Archive for the ‘Podcast’ Category
Podcast: Collaborative Learning Spaces
This podcast is a few months old now, but I still believe it is a good listen. I spoke with Mary Ramsey, learning spaces coordinator, and Paul Schwartz, Teamwork Center coordinator, about Penn State’s development of collaborative learning spaces and Teaching and Learning with Technology’s involvement in this process. Collaborative learning spaces enable students to get together in one space to work on team presentations or team projects. Some spaces allow you to share documents on one large monitor, and some are comfortable lounge-type setups with wireless access.
Mary and Paul discuss the innovative design of these spaces, the technology involved, and how they enhance learning here at Penn State.
Take a listen: learning-spaces-podcast
ETS Talk 43: Back to School
ETS Talk 43 is now available from both Podcasts at Penn State and the Penn State iTunes U space. In this weeks episode Cole Camplese is joined by Brad Kozlek, Chris Millet, and Chris Stubbs. Most of our time is spent answering questions from students at Millis High School in Massachusetts. We respond to a listener’s email and discover that Brad is an answer on the SAT.
ETS Talk 42: Community Cake
ETS Talk 42 is now available over at the Podcasts at Penn State site. This week Cole is joined by Allan Gyorke, Brad Kozlek, and Chris Stubbs to talk about about our reactions to the 2008 TLT Symposium, discuss some interesting new thoughts with the Blogs at PSU, and reflect on the new Flickr video announcement. A little long this week, but a good time.
ETS Talk 41: tltsymposium2008
ETS Talk 41 is now available for download over at Podcasts at Penn State or on Penn State on iTunes U. I won’t jump into the details in this post, just head over and grab it. I will say that we are joined by a first time guest on the show. Drop us a comment if you have anything to say.
Jeff Swain at Purdue’s TLT Symposium
Earlier this week we asked Jeff Swain to attend the CIC LTI Committee meeting on the campus of Purdue University. Typically either John Harwood or I attend, but given travel schedules we asked Jeff to go and represent PSU. Reading his thoughts and reflections it sounds as if the CIC LTI grou is thinking about a lot of the same things we are … particularly as they relate to LMS/CMS issues and the fallout from the BlackBoard patent ruling. The best part for me reading Jeff’s report were his opening thoughts …
I attended my first CIC Learning Technology team meeting yesterday and I came away with two major impressions. First, I was proud to see how much Penn State, and ETS, has to offer. The education technology units at other Big 10 schools are very interested in what we’re doing and they are closely watching our progress as we navigate the web 2.0 world, which is now in its adolescence and, therefore, experiencing the typical growing pains as it moves from infancy to adulthood. Second, I was excited to see how much we can learn from watching what the other CIC schools are doing. We’re all reading the same tea leaves, making decisions based on our interpretations, and implementing a plan of action. All in the name of improving the teaching and learning experience.
I know that when I have attended these meetings in the past I feel the same way and am always trying to think of ways to meaningfully connect with peers at other Institutions. The other thing Jeff is doing while he is at Purdue is attending their TLT Symposium to learn from what they are up to. Jeff is currently serving as the program chair for our own Symposium and will take over as the overall chair next year. He seems to be learning quite a bit and has been doing some podcast interviews with the people he is meeting there. He talks microblogging, spends time with Ed Evans of Purdue, and Albert Simon from Marshall University. All worth a listen.
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