Case study

Giorgio SironiNEST project

Alta Scuola Politecnica 7th cycle

Chocolat 3B

Description

Didactic audio/video podcasts prepared by students and a teacher targeted to students in other schools

Both the creation and fruition are didactic activities

Homepage

Homepage

Newsfeed with general information Presentation of the service Access to the various thematic channels

Platform

Platform

Outsourcing hosting content management statistics storage ...

Platform

Platform

iTunes allow automated delivery to devices in the Apple ecosystem to computers with iTunes available

Still a proprietary platform Lock-in with a single program Less immediate and universal than web-based

distribution No extensibility

Content

Content

Divided in channels poetry history ...

Standard features of blog posts available Commenting Download Sharing

Fruition

Fruition

In-browser player Playlists, tagging Sharing and liking in social networks

Download of MP3 files iTunes

No DRM or limitations: just plain sound files

Conclusions

Low cost production and delivery Student and teachers are part of the system

No paywall Freely available and redistributable with attribution Creative Commons non commercial license

Take-aways Multiple fruition platforms must be available in

podcasting Independent channels allow for customization