Podcasts and Digital Divide

In this podcast, we feature an eight minute interview with Bradley A. Cohen, Assistant Director and Coordinator for Curriculum Development at the University of Minnesota. This interview was recorded at the 2007 ELI Fall Focus Session in Boulder, Colorado where Mr. Cohen presented a session entitled, "Faculty Development and the Net Savvy Student".

Brad Cohen discusses the digital divide and shares guiding principles the University of Minnesota uses to deliver an integrated suite of faculty development programs designed to help faculty meet the needs of net savvy students. The University of Minnesota's approach is informed by the data routinely collected from their students and faculty, the literature, and their practice.

In this 44 minute podcast, we hear the opening keynote address for the  2007 Western Regional Conference entitled  "All Aboard the Digital Express". This keynote is presented by Linda Thor, President of Rio Salado College in Tempe, Arizona.

Four distinct generations, from the tech-savvy to the tech-challenged, are enrolled in higher education today. Are we as educational leaders in tune with their wants and needs? In an era where students can text message their registrations, how many bells and whistles should we offer them? How do we manage to track trends? This presentation will explore possibilities and innovative solutions for the digital age. 

In the attached 16 minute recording, we'll hear from Open University's Director of Strategic Development, Joel Greenberg.  Listen in as he discusses a range of topics including, among other things, Open University's interest in Moodle.


This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2006 Fall Task Force Meeting.  The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity.  You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org

In this 16 minute recording, Bill Hogue sits down with Ken Udas to cover a range of topics include the business readiness rating, broadband policy and more.

This 22 minute recording provides coverage of an interview with Wake Forest University's CIO, Jay Dominick.  Listen in has he shares some thoughts on mobile computing, the Spellings Report, net neutrality, and much more. 

The attached MP3 provides continuing coverage of a series of interviews conducted at the 2006 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference. Listen as Marilu Goodyear hosts a 30 minute interview with Phil Long, Senior Strategist for the Academic Computing Enterprise at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Among other things, they take on the issue of patents, discuss Ray Kurzweil's Law of Accelerating Returns, and tackle the prospects for continued research on learning space design.

In this interview, Vidya Ananthanarayanan sits down with Khalid Chaudhary, Associate VP, Communication & Info Technologies at Tennessee State University for an interview at the 2005 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference.

In this recording, I sit down with Carlton A. Samuels, CIO at The University of the West Indies ... an organization that operates multiple campus environments on islands representing several countries.  Tune in as we gather his thoughts on disaster recovery, open source, the digital divide, and more. The running time for this recording is approximately 23 minutes.

This 20 minute recording collects thoughts on a range of topics from Ken Spelke, Associate Dean for Information Technology and Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  Let's listen in as he shares some comments on the digitial divide, ADEC, i-schools, community informatics, the library profession and more.

This 24 minute interview with Lev Gonick, Vice President for Information Technology Services/CIO at Case Western Reserve University is packed full of commentary about public policy, immersive learning environments, the OneCleveland project, the digital divide, and blogs.  Lev was one of the more engaging personalities that I met at the show and I hope you enjoy my conversation with him.