Podcasting:

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Podcasting

Aligning the Medium with Learning in Higher
Education
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Overview

• University of Calgary Context
• Case Studies
• Lessons Learned

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University of Calgary Context
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Podcasting _at_ U of C

• Ability for audio files, such as music or class
  lectures, to be distributed over the Web
• Played back at the listeners convenience, either
  on a home computer or a portable MP3 player, such
  as an iPod.

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Three Types of Podcasts

• Audio
• Image Enhanced
• Video

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Podcasts Potential Uses
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Pilot Program

• Announced in March 2006
• Consists of four courses
• iCOMS 201, Introduction to Communications
  Studies, Summer 06, Dr. Dawn Johnston
• iSOCI 201, Introduction to Sociology, Fall 06,
  Dr. John Manzo
• iCHEM 351, Organic Chemistry I, Fall 06, Dr. Ian
  Hunt
• iENGL 231, Fundamentals of Literary Studies
  Fiction , Winter 07, Dr. Harry Vandervlist

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Case Studies
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iCOMS 201

• Introduction to Communications Studies, Summer
  06, Dr. Dawn Johnston
• Podcasts within a course Blackboard Site

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iSOCI 201

• Introduction to Sociology, Fall 06, Dr. John
  Manzo
• Podcasts uploaded to a password protected Web
  site

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iCHEM 351

• Organic Chemistry I, Fall 06, Dr. Ian Hunt
• Podcasts linked to a public Web site on the U of
  Cs Chemistry server

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iENGL 231

• Fundamentals of Literary Studies Fiction, Winter
  07, Dr. Harry Vandervlist
• Podcasts within a course Blackboard Site

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Planning Checklist for an Academic Podcast

• What do you hope to accomplish?
• Goals/outcomes for using podcasts in a course
• What kind of learning activities/assessments will
  you use to achieve your course goals?
• How will podcasting enhance or replace these
  pedagogical practices?
• What do you want to podcast?
• Lectures for student review, guest presentations,
  student reporting, outside of class experiences
• Do podcasts already exist in your course subject
  area?
• No need to reinvent the wheel

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Planning Checklist for an Academic Podcast

• How will students listen to your podcasts?
• MP3 player, computer
• What kind of podcasts do you want to create?
• Audio, image enhanced, video
• How will you create your podcasts?
• Yourself, with assistance from your Teaching
  Learning centre, IT department
• How will you distribute your podcasts?
• iTunes, posted in a Learning Management System,
  posted to a Web site
• How will you help students assess the value of
  your podcasts?
• Surveys, interviews, focus groups

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Questions, Comments, Discussion