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February 07, 2006
Professorial Podcasting
...as if members of academia needed another outlet for their blowhard bloviating. And I mean that nicely.
Last week I noticed iTunes introduced a selection of class lectures from Stanford profs, along with other silly university marketing content. I listened to a discussion on whether philosophy is the handmaiden or queen of the sciences with Peter Godfrey-Smith, guesting from Harvard University. Not a terribly stimulating session, but the potential is there for exposing your pedagogy and advancing your thinking in a way that is both hip and accessible.
Stanford is the first university to take advantage of Apple opening up iTunes for free hosting and distribution of college/university content. Josiah, I know that you were working on something like this for some Covenant faculty. Perhaps a setup like Profcast could assist in getting that off the ground--between Profcast and the new iTunes U, you have the recording, editing, hosting, and distribution of content, close to maximally automated.
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dude, I've been bugging them for years. Its a matter of budget. Man they so need to do it.
Posted by: JosiahQ at February 7, 2006 09:50 PM
No doubt, no doubt. We all know that stuff at the college doesn't happen for lack of your efforts!
The overhead/rewards ratio just keeps getting unbelievably sweeter, which is why I brought it up again.
Posted by: Noel at February 8, 2006 09:49 AM