This week, Jude and Colin discuss the pros and cons of vendor-specific conferences, and the state of MOOCs in summer 2013

Jude and Colin discuss the news of EdX partnering with Stanford for open source LMS development. In addition, they discuss tips for getting the most out of conference travel.

http://allthingsd.com/20130402/stanford-to-work-with-edx-open-source-learning-platform/

Jude and Colin talk about wearable computing - the Pebble watch, Google Glass and fitness trackers.

Jude and Colin discuss the pros and cons of the "juicy middle" of cloud service migration - hosted SaaS applications.

Jude and Colin discuss the latest news about e-textbooks out of CES. For details, check these links:

http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/09/kno-launches-kno-me-interactive-textbook-metrics-lets-you-stu/

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/8/3850550/textbooks-ces-highlight-changing-education-industry-mcgraw-hill-smartbook

http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/08/mcgraw-hill-smartbook/

This week, we discuss the immediate and long term impacts of Big Data in higher education. For a quick primer on some of the uses, check out this article from Texas.

Jude and Colin discuss digital education in Africa, spurred by this article from the Economist:

http://www.economist.com/news/business/21567972-schools-africa-are-going-digitalwith-encouraging-results-tablet-teachers?frsc=dg%7Ca

Jude and Colin discuss the UW system's new flexible degree scheme - for details, check out http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/uw-milwaukee-will-be-st-system-school-to-offer-flexible/article_69884608-3961-11e2-8fb6-0019bb2963f4.html

The triumphant return! Jude and Colin discuss the rise of MOOCs.

Jude and Colin discuss the increased confusion and outrage surrounding patents, and the case of Aaron Schwartz and Jstor.