Universities across the UK are conducting research on podcasting in various areas: 1) Evaluating the use of podcasting for teaching and learning, such as automatic recording for students and assessing the impact on exam success. 2) Exploring models of audio feedback and how podcasting can support authentic learning experiences. 3) Experimenting with using podcasts to engage employers and evaluate their effectiveness. 4) Examining staff and student uptake of podcasting technologies and exploring collaborative research opportunities.

1. Podcasting Research
Current Research
- University of Leicester - IMPALA –
- Bangor – Teresa Bird – HEA paper –
evaluating podcasting in teaching and learning
– automatic recording of audio and video -
SPSS to psychology students
- Sheffield Hallam – Andrew Middleton – Audio
feedback models, authenticity
- London SouthBank – experimental – reaching
employers
- Kingston – part of IMPALA, Mobile
technologies
- UEL – school of Law – Learning enhancement
bid (internal)
- UCL – none as yet
- University of Herts – staff uptake of podcasting
- De Montfort – use of Web2 technology –
evaluation
- Glasgow Caledonian – use of spoken word
- Chester L1 &L3 assessment feedback
evaluation pre&post questionnaire
- Aston – podcast from a student perspective
- Uni of Brighton – podcast for V&A Design
students – preparation for visit
- Brunel Uni – 3 podcasting projects –
o 600 management students, revision
podcasts
o Podcasts as summarising supplement
o Postgrads esl academic skills podcasts –
evaluations of staff and students

2. - University of Edinburgh – starting – podcast
repository – searchable (Fedora?)

3. Potential Areas
- Evaluation methods
- How do we build research questions
- Impact
- Learning
- Pedagogies

4. Methodological Issues and Challenges
- What is measurable?
o Exam success
o Efficiency
o Effectiveness
o What are the issues
- No of variables
- Students attitudes to tech
- What are the students’ expectations?
- Demographics
- Staff development

5. Sources of Funding
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- JISC preliminary bid due May 5 – innovative,
risky, couldn’t be resources, extension of
existing software, wouldn’t normally be funded
by JISC (30,000 per bid) – this will be repeated
– August, and early 2009
- JISC Coming up – 250,000 – curriculum
redevelopment
- HEA subject networks
- EPSRC - TEL

6. Collaborative Research
- ELESIG
- NING site?
- List of attendees has research interest

7. SIG Database

8. Conferences
JISC –
IADIS
ALT-C
Haarlem
AACE
CNI
CAL (2009)