Ray Schroeder & the Online Program at UIS

Hi everyone! Today's podcast is an interview with Prof. Ray Schroeder, of the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS). Ray has been instrumental in building the online program at UIS, which now accounts for 28% of all credit hours generated by the campus.

The transcript of this podcast is at:

http://www.online.uillinois.edu/oakley/podcasts/UIS_Online_Transcript.html

The music in today's podcast is Handel's Suite in D minor Courante, recorded by Sally Owen - see:

http://www.peoplesound.com/artist/sallyowen/

Best regards,

Burks

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Technorati Tags: podcast, Ray Schroeder, UIS, online learning, higher education, transformation

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The Sloan-C Quality Pillars

Hi everyone! Today's podcast deals with the Sloan-C quality pillars in both qualitative and quantitative terms. For more information about the Sloan-C quality pillars, see:

http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/books/qualityframework.pdf

The transcript of this podcast is at:

http://www.online.uillinois.edu/oakley/podcasts/Pillars_Transcript.html

The music in today's podcast is Mozart's Piano Quartet in E flat - Allegretto, recorded at the Mainly Mozart Festival - see:

http://www.peoplesound.com/artist/mainlymozartfestival/

Best regards,

Burks

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Technorati Tags: podcast, Sloan-C, quality framework, pillars, Frank Mayadas

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Commentary on "Burks' Selections"

Hi everyone! Today's podcast has some thoughts about what I am doing with my "Burks' Selections" podcast series - which you can find on the web at:

http://burksselect.blogspot.com/

The transcript of this podcast is at:

http://www.online.uillinois.edu/oakley/podcasts/BurksSelections_Transcript.html

The music in today's podcast is Handel's Concerto Grosso in G major Op.3 no.3 HWV 314 Allegro, performed by Paul Goodwin and the St. James's Baroque Players - see:

http://www.peoplesound.com/artist/paulgoodwinthestjamessbaroqueplayers/

Best regards,

Burks

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Technorati Tags: podcast, Burks Oakley, RSS, higher education, ed tech, learning technologies, online learning

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Burks' Thoughts on iTunes U

Hi everyone! Today's podcast has my thoughts about Apple's new iTunes U initiative. See:

http://www.apple.com/education/solutions/itunes_u/

Here are some references:

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/6828/

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/13730681.htm

http://mmeiser.com/blog/2006/01/stanford-and-apples-itunes-taking.html

http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2006/01/15.html

http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/01/25/itunes-u-critiques-its-not-as-simple-as-that

http://www.gardnercampbell.net/blog1/?p=312

The transcript of this podcast is at:

http://www.online.uillinois.edu/oakley/podcasts/iTunesU_Transcript.html

The music in today's podcast is J.S. Bach's Prelude and Fugue in C - BWV 553, recorded by David Sanger. See:

http://www.peoplesound.com/artist/davidsanger/

Best regards,

Burks

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Technorati Tags: podcast, iTunes, iTunes U, Jon Udell, Gardner Campbell, D'Arcy Norman, Michael Meiser

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Best of Web2.0 Software

Hi everyone! Today's podcast covers outstanding Web2.0 software in a number of different areas. I talk about:

Mr. Dion Hinchcliffe
http://web2.wsj2.com/the_best_web_20_software_of_2005.htm

Prof. Bryan Alexander
http://del.icio.us/rss/DoctorNemo

Tim O’Reilly
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2005/10/web_20_compact_definition.html

Jeff Clavier
http://blog.softtechvc.com/2005/10/on_web_20_defin.html

del.icio.us
http://del.icio.us/

Netvibes
http://www.netvibes.com/

Voo2do
http://www.Voo2do.com/

Backpackit
http://www.backpackit.com/

Flickr, Metaatem, KrazyDad

http://www.flickr.com/
http://metaatem.net/words/
http://krazydad.com/colrpickr/

Openomy
http://www.openomy.com/

Writely
http://www.writely.com/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/10/writely-is-kicking-a/

CalendarHub
http://www.calendarhub.com/

Emily Chang
http://www.emilychang.com/go/ehub

The transcript of this podcast is at:

http://www.online.uillinois.edu/oakley/podcasts/BestWeb2.0Software_Transcript.html

The music in today's podcast is Hadyn's Trio in C - Hob:XV.27 - Presto, recorded by the Dussek Piano Trio. See:

http://www.peoplesound.com/artist/thedussekpianotrio/

Best regards,

Burks

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Technorati Tags: podcast, Best of Web2.0, Web2.0, software

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Podcasting Using Audioblogger

Hi everyone! Today's podcast covers how to use the free Audioblogger.com service to record podcasts, using just a telephone. It's really a very low threshold application to get students involved in creating their own podcasts.

For more information about Audioblogger.com see:

http://www.audioblogger.com/



The transcript of this podcast is at:

http://www.online.uillinois.edu/oakley/podcasts/Audioblogger_Transcript.html

The music in today's podcast is Mozart's Sonata In F Major, K.377 (374e) - Allegro, recorded by David Ward (piano) and Yossi Zivoni (violin. See:

http://www.peoplesound.com/artist/david%20ward-yossi%20zivoni/

Best regards,

Burks

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Technorati Tags: podcast, audioblogger.com, blogger.com, how to

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Impatica for PowerPoint

Hi everyone! Today's podcast covers how I used Impatica software to create narrated PowerPoint presentations. I recorded four of these presentations for the IEEE Education Society's Distinguished Lecture Series - covering the topics of wikis, blogs, RSS, and podcasting. They will be made available starting on 16 January 2006 - see:

http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/es/oakley.html

For more information about Impatica, including how to download a demo version, see:

http://www.impatica.com/



As always, the orange title at the top of this posting is a direct link to the mp3 file with the podcast. Remember that you can subscribe to these podcasts using the link on the orange POD button at the lower right.

The transcript of this podcast is at:

http://www.online.uillinois.edu/oakley/podcasts/Impatica_Transcript.html

The music in today's podcast is Haydn's Sonata 38 in F - Finale - Presto, peformed by Julia Cload - see:

http://www.peoplesound.com/artist/juliacload/

Best regards,

Burks

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Technorati Tags: podcast, Impatica, PowerPoint, IEEE

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