Podcasting in VET

PODCAST Word of the Year 2005 Sue Waters Challenger TAFE 2007

Sue Waters

Lecturer aquaculture (0.5) On Campus E-learning

Project Officer (0.5) Professional Development E-learning & m-learning

Where are you based?

Podcasting is a commonly used word – but what does it mean to you?

Wav

handheld devices that play back audio, video or both

popular audio format used for music

digital media player made by Apple

digital music player that supports the MP3 format

short for Waveform audio format, is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing audio on PCs

ipod

MP3

MP3 Player

Portable Media Player

Podcasting = iPod + broadcasting Audio or video available on the Internet that you can subscribe to

How Podcasting Works Podcaster Record 1 2 Edit/Mix 3 4 Upload to Podcast Site Audience 1 Subscribes to podcast site using RSS feed 1 2 Use Podcast Reciever to download Podcasts 3 Listens on computer, iPod, mp3 player, PDA or phone

= Audio Streaming

Podcasting What you want! Where you want it! Delivered to you! Really Simple Syndication

Anywhere Anytime Anyhow

http://fe3cha.podomatic.com/entry/2006-09-10T21_22_06-07_00

http://meaghersclasses.podomatic.com/entry/2006-11-03T20_28_32-08_00

How can we use podcasts?

Practising English Lectures Revision Conferences Interviews Assignment instructions/guides Give learners option to record in place of written Staff Induction

How HIGH do you want it to FLY

Dependent on tools chosen

VET Automated Large Scale Wide Spread Podcasting University Localized Small Scale Cottage

Lectopia (Automated podcasting system) Lecture Theater with Lectopia Lectopia Server Internet Download 1 2 3

DIY for a PC http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Audio Editing Software USB Headset Video Editing Software Windows MovieMaker Video Conversion Software http://www.erightsoft.com/S6Kg1.html Super C

Belkin TuneTalk Ipod Record on high quality Change audio input to 44,100 hz Photo by sridgway Skype + HotRecorder Simple Recording options

Photo by sridgway Serious Recording options

DIY for a MAC

Chaptered Podcasts Using a MAC

Listen to this collection of samples from Audio Podcasts List what you liked or didn’t like Will use this information to compile a good practice list for Audio Podcasting

Good Practise in Audio Podcasting

10 – 20 minutes max. More than one voice better Think about where you are recording (noise) Plan material/topic you are going to record

Highly Transferable Video

Reasonably short

Sound not always ideal

Film over the shoulder

SLOW actions

Don’t turn camera side on

Wiki http:// aquaculturepda.wikispaces.com / Podcast http:// aquaculturepda.podomatic.com / Blog http:// aquaculturepda.edublogs.com /

Photos from Flickr Slide 12 http://www.flickr.com/photos/zabriskiepoint/101284267/ Slide 13 http://www.flickr.com/photos/fdecomite/485014934/ Slide 14 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bfountain/69601920/ Slide 16 http://www.flickr.com/photos/mallox/625129860/ Slide 20 http://www.flickr.com/photos/myuibe/428896394/ Slide 21 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/477960156/ Slide 22 http://www.flickr.com/photos/asimpledarksquid/527165565/ Slide 23 http://www.flickr.com/photos/mukluk/241256203/ Slide 30/32 http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/27493555/ Slide 34 http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/27493555/ Slide 35 http://www.flickr.com/photos/14516334@N00/297237720/ Stephan Ridgway’s podcasting photoset http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephanridgway/sets/72157594425331092/