Edutopia, a project of The George Lucas Educational Foundation, has announced that it’s now offering free downloadable video podcasts on iTunes U (iTunes link), a dedicated area of the iTunes Store that offers free education audio and video.
Here, Lucas discusses his thoughts on visual learning and education:

Edutopia is now offering on iTunes U its Core Concept [...]

 
Students at the University of Western Sydney are circulating a petition asking for cuts in their fees, as the university uses podcasts to extend it “virtual classroom”.
Some students, though, like Tammy Lawlor, are not impressed with the University’s podcasts. 
“The isolated learning experience is not satisfying for me,” says Ms Lawlor. Lawlor said that in the first week [...]

If Lord Vader, the dark lord of the Sith, were a high school math teacher, this is probably how he would explain the Pythagorean Theorem.
Via learnmegood - a third-grade math teacher in Dallas, TX.

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, on-demand way.

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 at [...]

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 few [...]

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 from [...]

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. The company [...]