1. Air Time Promoting Student Podcasts in Your Courses Dr. Susan C. Hines Director of Instructional Technology Delta State University
2. Fight or Flight First, a little back story… Hear the tale of the forty-something writing professor and instructional designer who gets a hankering to fly...
3. DSU Flight School …in a place so remarkably flat and rural that even a bad student can ace an emergency landing...
4. Radio Dilemma …yet good students are stumped by a few phrases and go dangerously dumb in mid air...
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6. Yes, But… Can we really expect our students to do this? Isn’t this sort of thing complicated? Doesn’t it require expensive software? Also, isn’t it just glitz? It seems like a distraction from the work at hand, and, besides, how would we grade it?
7. Yes, But… Can we really expect our students to do this? We can, and we should. Developing audio is an iterative process. It may seem ad hoc, but most audio is carefully scripted. A “layered” project (with multiple media) appeals to a variety of learning styles, and it develops a skill set that is an asset in the real world in almost any discipline.
8. Yes, But… Isn’t this sort of thing complicated? Not really--not if you break projects like this down for students. There is value in having them develop in stages. First, the script. Then the audio. Then the mapping. And, finally, the webpage. Count on them to learn by doing. They will do, and they will learn. AASU Example UNM Example DSU Example
9. Yes, But… Doesn’t it require expensive software? Free, free and free. Open-source applications are available for audio recording and editing, imaging, web authoring, and screen capture. They’re mature applications now supported by die-hard nerds. Hear Audacity, GIMP, KompoZer, and CamStudio. Visit the Sourceforge website and note the dizzying number of free apps.
10. Yes, But… Isn’t it just glitz? It seems like a distraction from the work at hand, and besides, how would we grade it? Be a student. Develop an active-learning project that will help you master an outcome. Rinse and repeat. The understanding you get from your own projects will guide your grading, and the projects themselves may be recast as course-related learning objects!
11. Want More? Contact: shines@deltastate.edu or susan.hines@sungardhe.com Come fly with me!
