This document discusses the University of British Columbia Science and Engineering Library's use of podcasting as an outreach tool. It began by recording and archiving lectures from the Physics and Astronomy department. The library handles all aspects of creating, hosting, and maintaining the podcasts. While podcasting requires resources, it has the potential to increase student and community engagement while showcasing the library and university's resources. Going forward, the library aims to expand podcasting to additional departments and explore using video recording.
The Future of Higher Ed? A Canary in the Coal Mine of Online LearningLori Packer
Presented at the 2012 HighEdWeb Conference in Milwaukee. Compares the experience of a traditional online degree with a new MOOC to make observations about future directions in online learning.
This one hour information session aims to provide teaching staff at The University of Edinburgh with the information and tools to use copyright and licensed materials in teaching while adhering to licenses and copyright protections.
The session covers:
– Closed vs. Open teaching spaces
– Licenses in Higher Educations
– Subscriptions, databases, and services
– Open Educational Resources
– Attribution of materials in online teaching environments
– Searching for materials
This is the slide set for the OER & Open Licensing component of the monthly Copyright & Licensing Training provided by Stephanie (Charlie) Farley and Eugen Stoica at The University of Edinburgh.
Copyright and licensing training is an important way to build confidence, awareness, and staff skills, enabling the provision of teaching, research and information services in compliance with the law and open educational practices.
Stephanie (Charlie) Farley is the Open Educational Resources (OER) Advisor for Educational Design and Engagement. She provides the OER service and the Open.Ed website.
The Future of Higher Ed? A Canary in the Coal Mine of Online LearningLori Packer
Presented at the 2012 HighEdWeb Conference in Milwaukee. Compares the experience of a traditional online degree with a new MOOC to make observations about future directions in online learning.
This one hour information session aims to provide teaching staff at The University of Edinburgh with the information and tools to use copyright and licensed materials in teaching while adhering to licenses and copyright protections.
The session covers:
– Closed vs. Open teaching spaces
– Licenses in Higher Educations
– Subscriptions, databases, and services
– Open Educational Resources
– Attribution of materials in online teaching environments
– Searching for materials
This is the slide set for the OER & Open Licensing component of the monthly Copyright & Licensing Training provided by Stephanie (Charlie) Farley and Eugen Stoica at The University of Edinburgh.
Copyright and licensing training is an important way to build confidence, awareness, and staff skills, enabling the provision of teaching, research and information services in compliance with the law and open educational practices.
Stephanie (Charlie) Farley is the Open Educational Resources (OER) Advisor for Educational Design and Engagement. She provides the OER service and the Open.Ed website.
Please join the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) on Tuesday, March 26, 10:00 am (Pacific time) to hear about authoring tools available for developing open educational resources including web pages, ePub, and PDF formats. This webinar will feature three different authoring tools that are being used to develop OER that can be made freely available.
Connexions Authoring Tool – Daniel Williamson, project manager of the OpenStax project at Connexions, will demonstrate the new Connexions repository authoring tool which provides a seamless development to distribution workflow for OER creation.
Pressbooks Authoring – Adrienne Watt, a Computer and Business instructor at both Douglas College and Northwest Community College in British Columbia will discuss and demonstrate the BCcampus Pressbooks platform that she and other instructors in British Columbia have used to develop open textbooks.
SoftChalk – Sue Evans, CEO and founder of SoftChalk, will demonstrate their award-winning eLearning content authoring tool and give us a tour of Softchalk cloud, their online community and learning object repository for sharing resources.
for the ACE e-learning showcase, March '09, here's an adapted version of the reports from last year .. focusing more closely on the learning activities that teachers could adapt in their classrooms.
Given by John Holmes
The second in our series of workshops designed to gather input from stakeholders involved in existing off-grid projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This event is workshop scheduled to be held in Malaysia for the ASEAN countries will be organised by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) in collaboration with Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS).
The second in our series of workshops designed to gather input from stakeholders involved in existing off-grid projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This event is workshop scheduled to be held in Malaysia for the ASEAN countries will be organised by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) in collaboration with Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS).
