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The Swiss Virtual Campus, SWITCH and Edutech are looking at what’s called Learning Object Repositories and how they can be connected with Learning Management Systems. We had a conversation with our Edutech colleague Rolf Brugger, that points out in general what the idea behind a Learning Object Repository is, as well as some of the technical and practical considerations involved in implementing such a system.

We encourage members of Swiss higher education institutions (universities, universities of applied science) to contact us if you would like to test the prototypes with Moodle, OLAT or WebCT Vista.

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Playing time: about 12 minutes
Language: German

Links:
OSS Working Groups Wiki
PowerPoint Slides on SVC Repository Feasibility Study
Contact:
rolf.brugger at unifr.ch

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David Malan teaches courses for Harvard University’s Extension School. The courses are offered to both local students who take the classes in Cambridge, as well as to distance learners the world over. In the academic year 2005-2006, Malan also made the course freely available as a podcast (not for credit). He talks with us about his experience with the podcasts, including what his expectations were, how students feel about the podcast, what is involved technically, the copyright question, and what the future might bring.

(This interview is a recording of a Skype call, please pardon the occasional funky quality.)

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Playing time: about 13 and a half minutes
Language: English

Harvard University Extension Course: Computer Science E-1

Contact info:
David J. Malan
Harvard University
malan at post.harvard.edu

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The Centre NTE (New Technologies and Education) celebrated its 10 year anniversary this spring (May 2006). Gerald Collaud and Jacques Monnard, who were both there at the beginning all those years ago, share a few thoughts on Centre NTE’s birthday.

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Playing time: about 12 minutes
Language: Mostly French
Link mentioned:
Centre NTE

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Richard Lucic and Zachery Pogue, presenters at the Podcast Academy 2 in Boston in April 2006, took some time to talk about how they use audio in their teaching. They give examples of “audio reports” that students submitted, and discuss what is involved for them as teachers, as well as students’ reactions to using audio instead of writing a report and their positive reactions to the new challenge.

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Playing time: about 12 and a half minutes
Language: English

Links:
Presentations at Podcast Academy 2, Boston University (Educational Podcasting track)
Richard Lucic
Zachery Pogue

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Edutech organized a user meeting for users of WebCT Vista on April 7, 2006. This podcast offers excerpts from the meeting, such as news from SWITCH about future hosting of WebCT Vista, some tips on customizing the Vista user interface, and how using the forums in Vista can effectively motivate and involve students.

Links mentioned in the podcast:
Edtuech Vista Support
SWITCH

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Playing time: about 11 minutes
Language: English

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The Centre NTE and Edutech are jumping into the world of podcasting with this first introductory episode. Pauline McNamara and David Touvet discuss what you might expect from the coming episodes.

Topics will range widely and touch on anything and everything that might have to do with learning, teaching and technology in higher education: tools, approaches, interviews, and whatever else you might like to hear, in and outside of Switzerland. Ideas? Wishes? Let us know by leaving a comment here in the podcast blog.

Episodes will come in these Swiss flavors: French, English and German, and will be published around every two weeks or so.

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Playing time: about 12 minutes
Language: French

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