Recently Apple made three announcements of new or updated technologies: “iBook Author,” “GarageBand for eBooks,” and fundamental changes to iTunes U. These solutions, put together, are designed to be an end‑to‑end solution for the interactive eBook publisher—create, organize, and publish. Publishing companies have been delivering e-textbooks for a couple years. So, what makes this...
Podcasting is a method of distributing and subscribing to multimedia files (such as audio programs or videos) over the Internet for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. “Podcast” can refer to both the content and the method of delivery. Think of podcasting like subscribing to a magazine. When new content is available a...
UPDATE The upgrade will be pushed to be available for Spring Semester, 2011 (January). The new version will be piloted in Summer Sessions I & II 2010 and then made available for faculty and students to become familiar during the Fall Semester. Planned for Fall semester of 2010 is a much needed upgrade to...
University of South Florida provides Macbook Pro for every student-athlete The University of South Florida and Northeastern University are going the extra mile to provide classroom lecture content for their student-athletes. Institutions, like these, have seen how multimedia can improve student-athlete’s classroom experience. The past two semesters, Northeastern piloted lecture-capture options for students who...
More with less (or at least the same). How does a department, organization, institution provide support for the growing variety of available software, hardware, and networked solutions with the no additional staffing? It’s no secret, hiring “enough” support staff isn’t possible. Aside from being fiscally impossible, it’s probably impractical – there are just too...
What is an e-book? An e-Book is an electronic book, read with your computer, laptop, or on devices called e-book readers. Where We Started The concept of electronic books is not new, but dedicated devices on which they are read are relatively new. I remember when Adobe released Acrobat back in the late 80′s...
This fall, Northeastern University is embarking on a pilot of audience response systems – aka Clickers. EdTech and Information Systems has partnered several faculty to evaluate the best “clicker” technology for NU. These faculty and students are evaluating two brands of clickers: iClicker and Turning Point . Visit the website Fall 2009 Clicker Pilot...
Starting this fall, Northeastern will be piloting lecture capture/recording. The pilot will record lectures in Bouvé, Arts & Sciences, Business Administration, and Engineering. We’ll be using Tegrity Lecture Capture system and will record the audio and slide presentation (i.e. Powerpoint or Keynote). We’re finalizing the list of courses and will post more information within...