BCcampus: Finding, Selecting, and Adopting Open Textbooks and OERUna Daly
Una Daly, OCW Consortium & Terrie McAloney, BCcampus present a pre-webinar on Finding, Selecting, and Adopting OER and Open Textbooks for BCcampus workshops.
Finding, Selecting, and Adopting Open TextbooksBCcampus
Webinar facilitated by Una Daly, OpenCourseWare Consortium and Terrie McAloney, BCcampus. For more information about open textbooks and OER, visit http://open.bccampus.ca
Web 2.0 in Health: a Practical Overviewubcphysioblog
This is a presentation for the British Columbia Ministry of Health by Eugene Barsky, Librarian from the University of British Columbia. Presented on October 31, 2007
Please join the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) on Tuesday, March 26, 10:00 am (Pacific time) to hear about authoring tools available for developing open educational resources including web pages, ePub, and PDF formats. This webinar will feature three different authoring tools that are being used to develop OER that can be made freely available.
Connexions Authoring Tool – Daniel Williamson, project manager of the OpenStax project at Connexions, will demonstrate the new Connexions repository authoring tool which provides a seamless development to distribution workflow for OER creation.
Pressbooks Authoring – Adrienne Watt, a Computer and Business instructor at both Douglas College and Northwest Community College in British Columbia will discuss and demonstrate the BCcampus Pressbooks platform that she and other instructors in British Columbia have used to develop open textbooks.
SoftChalk – Sue Evans, CEO and founder of SoftChalk, will demonstrate their award-winning eLearning content authoring tool and give us a tour of Softchalk cloud, their online community and learning object repository for sharing resources.
for the ACE e-learning showcase, March '09, here's an adapted version of the reports from last year .. focusing more closely on the learning activities that teachers could adapt in their classrooms.
Given by John Holmes
The second in our series of workshops designed to gather input from stakeholders involved in existing off-grid projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This event is workshop scheduled to be held in Malaysia for the ASEAN countries will be organised by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) in collaboration with Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS).
The second in our series of workshops designed to gather input from stakeholders involved in existing off-grid projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This event is workshop scheduled to be held in Malaysia for the ASEAN countries will be organised by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) in collaboration with Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS).
BCcampus: Finding, Selecting, and Adopting Open Textbooks and OERUna Daly
Una Daly, OCW Consortium & Terrie McAloney, BCcampus present a pre-webinar on Finding, Selecting, and Adopting OER and Open Textbooks for BCcampus workshops.
Finding, Selecting, and Adopting Open TextbooksBCcampus
Webinar facilitated by Una Daly, OpenCourseWare Consortium and Terrie McAloney, BCcampus. For more information about open textbooks and OER, visit http://open.bccampus.ca
Web 2.0 in Health: a Practical Overviewubcphysioblog
This is a presentation for the British Columbia Ministry of Health by Eugene Barsky, Librarian from the University of British Columbia. Presented on October 31, 2007
This is the first in a series a four learning labs on podcasting in education at South Mountain Community College presented by MCLI, the Maricopa Center for Learning & Instruction. Presentation is accompanied by a wiki: http://drcoop.pbwiki.com/PodcastingTheoryPractice
Podcasting originated as a new form of audio broadcasting, but by 2006, issues of ease of use, proprietary technology, and finances slowed its momentum. Now podcasting is more popular than ever. This presentation therefore traces the author’s initial and current CALL podcasting projects, reconsidering the foundations and pedagogy of podcasting. The author's pioneer work in podcasting was thwarted when his Japancasting blog suddenly disappeared from both paid and free hosting sites 15+ years ago. Japancasting had received many international honors including an "Effective Practice" award from the Online Learning Consortium, particularly for English as a Foreign Language Student-Generated Content. Now the author is collaborating with educators in India to revive the podcasting channel as open educational resources for a broader audience including developing country learners. This illustrated slideshow provides details on the considerations involved, explanatory concepts, and conclusions.
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This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
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Portable Science - Podcasting As An Outreach Tool For A Large Academic Science And Engineering Library
1. Portable science: podcasting as an outreach tool for a
large academic science and engineering library
Eugene Barsky, Kevin Lindstrom and Aleteia Greenwood
Science and Engineering Library, University of British Columbia, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada
June 2009
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2. Outline:
What is podcasting
Why we decided to podcast
How we do it
Podcasting 101
How much it costs
Where we host podcasts
What are the next steps
photo by Josh Bancroft
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3. What is podcasting
Common characteristics for the Web 2.0 tools: collaborative in nature,
interactive, and dynamic.
