Podcasting, as easy as making a phone call?

Audio 2.0:Web audio, not just for the humanities anymore

A part of the Web 2.0 in Higher Education wiki

Instructional Development Lessonfor

University Faculty

Time allotted: 20 minutes

What do you already know?

I can… find audio feeds in a subject area subscribe to and listen to audio feeds create audio feeds describe at least 2 ways audio-

blogging can enhance your instruction follow intellectual property law vis-a-

vis audio

Objectives

Goal: Use audio enabled Web 2.0 resources to enhance instruction across disciplines, even audio challenged disciplines such as computer science

At the completion of the lesson, participants will be able to: • Name 1 source with multiple audio feeds in a subject area • Name 1 source to search for new audio feeds for your courses • Subscribe and listen to syndicated audio • Name 1 web service which can be used to create syndicated

audio • Collaboratively create syndicated audio • Describe 3 ways syndicated audio can enhance learning • Cite 3 ways of following intellectual property law when

syndicating audio

Significance of Web 2.0

• Advantages of AJAX :• robust, two-way interaction with the user• rich media elements such as audio and video• no need to install or maintain software

• Disadvantages: • bandwidth heavy, outages, ephemeral

• Limitations: • Highly visual, complex information.• Early studies showed that sciences are less well

suited to audio lectures than the humanities

• Cases: Flickr, Google mail, De.licio.us

Podcasting 101

• When can you listen to a podcast?• In real time or any time. “Time-shifted”

• Where can you listen to a podcast? What do you need?• At your computer or anywhere using an iPod or other

portable media player• Why podcast?

• Time shifted communication allows for learning “just in time”, and better documentation of communication, and therefore of knowledge

• One expert many learners • Find an authentic audience for student work.

• What do you need?• A computer and microphone (or a digital voice recorder, or a

telephone).

Podcasting CS lectures• Why?

• More effective review. Can pair with lecture review quiz.

• Students are focused on lecture not recording words.• In seminars or for some segments or regular lectures,

precast lectures and use class time for problems.• Why not?

• To introduce information that is highly visual or complex.

• University does video recording.• Examples:

• Introduction to Computers • The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs • Computer Science E-1: Understanding Computers and the Internet• http://www.lightreading.com/webinar_archives.asp • http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/shivkuma

How to make a podcast

• Record audio in the Mp3 format. • Use a digital recorder which records in Mp3

format.• Or plug a USB headset with earphone and

microphone into your computer. Record audio with Audacity Mp3 recorder. Save it as an MP3 file.

• Upload the Mp3 file to your blog, wiki, or other webpage.

• Creat an RSS feed so that subscribers can receive new audio when added.

RSS: Really Simple Syndication: protocol for subscribing to updates to someone else's content

OR do it ALL in one step….

Audioblogging by phone

• Free• www.Audioblogger.com • www.Odeo.com

• Paid• www.Livejournal.com • www.Listenlab.com

Other Popular Tools for making podcasts

• Audacity Audio Editor: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/audacity.html

• Skype chat / voicemail

• About.com Guide http://radio.about.com/od/softwaretocreatepodcasts/

Create an RSS feed

• Automatic in Odeo• This RSS for the Educasting feed was made

automatically on posting the audio: http://odeo.com/channel/98663/rss

• Easy• www.Feedburner.com

• DIY: Make a feed file• http://www.podcast411.com/howto_1.html• http://make-rss-feeds.com/making-an-rss-feed.htm

• Ipodderl.org

Subscribing to Podcasts

• Add podcast feed to podcast aggregator (“podcatcher”).

• Aggregator checks RSS feeds regularly, downloading and adding new shows to a playlist.

• Dock portable player and software updates it with the latest podcasts.

Podcatchers

• Tools for updating podcasts• Juice (formerly Ipodder) • iTunes

• Pocket PC• FeederReader

• Online Services subscribe to podcasts without installing software• www.Newgator.com • MirPod - podcast client with a "virtual iPod" interface. • PodFeeder - an online service for searching for and sharing

podcasts. • Podcast Player Online Free web-based solution able to

manage podcast files. • Odeo• My Yahoo

Newsgator

Podcast Directories

• Loomia• Wikipedia's List_of_podcast_directories • Digital Podcast • CastWiki Directory of podcast directories

and search engines

Directories with Alexa Page rank

• Podcast Alley 8,7297• Podcast.net 13,4297• Podcasting News 19,7146• Podcast Pickle 46,0895• Podcast Directory 66,9406• Podcast Bunker 109,8416• Podcast411 131,3236• Podcasting Station 152,2745• AllPodcasts 299,4795• PodFeeder 337,1596• Podcast Host 344,2304• PodSites 648,0046- source

