Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Sloan-C Survey of Online Learning

Hi everyone! Today's podcast is about the report from the 2005 Sloan-C survey of online learning in the United States. The website with this report has the following:

"Growing by Degrees: Online Education in the United States, 2005, represents the third annual report on the state of online education in U.S. Higher Education. This year’s study, like those for the previous two years, is aimed at answering some of the fundamental questions about the nature and extent of online education. Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and based on responses from over 1,000 colleges and universities, the study addresses the following key questions:

Have the course and program offerings in online education entered the mainstream?

Who is teaching online?

Is online education becoming part of long-term strategy for most schools?

Have online enrollments continued their rapid growth?

What else do Chief Academic Officers and faculty believe about online education?"

The podcast includes some brief comments by Dr. Jeff Seaman, who is one of the authors of this report.

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/Sloan-C_Survey_Transcript.html

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Websites mentioned in podcast:

Sloan-C:
http://www.sloan-c.org/

Sloan-C Survey:
http://www.sloan-c.org/resources/survey.asp

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The music in today's podcast is Albinoni's Sonata for Flute and Continuo in D - Op6 - Allegro, recorded by a group named Badinage - see:

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

Best regards,

Burks

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

A Novel Course: i-Generation

Hi everyone! Today's podcast is about a novel course at the University of Western Australia, called "iGeneration: Digital Communication and Participatory Culture". This course was developed and taught by Mr. Tama Leaver. This course had a great deal of its interaction in a blog, and the students were required to create their own podcasts - see:

http://i-generation.blogspot.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/iGeneration_Transcript.html

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Websites mentioned in podcast:

BBC website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2003/the_igeneration/default.stm

Wikipedia definition:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGeneration

Lyrics to iGeneration song:
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/iGeneration-lyrics-MC-Lars-Horris/7C2DAA1A02711ABD48256EED000C0E45

MC Lars website, where you can download the iGeneration song in mp3 format:
http://mclars.com/audio.html

First posting to blog:
http://i-generation.blogspot.com/2005/07/welcome-to-igeneration-digital.html

Critical evaluation exercise:
http://i-generation.blogspot.com/2005/08/critical-evaluation-exercise.html

Major podcast assignment:
http://i-generation.blogspot.com/2005/10/major-podcast-assignment.html

Tama Leaver's Ponderance blog:
http://ponderance.blogspot.com/

Tama Leaver's e-learning blog:
http://tama.edublogs.org/

Student podcast site:
http://ilectures.uwa.edu.au/ilectures/ilectures.lasso?ut=878

Link to Tama Leaver on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamaleaver/

Tama Leaver in EduBloggers:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamaleaver/58457371/

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The music in today's podcast is J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, BWV 1049: Allegro, by the Boston Chamber Music Society
http://www.peoplesound.com/artist/bostonchambermusicsociety/

Best regards,

Burks

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Thoughts on Web 2.0

Hi everyone! Today's podcast is about Web 2.0 - it is a little longer than usual, because I provided lots of examples of applications related to this fascinating topic.

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/Web2.0_Transcript.html

Here is my name from the Metaatem site:

redBuRkB&Ws

I want to thank Dr. Bryan Alexander, of the Center for Educational Technology at Middlebury College in Vermont, for sharing some of his thoughts on Web 2.0 in an Educause podcast - it is very much worth listening to. See:

http://connect.educause.edu/Bryan_Alexander_Interview_E05

Here are some links that I mentioned in the podcast:

http://paulmiller.typepad.com/thinking_about_the_future/2005/08/thinking_about_.html
http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/stories/2002/12/11/librarylookup.html
http://www.housingmaps.com/
http://www.weatherbonk.com
http://www.communitywalk.com
http://guava.cites.uiuc.edu/l-arvan/blog/lannyexport.html
http://metaatem.net/words/
http://krazydad.com/colrpickr/
http://www.airtightinteractive.com/projects/related_tag_browser/app/
http://hangingtogether.org/?p=39
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/web_2_for_designers/
http://loekb.blogspot.com/2005/11/why-web-20-concept-will-survive.html

The music in today's podcast is "Jalapeno Fever", by Martin Rigby.
http://www.peoplesound.com/artist/martinrigby/

Best regards,

Burks

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Delicious & Social Bookmarking

Hi everyone! Today's podcast provides additional details about the social bookmarking site, del.icio.us, and how it can be used in e-learning.

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 XML button at the lower right.

The transcript of this podcast is at:
http://www.online.uillinois.edu/oakley/podcasts/Delicious_Transcript.html

Here are some links that I mentioned in the podcast:

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

Burks' Selections:
http://burksselect.blogspot.com/

Jon Udell's screencast about del.icio.us:
http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/gems/del.icio.us.html

Jon Udell's blog posting about his affinity group:
http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2005/06/23.html

jmeredith's account in del.icio.us:
http://del.icio.us/jmeredith/

The music in the podcast is "Curvaceous", by Martin Rigby
http://www.peoplesound.com/artist/martinrigby/
http://www.peoplesound.com/music/download.cfm?ID=46301

Best regards,

Burks

Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Tagging and folksonomy

Hi everyone! Today's podcast is about tagging - a subject that I still am learning about. I think that the application of tagging in del.icio.us makes it a really great e-learning tool!

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 XML button at the lower right.

The transcript of this podcast is at:
http://www.online.uillinois.edu/oakley/podcasts/Tagging_Transcript.html

Here are some links that I mentioned in the podcast:


George Siemens
http://www.elearnspace.org/media/connectivism_Web_2/player.html
[seems to require the IE browser to view]

Adam Mathes
http://www.adammathes.com/academic/computer-mediated-communication/folksonomies.html

Ulises Ali Mejias
http://ideant.typepad.com/ideant/2004/12/a_delicious_stu.html
http://ideant.typepad.com/ideant/2005/04/tag_literacy.html

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

The music in the blog is from the Dussek Piano Trio
Hadyn: Trio in C - Hob:XV.27 - Presto
http://www.peoplesound.com/artist/thedussekpianotrio/

Best regards,

Burks