Category: TechTalk Podcast

Posts for episodes of the UP Tech Talk podcast, discussing issues around education and technology.

S03E04: What’s so Bad about “boring” Lectures?

This time on TechTalk, co-hosts Ben Kahn and Maria Erb take a look at the time-honored content delivery vehicle of the lecture.  The Chronicle of Higher Ed recently featured a spoof video hitting all the cliches — the Facebook-surfing students, the bland PowerPoint, the monotone back-to-the-students dry-as-a-bone professor.  We’ve all had that experience.  But while…Continue Reading S03E04: What’s so Bad about “boring” Lectures?

S03E02: The Tech behind the Kate Regan Short Film Festival

Filmmaking has always been a highly technical endeavor.  Sophisticated cameras, complicated lighting set ups, editing software, and high powered audio recording devices are just some of the aspects that have always made film one of the more tech heavy arts.  So too is the process of putting on a film festival.  From registration to promotion,…Continue Reading S03E02: The Tech behind the Kate Regan Short Film Festival

S03E05: Making the Case for Online Learning

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Online Learning has been around for more than twenty years, yet to many, it’s still uncharted terrain that merits a certain skepticism.  In this podcast, TechTalk co-hosts Ben Kahn  and Maria Erb take a look at some of the most common objections and hurdles.  To be sure, when online learning first came out, many top…Continue Reading S03E05: Making the Case for Online Learning