This document provides an overview of podcasting and its uses for teaching and learning. It discusses what podcasts are, how they can be created using tools like GarageBand, and how they allow for disseminating course content, conducting interviews, and improving learning through repeated listening and time-shifting. Podcasts expand the classroom and allow students to review material outside of class. Legal issues around copyright are also briefly addressed.

1. Podcasting 101 Veronica Diaz, PhD, Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction [email_address]

2. Agenda Overview of podcasting Podcasting in teaching and learning Creating a podcast Copyright in brief Resources Next steps

3. How much do you know about podcasting?

4. What is a Podcast? A multimedia file distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers “ Podcasting” is like an audioblog Podcasts are different from other digital audio formats because they can be downloaded automatically using software capable of reading RSS feeds like RSS

7. RSS in Plain English

8. What is RSS? RSS 2.0 stands for Really Simple Syndication and is a type of web feed, a data format used for serving users' frequently updated content Websites syndicate the web feed, which allows users to subscribe to it, like a newspaper subscription RSS Resources http://podscope.com/

9. How does RSS work with Podcasting? A Podcaster publishes her podcast on a blog using syndication feed enclosures (RSS) Visitors (like students) to the site can use an aggregator program (feed reader) to subscribe to the podcast

10. Teaching and Learning with Podcasting Course content dissemination Classroom recording Field recording Audio journaling, interviews, observations, learning experience Audio research (in field/discipline) Study support via repeated listening to audio content

11. How might this improve teaching and learning? Course Content Dissemination Interviews Music samples Foreign language passages Time Shifting Expanding the classroom, time on task Review capability iPod technology offers the potential to shift the proportion of class time devoted to learning that benefits from face-to-face interactions between faculty and students, and shift preparatory work to outside times and locations. (Leland quoted in Blaisdell, 2006)

12. 24/7 Education Create a learning environment that extends well outside the boundaries of the classroom Create community among students Review Capability Course lectures can be dense and difficult to process in just one sitting Podcasts allow for review, review, and more review

13. Creating a podcast Recording tools Macs Garage Band (apple) http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/ Macs and PCs Odeo http://odeo.com/ Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Audacity ABCs.pdf

14. Tips Before you start recording, think about what you want to say, and organize your podcast accordingly Make notes, prepare your interviews (if any), and try to improvise as little as possible While a completely spontaneous show can sound good if you’ve got the knack, the best podcasters prepare their shows in advance and work hard to provide interesting content Kirk McElhearn’s 8 Rules of Effective Podcasting

15. Copyright & Legal Issues** Copyright law is relevant to podcasts because it applies to creative and expressive works and copyright attaches automatically Rights and permissions need to be secured for material included Podcasting Legal Issues Creative Commons Look for free content

18. iTunes U iTunes U at Stanford University Take a moment to browse through the iTunes U institutions via iTunes U at iTunes Look for your disciplines or just browse

19. Baby steps… Get an iPod or other MP3 player Download iTunes (free) Search the library Browse through the podcasts Assign one or two to your students See how it works and see if they like it Attend an MCLI Learnshop

20. Resources Alisa Cooper http://drcoop.pbwiki.com/ iTunes (free download) http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ Educause http://www.educause.edu/ > resources > podcasting (keyword)

21. More Resources Beginner’s guide to podcasting Create your own podcast (Rick Broida) Creating a podcast with GarageBand All the world’s a podcast (Michael Calore) University of Wisconsin examples

22. Contact Information maricopa center for learning and instruction Veronica Diaz, PhD [email_address]