/bio/

Wesley Fryer is an educator, author, digital storyteller, technology integration pioneer, husband and father. He serves as an international and national presenter and speaker, addressing a range of topics related to education, technology integration, distance learning, and twenty-first century literacy.

In 2005-2006 Wesley is completing his doctoral studies in Curriculum and Instruction at Texas Tech University, focusing on the impact of one-to-one computing initiatives on student achievement.

He currently serves as the Director of Instructional Support Services and Webmaster for the College of Education at Texas Tech University.

Click and Double-Click: Social Bookmarking

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I realize that I have a large backlog of podcasts to share with you all in "Burks' Selections", which explains this holiday posting.

Today's selection is from the Educational Technology Center at Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, PA (a suburb of Philadelphia). Bryn Mawr College is a private college for women. This podcast, which is entitled "Click and Double-Click: Social Bookmarking" was originally published on 25 October 2005 at:

http://www.brynmawr.edu/etc/etcblog/2005/10/click-and-double-click-social.html

The shownotes for this podcast had:

"Our podcast on social bookmarking is here. A screencast is coming soon. For more information and links, see the post below and an earlier post on social bookmarking."

This podcast is a discussion between Click (Laura Blankenship), Double-Click (Mike Zarro), and Right-Click (Ben Johnston) of the Educational Technology Center at Bryn Mawr College.

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

I hope you enjoy this podcast!

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Burks

World Summit on the Information Society

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from Clark Boyd - it is about the World Summit on the Information Society, which was held last week in Tunisia. This podcast is a collection of 5 segments that Clark filed from the summit, which were broadcast on the BBC and/or WGBH radio. This podcast was posted to the web on 21 November 2005 at:

http://worldstechpodcast.blogspot.com/2005/11/show-notes-for-tech-podcast-61.html

As regular listeners to my podcast know, "Clark Boyd is The World's technology correspondent. Whether it's high-tech or low-tech, old-tech or new-tech ... whether it's happening in Tokyo, Timbuktu or Toronto ... Clark's job is to roam the planet in search of stories that illuminate how technology is being used in a global context." See:

http://www.theworld.org/technology/

The World is a co-production of the BBC World Service, Public Radio International, and WGBH Public Radio.

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

I hope you enjoy this podcast!

Best regards,

Burks

An Interview with Seb Schmoller

Hi everyone! Today's selection is an interview by Matt Pasiewicz from Educause. In the podcast, he speaks with Seb Schmoller - Seb is the Executive Secretary of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) in the UK.

In this podcast, Seb describe the new Certified Membership in ALT (or CMALT) scheme, which is to certify members as qualified learning technologists. This looks like an important step forward for the profession - and for e-learning. See:

http://www.alt.ac.uk/cmalt.html

This podcast was originally published on 11 November 2005 at:

http://connect.educause.edu/Seb_Schmoller_ALT_UK_Interview_E05

The following appeared in the shownotes for this podcast:

"This short interview with Seb Schmoller gathers some comments on the UK's Association for Learning Technology and their CM ALT program."

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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Burks

Extreme Makeover from NCQ Talk

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from NCQ Talk. NCQ is short for a Nerd, a Canadian, and a Quaker - the 3 co-hosts of this series. The NCQ Talk podcast is about the intersection of technology and learning. See:

http://www.ncqtalk.com/

These podcasts are hosted by Kris Smith (the Nerd), Dan Balzer (the Canadian), and Susan Manning (from the Quaker State) - it is clear from listening to their podcasts that they have great chemistry between themselves - and they are very knowledgeable about Internet technologies and online learning. Their biographical sketches are linked from the NCQ Talk website. NCQ Talk is sponsored by Palegroove Studios in partnership with the Learning Times Network.

This podcast is #14 in their series and was first published on 2 May 2005. See:

http://www.ncqtalk.com/?p=14

In this episode, the co-hosts discuss an "Extreme Makeover" of an online course. They answer the questions "What if the NCQ Talk team came into your online course? What would they make over and why?" I think that their answers might surprise some listeners. And their answers certainly give us all lots to look for in our own online courses.

