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Tech Chatter: A very nerdy podcast

Jude Higdon and Colin McFadden talk about emerging trends in academic technology. It's even nerdier than it sounds.

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MOOCs and vendor conferences

MOOCs and vendor conferences

This week, Jude and Colin discuss the pros and cons of vendor-specific conferences, and the state of MOOCs in summer 201... Read more

1 Aug 2013

28mins

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Open Source LMSes and Attending Conferences

Open Source LMSes and Attending Conferences

Jude and Colin discuss the news of EdX partnering with Stanford for open source LMS development. In addition, they disc... Read more

4 Apr 2013

25mins

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Wearable Computing

Wearable Computing

Jude and Colin talk about wearable computing - the Pebble watch, Google Glass and fitness trackers.

21 Feb 2013

20mins

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To the Cloud

To the Cloud

Jude and Colin discuss the pros and cons of the "juicy middle" of cloud service migration - hosted SaaS applications.

8 Feb 2013

20mins

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E-Textbooks

E-Textbooks

Jude and Colin discuss the latest news about e-textbooks out of CES. For details, check these links:http://www.engadget... Read more

24 Jan 2013

21mins

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Big Data

Big Data

This week, we discuss the immediate and long term impacts of Big Data in higher education. For a quick primer on some o... Read more

11 Jan 2013

28mins

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Computers in Africa

Computers in Africa

Jude and Colin discuss digital education in Africa, spurred by this article from the Economist:http://www.economist.com/... Read more

13 Dec 2012

16mins

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Flexible Degrees

Flexible Degrees

Jude and Colin discuss the UW system's new flexible degree scheme - for details, check out http://host.madison.com/wsj/n... Read more

29 Nov 2012

21mins

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MOOCs

MOOCs

The triumphant return! Jude and Colin discuss the rise of MOOCs.

19 Nov 2012

24mins

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Jstor and Patents

Jstor and Patents

Jude and Colin discuss the increased confusion and outrage surrounding patents, and the case of Aaron Schwartz and Jstor... Read more

5 Aug 2011

19mins

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