1. 1. A borderless classrooom? Podcasting in Moodle
2. 2. Overview 1 My teaching context 2 Learner profile 3 A change of scene 4 Issues of context courseware will address 5 Affordances of podcasting 6 Choice of blends 7 Questions 8 - References
3. 3. My teaching context * UK FE education college * Adult learners *Long courses, minimal contact teaching time *Materials available (coursebooks, networked PCs, some smartboards, digital recorders)
4. 4. Learner profile *Learners are at level 1 (CEFR = B2) *Highly intrinsically motivated *Hoping to progress to Access to HE or IELTS *Minimal experience with technology
5. 5. A change of scene
   • Old college (1934) to be demolished in August.New College to open in September
   • 6. Paperless workplace (!!)
   • 7. Change of exam boards
6. 8. Issues of context courseware will address
   • Motivation
     • • • Podcasting has the potential for creating intrinsic and extrinsic motivation (O'Bryan and Hegelheimer 2007)
         • 9. Students who produce podcasts for assessed tasks will probably take more care with preparation, knowing that it could potentially be listened to by people all over the world. (Stanley 2005)
   • Assessment preparation
     • • • Specific request for examples of examination topics and of past examinations.
   • Further practice
     • • • Podcasting can be used to increase a student's time allocated to language learning and while doing so provide a meaningful experience that is motivating and stimulating. (McMinn
7. 11. Choice of blends
   • *PodOmatic www.1voice2speak.podomatic.com *Easy to embed *One click download *Record directly no complicated publishing process *Moodle allows communicative follow-up tasks.
8. 13. Questions
9. 14. References *O'Bryan, A and Hegelheimer, V. 2007.Integrating CALL into the Classroom: the Role of podcasting in an ESL Listening Strategies CourseReCALL 19(2) 162-180. *Stanley, G.2006.Podcasting:Audio on the Internet Comes of Age.TESL-EJ 9(4) *Stanley, G. 2005.Podcasting for ELT.Available atwww.teachingenglish.org.uk ) *McMinn, S.Podcasting possibilities: increasing time and motivation in the language learning classroom.(Availablehere )