Podcasting

For Teaching, Learning and Professional

Development

What is Podcasting?

• Multimedia files over Internet

• Playback on mobile device or computer

• Think radio show and beyond

• Download & listen any time

How Does it Work?

Creator

Create a recordingCreate a recording

Add an RSS feedAdd an RSS feed

Post to a serverPost to a server

Consumer

Collect using aggregatorCollect using aggregator

Used RSS to subscribeUsed RSS to subscribe

Find a podcastFind a podcast

Advantages

• Simple, easy to use

• Hundreds of different topics

• Listen on computer or on the go

• Listen as many times

• Most are free

Disadvantages

• Need high-speed Internet connection

• Anyone can produce, credibility

• Vodcasts/enhanced are more effort

• Time intensive to edit

Ways to Use Podcasts

• Record Class Lectures

• Guest Lectures

• Marketing & Promotion

• Sports or Special Events

• Professional Development

• Student Projects

• Differentiation

For Teaching & Learning

• Course-Casting Stanford on iTunes: Physics 415: Thermal & Statistical Physics

• Interactive and Reflective Q&A: Dr. David Miller’s iCube (undergrad psychology)

• Research: Faculty Research at the University of Chicago

• Featured Presentations: University of Virginia

For LearningStudent Created Podcasts:

• iGeneration University of Western Australia

• English 52B Podcast (Swarthmore)

Content Based Podcasts:

• Great Books - A Chapter a Day

• French through Songs & Singing

• The Chronicle

Student Academic Benefits

• Improving Organization Skills

• Writing, Reading and Speaking Skills

• Increasing Peer Collaboration

• Authentic Assessment

• Tone/Voice/Expression/Character

• Supports Differentiation

• Researchers & Creators of Knowledge

For Professional Development

• The Chronicle of Higher Education

• Standford U

• MIT Open Courseware

Designing & Planning

• Roles & Responsibilities

• Format

• Length

• Planning

• Scripting

• Assessing

Podcast Directories

• The Higher Ed Podcast Repository

• Uchannel

• Education Podcast Network

• Podcast.net Directory

• iTunes

Interactive Podcasting?

• Chinswing

• Slidecasts

• Crowdabout

• Odeo

• Skypecasting

Resources

• Podcasting in Higher Education: A Bibliography