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

I hope you enjoy this podcast!

Best regards,

Burks

Allan Carrington on the Use of Technology in the Church

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast produced by Allan Carrington, from the University of Adelaide, in South Australia. In this podcast, Allan interviews two individuals (Reed Sheard and Randy Meredith) from Spring Arbor University in Michigan. The focus of the interview is how their church (which happens to be Methodist) can use Internet technologies in fulfilling its mission. They mention "podagogy" (i-pod and pedagogy) and "godcasting" in looking at how podcasting can be used in the church.

The original podcast was posted on 4 November 2005 at:

http://connect.educause.edu/blog/allanadl/educause_2005_
the_merging_of_my_worlds_sharing_with_colleagues_from_
spring_arbor_university/1536

[Note that this URL is very long and appears on 3 lines.]

The posting was called "The Merging of My Worlds - Sharing with Colleagues from Spring Arbor University".

I encourage everyone to look at his original posting to see the exact technology that Allan Carrington is using to make these podcasts - interviewing 2 others and mixing the sound from 3 microphones - it seems to be a good set-up. In the podcast, he wrote:

"The podcast attached to this blog is the first time I used my new podcasting recording equipment. When I knew I was to visit the USA and be part of the excitng Educause 2005 podcasting project, I began to research how to best produce quality podcasting. This four week around the world expedition has been a journey of discovery and I know I will continue to improve in how to best plan and make educational podcasts. Please read on to see the equipment I chose to get good sound quality and in futher blogs I will continue to share what I have discovered and hope people will comment and give me further hints and of course share even better ways ... as there is always a better way."

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

I hope you enjoy this podcast!

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Burks

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http://www.adelaide.edu.au/clpd/about/clpdstaff/carringtona.html

Allan Carrington
Instructional Designer
University of Adelaide

Allan is an Instructional Designer with the CLPD and has a background in printing, publishing, web development and educational multimedia. As well he has worked in learning and teaching in the VET sector and higher education. Allan has led schools (courses) in Hawaii and Texas USA, as well as Paraguay. He has taught in communications, marketing and research, print production and using the Internet for education. Allan has extensive experience in online collaboration and facilitation.

Citizen Journalists Compete for Readers

Hi everyone! Today's selection comes from the mainstream news - a podcast of a segment of the "News Hour with Jim Lehrer" - from PBS. Note that PBS is podcasting several segments from the News Hour each evening. This segment was hosted by Terrance Smith and was originally published on 16 November 2005 at:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/

It also aired on the News Hour that evening. The shownotes included:

"Countless new forms of journalism allow nonprofessional writers to disseminate their views to large audiences. Even some mainstream media outlets have experimented with this citizen journalism as way to engage readers."

A great commentary on "We Media" or "We the Media" - for more information, try a Google search on these terms.

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

I hope you enjoy this podcast!

Best regards,

Burks (from the Sloan-C conference in Orlando, FL)

EdTech Brainstorm #7

Hi everyone! Sorry for not posting anything to the "Burks' Selection" blog yesterday, but I was traveling to the Sloan-C conference in Orlando and had a 6 am flight from Champaign - and then I was swamped once I got to the conference hotel.

Today's selections is EdTech Brainstorm #7, which was published on 13 October 2005 at:

http://worldbridges.com/livewire/

Worldbridges emphasizes "Global Webcasts Podcasts & New Media" and is "A Global Network of Homegrown Webcasting". In the shownotes for "EdTech Brainstorm #7", they wrote:

"A great discussion with Barbara, Dave, Jeff, Jeff, & Kathy covering the use of podcasting and webcasting in the classroom, what to do with wiki’s, how best to engage & empower students, and lot more...".

More about WorldBridges:

"We are building a global network of homegrown webcasting one webcast at a time. Recordings of recent live interactive webcasts are below. To stay informed of project developments and automatically get the latest audio, you can subscribe to The Wire Newsletter and to our RSS feed. Visit our Guides Section for information about listening to, participating in, and producing live interactive webcasts. You can contact us at livewire at worldbridges.com."

