DIY Podcasting: Benefits for Teaching and Learning

DIY Podcasting: Benefits for Teaching & Learning

Rodney B. Murray, Ph.D.

!Executive Director, Office of Academic Technology

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

Rev. 10/2013

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Educational ObjectivesYou will learn… • The history of podcasting • How to

– Create – Publish – Distribute your own podcasts

• The benefits of podcasting for teaching & learning • Where to look for more information

Background

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Web 2.0 – Now YOU can participate

• Web 1.0 – Information resource (read only) –Marketing must for all serious businesses –A commercial success (Amazon, eBay etc.)

• Web 2.0 –The “participatory” or “read/write” web –Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, “web desktop” –E.g., Wikipedia, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter


Podcasting is like TiVo for Internet Radio

• Audio or video recordings designed to be downloaded and played on portable media devices

• Fastest growing Web 2.0 technology • Growing faster than DVD adoption • Somewhat like TiVo for radio • Variation on Web 1.0 streaming Internet radio,

allowing time and place shifting • iPod NOT required


iPods are Not Required• Despite the name, you don’t need

an iPod to listen to podcasts. • All you need is an MP3 player or

smart phone. • You can even burn a podcast to a

CD and playing it on the CD player in your living room or your car.

• It’s audio content/entertainment when and where you want it.

Podcasting History

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Podcasting, a Marriage of MP3 & RSS

• Adam Curry, the “Pod Father” – 1st video jockey on MTV –www.curry.com

• Daily Source Code (2004)(dailysourcecode.mevio.com)

• iPodder / IndiePodder / Juice • PodShow (www.mevio.com) • Podsafe Music Network

(www.musicalley.com)

http://www.curry.com

http://dailysourcecode.mevio.com

http://www.mevio.com

http://www.musicalley.com


Adam Curry's Daily Source Code Introduced by Steve Jobs in 2005, at D3 Conference

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06awT8w0_PU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06awT8w0_PU


RSS 2.0 Makes Podcasting Work

• RSS 1.0 led to rise of BLOGS, i.e., “web logs” • RSS 2.0 allows an “enclosure”, a link to another

file, e.g., and mp3 audio file • RSS (Really Simple Syndication) 2.0 is a Web 2.0

technology that allows website syndication • Allows portion of website, called a “web feed”, to

be available to individual subscribers • “Subscribing” doesn’t imply cost; most are free


Podcasting – Everyone is doing it

• Experienced bloggers

• Tech savvy amateurs

• Professional broadcasters

• Syndicated radio shows –NPR “In the Media” –“This Week in Tech” (Leo Laporte)

• Education institutions


Podcasting is Growing

• > 91,000 podcasts in Podcast Alley Directory • > 1 BILLION podcast subscribers in iTunes! • According to a recent Edison Research Study on

the Podcast Consumer, awareness of Podcasting has grown 105% since 2006 from 22% in 2006 to 45% in 2012.

• The percentage of consumers indicating they have listened to an audio podcast has grown 163% from 11% in 2006 to 29% in 2012.

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http://www.edisonresearch.com/home/archives/2012/05/the-podcast-consumer-2012.php

How to Podcast

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Podcasting – How does it work?• For Podcast Producer

– Record an audio file in mp3 format – Upload mp3 and “show notes” to web server – Create an RSS feed – Submit to iTunes (optional)

• For Podcast Listener – Go to show website and click on mp3 link to play, OR – Copy mp3 file to portable player, OR – Subscribe to podcast RSS feed via iTunes and sync to

portable player (iPod, iPhone, Android phone, tablets)


Podcasting Requires Hardware & Software

• Hardware Requirements –PC or Mac –Microphone –MP3 file Host Server –Show Notes Host Server

• Software Requirements –Sound waveform editor –Blog


Create your Podcast

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Buy a good quality microphone

• Condenser microphones are best • Look for USB connection to connect to your PC or

Mac • Battery powered remote microphone recorders

are available • iOS or Android recording apps may be used in a

pinch

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Audio Quality is Paramount

• Sample from RPP #1 (2/2006)

• Sample from RPP #115 (10/2013)

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http://www.rodspulsepodcast.com/2006/02/rpp-1-introduction-to-podcasting.html

http://www.rodspulsepodcast.com/


Get a good audio editor

• Audacity (free)

• Garage Band

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Audacity


Publish your Podcast

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Publish Your Audio File

• Find a site to host your MP3 recordings –PodBean –Libsyn –Blackboard –Many website hosting companies


Publish Your Show Notes

• Create a Web page to host your podcast directory, show notes and links to your MP3 audio files using: –Blogger (FREE)

• www.blogger.com • A Google company

–Wordpress • www.wordpress.com

–Blackboard

http://www.blogger.com/

http://www.wordpress.com/


Blogger shownotes


Rpp on blogger


Distribute your Podcast

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Create your Feed using Feedburner

• An RSS feed allows your audience to subscribe using their “feed catcher” such as iTunes

• Code the RSS feed in XML manually, or use… • Feedburner (FREE)

–www.feedburner.com (another Google company) –FeedBurner hosts well over a million feeds for

584,832 publishers, including 142,534 podcast and videocast feeds

–Automatically polls your blog –Keeps stats on your subscribers and downloads

http://www.feedburner.com/


Listeners Can Subscribe via Email

• Feedburner allows you to embed a widget into your show notes blog for users to subcribe via email


Promote Your Podcast

• Podcast Directories –http://www.podcastdirectory.com/ –http://www.podcastalley.com/ –http://www.musicalley.com// –http://www.podfeed.net/ –http://www.apple.com/itunes/

