Podcasting for Teaching and Learning NITLE workshop Union College December, 2006

Plan for the afternoon Background Podcasting from start to finish Pedagogical issues and cases

Background

Podcasting from start to finish

Pedagogical issues and cases

Podcasting background How old is the term? February 12, 2004: With the benefit of hindsight, it all seems quite obvious. MP3 players, like Apple's iPod, in many pockets, audio production software cheap or free, and weblogging an established part of the internet… (Ben Hammersley, The Guardian )

How old is the term? February 12, 2004:

With the benefit of hindsight, it all seems quite obvious. MP3 players, like Apple's iPod, in many pockets, audio production software cheap or free, and weblogging an established part of the internet…

(Ben Hammersley, The Guardian )

Podcasting background How old is the term? February 12, 2004: … all the ingredients are there for a new boom in amateur radio. But what to call it? Audioblogging? Podcasting ? GuerillaMedia? (Ben Hammersley, The Guardian )

How old is the term? February 12, 2004:

… all the ingredients are there for a new boom in amateur radio.

But what to call it? Audioblogging? Podcasting ? GuerillaMedia?

(Ben Hammersley, The Guardian )

Podcasting background

Podcasting background

Podcasting background

Podcasting background The player iPods and others Portable Convenience and file format

The player

iPods and others

Portable

Convenience and file format

Podcasting background Pew Internet and American Life project: “ More than 22 million American adults own iPods or MP3 players and 29% of them have downloaded podcasts from the Web so that they could listen to audio files at a time of their choosing….”

Pew Internet and American Life project:

“ More than 22 million American adults own iPods or MP3 players and 29% of them have downloaded podcasts from the Web so that they could listen to audio files at a time of their choosing….”

Podcasting background Pew Internet and American Life project: “… That amounts to more than 6 million adults who have tried this new feature that allows internet “broadcasts” to be downloaded onto their portable listening device.” (April 200 5 )

Pew Internet and American Life project:

“… That amounts to more than 6 million adults who have tried this new feature that allows internet “broadcasts” to be downloaded onto their portable listening device.”

(April 200 5 )

Podcasting background Why iPod? Ease of use “ net.gen” again Fetish History: Walkman and convergence

Why iPod?

Ease of use

“ net.gen” again

Fetish

History: Walkman and convergence

Podcasting background Why this popularity for audio? Social demand: File-sharing persists No killer player emerges

Why this popularity for audio?

Social demand:

File-sharing persists

No killer player emerges

Podcasting background The file format, or “I want my MP3” Decent quality Workable size Portable “ Net.gen”

The file format, or “I want my MP3”

Decent quality

Workable size

Portable

“ Net.gen”

Podcasting 101 Easier tools for playing sound: hardware iPods Laptops Desktops

Easier tools for playing sound: hardware

iPods

Laptops

Desktops

Podcasting 101 Easier tools for recording sound: hardware Mikes Phones

Easier tools for recording sound: hardware

Mikes

Phones

Podcasting 101 Easier tools for recording sound: software Increasing number of applications Garageband, iMovie Moviemaker Audacity

Easier tools for recording sound:

software

Increasing number of applications

Garageband, iMovie

Moviemaker

Audacity

Podcasting background Why this popularity? The Apple effect 2001 January: Apple unleashes iTunes 2001 October: “ “ iPod 2002 Windows compatible

Why this popularity?

The Apple effect

2001 January: Apple unleashes iTunes

2001 October: “ “ iPod

2002 Windows compatible

Podcasting 101 Mainstream media leaps in BBC NPR ( http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php ) Public radio in general ( http:// www.publicradiofan.com/podcasts.html )

Mainstream media leaps in

BBC

NPR ( http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php )

Public radio in general ( http:// www.publicradiofan.com/podcasts.html )

Podcasting 101 Easier tools for editing sound Garageband iMovie Moviemaker Audacity

Easier tools for editing sound

Garageband

iMovie

Moviemaker

Audacity

Podcasting 101 Easier tools for distribution: syndication R eally S imple S yndication Free, open standards (XML) Attached to blogs

Easier tools for distribution: syndication

R eally S imple S yndication

Free, open standards (XML)