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

I hope you enjoy this podcast!

Best regards,

Burks (from Orlando, FL)

Interview with Lee Shulman

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast in which John Merrow interviews Lee Shulman, President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. This podcast was originally published as "Episode 5" on 14 October 2005 on Mr. Merrow's blog at:

http://johnmerrow.blogspot.com/

In the blog, Mr. Merrow writes "John talks with Lee about teaching and learning in higher education."

Lee Shulman's biosketch is at:

http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/about/sub.asp?key=10&subkey=289

John Merrow has been an education reporter for over 30 years and correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. He profiles significant issues in k-12 and higher education. His biosketch is at:

http://www.pbs.org/merrow/tv/young_scientists/YSJM_merrow_bio.pdf

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

Best regards,

Burks

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John Merrow Bio

John Merrow began his career as an education reporter with National Public Radio in 1974, when he created "Options in Education." That series earned more than two dozen broadcasting awards, including the George Polk Award in 1982. From 1985 to 1990 he was education correspondent for The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, and in 1993 he created The Merrow Report for PBS, followed by the NPR series of the same name in 1997. In 2000 he returned to The NewsHour to provide occasional reports on education. Learning Matters, Inc., Merrow's production company, has been co-producing documentaries with the PBS series FRONTLINE since 2001. Merrow won a Peabody Award in 2001 for "School Sleuth: The Case of the Excellent School," which aired on PBS. Merrow earned a Bachelors Degree from Dartmouth College in 1964, a Masters Degree in American Studies from Indiana University in 1968, and a doctorate in Education and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1973.

Bryan Alexander on Web 2.0

Hi everyone! Today's selection is an interveiw that Matt Pasiewicz of Educause did with Dr. Bryan Alexander of the Center for Educational Technology at Middlebury College in Vermont. Dr. Alexander's biosketch is appended below.

The podcast was originally published on 3 November 2005. In the blog posting for this podcast, Matt wrote "This 25 minute recording gathers some thoughts from Bryan Alexander about Web 2.0. Bryan is the Director for Emerging Technologies at National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE)." See:

http://connect.educause.edu/Bryan_Alexander_Interview_E05

Dr. Alexander's homepage is at:

http://www.cet.middlebury.edu/~bryan/

More information about NITLE can be found on the web at:

http://www.nitle.org/

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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Burks

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About Bryan Alexander:

Bryan Alexander is codirector of the Center for Educational Technology at Middlebury College, where he researches and develops programs on the advanced uses of information technology in liberal arts colleges.

A Ph.D. graduate of the University of Michigan, he has also taught English and information technology studies at Centenary College, and his specialties include digital writing, weblogs, copyright and intellectual property, information literacy, wireless culture and teaching, project management, information design, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

He maintains and contributes to a series of weblogs, including NITLE Tech News (http://www.nitle.org/tech_news) and Smartmobs (http://www.smartmobs.com), when not creating digital learning objects.

del.icio.us feed: http://del.icio.us/DoctorNemo

Podcast from Mrs. Mills' Second Grade Class

Hi everyone! Something a little different today - a podcast that was put together by second-graders in Mrs. Mill's class at Murfee Elementary School in Lubbock, TX. I think it is amazing to see what these "digital natives" are able to accomplish! If they are podcasting in second grade, what will they expect when they go to college ten years later?

The podcast was originally published on Wednesday, 2 November 2005, as the third in a series for this class. In the original posting, they wrote:

"In our third class podcast, we have Student News, Amazing Sports, Planting Science, a Teacher Interview with Mrs. Mills, and a Shoutout to Room 208! Program Time: 6 min 45 sec."

