http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/ Community Blog en-us Copyright 2008 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:57:04 -0800 Fri, 02 May 2008 17:17:35 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.17 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss We've been sending out our Free Resource of the Day Emails for two years now. If you've not subscribed yet, we highly encourage you to do so. Who knows what magnificent free audio & video learning resources we'll dig up... http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2008/04/top_50_free_res.html http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2008/04/top_50_free_res.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:57:04 -0800 You can take your education anywhere you go when you tune into a free educational podcast. These podcasts should appeal to traditional students, distance learners, and anyone else who wants to study on the go. From pop culture to advanced... http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2008/04/top_12_free_uni.html http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2008/04/top_12_free_uni.html Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:41:28 -0800 We've just added 500 new free titles from iTunes University on audio & video download. Since we first added the best titles from iTunes U last summer, iTunes has greatly expanded its offerings from universities across the United States... http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2008/02/500_new_titles.html http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2008/02/500_new_titles.html Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:00:42 -0800 Beating out the likes of Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, actor Alan Alda, and poet Maya Angelou, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama took home the Best Spoken Word Album Grammy last night for his audio book The Audacity Of Hope... http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2008/02/barack_obama_ta_1.html http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2008/02/barack_obama_ta_1.html Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:53:29 -0800 There was big news in the audio book industry this past week as the world's biggest online retailer Amazon.com acquired the leading online retailer of digital audio books Audible.com for approximately $300 million. Audible.com has been in business since... http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2008/02/amazoncom_buys.html http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2008/02/amazoncom_buys.html Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:35:48 -0800 Learn more about the 2008 Democratic & Republican United States Presidential Candidates with LearnOutLoud.com's Presidential Candidates Audio & Video Resource. We've gathered the best audio & video resources of the candidates for each party,featuring podcasts, speeches, debates, interviews, and... http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2008/01/2008_presidenti.html http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2008/01/2008_presidenti.html Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:18:06 -0800 Two of LearnOutLoud's podcasts received mention in iTunes Best of 2007 Awards. Our Aesop's Fables Podcast was awarded one of the Best New Podcasts of 2007. And our Great Speeches in History Podcast was considered one of the Best... http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2007/12/learnoutloud_po_1.html http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2007/12/learnoutloud_po_1.html Fri, 28 Dec 2007 01:35:25 -0800 Looking for some great holiday gifts? At LearnOutLoud.com we've assembled a list of the 100 best new audio book releases. All the audio books here are available on Audio CD and are in stock and ready to ship from... http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2007/11/100_best_new_au.html http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2007/11/100_best_new_au.html Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:30:41 -0800 A while back I blogged about micro-learning which I think is going to be an increasingly strong trend in the world of education. In short, micro-learning is breaking up learning modules into bite-sized chunks that can consumed in isolation or... http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2007/10/10thingstv_is_l.html http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2007/10/10thingstv_is_l.html Video Learning Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:08:07 -0800 Today Amazon.com launched AmazonMP3 which features over 2 million songs from more than 180,000 Artists and over 20,000 labels, including music from major labels EMI Music and the Universal Music Group. These songs are in the MP3 format and... http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2007/09/amazoncom_launc.html http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2007/09/amazoncom_launc.html Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:01:40 -0800 The website eMusic, which is second to iTunes in music download sales, announced yesterday it will be offering DRM-free MP3 downloadable audio books through their subscription service. N.Y Times Article: EMusic to Offer Audiobooks They've launched the beta version... http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2007/09/emusic_launches.html http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2007/09/emusic_launches.html Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:15:31 -0800 Apple iTunes recently launched a new section of their store called iTunes U which features free audio & video downloads from over a dozen universities across the United States including Stanford, Duke, MIT, Arizona State, and more. At LearnOutLoud.com... http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2007/07/best_of_itunes.html http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2007/07/best_of_itunes.html Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:05:12 -0800 For those of you unaware, the Audie Awards are sort of the Oscars for audio books and they were held June 1st in New York City, NY. They are run by the Audio Publishers Association. Hopefully next year a... http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2007/06/2007_audie_awar.html http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2007/06/2007_audie_awar.html Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:11:51 -0800 Just spent the last few days out at the National Book Expo and had a lot of conversations with major publishers about DRM. The general consensus among most people is that DRM is on the way out. Apple.com's homepage... http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2007/06/5_reasons_drm_w.html http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2007/06/5_reasons_drm_w.html Miscellaneous Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:47:45 -0800 :) iTunes has just added the LearnOutLoud podcast "room" where you can check out all of our podcasts. Click here to check out our podcast room on iTunes... http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2007/04/weve_never_seen.html http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2007/04/weve_never_seen.html Podcasting Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:58:52 -0800