Academic educasts

• http://webcast.berkeley.edu/• https://camtools.caret.cam.ac.uk/portal/site/!gateway/page/

!gateway-400

• http://odeo.com/channel/98402/view • http://Ourmedia.com • podagogy.co.uk • Georgetown University • Washington College of Law Podcasts • Weely

Podcast from Professor Paul Bell at East Carolina University

• The William Herschel Lecture: Planets and life beyond the solar system Posted to University of Bath - Public Lectures

• Podcasts of the Public Lecture series at the University of Bath

Other Typical Uses for Podcasting

• 1.) Talk Shows2.) Music Shows 3.) Interviews4.) Story Telling5.) Tutorials6.) Directions7.) Commentaries8.) Events

Podcasts for expert interviews

• Motivate students to bridge the divide between academics and career skills

• Gain assistance and expertise in a particular software for an internship or graduate work

• Team work: Formulate questions as a team using a wiki. Conduct interview together.

Intellectual Property

• When podcasting copyrighted material:• Obtain permission• Follow Fair Use guidelines • Follow TEACH guidelines. Rule #1: restrict

access to currently enrolled students• Stop recording while using copyrighted

material: “We are now going to watch the movie on Ruby available from … This section will not be recorded.”

IP Resources

• Podcasting Legal Guide • Legal issues in podcasting the traditional classroom• Digital Plagiarism and Intellectual Property- January 19, 2006 -

Teaching Development Centre Conference - Regina, SK - Download Presentation.

• Technology and Intellectual Property in Law • Fair Use:

• Guidelines for Educational Multimedia – contains The Multimedia Fair Use Document that includes several government reports, and fair use guidelines for multimedia

• Fairuse Stanford • Ethics Online - user guideline to the internet • Intellectual Property • EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) - intellectual property

online an archive containing information on patents, trademark, and copyright information

In Writing

• Please take a brief quiz, then

• In pairs or small groups, please write (in outline form) your responses to the assigned question found on the wiki.• Question A• Question B• Question C

5 minute Podcast Roundtable Discussion

• How could you use podcasts in your classes? • How would it enhance your instruction?• What tools would you use to podcast?

Time allowing:• How would you handle potential intellectual

property issues in podcasting?

Conclusion

• Podcasting • Allows flexible, time-shifted communication for

both students and faculty.• Requires the ability to record mp3 files, post them

on the web, and create an RSS feed for them.• Can be used for a variety of instructional purposes.• Can be done quickly with lower quality, but

immediate results or with high quality microphones and careful production for mass distribution

Podcast Pedagodgy

• Podagogy.com• “There’s Something in the Air: Podcasting in Education,”

Educause Review, November/December 2005 • Exploiting the Educational Potential of Podcasting

April 2005 • Giving the students what they want: Short, to-the-point e-le

ctures

• Technologies to Support Qualitative ResearchJuly 14, 2005 - EC&I 800 - Faculty of Education, University of Regina - Regina, SK - Download Keynote Presentation (zipped) or PDF File.

Optimization tips

• To find tips and software for your equipment, search the web for “podcasting” and “Windows”, “PDA”, “Smartphone”, or any terms describing your setup.

• Add jargon words to the search query as needed.

Optimizing Sound Quality

• Recording• USB microphone like the Snowball or Samson• Or plug an MXL mic into a Behringer mixer

Post-production• Compression• Good headphones.

• You can’t improve noises you can’t hear .• Closed design allows you to hear more at a lower

volume. Eg., Sennheiser HD-280• Source: Podcast Pedant

Why RSS is here to stay

• Eventually your RSS inbox will subscribe to all of the following:• - e-mail from your friends and colleagues• - calendars of your co-workers and timelines of projects and

conferences• - status updates: overnight deliveries, • - time-shifted broadcasts: audio or video

• RSS will allow you to • - prioritize items• - move content from email to projects, calendars, and to-do

lists

• Tutorial on RSS: http://www.mnot.net/rss/tutorial/

Why you should be at the forefront of podcasting

• Podcasting provides you with a multimedia portfolio of your instruction

• Podcasting allows you to time-shift lectures• freeing class time for interaction• allowing you to respond to students “just in time”

• In an age when introductory level content and lectures may be replaceable by mass technologies, your communication skills as a guide, mentor, specialist, and subject matter expert are critical.