See: http://millsmurfee.blogspot.com/

Thanks to Wesley Fryer for bringing this podcast to my attention.

http://www.wesfryer.com/
http://del.icio.us/wfryer

Wesley is the Director of Instructional Support Services and webmaster for the College of Education at Texas Tech University, and he has been assisting Mrs. Mills' students with the technical aspects of producing these podcasts.

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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Burks

First Podcast from Earth Orbit

Hi everyone! This past July, the Space Shuttle Discovery had a mission to deliver supplies to the International Space Station. While docked to the Space Station, Mission Specialist Steve Robinson recorded a podcast - the first podcast from outer space. I thought that many of you would enjoy listening to this historic recording, which is featured in today's "Burks's Selections".

The original podcast was posted on 7 August 2005 at:

http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/crew/robinson_podcast.html

A transcript of the podcast is available on this site, as well.


Mission Specialist Steve Robinson

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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Burks

Conversation with Lanny Arvan

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast in which Prof. Lanny Arvan, of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), is interviewed by Matt Pasiewicz from Educause. Prof. Arvan is the Assistant CIO for Educational Technologies and an Associate Professor of economics at UIUC.

This podcast was originally published on 2 November 2005, and in the show notes, Mr. Pasiewicz wrote "In this 17 minute recording, Lanny Arvan joins me for a discussion about mobile computing, rich media publishing, blogging, vendor consolidation, intellectual property and more." The original posting is at:

http://connect.educause.edu/blog/mpasiewicz/a_conversation_with_lanny_arvan/1525

Note that Lanny is a prolific blogger - his blog is called "Lanny on Learning Technology" - it is available at:

http://guava.cites.uiuc.edu/l-arvan/blog/lannyexport.html

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

All the best,

Burks

Elliott Masie on Flash Drives and Learning

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast by Elliott Masie, of the Masie Center. This podcast is about the use of USB flash memory devices in learning. The original podcast was posted to the web on 11 October 2005 - see:

http://www.learning2005.com/university/

[search for "flash"]. Mr. Masie wrote:

"Take one of those small USB Flash Drives and think about how it can be leveraged as a part of your Learning Delivery. I have just finished a 9 minute content segment on the potential for using these inexpensive Flash Drives in a very different way to extend the reach of organizational learning programs."

Elliott Masie is one of the few podcasters who provides a written transcript of his podcasts. The transcript for this podcast is at:

http://www.masie.com/l5/podcasts/l5_u_podcast24.pdf

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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Burks

Interview with Cole Camplese

Hi everyone! Today's selection is an interview with Cole Camplese, who just became the Director of Education Technology Services at Penn State University. For the past six years, Mr. Camplese served as the Director of the IST Solutions Institute in the School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) at Penn State.

In this podcast, Mr. Camplese was interviewed by Barnaby Wasson, of Arizona State University, while they were at the NECC Premier Podcast Event. The podcast was published on 30 June 2005 at:

http://necc.dmit.asu.edu/archives/2005/06/cole_camplse.html

The original posting stated "Breakfast with Cole uncovers innovative uses for collaborative spaces in higher education at the Pennsylvania State University."

Mr. Camplese's biographies can be found on his website at:

http://camplesegroup.com/blog/?page_id=68
http://camplesegroup.com/blog/?page_id=70

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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Burks

Podcast #17 from NCQ Talk

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from NCQ Talk. NCQ is short for a Nerd, a Canadian, and a Quaker - the 3 co-hosts of this series. The NCQ Talk podcast is about the intersection of technology and learning. See:

http://www.ncqtalk.com/

These podcasts are hosted by Kris Smith (the Nerd), Dan Balzer (the Canadian), and Susan Manning (from the Quaker State) - it is clear from listening to their podcasts that they have great chemistry between themselves - and they are very knowledgeable about Internet technologies and online learning. Their biographical sketches are linked from the NCQ Talk website. Several years ago, I worked indirectly with Susan in her role as an instructor for the Illinois Online Network (http://www.ion.illinois.edu/). NCQ Talk is sponsored by Palegroove Studios in partnership with the Learning Times Network.