Attached to blogs

Podcasting background Protopodcasting Web audio Audioblogging phoneblogging (Orson Welles)

Protopodcasting

Web audio

Audioblogging

phoneblogging

(Orson Welles)

Podcasting 101 Neologism tracking godcasting nanocasting podfading vlogging podsafe podspamming podvertising porncasting

Neologism tracking

godcasting

nanocasting

podfading

vlogging

podsafe

podspamming

podvertising

porncasting

Podcasting 101 Structure of podcasting: Composition process

Structure of podcasting:

Composition process

Podcasting 101 Structure of podcasting: Finding and downloading the stuff

Structure of podcasting:

Structure of podcasting: Altogether now

Structure of podcasting:

Altogether now

Podcasting 101 Structure of podcasting, in other words The sound file Laptop, desktop, mobile device, phone Editor Compressor Host

Structure of podcasting, in other words

The sound file

Laptop, desktop, mobile device, phone

Editor

Compressor

Host

Podcasting 101 Syndication example: Berkeley Science Groks http:// www.groks.net /

Syndication example: Berkeley Science Groks

http:// www.groks.net /

Podcasting 101 … where you find: http:// www.groks.net/groks.rss

… where you find:

http:// www.groks.net/groks.rss

Podcasting 101 … which, in your aggregator, yields: http://www.archive.org/download/groks190/groks101905_64kb.mp3

… which, in your aggregator, yields:

http://www.archive.org/download/groks190/groks101905_64kb.mp3

Podcasting 101 Syndication, therefore aggregation For a variety of platforms Bloglines NetNewsWire Newsgator

Syndication, therefore aggregation

For a variety of platforms

Bloglines

NetNewsWire

Newsgator

Podcasting 101 Syndication, therefore podcatchers Juice Songbird Odeo

Syndication, therefore podcatchers

Juice

Songbird

Odeo

Podcasting 101 iPod meets iTunes for podcasts

iPod meets iTunes for podcasts

Podcasting 101 Syndication is optional for playing

Syndication is optional for playing

Pedagogy of podcasting How does this connect with teaching and learning? Liberal arts pedagogy Affordances Cases + exploration

How does this connect with teaching and learning?

Liberal arts pedagogy

Affordances

Cases + exploration

Pedagogy of podcasting Classic digital pedagogy: timeshifting In- and out of class content Attendance issue Student-driven PS: the Betamax case (1984)

Classic digital pedagogy: timeshifting

In- and out of class content

Attendance issue

Student-driven

PS: the Betamax case (1984)

Pedagogy of podcasting Classic digital pedagogy: repeatability Scrubbing Focus Student-driven

Classic digital pedagogy: repeatability

Scrubbing

Focus

Student-driven

Pedagogy of podcasting New forms: profcasting Bryn Mawr College: Michelle Francl, chemistry Duke: Classroom recording

New forms: profcasting

Bryn Mawr College: Michelle Francl, chemistry

Duke: Classroom recording

Pedagogy of podcasting Profcasting Mary Washington University: Gardner Campbell, English Duke: Course content dissemination

Profcasting

Mary Washington University: Gardner Campbell, English

Duke: Course content dissemination

Pedagogy of podcasting “ Busy old fool, unruly Sun, Why dost thou thus, Through windows, and through curtains, call on us ? Must to thy motions lovers' seasons run ? Saucy pedantic wretch, go chide Late school-boys and sour prentices, Go tell court-huntsmen that the king will ride, Call country ants to harvest offices ; Love, all alike, no season knows nor clime, Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.”

“ Busy old fool, unruly Sun,

Why dost thou thus,

Through windows, and through curtains, call on us ?

Must to thy motions lovers' seasons run ?

Saucy pedantic wretch, go chide

Late school-boys and sour prentices,

Go tell court-huntsmen that the king will ride,

Call country ants to harvest offices ;

Love, all alike, no season knows nor clime,

Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.”

Pedagogy of podcasting Studentcasting Voice Individual or team-based Constructivism

Studentcasting

Voice

Individual or team-based

Constructivism

Pedagogy of podcasting Studentcasting Response composition “ As part of the culmination of the seminar, I recorded student readings of Donne’s work for later distribution as podcasts.”

