Terry L. Herman, Melanie Alt, Daniel Lemmerbrock, Christopher Pappas, Todd Pavlack, Christopher Pittman and Mark Stevens (College of Technology)
Virtual Learning Environments: A Look into the Future
Michael Kudela (IDEAL) & Garrick L Ducat (Mercy College of NW Ohio)
Creative Commons: Share Your Work, Keep Your Rights and Learn from Others
Connie Molnar & Carolyn Matzinger (IDEAL)
The Metamorphosis of Biology 101: Face-to-face to Online Course Delivery
Carrie Rathsack (CTLT)
Today’s Digital Tools for Enhancing Future Learning
For more information about ODCE or the conference events and resources, including the keynote address by Chancellor, Eric Fingerhut:
March 10th, 2008
We have had many posts about podcasting in the past, however, today we want to introduce you to a couple things you might not have heard of.
Gcast
Have you ever wanted to add an episode to your podcast when you were out and about and not at home with your audio recording equipment? Have you wanted to interview people on the spot and create a audio files on the go? Well, now you can!
Gcast allows you to do mobile podcasting without having to have a laptop and recording equipment. You can do it all with just a phone!
BGSU iTunes U
The University has partnered with Apple to implement a BGSU iTunes U page. Before starting ,ensure that you have iTunes intalled; if not you can download it at http://www.apple.com/itunes/. Simply go to http://www.bgsu.edu/itunes/ or click this link and you will asked to load the BGSU iTunes U page in iTunes. As a faculty member you can post your podcasts here and make your information available for free. Contact The Center at ctlt@bgsu.edu for more information.
Podcating Workshops
New to podcasting? Not sure what it is? Just need some guidance on how to effectively use it and create audio files? Find out how podcasting can be utilized in your course to facilitate or enhance student learning. Basic topics such as what is podcasting, how to subscribe, classroom uses to achieve learning outcomes, and an overview of what is needed to create your own podcast will be discussed. Common uses for podcasts include updating students on current events, providing information to students between classes, and recording lectures or review sessions so students can use them to study.
- Wednesday, March 12, 1:00pm–2:00pm
- Monday, March 31, 11:00am–12:00pm
- Wednesday, April 16, 2:00pm–3:00pm
Visit our workshop page or click here to register…
Have you used Gcast or iTunes U? If so, how? Have you ever attended one of our podcasting workshops? How have you used podcasting in the classroom?
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February 19th, 2008
From The Chronicle of Higher Education – Feb. 1, 2008 (Link to article for BGSU community):
Blog Comments vs. Peer Review: Which Way Makes a Book Better? (by Jefferey R. Young)
“What if scholarly books were peer reviewed by anonymous blog comments rather than by traditional, selected peer reviewers?”
Noah Wardrip-Fruin from the University of California at San Diego is asking this very question for a book he is finishing, Expressive Processing: Digital Fictions, Computer Games, and Software Studies.
“The idea was to tap the wisdom of his crowd. Visitors to the blog might not read the whole manuscript, as traditional reviewers do, but they might weigh on a section in which they have some expertise…
“Ben Vershbow, editorial director at the Institute for the Future of the Book, concedes that comments on blogs are unlikely to fully replace peer review. But he says academic blogging can play a role in the publishing process.”
What are your thoughts on this type of peer review? What are the pros/cons/limitations/consequences?
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February 7th, 2008
Time Magazine lists some of the best websites of 2007. Categories include Arts & Leisure, Audio & Video, News & Info, Social Networks, and Web Services. Many of these websites include tools that could be utilized in education. Below are a handful of the top 50 that could be useful…
Expertvillage.com: Worlds Largest How-To Video Site
Odeo.com: Millions of MP3s and 1000’s of audio channels—podcasts, music, and more.
Ecofoot.org: Measure your Eco-Footprint
Fafsa4caster.ed.gov: Federal Financial Aid Calculator
Pollingreport.com: An independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion.
Linkedin.com: A social network for business professionals and career-minded folks.
Wetpaint.com: With Wetpaint you can start, share, and grow a wiki with anyone about anything.
And Many More…
What is the best website in the list? How have you used any of these sites? Which ones?…Click on the COMMENTS link below to get started!
July 10th, 2007
