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Enhanced Podcasting

Geoff CainAndy Duckworth

Tacoma Community College

at Tacoma Community College

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Who we are

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Agenda

Define podcasting and enhanced podcasting

Current uses in education Examine benefits to students and

instructors Best practices for educational podcasts Demonstration of enhanced podcasting

tools Your questions

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MP3 Players

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Subscribing to Content

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Podcast Defined

A syndicated file distributed via the InternetAudio blog (web log)Internet radio The term is a combination of iPod

and broadcast.

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Ownership

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Awareness

Growth

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Demographics

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Cognitive Science

“The basic architecture of how we understand language is much more similar between reading and listening than it is different.”

-- Daniel T. Willingham New York Times, Aug. 11, 2007, p. D2

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Possible Uses

distribute mini or full lectures

provide short review sessions

Student reports, peer and expert

interviews

Instructor led interviews of experts

make class announcements

share industry news

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Providing Deeper Engagement

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Benefits to Students Allows visually impaired or dyslexic

students to get course information Appeals to auditory learners Mobility – take content anywhere Time-shifting of content – listen when

it is convenient Supporting current students

information needs and style

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Student Created Podcasts

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Best Practices for Podcasting

Appropriate lengthbetween 5 - 15 minuteschunk content if necessarytoo short – perceived as a waste of timetoo long – interest lost before podcast is

finished

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Include context and review

begin with clear context for info being presented

end with review of most important things to remember

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Include options for different learning style preferences

offer optional transcripts and/or images

transcripts are essential for accessibility

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Include flexible delivery options

make available through more than one subscription method (iTunes, RSS, Blog, etc.)

maintain archives

iTunes U

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iTunes U: A sample class

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Enhanced Podcast Demo

PC Audacity Snapkast

Macintosh Garageband

iTunes

Podcast People

References “The Infinite Dial 2007: Radio’s Digital Platforms” Arbitron Inc./Edison Media

Research www.arbitron.com/downloads/digital_radio_study_2007.pdf

Reynolds, Rob. “The Pedagogy of Podcasting.” Xplanazine. July 7, 2005. www.xplanazine.com/xplanaradio/archives/2005/07/pedagogy_for_po.html

iGeneration: Digital Communication & Participatory Culture. University of Western Australia. Nov. 4, 2005. http://i-generation.blogspot.com/

Other Resources: http://www.apple.com/iTunes/

http://audacity.sourceforge.net (n.b.-- download the app and LAME encoder)

http://podcastpeople.com

This presentation is also available at SlideShare.Com

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