Podcasts and Moodle

In this 20 minute podcast, we feature an interview with Alex Wirth-Cauchon, Participant Relations Manager for the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE). This interview was recorded at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington.

Alex Wirth-Cauchon is Participant Relations Manager for NITLE. In that role he attends NITLE's relationships with participating colleges and partner organizations and builds new relationships with interested organizations and campuses. He serves as a first point of contact for inquiries and expressions of interest from participating colleges. In addition, he advises senior staff regarding the needs and interests of participating colleges and the usefulness of NITLE services and programs to them. 

In this 26 minute podcast, we feature an interview with Martin Ringle, Chief Technology Office at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. For more than 20 years, Marty Ringle has contributed to the higher education IT profession as a change agent, a collaborator, and an organizer. A deep believer in the role and mission of small liberal arts colleges, his career has been marked by his ability to meld diverse entities into a coherent whole. This interview was recorded at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington.

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 14 minute recording, Tip Ramsay sits down with Oakland University's Catheryn Cheal for a discussion about the evolving learning management landscape.

In this 18 minute recording, we'll hear from Al Essa, Associate Vice Chancellor & Deputy CIO at the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. Listen in as he shares some thoughts on the Spellings report, patents, and Kurzweil's Law of Accelerating Returns.

In this 16 minute recording, we'll hear from James Dalziel, Director of the Macquarie ELearning Centre of Excellence. Listen in as he shares some thoughts on patents, open source and LAMS.

For more information about LAMS, visit
http://www.lamsfoundation.org

 

In this 26 minute recording, we'll hear from Rob Abel, CEO of the IMS Global Learning Consortium. Listen in as Marliu Goodyear hosts a discussion about standards, course packs and more.

In this 31 minute recording, I sit down with Ira Fuchs, Vice President for Research in Information Technology at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.  We'll talk broadly about open source, his vision for EduCore, and software like Zimbra, Chandler, Moodle and Sakai. 


This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2006 Spring 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

This 42 minute recording provides coverage of the 2005 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference Session entitled Closer to the Dream: Letting Pedagogy Transform Learning Management Systems.

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.