This podcast is #17 in their series and was first published on 24 October 2005. In this episode, the co-hosts discuss:

* What makes a podcast different from just posting audio on a website?
* How personal should an educator get to connect the course content with the students?
* The nerd speaks out on the question: Is "right-click" and "save as" an acceptable way to download a podcast?

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

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Burks

Andy Carvin on Wikipedia

Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from Andy Carvin, who is the Director of the Digital Divide Network. Mr. Carvin is a prolific podcaster - see:

http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/podcasts/index.html

Today, I've selected a podcast with Mr. Carvin's comments on Wikipedia. This podcast was originally published on January 11, 2005. For the original posting, go to the URL above and search for "Wikipedia".

In his blog with this podcast, Mr. Carvin wrote:

"I've just posted a new podcast called Overcoming Wikipedia's Growing Pains. The podcast was inspired by a Wired News article talking about the challenges faced by the online encyclopedia Wikipedia as it tries to become more broadly accepted both by experts and the public."

Mr. Carvin's resume is on the web at:

http://www.edwebproject.org/resume.html

Program director at the EDC Center for Media and Community, Newton, MA. (1999-present). Manages the center's programmatic activities related to the digital divide, e-government and other topics. Serves as director of the Digital Divide Network (http://www.digitaldivide.net), which migrated to EDC in February 2004. Oversaw the launch of the new DDN website, December 2004. Editor and author of report, Ensuring E-Government for All. Moderator of DIGITALDIVIDE, the Internet's largest email forum for discussing digital divide issues. Represented the center in various professional conferences and media interviews, including CNN, the Associated Press, Wired, New York Times, Chicago Tribune and others.

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

All the best,

Burks

Interview with Mr. Jon Udell

Hi everyone! Today's podcast selection is an interview with Jon Udell from March 2005. According to a biosketch that I found on the web, Mr. Udell "is an author, information architect, software developer, and groupware evangelist. He has been an independent consultant, was BYTE Magazine's editor-at-large, executive editor, and Web maven, and long ago developed business information products for Lotus. In June 2002 he joined InfoWorld as lead analyst."

In this interview, IDG's Patricia Smith asks him about both podcasting and screencasting. He talks about how "blogs, RSS, and rich media are intersecting" and how these technologies can be used by storytellers "to tell more informed, complete, and compelling stories."

"With more than 300 publications in 85 countries, read by more than 100 million people each month, IDG [International Data Group] is the world's leading publisher of computer magazines and newspapers including PC World, Computerworld, InfoWorld, CIO, Macworld, ..." [http://www.idg.com]

The original podcast was included in Mr. Udell's blog at:

http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2005/03/03.html

In the past few days, I have listened to a number of podcasts by Mr. Udell, and I'm sure that I'll be posting more of them in future postings to "Burks' Selections".

As always, the orange title above has a link to the mp3 file with the podcast, and you can subscribe to the RSS feed for "Burks' Selections" using the address on the orange XML icon in the right column on the page.

All the best,

Burks

Interview with Prof. Gardner Campbell

Hi everyone! Here is a really great interview with Prof. Gardner Campbell, of Mary Washington University. The interview was conducted at the 2005 Educause conference by Matt Pasiewicz (of Educause) and Vidya Ananthanarayanan (of Trinity University). Their conversation covers blogs, podcasts, and screencasts. They also discuss Prof. Campbell's article in Educause Review - see:

http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/erm0561.pdf

and a podcast where Prof. Campbell reads his article - see:

http://www.gardnercampbell.net/blog1/?p=265

More information about Matt Pasiewicz is at:

http://connect.educause.edu/user/mpasiewicz

and more information about Vidya Ananthanarayanan is at:

http://www.educause.edu/PeerDirectory/750?ID=102015

The original posting with this podcast is at:

http://connect.educause.edu/featured_content/mpasiewicz/vidya_and_i_join_gardner_campbell_for_a_discussion_about_blogs_podcasts_and_screencasts/1473

Which probably is the longest URL I have ever seen!!

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Best regards,

Burks