Podcasting and Screencasting Lectures

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Podcasting and Screencasting Lectures as a Low
Risk Strategy to the Production of Blended and
Fully Online Classes
Jean-Claude Bradley
E-Learning Coordinator College of Arts and
Sciences Drexel University
April 28, 2005
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Components of E-Learning
Lecture Recording
Images
Text
Multimedia
Content
Tests
E-mail
Assessment
Interaction
Surveys
Chat
Quizzes
Discussion Board
Metrics
Peer review
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Risk Minimization in An E-Learning Migration
Strategy
OFFLINE
HYBRID
FULLY ONLINE
Lecture Archive
laptop
laptop
recording
CONTENT
chalkboard
Podcast Archive
Tablet PC
overheads
Paper quizzes/tests
Voluntary Online quizzes
Tests/exams
ASSESSMENT
No quizzes
Student feedback
Student behavior
procrastination
Email or survey
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Lecture Recording Process
Start Camtasia Recording
Teach on laptop or tablet PC as usual
Stop Camtasia Recording
CORE
Convert avi to Flash or Real Media
Upload to Server (screencast)
OPTIONAL
Modularize
Podcast
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Podcasting the automatic distribution of audio
files to computers or portable audio devices
through a subscription system
Screencasting the delivery of audio and screen
capture recordings via download or streaming
media links
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Feedburner stats
CHEM 241 89 students
CHEM 243 64 students
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Daily RSS Subscriptions from start of term
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CHEM 241 89 students
CHEM 243 64 students
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A Constructivist Experiment in Progress
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Feedback-Intensive Teaching Strategy using WebCT
Voluntary Quizzes
Test
In-class review based on histograms of test
results
Automatic Make-up
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Correlation of procrastination with performance
One day procrastinated 5 drop in score
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Classes currently Podcast and Screencast at Drexel
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Drexel CoAS faculty currently using Screencasting

• John DiNardo (Physics)
• Jane Huggins (Biology)
• Scott Warnock (English)
• Fred Siegel (English)
• Eva Thury (English)

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Conclusions

• Migration to online education can be done
  stepwise with minimal risk
• Some modalities (like screen capturing) require
  little investment in time and yield a great
  benefit (high leverage)

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