Tech Chatter: A Very Nerdy Podcast

This week, Jude and Colin discuss ways to understand the lives of undergrads, with an eye towards improving their educational experiences.

This week, Jude and Colin discuss the iPad

Jude and Colin discuss the 2010 CLA-OIT Academic Technologies Showcase, and also briefly discuss the 2010 National Association of Broadcasters conference.

This week Jude and Colin discuss the ways that better machine translation and machine transcription could enable new types of distance learning and cultural interaction. For the article we discuss, visit: http://magic.economist.com/node/15582327 Apologies for the odd whine in the video.

This week, Jude and Colin discuss the recent spate of articles about professors banning laptops from the classroom. For the Washington Post article that began the recent flurry of activity on this topic, visit:http://z.umn.edu/ea

This week Jude and Colin discuss UCLA's resumption of their streaming program, and the "Unintended Consequences" report on the DMCA. For more information about the UCLA decision, visit: http://chronicle.com/blogPost/UCLA-Will-Resume-Streaming/21594/ and for the Unintended Consequences report visit: https://www.eff.org/wp/unintended-consequences-under-dmca

This week, Jude and Colin discuss a recent project that Jude was involved with to use Twitter for backchannel discussion/observation in a classroom setting.

This week, Jude and Colin discuss the new Buzz product from Google.

This week, Jude and Colin discuss the recent DOJ ruling on the use of the Kindle in higher education, and the dispute between the Association for Information and Media Equipment and UCLA.

Jude and Colin discuss the brand new Apple iPad.

Jude and Colin discuss Jude's recent visit to the ELI 2010 conference, with topics including the Horizon 2010 report, course transformation, and educational gaming. To check out the Horizon 2010 report, visit: http://www.nmc.org/news/nmc/2010-horizon-report-released and for Jude's ELI blog, visit: http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jhigdon/eli2010/

Jude and Colin discuss some new features in CLA-OIT's Media Magnet application, and then discuss the new support for generic files within Google Docs. For more information about Media Magnet, visit http://mediamill.cla.umn.edu/mediamagnet. For more information about the Google Docs expansion, visit http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/01/upload-and-store-your-files-in-cloud.html

This week, Jude and Colin discuss the ramifications of posting private thoughts publicly, and the impacts of having a permanent digital record. The story we discuss is available at: http://www.mndaily.com/2009/12/16/u-student-suspended-after-threatening-remarks-facebook

This week, Jude and Colin discuss the decline of the Netbook, and the return of the tablet.

This week, Jude and Colin briefly discuss the Barnes and Noble Nook, and then move on to a discussion of evaluation and assessment strategies when dealing with technology enhanced learning.

This week, Jude and Colin discuss the limitations and financial issues surrounding OpenCourseware.

This week, Jude and Colin catch up on a variety of topics - ebook readers, h1n1 and the conference twitter revolt.

This week, Jude and Colin discuss Jude's experience at the E-Learn 2009 conference. For more information about the conference, visit http://www.aace.org/conf/ELEARN/

This week, Jude and Colin discuss the different perceptions of online student collaboration and in-person collaboration. Is it possible for educational technology to go to far towards enabling "cheating" or do the old rules still apply?

In this episode, Jude and Colin discuss the ways in which distance / online learning can provide a better experience than traditional in class education, rather than just replicated the in class experience. They also discuss ways to keep students engaged outside of the class session. The NYT article we discuss is http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/weekinreview/13lohr.html, and then DOE report is: http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-practices/finalreport.pdf