Podcasts and Distance Education

In this 16 minute recording, we'll hear from the President and CEO of Western Governors University, Robert Mendenhall. Listen in as he shares some thoughts on his particpation in a panel discussion about accesss, affordability and accountability in the information age and about online learning more broadly.

In this 13 minute recording, we'll hear from Stephen Rose, the CIO of the American Council on Education. Listen in as he shares some background on ACE, background on technology issues of interest to University presidents, and learn more about solutionsforourfuture.org

In this 33 minute recording, I sit down with NYU's Howard Besser.  Howard is a Professor of Cinema Studies and Director of New York University's Moving Image Archiving & Preservation Program, as well as Senior Scientist for Digital Library Initiatives for NYU's Library.

Among other things, he'll share some thoughts on issues facing distance learning, the importance of archiving the raw materials of research, and issues affecting the development and availability of image databases.


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