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Biographical Information

Josef Woodard

Josef Woodard is a journalist-critic who covers the Internet, music, film, and art. He lives in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Articles for Josef Woodard

Content Feature: New School

While tradition may weigh heavily on the hallowed halls, the possibilities inherent in streaming have caught the imagination of influential minds, promising that whatever the future of higher education holds, streaming technologies will play an ever-growing role.

Belief in the Cause

At the University of Cincinnati, Tom Streeter has had a much different experience with faculty, who have been eager to get involved in his Streaming Media Project.

Stanford Online Educates Silicon Valley

Just down the road from Berkeley, the Stanford Online program is going strong, with just the sort of corporate orientation one would expect, given Stanford’s locale in the heart of Silicon Valley. In this hotbed of technological innovation, Stanford has put its Professional Education program online to allow busy high-tech workers to take courses without leaving their computers.

Words of Caution: Preserve Education's Human Element

Siva Vaidhyanathan, a media scholar who teaches at New York University, has more than a few ideas on the subject of bringing professorial wisdom to the Internet.

More of the Same, or a Brave New Path?

Where "real learning" actually takes place is open to debate. And that debate has been heated up by the introduction of streaming. Text-based online education was one thing, a fairly static entity. With video, audio and interactivity, the ante is upped.