This is part 4 of a series of posts documenting a vist to Apple headquarters in February, 2005. For the full series, see part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5. and part 6. In my last post, I outlined Apple’s business model, particularly as it relates to the higher education market. You […]
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Apple's Stake in Higher Education
This is part 3 of a series of posts documenting a vist to Apple headquarters in February, 2005. For the full series, see part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5. and part 6. If you want to understand how a company is going to treat you as a customer, you have to […]
Apple Visit, Day 1
This is part 1 of a series of posts documenting a vist to Apple headquarters in February, 2005. For the full series, see part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5. and part 6. We arrived in Cupertino today. I flew JetBlue non-stop from JFK to San Jose for an amazingly low price. […]
iTunes University and the LMOS
There’s been a lot of buzz (some positive and some negative) about Apple’s iTunes University. I’m pleased to say that I will be traveling with a number of SUNY colleagues to 1 Infinite Loop the week after next, where we will hear more about the program. I promise to blog about what I learn. In […]
The Other Side of the Integration Equation
This post is part of a series on the concept of a Learning Management Operating System. In the previous post, I used Google Maps as an example of an application that is built from the ground up for integration and how that can fuel rapid innovation. But in some respects, Google Maps is a bad […]
e-Portfolios and Personal Content Management–Rip, Mix, Burn
Last week I had the pleasure of spending most of my working week at CIT, which is SUNY’s instructional technology conference and also the largest SUNY-wide conference of the year. It was really exciting to see so many folks from all across the system engaged in thinking about how to “teach different” (to steal a […]
Using an iPod for Grading in a Web-Enhanced Class
This is just too cool for words. Cole Camplese, a professor at Penn State, has figured out a way to use his iPod to help him grade many more (short) student writing assignments very quickly. Here’s how it works: The professor assigns a short reading to the class. Every student is expected to respond with […]