• Other Promotional Tools…

Most Important!

http://www.podcastdirectory.com/

http://www.podcastalley.com/

http://music.podshow.com/

http://music.podshow.com/

http://www.podfeed.net/

http://www.apple.com/itunes/

Listening to Podcasts


Listening to a Podcast

• Listen to show directly from website • Subscribe using a “podcatcher” via

–Desktop application • iTunes (www.apple.com/itunes) • Juice (juicereceiver.sourceforge.net)

–Web Browser • Yahoo (podcasts.yahoo.com) • Firefox “live bookmarks”

http://www.apple.com/itunes

http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net


Podcatchers (cross platform)

• iTunes • Juice (formerly iPodder) • Also: Miro, Podfy, Firenze • Podcast Apps for Mobile use • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_podcatchers

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_podcatchers





https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rods-pulse-podcast/id121949703

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rods-pulse-podcast/id121949703


http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/



iOS Podcasts App

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Benefits for Teaching & Learning


Podcasting is booming…

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/talkingtech/2013/08/15/podcast-explosion/2647963/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/talkingtech/2013/08/15/podcast-explosion/2647963/


Podcasting Scenario : Student


Podcasting – Lecture Capture

• Manual production by lecturer using, e.g., using Blogger and Feedburner.

• Capture Lecture Audio, Video, PowerPoint –Echo360 (www.echo360.com) –Mediasite (www.sonicfoundry.com/mediasite) –Panopto (www.panopto.com) –Tegrity Campus (www.tegrity.com)

• Podcast LX (www.learningobjects.com)

http://www.echo360.com/

http://www.sonicfoundry.com/mediasite



http://www.panopto.com

http://www.tegrity.com/

http://www.learningobjects.com


Download MP3


Podcasting Scenario : Clinician


Podcast Benefits Teaching & Learning

• Students can learn on the move while commuting or exercising

• Students can review material often and with fast playback (2x); perfect for language learning

• Faculty can “flip the classroom” and assign audio or video podcasts for students to prepare for classroom exercises

• A live Internet connection is NOT required

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Podcasting is Growing

• Those scenarios are happening TODAY! • The “Internet generation” are today’s students

and tomorrow’s employees and customers • Podcasting w/video opens up new educational

possibilities • Ubiquitous cell phone and “WiFi” (wireless)

networks will accelerate adoption of podcasting and streaming

Podcasting Resources


50 Educational Podcasts You Should Check

http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/50-educational-podcasts-you-should-check-out/

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Podcast Gallery: The Best Audio and Video Podcasts

http://podgallery.org/

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The Best Podcasts You Should be Listening to in 2013

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/ron-nurwisah/the-best-podcasts-2012_b_2432058.html

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Podcasting Scholarly Publications• Lin, Shinjeng, Joseph C. Zimmer, and Velma Lee. "Podcasting Acceptance on Campus: the Differing Perspectives of

Teachers and Students." Computers & Education (2013). • Khoshkish, Shayan, Ali Faturechi, and Ahmad Reza Dehpour. "Medical Podcasting in Iran; Pilot, Implementation and

Attitude Evaluation." Acta Medica Iranica 51.1 (2013). • Collier-Reed, Brandon I., Jennifer M. Case, and Angela Stott. "The influence of podcasting on student learning: a

case study across two courses." European Journal of Engineering Education 38.3 (2013): 329-339. • Hasan, Md Masudul, and Tan Bee Hoon. "Podcast Applications in Language Learning: A Review of Recent Studies."

English Language Teaching 6.2 (2013): p128. • Kendall, Ross. "Podcasting and pedagogy." Mobile pedagogy and perspectives on teaching and learning (2014):

41-57. • Stewart, David W., Peter C. Panus, and Nicholas E. Hagemeier. "An analysis of student performance with podcasting

and active learning in a pharmacotherapy module." Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning (2013). • Hartfield, Perry J. "The power of educational podcasting: using short-format podcasts to reinforce tertiary student

learning experiences in science." Proceedings of the STEM in Education Conference 2010. Queensland University of Technology, 2011.

• Lonn, Steven, and Stephanie D. Teasley. "Podcasting in higher education: What are the implications for teaching and learning?." The Internet and Higher Education 12.2 (2009): 88-92.

• Van Bergen, Penny. "Recasting Lecture Material Using Podcasts: An Educational Psychology Case Study." Curriculum Models for the 21st Century. Springer New York, 2014. 259-277.

• Khechine, Hager, Sawsen Lakhal, and Daniel Pascot. "University Students’ Perception of the Pedagogical Use of Podcasts: A Case Study of an Online Information System Course." Journal of Education and Training Studies 1.2 (2013): 136-151.

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Pocasting Resource Links• http://www.blogworld.com/ (conference) • http://podcamp.pbworks.com/ (unconference) • http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/ (discovering) • http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/specs.html (making a podcast) • http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ (subscribe & play) • http://www.podbean.com/ (hosting) • https://www.podomatic.com/ (hosting) • http://www.libsyn.com/ (hosting) • http://www.blogger.com/ (Blogger show notes) • http://codex.wordpress.org/Podcasting (Wordpress show notes) • http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ (audio editor) • http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/ (podcast editor)

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http://www.blogworld.com/

http://podcamp.pbworks.com/


http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/specs.html

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

http://www.podbean.com/

https://www.podomatic.com/

http://www.libsyn.com/

http://www.blogger.com/

http://codex.wordpress.org/Podcasting

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/


Contact Me…

• Rodney B. Murray, PhD • www.RodsPulsePodcast.com • [email protected] !

QUESTIONS?

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