This isn’t new – but it’s pretty cool. Internet famous Sarah Meyers interviews professor Jamie Wilkinson, who teaches a graduate class at the Parsons New School for Design called Internet Famous. Students are graded by algorithmic software tht determines each student’s grade, based on a quantitative measurement of their web fame. via todayandtomorrow

The Periodic Table of Videos is site that uses YouTube videos to make chemistry interesting and even fun. The site is organized around the periodic table of elements, and each element has a video that demonstrates its characteristics in visual ways. It’s a great use of Internet video to deliver educational content in a compelling, [...]

Abilene Christian University announced this week that they would outfit all incoming freshmen with their own iPod Touch or iPhone, to enable the students to receive homework alerts, answer in-class quizzes, and use about a dozen other web applications the university has developed for the devices. ACU’s plans for have attracted the attention of executives [...]

Dayton, Ohio-based Wright State University is among the first schools to make available rooms dedicated to podcasting. “We wanted to bring what’s up-to-date, fun and common for today’s students to the library here at Wright State,” says Sue Polanka, who is the head of references and instruction for the Dunbar Library. “Myself along with a [...]

UNICEF has published the first in a series of podcast discussions on education in emergencies and post-crisis transition countries, with the participation of leading figures from the academic, development, media and humanitarian communities. Entitled ‘Beyond School Books’, the podcast series highlights the important role of education in countries affected by conflicts or natural disasters or [...]

The University of California, Berkeley, announced today that it is making entire course lectures and special events available, free of charge, on YouTube. UC Berkeley is the first university to make videos of full courses available through YouTube. Visitors to the site can view more than 300 hours of videotaped courses and events. Topics range [...]

Homewood Suites by Hilton, a brand of residential suite style hotels, is using video iPods at all of its 204 properties in the United States and Canada as part of their Mobile Training program. One of the goals of the Homewood Suites iPod Mobile Training is to offer employees the opportunity to train directly in their own work environment. [...]

An article at Campus Technology reports that the pedagogical value of podcasts depends almost entirely on student motivation and the learning “context” of the application. “Podcasting does not contain any inherent value,” said researcher Ashley Deal. “It is only valuable inasmuch as it helps the instructor and students reach their educational goals, by facilitating thoughtful, [...]

Apple today announced the launch of iTunes U, a dedicated area within the iTunes Store, featuring free content such as course lectures, language lessons, lab demonstrations, sports highlights and campus tours provided by top US colleges and universities including Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Duke University and MIT. With the introduction of iTunes U, Apple is [...]

Angel Learning, a developer/marketer of enterprise e-learning software, has announced that the latest version of their Learning Management System program has built-in podcast support. Responding to strong interest in the educational community for podcasting, ANGEL 7.2 contains a native feature to support content syndication in all forms. Faculty simply create a “Content Syndication” folder and [...]