Podcasting For Teaching, Learning and Professional Development

What is Podcasting? Multimedia files over Internet Playback on mobile device or computer Think radio show and beyond Download & listen any time

Multimedia files over Internet

Playback on mobile device or computer

Think radio show and beyond

Download & listen any time

How Does it Work? Creator Create a recording Add an RSS feed Post to a server Consumer Collect using aggregator Used RSS to subscribe Find a podcast

Advantages Simple, easy to use Hundreds of different topics Listen on computer or on the go Listen as many times Most are free

Simple, easy to use

Hundreds of different topics

Listen on computer or on the go

Listen as many times

Most are free

Disadvantages Need high-speed Internet connection Anyone can produce, credibility Vodcasts/enhanced are more effort Time intensive to edit

Need high-speed Internet connection

Anyone can produce, credibility

Vodcasts/enhanced are more effort

Time intensive to edit

Ways to Use Podcasts Record Class Lectures Guest Lectures Marketing & Promotion Sports or Special Events Professional Development Student Projects Differentiation

Record Class Lectures

Guest Lectures

Marketing & Promotion

Sports or Special Events

Professional Development

Student Projects

Differentiation

For Teaching & Learning Course-Casting Stanford on iTunes: Physics 415: Thermal & Statistical Physics Interactive and Reflective Q&A: Dr. David Miller’s iCube (undergrad psychology) Research: Faculty Research at the University of Chicago Featured Presentations: University of Virginia

Course-Casting Stanford on iTunes: Physics 415: Thermal & Statistical Physics

Interactive and Reflective Q&A: Dr. David Miller’s iCube (undergrad psychology)

Research: Faculty Research at the University of Chicago

Featured Presentations: University of Virginia

For Learning Student Created Podcasts: iGeneration University of Western Australia English 52B Podcast (Swarthmore) Content Based Podcasts: Great Books - A Chapter a Day French through Songs & Singing The Chronicle

Student Created Podcasts:

iGeneration University of Western Australia

English 52B Podcast (Swarthmore)

Content Based Podcasts:

Great Books - A Chapter a Day

French through Songs & Singing

The Chronicle

Student Academic Benefits Improving Organization Skills Writing, Reading and Speaking Skills Increasing Peer Collaboration Authentic Assessment Tone/Voice/Expression/Character Supports Differentiation Researchers & Creators of Knowledge

Improving Organization Skills

Writing, Reading and Speaking Skills

Increasing Peer Collaboration

Authentic Assessment

Tone/Voice/Expression/Character

Supports Differentiation

Researchers & Creators of Knowledge

For Professional Development The Chronicle of Higher Education Standford U MIT Open Courseware

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Standford U

MIT Open Courseware

Designing & Planning Roles & Responsibilities Format Length Planning Scripting Assessing

Roles & Responsibilities

Format

Length

Planning

Scripting

Assessing

Podcast Directories The Higher Ed Podcast Repository U c hannel Education Podcast Network Podcast.net Directory iTunes

The Higher Ed Podcast Repository

U c hannel

Education Podcast Network

Podcast.net Directory

iTunes

Interactive Podcasting? Chinswing Slidecasts Crowdabout Odeo Skypecasting

Chinswing

Slidecasts

Crowdabout

Odeo

Skypecasting

Resources Podcasting in Higher Education: A Bibliography

Podcasting in Higher Education: A Bibliography