Category: TechTalk Podcast

For this week’s special UPTechTalk podcast, Academic Technolgy Specialist & Trainer Ben Kahn sat down to chat with the newest member of the ATS team, Brian Cutler. Brian is the Technical Support Specialist in ATS, providing tier-2 support for our core academic applications on campus, including Moodle, WordPress, MediaSpace and Office 365. Brian also is handling management…Continue Reading UPTechTalk Podcast: Introducing Brian

Preparing to study abroad is an intensive process.  To make that process a little easier, Jeffrey White,  Instructor of International Languages and Cultures, is teaching a new course this semester called “Maximizing Study Abroad.”  As part of the course, White asks his students to contribute to a blog that covers cultural adjustment, language learning strategies,…Continue Reading Getting the Most out of Studying Abroad

Dr. René Horcicka is the Director of the University of Portland’s Salzburg Center in Salzburg, Austria.  He is an Academic Technology Roundtable Fellow with an interesting project on cultural geography titled “Creative Bridges – Acquiring Cultural Content through the use of Technology.” In this podcast, he talks with UP Tech Talk cohost Sam Williams on…Continue Reading TechTalk Podcast: Communicating Authentic Culture to a Broad Audience

Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and why we should be afraid of Barbie are just some of the fascinating topics we always seem to explore whenever Dr. Eric Anctil, Associate Professor of Education, is our guest on Tech Talk.  Dr. Anctil’s scholarly work centers on the nexus of media, technology, innovation, and the curriculum. He…Continue Reading TechTalk Podcast: A Front Row Seat to the Future