MyPodcast

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MyPodcast

• The creation of video and oral podcasts for FE
  teaching, learning and training

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Project Funding

• LSN funding through the MoLeNET project
• 250K received for the consortium project
• Shared between 4 partners
• New College Lead partner
• Cirencester
• Swindon
• Wiltshire

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Project Aims

• To produce a set of educational podcasts for both
  vocational and academic subject areas for the FE
  sector,
• To create a website that will allow various
  formats to be uploaded and download for a number
  of different mobile learning devices.

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Consortium Focus

• Cirencester Sport
• Swindon Construction and Engineering
• Wiltshire Health and Social Care
• New College, Swindon ESOL, Languages and
  Science

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Technology used

• Apple Server Leopard
• OS10 with Podcast producer
• Episode with Flash
• Web server
• Additional workflows created by a specialist
  programmer
• Additional website configuration

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Some Project Training

• Use of Macs - OS10
• Audacity
• Podcasting using Garageband and iMovie
• Creating a video and using a video camera
• How to use to the website

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Podcasting in Education

• Duke University (2005) - all freshers given iPods
  for recording lectures etc.
• Stanford University - public access to lectures
  via iTunes U (2005)
• IMPALA (Informal Mobile Podcasting and Learning
  Adaptation) - Leicester Universitys large-scale
  action research project.
• www.impala.ac.uk

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Podcasting Pedagogy

• Learner motivation and engagement (creativity)
• Flexibility/ease of access and learner control
• Multimodality - new ways of presenting
  information
• Student-authored content - Learner Voice.

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The Positives

• Working in a cross-college consortium sharing
  of good practice and comparing infrastructure and
  college practices
• Wider networking opportunities from other FE
  colleges
• Working with cutting edge technology

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The Positives

• Creating podcasts with students measuring their
  enthusiasm and engagement when using familiar
  technology
• Gathering feedback from students in focus groups
  on the positive impact using podcasting has had
  on their learning

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Difficulties Encountered

• Staff time
• Busy schedules with full teaching timetables.
  Difficult to give project required time
• Attending training sessions and meetings with
  time constraints
• Adapting lessons appropriately to integrate
  technology

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Difficulties Encountered

• Hardware
• Delays occurred with having to prepare tender for
  major purchase list
• Lead time for delivery of all kit delays from
  suppliers
• check definite availability of required hardware
• Set up of technology with constant updates and
  changes required.

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The Future

• Using podcasting for staff development
• Expand the project to a Work Based Learning and
  Apprenticeships
• Increase the variety of handheld/mobile devices
  to include smartphones, iPod touches, mobile
  phones.
• Invite more colleges to become partners on the
  website

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Contact me and website
stephanie.warren_at_newcollege.ac.uk mypodcast.newcol
lege.ac.uk