The University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering

Apple AcademiX 2009 Conference

May 28, 2009 Duke University

AcademiX 2009 consisted of four regional conferences (held at MIT, The University of Utah, IUPUI, and Duke University) with a special focus on spurring change in teaching and scholarship through emergent digital learning environments.  Topics included the democratization of content creation, new tools for distribution such as iTunes U, mobile devices, collaboration services and more.

Juan Diaz from the Faculty Innovation Center presented a case study on the use of Podcast Producer.  His presentation focused on publishing student work in the Cockrell School of Engineering at UT-Austin. Specific pedagogical challenges and goals supported by the flexibility and power of Podcast Producer.

Watch videos of the presentations on iTunes.

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