Powering on with podcasting

Megan Poore Academic Skills and Learning Centre Australian National University [email_address] academicskills.anu.edu.au/podcasts/skillsoup.php learningfutures.anu.edu.au

Coverage
Web 2.0 and the ‘Digital Natives’
What is podcasting?
SkillSoup: our aims
SkillSoup: what’s in it?
Highlights

Web 2.0
Social networking
Wikis
MySpace, Facebook
Blogs
Podcasting
It’s all about participation and communication

‘ Digital Natives’ (Prensky)
Parallel process and multi-task
Have ‘hypertext minds’
Have always had Web 2.0 at home
Have little patience for step-by-step logic (or reasoning?)

‘ Digital Natives’ (Prensky)
Some evidence that their brain structures are different …
I’m a bit sceptical …

‘ Digital Immigrants’ Prensky)
Speak with an ‘accent’ – or a different language entirely!
Misunderstand the new ways in which Digital Natives learn
Our education system was not designed to teach them

Digital Natives on campus
They’ll be here in 5 years (or less!)
Are we ready?


What is this ‘soup’?
Academic skills’ core business is teaching students to be better learners
SkillSoup is about learning how to learn

What is this ‘soup’?
Interviews with ANU staff and students
All levels: undergrad, Hons, grad
Across cognate areas (Arts, Law, Science, Engineering, Economics …)

SkillSoup’s aims
Access : to ASLC, ANU resources and staff
Relevance : to Digital Natives
Extension : range and type of resources and services
Community : collective purpose at ANU, overcoming isolation
LEARNING HOW TO LEARN

SkillSoup: in the bowl ...
SkillSoup Radio
Feature interview
TipMeister skills tip
Report from the Head
Vox pops
Music segues
‘ Meg and Daz’

SkillSoup: in the bowl ...
Extended interviews
ANU staff and students
Skills tips
ASLC staff

Highlights
The ‘human factor’
“ You have put the human element back into the digital age, where electronic delivery of teaching was removing human interaction”
- David Ellis, Earth Sciences, ANU

Highlights
Hooking into people’s experience and knowledge
You can’t get this stuff in a handout
New things in new ways?

Highlights
SkillSoup gives a different type of coverage
The ‘hows’ and ‘whys,’ not just the ‘whats’

Highlights
Lecturers become more aware of their own assumptions
“ I found myself almost targeting these people and trying to convince them that [uni] is not too scary”
- Kristen Pammer, Psych, ANU

Highlights
We act as myth busters
Less intimidating than approaching a lecturer
Sense of community

Highlights
Learning how to learn for the Digital Natives, especially in terms of:
Validation, evaluation, analysis, critique, synthesis, interpretation, reasoning, comparison, assessment

Highlights
International recognition!
Best Overall Educational Podcast (Higher ed category)
Fordham University, Podcast for Teachers
Yay!

Benefits for ...
Vision-impaired, self-paced learners
Part-time students, students not coming on campus
Potential overseas students, school students, parents, family
‘ Outliers’ who would not otherwise use the ASLC

Who’s listening?
Statcounters on all downloads
It is the most-visited area of the ASLC website (barring referencing)

Who’s listening?
37% of Australian listeners come from outside the ANU.
19% come from overseas: Lithuania, USA, Uganda, Chile, Spain, Yemen, Thailand, Japan, UK, Korea, India, France, China …
iTunes, EPN Web, PodShow, Podcast Alley, Podcast Pickle, Podcasting News, Pod-Planet, SuperUser, Wordpress, E-Blogger

The next big access issue ...
Being able to speak to the Digital Natives in their own language, regardless of accent.

Learning Futures http://learningfutures.anu.edu.au/ SkillSoup radio http://academicskills.anu.edu.au/podcasts/skillsoup_radio.php SkillSoup feature interviews http://academicskills.anu.edu.au/podcasts/interviews/ interview_downloads.php SkillSoup skills tips http://academicskills.anu.edu.au/podcasts/tips/ tips_downloads.php

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Powering on with podcasting

by Megan Poore on Mar 28, 2008

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