Studentcasting

Response composition

“ As part of the culmination of the seminar, I recorded student readings of Donne’s work for later distribution as podcasts.”

Pedagogy of podcasting “ Busy old fool, unruly Sun, Why dost thou thus, Through windows, and through curtains, call on us ? Must to thy motions lovers' seasons run ? Saucy pedantic wretch, go chide Late school-boys and sour prentices, Go tell court-huntsmen that the king will ride, Call country ants to harvest offices ; Love, all alike, no season knows nor clime, Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.”

“ Busy old fool, unruly Sun,

Why dost thou thus,

Through windows, and through curtains, call on us ?

Must to thy motions lovers' seasons run ?

Saucy pedantic wretch, go chide

Late school-boys and sour prentices,

Go tell court-huntsmen that the king will ride,

Call country ants to harvest offices ;

Love, all alike, no season knows nor clime,

Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.”

Pedagogy of podcasting Content podcasting on campus Language lessons by iPod (Middlebury College)

Content podcasting on campus

Language lessons by iPod (Middlebury College)

Pedagogy of podcasting Student podcasting on campus War News Radio (Swarthmore College)

Student podcasting on campus

War News Radio

(Swarthmore College)

Pedagogy of podcasting Campus podcasting Allegheny College http://webtools.allegheny.edu/podcast/ Bowdoin College http:// www.bowdoin.edu/podcasts / Layafette College https://ww2.lafayette.edu/~soapbox/podcast Swarthmore College http://acad.swarthmore.edu/podcast/

Campus podcasting

Allegheny College http://webtools.allegheny.edu/podcast/

Bowdoin College http:// www.bowdoin.edu/podcasts /

Layafette College https://ww2.lafayette.edu/~soapbox/podcast

Swarthmore College http://acad.swarthmore.edu/podcast/

Pedagogy of podcasting Campus program podcasting Language Lab Unleashed (Oberlin College)

Campus program podcasting

Language Lab Unleashed (Oberlin College)

Pedagogy of podcasting Focus on content Literary texts Oral history Critical phrasing Foreign language Music History Literature Lab sciences

Focus on content

Literary texts

Oral history

Critical phrasing

Foreign language

Music

History

Literature

Lab sciences

Pedagogy of podcasting Podcasts and research Information literacy Trudi Abel, “Digital Durham and the New South” (Duke University, 2006) Duke: Field recording

Podcasts and research

Information literacy

Trudi Abel, “Digital Durham and the New South” (Duke University, 2006)

Duke: Field recording

Pedagogy of podcasting Podcasts and research Public intellectual Out of the Past Engines of Our Ingenuity Napoleon 101 In Our Time

Podcasts and research

Public intellectual

Out of the Past

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Napoleon 101

In Our Time

Pedagogy of podcasting Enhance other media Handouts: Allegheny College, Gothcast

Enhance other media

Handouts: Allegheny College, Gothcast

Pedagogy of podcasting Enhance other media Middlebury College, Barbara Ganley Blogging Digital storytelling Photography Study abroad

Enhance other media

Middlebury College, Barbara Ganley

Blogging

Digital storytelling

Photography

Study abroad

Pedagogy of podcasting Enhance other media Beth Harris, Art History, Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY Blogging Flickr

Enhance other media

Beth Harris, Art History, Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY

Blogging

Flickr

Pedagogy of podcasting With other media Commentary on video Battlestar Galactica DVD to Web

With other media

Commentary on video

Battlestar Galactica DVD to Web

Pedagogy of podcasting With other media Enhanced podcasting

With other media

Enhanced podcasting

Pedagogy of podcasting With other media videoblogging

With other media

videoblogging

Pedagogy of podcasting Mixing content Long historical antecedents Constructivism Copyright Jenkins, Convergence Culture (2006)

Mixing content

Long historical antecedents

Constructivism

Copyright

Jenkins, Convergence Culture (2006)

Pedagogy of podcasting Commentary on primary and secondary sources Merrymount College, Artmobs

Commentary on primary and secondary sources

Merrymount College, Artmobs

Pedagogy of podcasting Podcasts and research Information literacy Questions of access Archival problem Editing and sampling challenges Search

