In our latest podcast I talk with Kevin Prentiss of Swift Kick. We discuss Swift Kick’s work to increase student engagement, and consider the ways in which traditional models of education are being disrupted both by providers of new technology and by the students themselves. During the conversation, we refer to the following resources; 37 ...

 In our latest podcast I talk with Mike Korcuska, Executive Director of the Sakai Foundation. We discuss the open source Sakai Project, and consider the evolving role of the course management system as its prospective users become increasingly familiar with alternative ways of working. During the conversation, we refer to the following ...

In our latest podcast I talk with Hans Rosling, Professor of International Health at Stockholm's Karolinska Institutet and Director of the Gapminder Foundation. We discuss Hans’ background in medicine, his ongoing and compelling crusade to let data speak, and touch upon the work of the Foundation in this area. During the conversation, we refer ...

In our latest podcast I talk with Savas Parastatidis and Alex Wade, members of the External Research Team within Microsoft Research. We discuss Microsoft Research’s interest in scholarly communication and the recent beta release of Famulus, their 'Research-Output Repository Platform.' Towards the end of the conversation we explore the ...

In our latest podcast I talk with Michele Kimpton and Sandy Payette. Michele is Executive Director of the DSpace Foundation, and Sandy the Executive Director of Fedora Commons. We discuss the repository software solutions offered by each community, before exploring the implications of their recent announcement of a collaboration between the two ...

Karen Schneider has had a varied career in libraries, she is best known as an entertaining and informative speaker at library conferences, author of many articles, and prolific blogger as Free Range Librarian. Karen recently announced another career move to become Community Librarian, for Open Source library software support company, Equinox. We ...

For this Talking with Talis podcast I am joined by Mark Leggott from the University of Prince Edward Island in Canada. Mark an avid promoter of Open Source solutions, talks about the need for an open shared knowledgebase for journals, before moving on to describe his work at UPEI. With the aid of Open Source software such as Drupal and Fedora, ...