Educational Podcasting Models: Don't Record your Lectures impromtu session for BarcampScotland, 3/3/07 Andrew Middleton Sheffield Hallam University Learning, Teaching and Assessment in Higher Education podcast http://ltapodcast.blogspot.com a.j.middleton AT shu.ac.uk

Introduction Andrew Middleton, Learning and Teaching Institute My role is in Academic Innovation: Horizon scanning Creative development Where emerging technologies meet learning, teaching and assessment Main interests: educational use of... audio, games, Second Life Integration of media for LTA

Andrew Middleton, Learning and Teaching Institute

My role is in Academic Innovation:

Horizon scanning

Creative development

Where emerging technologies meet learning, teaching and assessment

Main interests: educational use of...

audio, games, Second Life Integration of media for LTA

Rationale Premise: Podcasting is not an ideal medium for the distribution of lectures Educational audio alone cannot sustain the engagement of a listener for longer than 20-30 minutes There are better ways of flexibly delivering information in an educational context Lectures are generally out-dated models of teaching designed for technical constraints of a previous era They do not fit well with current theories on learner engagement (eg PBL, autonomous learning, and other student-centred approaches)

Premise:

Podcasting is not an ideal medium for the distribution of lectures

Educational audio alone cannot sustain the engagement of a listener for longer than 20-30 minutes

There are better ways of flexibly delivering information in an educational context

Lectures are generally out-dated models of teaching designed for technical constraints of a previous era

They do not fit well with current theories on learner engagement (eg PBL, autonomous learning, and other student-centred approaches)

What is good about podcasting? Podcasting particularly offers, Ease of access to production Media formats (audio, video, images, text, hyperlinks) Device neutral - flexible access (portable or fixed location devices) Location neutral - web distribution to remote devices mobile access syndication serial Social opportunities (commenting - text, audio, related on/off line environments)

Podcasting particularly offers,

Ease of access to production

Media formats (audio, video, images, text, hyperlinks)

Device neutral - flexible access (portable or fixed location devices)

Location neutral - web distribution to remote devices

mobile access

syndication

serial

Social opportunities (commenting - text, audio, related on/off line environments)

Variety of authors/sources Professional organisations Educational publishers Academic staff in SHU and beyond Student peers and peer groups ('social podcasters') in home inst. and beyond Other organisations and media (eg the BBC)

Professional organisations

Educational publishers

Academic staff in SHU and beyond

Student peers and peer groups ('social podcasters') in home inst. and beyond

Other organisations and media (eg the BBC)

Media Interventions Media Interventions - media used to orientate, focus, and motivate learners leading to learning activities in a variety of settings. Conversations and audio illustrations.

Media Interventions - media used to orientate, focus, and motivate learners leading to learning activities in a variety of settings.

Conversations and audio illustrations.

Let's dream up some models Question: How can audio podcasts be designed to trigger learning activity?

Question: How can audio podcasts be designed to trigger learning activity?