The BlogHer Business '08 podcasts are here!

Thanks to our friends at ListenShare, we are now able to offer you complete podcasts of BlogHer Business '08 sessions.

Click here to access the podcasts.

The podcasts are also available in iTunes (you will need to have iTunes on your computer in order for this link to work):

This afternoon I sat in on a presentation by a vendor that supplies hardware and software that records college and university instructors' lectures. The software produces not only podcasts, but also enhanced podcasts (with slides) and videocasts. The packages the vendor offers come with many bells and whistles, and I was impressed that one of the reps has a Ph.D. in educational technology and offered to help the institution collect and analyze data on any services the university purchased.

At the same time, I've been working with some absolutely brilliant women bloggers on a presentation for the upcoming EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative conference. Our presentation abstract states, "Web 2.0 tools have the power to transform education. Such a transformation requires that faculty, students, and institutions take risks. With those risks comes fear, which is often unarticulated. How do you tackle this fear and make real change?"

My current fear and anxiety center around podcasts in higher education. And I'm not sure how to tackle it in ways that effect real change.

Eight hundred twenty four.

Every week I quickly check through each section of my bloglines, keeping tabs with everyone. Then I clear the decks and start all over. (I hear those gasps!  Yes, if I've read it or if I've missed, every Sunday I start with a clean slate!) It may be the change in season and weather, but this week the crafters have been active. I've got 824 blogposts to work through. (total blogposts all catagories for the week: 3374) Let's see what they have to share: