On PodcastsBAE Systems and American Management Center Inc.

15 March 2007

Jim Farmer and Jonathan Allen

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In the beginning

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c.Podcast defined

• A podcast is a media file … for playback on portable media players and personal computers.

• The host or author of a podcast is often called a podcaster. The term "podcast" is derived from Apple's portable music player, the iPod. A pod refers to a container of some sort and the idea of broadcasting to a container or pod correctly describes the process of podcasting.

From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting, 14 March 2007

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c.Equipment used

Used by CALI, Georgetown University and im+m

As used in law schools

survey data from the Center for Computer Assisted Legal

Instruction (CALI)

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c.The CALI Survey of students

• Responses to a survey of students taking law school courses offered as a lecture supplemented by podcasts of the lecture.

• Spring term 2006

• More than 50 faculty, greater than 1,000 students.

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c.New to podcasts?

John P. Mayer, “Legal Education Podcasting Project - End of Semester Survey Results,” Caliopolis, July 5, 2006

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c.How many of the podcasts?

. John P. Mayer, “Legal Education Podcasting Project - End of Semester

Survey Results,” Caliopolis, July 5, 2006

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c.Do students listen?

John P. Mayer, “Legal Education Podcasting Project - End of Semester Survey Results,” Caliopolis, July 5, 2006

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c.Podcasts from others?

John P. Mayer, “Legal Education Podcasting Project - End of Semester Survey Results,” Caliopolis, July 5, 2006

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c.Value of podcasts

John P. Mayer, “Legal Education Podcasting Project - End of Semester Survey Results,” Caliopolis, July 5, 2006

Steps integrating podcasts with other

learning methods

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c.Beyond podcasts – sight and sound

Podcast

Transcript

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c.Beyond podcasts – and more

Podcast

Transcript

Supplementary material

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c.Beyond podcasts – online learning

Podcast

Transcript

Online Assessment

Student learning log/analysis

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c.Best guess on results

• Course completions up 10 to 20%

• Subject mastery up 10 to 20% and more if extra material is provided

• Retention of materials significantly improved

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c.Best guess on costs

Additional investment

• Audio editing $190 to $300 per class hour (2 hours for each hour, including equipment)

• Transcripts $90 to $180 per lecture (single speaker) or panel (multiple speakers) hour

• Supplementary materials – “it depends”

Costs of audio editing based on rates from MIT’s Academic Media Production Services (AMPS).

Costs of transcribing audio files from Escriptionist, Inc. The cost per minute depends upon the number of speakers. The costs are for non-expedited 3-5 business day transcriptions.

The End

Jim Farmer

JXF @ immagic.com

JXF @ Georgetown.edu