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Introducing podcasts into the curriculum & their reception by students Malcolm Andrew School of Pharmacy HLS e-Learning Co-ordinator DMU Pathfinder Symposium May 2008

Workshop outline ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],of 24

What is a podcast? ( P ortable o n d emand broad cast ) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],of 24

Podcasts can be… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],of 24

Subscribing to a podcast ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],of 24

Part of a podcast feed .rss file (needs to be validated) of 24

Podcast plug-in for Blackboard ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],of 24

Examples of use of podcasts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],of 24

Student focus group-1 ,[object Object],“ If the students listen to it before the lecture then they can get questions and they can understand it slightly better before the actual lecture.” of 24

Student focus group-1 ,[object Object],“ I think it is good to have something like this because then you can take it away and, like, review it in your own time because when you’re in lectures you have your lecture notes but it’s hard to get everything you say down so at least if you go this way then you’ve got the wording there so if you miss something you can pick it up from there.” of 24

Student focus group-1 ,[object Object],“ I’m quite a big believer in if you listen to something, again it’s different from writing it down. I like writing things down – it’s how I revise – but listening to things as well is a big plus for me. And being able to listen to something like that just of an evening when you’ve just sat down, you’ve finished your work, you can put your feet up, stick your iPod in your ears, or headphones in your ears, and then listen to it – it’s a good way to go I think.” of 24

Student questionnaire-1 ,[object Object],of 24 Students who used (in term time) … n=101/111 1 Their own computer with iTunes installed 47 47% 2 Their own computer without iTunes installed 45 45% 3 University computers only 11 11%

Student questionnaire-1 ,[object Object],of 24 Students who possessed… n=101/111 1 An iPod (audio only) 31 31% 2 An iPod video player 10 10% 3 A non-iPod player (audio only) 26 26% 4 A non-iPod video player 15 15% 5 A mobile phone playing video 43 43% 6 No player of audio/video files 22 22%

Student questionnaire-1 ,[object Object],of 24 Students who had… n=101/111 1 Never listened to/watched podcasts before 77 76% 2 Listened to audio podcasts 15 15% 3 Watched video podcasts 13 13%

Broadcasting the podcasts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],of 24

Student questionnaire-2 ,[object Object],of 24 Students who had watched… n=107/111 1 Podcast 1 106 99% 2 Podcast 2 102 95% 3 Podcast 3 95 89% 4 Podcast 4 83 78% 5 Podcast 5 84 79% 6 Podcast 6 79 74% 7 Podcast 7 75 70% 8 Podcast 8 73 68% 9 Podcast 9 53 52%

Student questionnaire-2 ,[object Object],of 24 Students mainly watched the podcasts… n=106/111 1 On Blackboard using own computer 49 46% 2 On Blackboard using university computers 31 29% 3 On a portable player (e.g. iPod or similar) 4 4% 4 On a mobile phone 2 2% 5 By subscribing using portable player (e.g. iPod) 3 3% 6 By subscribing using own computer 17 16% 7 By subscribin g using mobile phone 0 0%

Student questionnaire-2 ,[object Object],of 24 Students mainly watched the podcasts… n=95/111 1 Before relevant lectures 64 67% 2 After relevant lectures 31 33% Students thought the podcasts were… n=106/111 1 Too short 4 4% 2 About the right length 91 86% 3 Too long 11 10%

Student questionnaire-2 ,[object Object],of 24 Students strongly agreed/agreed that… n=106/111 1 Instructions for using podcasts were clear 86 81% 2 There were no problems viewing podcasts 83 79% 3 The purpose of podcasts was clearly explained 96 91% 4 Podcasts aided learning/understanding of module 93 87% 5 Podcasts increased motivation for the module 69 65% 6 Podcasts made attendance at lectures less likely 11 10% 7 Podcasts would be useful for revising for exam 92 87%

Student focus group-2 ,[object Object],“ They are useful… purely ’cos it’s an additional thing and I thought I was doing more on the lecture and actually doing the work for it and it was getting me more involved in it and I actually started enjoying it - so I thought they were really good.” “ And also because you could watch them before you went to the lectures, it gave you more opportunity in the lecture to listen to what Dr Andrew was saying as opposed to taking down notes constantly.” of 24

Student focus group-2 ,[object Object],“ You can watch it on your iPod and you can download it to your phone too.” “ But it also gives some flexibility like you could watch it on the bus rather than put it all in notes.” “ It’s probably the only thing you can do so flexibly.” “ Yeah.” of 24

Student focus group-2 ,[object Object],“ Do the podcasts make it more fun?” “ Yeah.” “ Interactive.” “ Definitely.” “ It makes you want to learn.” “ Yeah.” of 24

Making podcasts: key issues ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],of 24

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