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This podcast, from the Coalition for Networked Information Fall 2007 Task Force Meeting, features an interview with Alex Chapin, Principal Curricular Technologist at Middlebury College.

Alex Chapin is an Educational Technologist at Middlebury College. He has been directing the development of a number of innovative web applications including systems for content management, digital assets management, assessment and knowledge bases. He is the multimedia designer of the CD-ROM, Fluent Tibetan, The Dialogues and Vocabulary, distributed by Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, NY.

Skypecasts have the potential to revolutionize the academic community. They not only open up many options to teacher and student interactions, but level the playing field in a way that equalizes every participant’s voice. They also create thousands of new and exciting possibilities for real-time learning that were never possible before. This article gives a broad overview of what Skypecasts are, some possible applications in academia, as well as some of the pros and cons of using them now.  You can see the original post on my webpage here: http://www.edutechie.com.

In writing this article I realized that it would be appropriate to create a Skypecast to discuss this article and other issues facing those who implement technology in education.  Join me at 10:30 (Eastern Standard Time) on November the 20th, 2006 to discuss Using Technology in Education.