Definition - "a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program --
is typically made available on the web for downloading to a personal
audio player " (McKean 2005).
Podcasting is really a dynamic term, now synonymous with any audio or
video file that listeners download and play on a digital player (Barsky &
Lindstrom 2008)
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4. Statistics
Pew survey – 20% in 2005
(Pew Internet 2006).
eMarketer – 18.5M in 2007 and potential for 65M by 2012
(eMarketer 2008).
In academia – 70% of undergrads
(Oliver & Goerke 2007).
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5. Why podcasting ourselves?
University of British Columbia is Canada’s second largest university
Home to very strong Faculty of Science and Faculty of Applied Science
The departments we serve present hundreds of talks during an academic year for
the students, faculty, and the broader community.
Can we record and preserve some of them? We decided to try!
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6. How we do it?
We decided to start with the department of Physics and Astronomy -
http://www.physics.ubc.ca/
Offered to assist with creating, hosting and maintaining podcasts
Podcasts themselves generated interest from faculty
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7. Podcasting 101
First, find appropriate content. Content is crucial -- substance trumps style.
Quality will keep people coming back for more.
Gather required hardware and software. Podcasting is very simple and cheap.
Audacity (free) - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
USB microphone - Samson CO1U USB Condenser Mic - $50-90 CAD
cIRcle - the University of British Columbia’s Institutional Repository (and
iTunes U.)
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8. Podcasting 101
Convert the final audio files to MP3 format and upload them online, then the audio
files need to be streamed using an RSS feed.
One simple way is via a blog - http://blogs.ubc.ca/scienglib
Another way is link from a web site for manual download (not a real podcast)
Promote your podcasts
Students and faculty can be the best word-of-mouth promoters
Quality will be what keeps subscribers coming back for more.
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9. Podcasting 101
Evaluate and learn from your experience
Don’t promise too much
Don’t stretch yourself too thin
Use statistics to measure the impact of podcasts
Use statistics to show the value of podcasts
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10. A typical podcast
Real life presentation
Non-linear narrative
Captures questions from the audience
May have historical relevance
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11. Hosting podcasts
Most podcasts take a lot of space. Our podcasts are approximately 1MB for 1
minute of recording in MP3 format
Storage becomes cheaper now, and so are your options:
Your institutional repository. Do you have one? If yes, it can take both audio
and video files and even stream them online (with a plug-in)
Library or departmental website
iTunesU – do you have a subscription?
Storage for a fee:
Box.net
OmniDrive
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12. Future directions
We would like to expand:
To other departments: Computer Science and Chemistry are our first candidates,
particularly the Distinguished Lectures series
American Physical Society Northwest Section Annual Meeting
New skill set for librarians
Podcasting takes time and energy and scheduling
Video recording and archiving
photo by delgaudm
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13. Summary
Podcasting might increase student satisfaction and instructional flexibility
Our podcasting experiences are mutually beneficial for the library and our
academic community both at UBC and internationally
We expect podcasting phenomenon to grow and we want to be a part of it!
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14. References
Barsky E., & Lindstrom K. Podcasting the Sciences: A Practical Overview Issues in Science
and Technology Librarianship [Online], Fall 2008.
eMarketer. 2008. Heard the latest about podcasting? [Online]. Available:
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1005869&src=article1_newsltr [Accessed 13 May
2009]
McKean, E. 2005. The New Oxford American Dictionary (2nd ed.). New York, N.Y.: Oxford
University Press.
Oliver, B., & Goerke, V. 2007. Australian undergraduates' use and ownership of emerging
technologies: Implications and opportunities for creating engaging learning experiences for
the net generation. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology 23(2): 171-186.
Pew Internet. 2006. Podcast downloading. [Online]. Available:
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/193/report_display.asp [Accessed: 13 May 2009]
Worcester, L., & Barker, E. 2006. Podcasting: Exploring the possibilities for academic
libraries. College & Undergraduate Libraries 13(3): 87-91.
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