Below are links to the recording and a summary of what we talked about (sound quality isn’t the best – I only had the internal speaker on my laptop for recording):
[podcast]https://hawksey.info/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/pebblepad-interview.mp3[/podcast]
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Duration: 10 minutes
Size: 7.4 MB
Summary
00:56 – moving towards a personal learning system, tapping into external systems like blogger and twitter, not only pushing assets out to these systems but also pulling material in.
02:20 – talking about the blocks to integrate with different VLEs Moodle, Blackboard and Turnitin
04:00 – highlighting some of the planned features like a social layer to allow PebblePad users connect from around the world; audio and video recording directly within the PebblePad system
06:00 – planning a lightweight version of PebblePad optimised for mobile use then adding more specific functionality for different mobile devices
06:52 – is there an open source future for PebblePad? Not on the horizon, but will continue to work with open standards
07:55 – Alumni and personal PebblePad access – (there is already a personal signup option for PebblePad £20/year)