The Pedagogy of Podcasting

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The Pedagogy of Podcasting

• Its All About the Booty!
• In other wordsthe advantages!

Harriet E. Watkins, M. Ed University of Texas at
Arlington Center for Distance Education
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agenda

• What Is It?
• Types of Podcasting
• Myths About Podcasting
• Advantages
• Statistics
• Whats cool about podcasting
• The Podcasting Process
• The Lab

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What Is It?

• Simply put
• Its a collection of media files (usually audio
  mp3) that are published to the web, and then
  syndicated letting users subscribe to and
  download them automatically.

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Types of Podcasting

• Audio
• MP3 (example podcasting single song downloads)
• Phonecasting - creating podcasts using a phone
• Skypecasting - different meanings "hosting a
  skypecast session" or "creating podcasts by
  recording a Skype conference call"
• Webcasting - live interactive audio

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Types of Podcasting

• Text
• Autocasting (the automatic generation of podcasts
  from text-only sources)
• Blogcasting (the blogging podcast)
• Video
• Also called vlogging or Vodcasting
• Video on demand
• Image
• Photofeed (image podcasting)

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Myths About podcasting

• Podcasts need to be scheduled
• Podcasts DO NOT need to be scheduled
• What makes a podcast a podcast is syndication
  not scheduling this is a common misconception!

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Myths About podcasting

• Podcasts are difficult to create
• Minimal setup and know-how required

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Myths About podcasting

• You need an iPod to listen to a podcast
• Desktops, mp3 compatible mobile devices, laptops,
  PDAs are all considered acceptable media players

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Advantages
Whats Cool About Podcasting?
THE STATISTICS

• College students are three times more likely to
  own an mp3 player and use it
• 29 of the owners of mp3 players have downloaded
  podcasts (its not just about music)
• 29 of Americans over the age of 18 with iPods or
  other MP3 players have listened to podcasts.
• 22 million American adults own an MP3 or iPod
  player, and more than 6 million of these owners
  have listened to podcasts.

The Pew Internet and American Life Project
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Advantages
Whats Cool About Podcasting?

• The Statistics
• MP3/iPod ownership tends to be higher among 18-28
  year olds at 19 percent ownership, while 14
  percent of 29-40 year olds have such a device.

Statistics on podcasting have differed recently,
however analysts at Forrester Research predicted
that 12.3 million US households would be using
digital music players to listen to podcasts by
2010.
Podcasting Grows In Popularity , by Sean Michael
Kerner April 3, 2005 ClickZ Stats
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Advantages
Whats Cool About Podcasting?

• The Advantages
• Make courseware more interactive
• Students can record their reports
• As a supplemental learning tool
• Encourages creativity in both students and
  faculty
• Ease of accessibility for course material

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Advantages
Whats Cool About Podcasting?

• The Advantages
• Record or distribute news broadcasts
• Immediate connection with todays generation
• Universities using it as recruitment tool

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Advantages
Whats Cool About Podcasting?

• The Advantages
• Ongoing staff development
• Can you think of a use for Podcasting?
• Chances are if you can think of a use for it You
  can create a podcast.

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The Podcasting Process
Record Produce
Plan(Your Content)
Encode(Convert to mp3)
Syndicate
Upload
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GAME Show
This is the part of the workshop where YOU
participate!
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Special Thanks
To the incredible people I have the pleasure and
distinct honor of calling my colleagues at the
University of Texas at Arlington for their
invaluable assistance.
Clay Beberstein Mark Chapman Matt Crosslin
Asmar Eyvazova Scott Massey Flora Roberson