Podcasting in Education

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The Higher Education Context (Lectopia, WebCT, etc.)
Student Podcasting (iGeneration Example)
Why Get Students Podcasting? (Digital Literacies, Student Engagement, etc.)

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Communication Studies Honours Course
Face to face seminars; Blog-based; collaborative curriculum
Open-source or free tools (Blogger, Audacity.)
Podcasts hosted by Lectopia (nb: OurMedia.org etc. as alterative free hosts).

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Construct an innovative digital audio programme of up to 45 minutes length which explores the medium of podcasting and critically engages with the idea of participatory culture in either the podcast itself or its exegesis. The programme can be of any genre or type, but must comply with copyright restrictions as the file will be made available publicly online.

Student Podcasts
A Pod Play
Critical Commentary
Community Ethnographies
Museum or Gallery Tours
Radio-style Documentaries

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Public Work = Better Work.
Increased Student Engagement with Peers & Community
Construction = Heightened Critical Awareness
Thinking about ‘my work’ = better understanding of copyright & plagiarism.
Portfolio Pieces
Awareness of Audio (Most Under-studied area of media production)

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Tackling sound before video focuses on parts before the whole.
Legally re-usable samples and music more widely available (Creative Commons, Podsafe Music, etc.)
Open-source tools the ‘norm’ for many podcasters ( Audacity ).

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Creative literacies: The ability to experiment with technology in order to create and manipulate content that serves social goals rather than merely retrieving and absorbing information.
Jean Burgess, ‘Blogging to Learn, Learning to Blog’ in Axel Bruns and Joanne Jacobs, eds, Uses of Blogs , New York: Peter Lang (2006): 107.

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Podcasting in Education

by Tama Leaver on Oct 26, 2007

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