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In Episode #78 we discuss the launch of the My Lafayette campus portal, the 802.1x pilot in Skillman Library and the upcoming Moodle Hack/Doc Fest at Eckerd College in January 2014.  In Tech News we look at the launch of iOS 7 and the iPhone 5S/C, a new version of Microsoft’s Surface tablet, and new entries into the wearable computing marketplace. We close out the podcast discussing “MOOCs: In Theory and In Practice”, an upcoming lecture by Prof. Robert Ghrist of University of Pennsylvania that’s sponsored by the Center for the Integration of Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship.

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ITS NEWS

• My Lafayette launches!
  • http://my.lafayette.edu
• 802.1x Pilot in Skillman Libray begins on 9/25/2013
• Moodle Hack/Doc Fest at Eckerd College in January 2014
  • http://www.clamp-it.org/events/moodle-hackdoc-fest-winter-2014/

TECH NEWS

• iOS 7 and iPhone 5S/C launch
  • http://www.apple.com/ios/
  • http://www.apple.com/iphone/
• Microsoft Surface 2
  • Higher res, backlit keyboard, lighter
  • http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/23/microsoft-surface-2-hands-on/
• Wearable Computing
  • Samsung Galaxy Gear
    • http://reviews.cnet.com/samsung-galaxy-gear/
  • Nike FuelBand
    • http://store.nike.com/us/en_us/pd/fuelband/pid-669575/pgid-670534

HELP NEWS

• MOOCs: In Theory and Practice
  • Thursday, September 26, 2013 – 4:10pm to 5:10pm
  • 206 Skillman Library
  • Presenter: Prof. Robert Ghrist, University of Pennsylvania
  • Sponsored by the Center for the Integration of Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship
  • http://calendar.lafayette.edu/node/8613

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