ITS Coffee Break #78: My Lafayette, iOS 7, Wearable Computing, MOOCs

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 Coffee Break #70: Mobile Web, Smart Watches, MOOCs, Faculty Technology Grants

ITS Coffee Break returns from a long hiatus to talk about  the mobile web, a college portal, the “Teaching with Technology” grant program,  Twitter Bootstrap, Massively Open Online Courses, and Dick Tracy-style watches that sync with your smartphone. Continue reading

ITS Coffee Break #64: Moodle Hack/Doc Fest, Diaspora, iPad revisited, Steam

On this edition of the ITS Coffee Break hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley take a look at NITLE Camp and Moodle Hack/Doc Fest, both occurring at DePauw University in June and then let new students know when they can expect to receive their Network IDs.

In Tech News they offer a hands-on report about the department’s new iPad, take a look at the anti-Facebook Diaspora project, and speculate on the arrival of the Steam game download service for Macs. Finally in Help News they explain how to get your newly-minted WordPress site linked to from the larger Lafayette web presence, and rundown a list of summer workshops.

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