podcasting beyond recorded lectures
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Keynote slides from a workshop that prompted folks to think about using podcasts in a variety of ways,not just posting a recorded lecture. We also thought about a variety of ways to use pre-existing podcasts. Finally, we discussed the importance of thinking about the pedagogy behind using a podcast BEFORE anything else. If you have any questions, please e-mail me at clongstr @ uci.edu. Thanks!TRANSCRIPT
Podcasting: Thinking Beyond Recorded Lectures
Shaun Longstreet, PhDTeaching Learning & Technology Center
Agenda
Introductions
What is Podcasting?
Lectures - what do we get out of posting lectures?
Using podcasts creatively
Pedagogy and Technology
What type of information do you think your students
need outside of class?
Introduction Exercise
What is a Podcast?A podcast is a digital media file (or a series of such files) that is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on portable media players and personal computers.
What is podcasting?Definition from Wikipedia.org - Podcasting is the method of distributing multimedia files, such as audio programs or music videos, over the Internet using either the RSS or Atom syndication formats, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers.
RSS(Really simple syndication) allows Podcaster to post content up on web so people can subscribe to it
Individuals who are searching for content but
are not subscribers
PodcasterRecords Audio (Video) content (converts swf to pod format)
Subscribers to Podcast RSS Feed download podcast via an Aggregator*
Source: N. Kilkenney, 2007http://nkilkenny.wordpress.com/2007/01/06/why-podcast/
Google Generation
WWW literacy and use of on-line content for most (but not all) of our students is quite high.
67% receive news from on-line sources
74 % watch and/or produce videos on-line
56% have a portable mp3 device
52 % read and/or have on-line blogs
Questions?
Course-casting: A Recorded Lecture
Posting lectures on-line
Potential benefits?
Potential problems?
Another Common Use:The Guest Lecture
Using Podcasting Creatively:Introductions
Using Podcasts Creatively:Use trustworthy sources like Deutche Welle podcasts as a basis for exercises
and/or in-class discussions
Using Podcasting Creatively: Math faculty member at UCI (Dr. Greg Knese) uses podcasts to provide orientations to upcoming
course content.
Podcasting - Giving Feedback
Using podcasting to respond to student work when writing is too laborious or inefficient:
groups
longer feedback
class feedback
Do not discuss grades, however.
Questions?
How might you use a podcast for your course?
What are some of the potential advantages and/or problems that
might occur?
Discussion Exercise
Remember: Pedagogy Before Technology
Do not use multimedia content for the sake of entertainment. It will be received as frivolous.
What is the purpose of using a podcast? Be clear to yourself and make it clear to the students!
How can the podcast content and/or delivery system help your students achieve the course learning objectives?
Modes of TeachingIn class time Student alone
timeTeacher alone
time
Traditional lecture mode
Students receive first exposure to new
information / instructions
Processing new information /
activities
Grading / Writing feedback
A podcast can shift content delivery time
Often, a podcast can help us reallocate time so that we can use class time for students to practice using the skills and/or content they need to pass a course.
Use the classroom time and space when you are able to answer questions and be available to provide feedback to your students.
Move ‘first exposure’ of content into the student’s time. Make the students accountable for watching/listening by having a brief quiz (1-3 questions) at the start of class.
M o d e s o f T e a c h i n gIn class time Student alone
timeTeacher alone
time
Traditional lecture mode
Students receive first exposure to new
information / instructions
Processing new information /
activities
Grading / Writing feedback
Interactive mode
Process and feedback
First exposure
Creating Podcasts
Camtasia for screen capture
GarageBand and iMovie for recording and editing.
Keynote/PowerPoint
Open source possibilities (Audacity, Camstudio)
Venues for your podcasts.
iWeb
iTunes
personal webspace
YouTube
DO NOT POST anything publicly that might transgress FERPA regulations
Copyright Issues By default, you generally
have copyright of what you create.
Avoid using commercial media and be aware of other peoples’ restrictions on your use of their work.
Learn about CreativeCommons so that you may collaborate with others.
Questions?
Thank You!If you have questions later, please e-mail me
at clongstr @ uci.edu