Mimicking podcasting in Course Management Software

(CMS)

Plamen Miltenoff, Associate Professor, SCSU

Gary Schnellert, Associate Professor, UND

http://web.stcloudstate.edu/pmiltenoff/cms_podcast/cms_podcast.ppshttp://www.und.nodak.edu/instruct/gschnellert/cms_podcast/cms_podcast.pps

…IN PROGRESS…

Plan

Define Course Management Software

General idea of communication tools in CMS

General idea of blogs and podcasting

Use of podcasting in CMS

Discussion and questions

Course Management Software

Blackboard and WebCTLargest player[s] on the market

Desire to Learn (D2L)

Moodle, e-College, Coursework, Angel Learning, etc.

More on CMS at: http://www.edutools.info/static.jsp?pj=8&page=HOME

Communication Tools in CMS

General idea of communication tools in CMS (Blackboard, D2L)

Discussion list

Chat

News

Pager

Blogs and Podcasting

General idea of blogs and podcastingBlogs

Definition from Wikipedia:

A blog is a Web site for which an individual or a group generates text, photographs, video, audio files, and/or links, typically but not always on for which an individual or a group generates text, photographs, video, audio files, and/or links, typically but not always on a daily or otherwise regular basis.

Blogs… differences from…

Difference from traditional sites:

allows for easy creation of new pages, since new data is entered into a simple form

allows for easy filtering of content for various presentation, like by date, category, author, or other attributes

allows the administrator to invite and add other authors, whose permissions and access are easily managed

Blogs… differences from…

Difference from forums and newsgroups:

only one person or group can create new subjects for discussion on their blog

A network of Blogs differ from forums or newsgroups in that only one person or group can create new subjects for discussion on their blog. A network of blogs can act similarly to a single forum in that each individual entity in the blog network creates subjects of their choosing for others to discuss

these different subjects are presented in a thread-like format on a meta-forum with no one single poster having any greater control discuss; these different subjects are presented in a thread-like format on a meta-forum with no one single poster having any greater control over the content of the thread than any other

… and Podcasting

General idea of blogs and podcasting

Podcasting Definition from Wikipedia:

Podcasting is a term used to describe a collection of technologies for automatically distributing audio and video programs over the Internet using a publisher/subscriber model.

Podcasting in CMS

Computer to computer

Computer to cell phone and back

Computer to PDA (palmcasting) and back

Podcasting in CMS

Computer to computerUsing Blackboard CMS

Listening

Recording

Using D2L CMS Listening

Recording

Podcasting in CMS: computer to computer

Wireless students

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DiscussionList

DiscussionList Student’s voice message

Instructor’s voice message

Podcasting in CMS: computer to computer

Instructor’s voice message

Student’s voice message

Student’s voice message

Student’s voice message

CMSCMS

Closerlook

Student’s

voice message

Student’s voice message

CMSCMS

Podcasting in CMS: threaded discussion in D2L

Instructor’s voice messageStudent’s voice message

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Student’s response

Instructor’s

response

New instructor’s thread

CMSCMS

Podcasting in CMS: threaded discussion in Blackboard

Student’s

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Student’s

response

Instructor’s response

New instructor’s thread

evencloser

look

Podcasting in CMS: threaded discussion…

Handout on podcasting in D2LAvailable at:http://web.stcloudstate.edu/pmiltenoff/cms_podcast/handout_d2l.html

Handout on podcasting in Blackboard

Available at:http://web.stcloudstate.edu/pmiltenoff/cms_podcast/handout.html

Closerlook

Podcasting in CMS

Computer to cell phone and PDAUsing Blackboard CMS

Listening

Recording

Using D2L CMS Listening

Recording

Podcasting in CMS: Computer to cell phone

Student’s voice message

Instructor’s voice messageInstructor’s voice message

Student’s voice message

Student’s voice message

Student’s voice message

Student’s

voice m

essage

Student’s voice message

CMSCMS

Discussion

IssuesWhy in CMS

Same interface

Password protected

Why not independentFor advanced users

Questions

Evaluation at: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/pmiltenoff/cms_podcast/survey.html