Archive for the ‘podcasts’ Category
Audio / Podcasting
What is a podcast?
A podcast is …
- Audio – videos are more likely to be learning objects and vlogging does not need RSS
- Regular – one audio file does not constitute a podcast, must have a sense of regularity
- Syndicated via RSS – otherwise it’s an online audio file that has been possible for years
Podcasting in Plain English
Podcasting in Higher Education
Podcasting for Pedagogic Purposes is a UK HEA initiative which aims to explore the use of podcasts in higher education
Podcasting for Learning in Universities is a book detailing a range of case studies on the use of podcasts and provides a model for developing effective podcasts – much of this work grew oput of the IMPALA project.
Potential uses of podcasting
- Distance learning / self-paced learning
- Advanced or supplementary material
- Choice depending on learning style
- Promotion of research
- Topical updates related to lecture material
- Replace the lecture
- Student assessment and feedback
- Collecting data in the field
More podcasting tips
A Bakers Dozen of Practical Podcasting Tips – less theory, more practice
Podcasting and Audio in the Social Sciences – overview of key audio resources
My Podcasting Life … or the Reverse Obama Effect – lessons from various podcasting experiments
Podcasts links from Delicious – with an emphasis on podcasting in HE
Exercise
- Go to Intute: Social Sciences http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/
- Search for podcast* and filter your results by subject – try Education
- Explore some of the recommended sites and try to find a podcast to listen to
Advanced
Go to the Podcasting for Learning in Universities book support website at: http://www.atimod.com/podcasting/
Click on the Podcasting Model link and explore this podcasting model
Blog
Create a new blog post and link to an mp3 file by typing
Open square bracket
Type the word audio
Leave a space
URL of an audio file ending in .mp3
Close square bracket
… but all on one line
More details are available from the WordPress.com Audio support page.
