This is a “podcast from the road” by Wesley Fryer reflecting on the 2012 EDUCAUSE conference. In the podcast Wesley discusses learning management systems including the free/beta LMS OpenClass from Pearson, Kuali open source solutions for higher education, badge-based learning initiatives and tools, open journals / open academic publishing, Wolfram Alpha, MOOCs and native mobile apps vs mobile websites. Check out the podcast shownotes for referenced links / resources.
Show Notes:
- Session Notes Index for EDUCAUSE 2012 (by Wesley Fryer)
- Official archived session videos from EDUCAUSE 2012
- iThemes Education Program (iThemes sent me to EDUCAUSE this year to ‘blog the conference’ on their education blog)
- Openclass Learning Management System (free in beta from Pearson for higher education instructors)
- Habitable Worlds (amazing course from ASU science professors built in Openclass)
- Learning Management Systems (WikiPedia)
- If Not Now, When? Challenges Facing American Education – Pearson VP preso mainly about OpenClass (session notes)
- Kuali Open Source Software for Higher Education
- Kuali OLE: Collaboration & Community-Sourced Library Management (session notes)
- Sakai Project (open source enterprise LMS)
- Moodle (open source LMS)
- EDUCAUSE/ELI Badging Focus Group (session notes)
- Badges and Learning by LearningTimes
- Badgestack
- Badges For Learning: An Abridged Recent History
- Six Ways to Look at Badging Systems Designed for Learning
- Mozilla Explaining OBI (Open Badging Initiative)
- Mozilla Open Badging
- Badge Based Learning: Passport at Purdue University
- IFTTT
- Studio at Purdue University
- IT as a Core Academic Competence: Clay Shirky at EduCause 2012 (session notes)
- Academic Journal Paywalls are Educationally Counter-Productive and WRONG (post)
- Using the Daum Equation Editor to Format Math Equations for Wolfram Alpha (post and screencast)
- “Here Comes Everybody” by Clay Shirky
- MOOCs: The Coming Revolution? (session notes)
- Coursera
- Teaching in an Age of Plenty by Wolfram-Alpha Co-Founder Theodore Gray (session notes – archived session video also available)
- Wolfram Alpha
- Make Meaning with Wolfram Alpha by Jane Krauss (2012 K-12 Online Conference Preso)
- Beyond E-Books: Right Sized Content for Learning Anywhere (session notes)
- Mobile Apps & Curriculum for Your Class (session/workshop curriculum)
- Playing with Media: simple ideas for powerful sharing (eBook)
- Follow Wesley on Twitter: @wfryer
- Movie clip audio credit: Joe Versus the Volcano (steamer trunk scene)
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