Podcasts, Teaching and Learning, and EDUCAUSE2007

This 29-minute podcast recorded during the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference features Diane Zorn, Course Director, School of Arts & Letters, York University in a session titled "Using Video Streaming and Podcasting to Design Rich-Media Online Courses."

The session abstract:

This session will cover lessons learned and best practices for creating highly interactive, student-centered, rich-media online courses with customizable and mobile learning using Mediasite video streaming and video and audio podcasting. It will include a tour of a course Web site, 10 principles for good practice for innovative online education, and a course design toolkit.

This 33-minute podcast recorded during the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference features Jennifer Stringer, Director Educational Technology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University and Brian Tobin, Technology Integration Specialist, Stanford University in a session titled "Scaling Up Small Group Learning Spaces: Designing a Technology-Enabled, Team-Based Learning Classroom."

The session abstract:

Our Team Learning Classroom was designed to support a variety of teaching approaches, including team-based learning. This presentation will review the design challenges, methods, and support models for creating a successful, flexible, technology-enabled classroom that encourages faculty to explore innovative teaching and learning modalities.

This 18-minute podcast recorded during the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference features Joanna S. Robinson, Research Associate, Great Northern Way Campus speaking on "The Pedagogy of Participation: The Conjunction of Physical and Virtual Learning Spaces."

The session abstract:

Do physical spaces differ fundamentally from virtual learning environments? The Center for Digital Media in Vancouver, B.C., is constructing a physical complex simultaneously with a virtual campus in Second Life. We will explore the results that arise from engaging prospective students in the "modding" (modification) of a virtual space with architectural implications for the physical structure.

This 49-minute podcast recorded during the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference features Judith Borreson Caruso, ECAR Fellow and Director of Policy and Planning, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Gail Salaway, ECAR Fellow, EDUCAUSE speaking on "Undergraduates Speak about IT: Results of the 2007 ECAR Survey."

The session abstract:

What information technologies are used by undergraduates? How does IT contribute to their academic experiences and learning? What has changed since 2005? ECAR presents key findings from the fourth annual survey of undergraduates, with responses from 27,846 students at 103 higher education institutions. Plans for 2008 will also be discussed.

This 31-minute podcast recorded during the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference features John P. Campbell, Associate VP of Teaching & Learning Technologies, Purdue University, Veronica Diaz, Instructional Technology Manager, Maricopa Community College District, and Dennis A. Trinkle, CIO, Valparaiso University speaking on The Top-Ten Challenges of the Academic Technology Community.

The session abstract:

Within the past couple of years, teaching and learning has fallen from the CIO’s top-ten list. This session will examine the ten most pressing challenges within teaching and learning. Members of the EDUCAUSE Advisory Committee for Teaching and Learning will provide insights into each of these issues and a look into possible future efforts.

In this 40 minute podcast, we feature a speech from the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference entitled "Tomorrow's Students: Are We Ready for the New 21st-Century Learners?". The presentation is by Julie Evans, Chief Executive Office for Project Tomorrow - NetDay. Video and slides for this speech are also available here.

Abstract:

The national Speak Up initiative annually collects and reports on the authentic, unfiltered viewpoints of K–12 students, teachers, parents, and school leaders about education technology and 21st-century learning environments. Learn about the expectations of today's K–12 students (the higher ed students of tomorrow) for technology use and their new aspirations for learning as uncovered in the most recent survey data.

This podcast features a preview of the Teaching and Learning aspects of the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference with insights from Diana Oblinger, Vice President for EDUCAUSE, responsible for teaching and learning activities and the director of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative.

Some helpful links for those attending the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference in Seattle: