Digital Media
- The Future of Web 2.0
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2/27/2008
Web 2.0 is changing the landscape of higher education IT and the application of learning technologies. Washington State University's Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology Director Gary Brown explains why he thinks we're moving from collaborative learning environments (CLEs) and ePortfolios, to personal learning environments (PLEs) and worldware.
- Blogs and Streams From Sun's WWERC Annual Conference
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2/26/2008
This week in San Francisco, Sun Microsystems is bringing together thought leaders in education from more than 30 countries for its annual Worldwide Education and Research Conference, this year themed, "The Power of Communities." Conference organizers are maximizing the reach of the conference through live broadcasts and blogs...
- Cataloging the Fire Hose: Tagging
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2/20/2008
Web 1.0 allowed us to replace mental hyperlinks with digital hyperlinks. Now, Web 2.0 helps us tag knowledge objects on the fly as a kind of personalized -- and variable -- cataloging. As we look ahead, the semantic Web, or "Web 3.0," is emerging and semantic Web sites help us do the tagging.
- Predicting the Fire Hose? A Sampling of Predictions
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2/20/2008
Is there hope for surviving the fire hose of Web 2.0? Will we reach a tipping point in 2008 or 2009 where the creative burst will be balanced by organizing and managing technologies? It's the tech award and prediction season, so let's check out what's going on.
- Director 11 Coming in March
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2/19/2008
Adobe this week announced the impending release of Director 11, the first major update to the company's multimedia authoring tool in about four years. The new version expands 3D features with a new physics engine and new DirectX support and also introduces parity between JavaScript and Lingo for scripting. The new version will ship in March for Mac OS X (Intel) and Windows.
- Ashes2Art: Modeling the Past in 3D
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2/13/2008
An art history project focusing on the ancient Greek site of Delphi has students themselves using three-dimensional modeling software to create exact renderings of ancient structures. The project is part of a collaboration between two universities called Ashes2Art, in which students use computer modeling software to recreate and study ancient ruins.
- Try It First in Web 2.0
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2/6/2008
An intriguing development in Web 2.0 space: Educators, administrators, and students are experimenting in Web 2.0 space where experimentation is, mostly, less risky than in real life...
- Using Mashups to Teach IT Concepts at Bentley College
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2/6/2008
Mark Frydenberg, Senior Lecturer of Computer Information Systems at Bentley College in Waltham, MA, is using an exciting new Microsoft application with first-year students so they can better understand business in a Web 2.0 world.
- S.A.T. Prep in Second Life: It's Social Once Again
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2/4/2008
The Princeton Review already has its SAT LiveOnline courses, and Ohio University already has an island and an expert Second Life (SL) developer. Together, they are offering a series of SAT strategy sessions in a Second Life site within the Ohio University island at Second Life.
- Which Technologies Will Shape Education in 2008?
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2/1/2008
Mobile broadband, collaborative Web technologies, and mashups will all significantly impact education over the next five years, along with "grassroots" video, collective intelligence, and "social operating systems." This according to a new report released this week by the New Media Consortium and the Educause Learning Initiative, the 2008 Horizon Report.
- Adobe Throttles Up Flash Media Server
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1/25/2008
Adobe has released two new full version upgrades in its Flash Media Server line: Flash Media Streaming Server 3 and Flash Media Interactive Server 3. The latest versions, released Jan. 25, both include "major" performance gains and additional security enhancements for content delivery. They also add MPEG-4 support in the form of H.264 video and High-Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio.
- iTunes U--Educators Do 'Cool Stuff' with Technology
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1/24/2008
Speaking to a standing-room only crowd at FETC 2008 in Orlando, FL Thursday, presenters Ann Barron, James Welsh, James Takacs and Luis Perez--all from the University of South Florida (USF)--shared their insights on planning, producing, and administering the university's educational podcasts, hosted through Apple's service, iTunes U.
- Digitization and DRM at Ball State
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1/23/2008
A years-long project at Ball State University to digitize a huge range of content is using advanced encoding technology and digital rights management (DRM) to help manage and make available thousands of hours of content stored in its libraries. The university has also recently expanded its digital offerings to include high-definition TV.
- S.A.T. Prep in Second Life: It's Social Once Again
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1/23/2008
The Princeton Review already has its SAT LiveOnline courses, and Ohio University already has an island and an expert Second Life (SL) developer. Together, they are offering a series of SAT strategy sessions in a Second Life site within the Ohio University island at Second Life.
- A New Social Context for Information
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1/16/2008
Welcome to the first issue of a new Campus Technology e-newsletter, Web 2.0, pertinent to the times and to higher education. A term that grew in currency over the past three years, "Web 2.0" refers to the next generation of the Web, which we now have. This newsletter will capture the latest buzz about Web 2.0, suggest the implications of that buzz for higher education, and point toward interesting and useful Web 2.0 sites and functionalities for educators and students.
- Democratization vs. the Lowest Common Denominator
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1/16/2008
We could say that Web 2.0 is about the tools but also about democratization -- the sites we think of as Web 2.0 sites often use voting functionalities to reveal "the wisdom of the crowds," a continually evolving consensus about what's important. But, this Web 2.0 enthusiast has some misgivings about the democratization of information in Web 2.0...
- Folksonomy in Action
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1/16/2008
The folksonomy phenomenon is a response to the overwhelming volume of information on the Web. How did we end up with such a daunting super-abundance of information? And how will we cope? Here are a few approaches...
- Podcasting and Education
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1/16/2008
Is podcasting spreading like wildfire across campuses, or does it just seem like it? Can good podcasts on your school's site boost enrollment? How can educators get started in podcasting on a budget? What's the first rule to follow in considering whether or not to create a podcast?
- Macworld Expo: Adobe Debuts Photoshop Elements 6 Mac
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1/14/2008
At the Macworld Conference & Expo, being held this week in San Francisco, Adobe is previewing its forthcoming Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac for the first time to the public.
- De-coupling Course Content Management from the LMS/CMS
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1/9/2008
Sandy Schaeffer makes a call for higher education technology decision-makers to put pressure on the LMS vendor community to begin to un-bundle their products... with particular emphasis on greater flexibility in terms of content management.
- Panopto Makes Lecture Capture System Free for Educators
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1/8/2008
Rich Media software developer Panopto is making its CourseCast lecture-capture technology available free to qualified educational institutions, including K-12 schools, colleges, and universities. The software is being distributed though the company's new Socrates Project to provide free access in exchange for participation in "ongoing beta and developer programs aimed at continually enhancing the technology...."
- Adobe Goes Open Source With BlazeDS
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1/2/2008
Adobe Systems is planning to release the source code for the remoting and messaging technologies within its LiveCycle Data Services suite as a separately branded product called BlazeDS. A beta of the product is available now on the Adobe Labs developer portal.
- QuickTime Broadcaster Expands Standards Support
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12/14/2007
Apple has released updates to several of its applications, including its podcasting and audio production suite GarageBand and its streaming media suite QuickTime Broadcaster. Other updates released this week include QuickTime and Apple Java. All of the updates are relatively minor, adding security and bug fixes, although Broadcaster also includes performance improvements and support for additional formats and standards.
- Flash Adds H.264 Playback Component
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12/14/2007
Adobe this week released an update to Flash CS3 Professional, it's Web application development environment. The latest version (9.0.2) adds a variety of new features to bring the application up to speed with current players. It's available now for Mac OS X and Windows. The company has also released an Update to Photoshop Lightroom, its RAW image editing and photo management software.
- Review: Wacom Cintiq 12WX
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12/12/2007
Whether you're participating in digital media instruction personally or merely supporting visual arts programs on your campuses, you no doubt have Wacom tablets up near the top of the equipment list. They're integral in the production of digital art, and they're ubiquitous in all realms of professional creative work.