Podcasts and research

Information literacy

Questions of access

Archival problem

Editing and sampling challenges

Search

Podcasting: other issues Copyright issues “ podsafe” Public domain DiY (Garageband)

Copyright issues

“ podsafe”

Public domain

DiY (Garageband)

Podcasting: other issues Copyright issues : content sources Freesound - short sound clips

Copyright issues : content sources

Freesound - short sound clips

Podcasting: other issues Copyright issues: content sources Transom - downloadable shows and resources Disquiet - archive of links to ambient and electronic mp3s Amazon's free downloads

Copyright issues: content sources

Transom - downloadable shows and resources

Disquiet - archive of links to ambient and electronic mp3s

Amazon's free downloads

Podcasting: other issues Copyright issues: content sources Garageband.com - indie music hosting iCompositions - free downloads, discussion for Garageband Magnatune - not free, but inexpensive, and pays artists

Copyright issues: content sources

Garageband.com - indie music hosting

iCompositions - free downloads, discussion for Garageband

Magnatune - not free, but inexpensive, and pays artists

Podcasting: other issues Copyright issues: mashups Negativland Some Assembly Required

Copyright issues: mashups

Negativland

Some Assembly Required

Podcasting: other issues Finding podcasts http:// audio.weblogs.com / iPodder Odeo

Finding podcasts

http:// audio.weblogs.com /

iPodder

Odeo

Podcasting: other issues Finding podcasts Podcast Alley Podcast Network Podcast News

Finding podcasts

Podcast Alley

Podcast Network

Podcast News

Podcasting: other issues Searching podcasts Podscope Podzinger

Searching podcasts

Podscope

Podzinger

Podcasting: other issues Emergent issues Collaborative composition Social software Editing from the Web?

Emergent issues

Collaborative composition

Social software

Editing from the Web?

Podcasting: other issues Audio comments ( http:// napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com / )

Audio comments

( http:// napoleon.thepodcastnetwork.com / )

Podcasting: other issues Social podcasts http://waxxi.us/interactive.html Podserve http://www.pod-serve.com

Social podcasts

http://waxxi.us/interactive.html

Podserve http://www.pod-serve.com

Resources Readings Bryan Alexander, “Podcasting and the Liberal Arts.” NITLE News , summer 2005. Gardner Campbell, “There’s Something in the Air: Podcasting in Education.” ER Nov-Dec 2005.

Readings

Bryan Alexander, “Podcasting and the Liberal Arts.” NITLE News , summer 2005.

Gardner Campbell, “There’s Something in the Air: Podcasting in Education.” ER Nov-Dec 2005.

Resources Readings Karine Joly, “The Power of Podcasts: Universities explore mp3 technology as a new marketing tool.” University Business (July 2006), http:// www.universitybusiness.com/page.cfm?p =1213 Alan Levine, “Podcasting on the cheap.” CogDogBlog post/wiki, Spring 2006. http://cogdoghouse.wikispaces.com/PodcastOnTheCheap

Readings

Karine Joly, “The Power of Podcasts: Universities explore mp3 technology as a new marketing tool.” University Business (July 2006), http:// www.universitybusiness.com/page.cfm?p =1213

Alan Levine, “Podcasting on the cheap.” CogDogBlog post/wiki, Spring 2006. http://cogdoghouse.wikispaces.com/PodcastOnTheCheap

Resources Podcasts Educause Learning Initiative, “It’s Pod Mania!” Educause Pocket Edition (November 2005). http://connect.educause.edu/blog/dianao/it_s_pod_mania_educause_pocket_edition_2/1654 . Wired Webmonkey tutorial

Podcasts

Educause Learning Initiative, “It’s Pod Mania!” Educause Pocket Edition (November 2005). http://connect.educause.edu/blog/dianao/it_s_pod_mania_educause_pocket_edition_2/1654 .

Wired Webmonkey tutorial

Resources NITLE Website, workshops, research http://nitle.org/index.php/nitle/laboratory/podcasting http://apps.nitle.org/blog/index.php?cat=41

NITLE

Website, workshops, research

http://nitle.org/index.php/nitle/laboratory/podcasting

http://apps.nitle.org/blog/index.php?cat=41