The Use and Impact of Podcasting in Higher Education Gallayanee Yaoyuneyong, Ph.D. Amy Thornton, M.S.

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How did we get started? Pilot Podcasting Pilot Project Proposal accepted spring 2007 Began summer 2007 Incentives Round Table Podcasting Server https://podcastsvr.usm.edu

Pilot

Podcasting Pilot Project

Proposal accepted spring 2007

Began summer 2007

Incentives

Round Table

Podcasting Server

https://podcastsvr.usm.edu

What did we learn? Intimidation factor Start from the beginning Public vs. private Learning curve

Intimidation factor

Start from the beginning

Public vs. private

Learning curve

What should we cover in training? Terminology (e.g., podcast, RSS, aggregator) Types Subscribing (iTunes) Finding podcasts Procedure Planning Recording Publishing

Terminology (e.g., podcast, RSS, aggregator)

Types

Subscribing (iTunes)

Finding podcasts

Procedure

Planning

Recording

Publishing

What should we cover in training? Best Practices Accessibility Copyright Uses in Teaching and Learning

Best Practices

Accessibility

Copyright

Uses in Teaching and Learning

Students’ Comments

Questionnaire What help you the most in this class? “ Podcasts & reviews” “ The PowerPoint and Podcast helped me the most.” What are the strongest features of the way this course is structured? “ The podcasts helped me a lot.” “ The strongest was the use of PowerPoint. Everything was helpful, especially the podcast and study group.” “ Lecture note, use of technology (i.e. Podcasting)”

What help you the most in this class?

“ Podcasts & reviews”

“ The PowerPoint and Podcast helped me the most.”

What are the strongest features of the way this course is structured?

“ The podcasts helped me a lot.”

“ The strongest was the use of PowerPoint. Everything was helpful, especially the podcast and study group.”

“ Lecture note, use of technology (i.e. Podcasting)”

Questionnaire What is useful to you from this class? “ love podcasts & review exam & study groups” “ The podcasts are very helpful as a review, and the group study sessions are an excellent way to focus on and learn the material.”

What is useful to you from this class?

“ love podcasts & review exam & study groups”

“ The podcasts are very helpful as a review, and the group study sessions are an excellent way to focus on and learn the material.”

Questionnaire What is useless to you from this class? “ The podcasts never worked, but I enjoyed Google Docs.” “ Useless – podcast, just because I can’t figure out how to use it.” Less use of online stuff such as Google docs & podcasts would have been better.”

What is useless to you from this class?

“ The podcasts never worked, but I enjoyed Google Docs.”

“ Useless – podcast, just because I can’t figure out how to use it.”

Less use of online stuff such as Google docs & podcasts would have been better.”

Student’s Comments “ I think you should do the Podcast next semester but make a step by step guide to accessing it, so students won’t be lost. There couldn’t have been a better professor for textiles. Thank you for showing interest in helping us learn the material.”

“ I think you should do the Podcast next semester but make a step by step guide to accessing it, so students won’t be lost. There couldn’t have been a better professor for textiles. Thank you for showing interest in helping us learn the material.”

Case Study Podcasting Study Student Questionnaire

Podcasting Study

Student Questionnaire

How do I get started? What do I need? Computer Microphone Recording software Excitement Plan Record Publish

What do I need?

Computer

Microphone

Recording software

Excitement

Plan

Record

Publish

Best Practice Tips Don’t assume your students will already know how to use it Provide cheat sheets and instructions Get student feedback Keep the episodes short (20 to 30 minutes) Break large amounts of information into chunks Avoid “talking heads” Provide transcripts or captions Provide learning objectives Start slow Don’t stress over small mistakes

Don’t assume your students will already know how to use it

Provide cheat sheets and instructions

Get student feedback

Keep the episodes short (20 to 30 minutes)

Break large amounts of information into chunks

Avoid “talking heads”

Provide transcripts or captions

Provide learning objectives

Start slow

Don’t stress over small mistakes

Educational Uses Class lectures Class is reserved for interaction Only have to do lecture once and make it available for all sections of class After class review Allows for flexibility Recruitment tool prospective students get to see a sample of a class (Harvard is doing this)…what are the teacher’s like…parents get to see what their students will get Distribution of campus or organizational news Distribution of student created content/research to classmates Distribution of museum content or teasers.

Class lectures

Class is reserved for interaction

Only have to do lecture once and make it available for all sections of class

After class review

Allows for flexibility

Recruitment tool

prospective students get to see a sample of a class (Harvard is doing this)…what are the teacher’s like…parents get to see what their students will get

Distribution of campus or organizational news

Distribution of student created content/research to classmates

Distribution of museum content or teasers.

Educational Uses Distance learning and distance instruction Video tape a surgery or health professional performing a procedure Show episodes as a patient progresses from a illness Videotape an archeological dig Videotape a lab experiment…episodes of progress Communicate up-to-date information about the course Provide verbal notes on the latest posted content Interviews of industry professionals Add audio to PowerPoint or course notes

Distance learning and distance instruction

Video tape a surgery or health professional performing a procedure

Show episodes as a patient progresses from a illness

Videotape an archeological dig

Videotape a lab experiment…episodes of progress

Communicate up-to-date information about the course

Provide verbal notes on the latest posted content

Interviews of industry professionals

Add audio to PowerPoint or course notes

Contact Information Gallayanee Yaoyuneyong, Ph.D. 601-266-5041 [email_address] Amy Thornton 601-266-6197 [email_address]

Gallayanee Yaoyuneyong, Ph.D.

601-266-5041

[email_address]

Amy Thornton

601-266-6197

[email_address]