Keeping up: I am a big fan of using RSS feeds from discipline-specific sites to keep current, but some things are bound to slip through. Perhaps the continued use of “guest-postings” like this, from librarians in various disciplines, will help keep all of us abreast of the emerging debates across disciplines.

Following up on “exotic” suggestions: once fellow faculty understand the relevance of tools like Skype and podcasting, it also helps to offer resources that can guide faculty through using these tools. One suggestion, follow up the MLA-discussion with an offer of a quick-start guide or offer a departmental faculty workshop where you demonstrate both the pedagogy and the technology. (e.g.: as part of the workshop, arrange to Skype a colleague who is currently using podcasts in their teaching)