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DIY Podcasting: Benefits for Teaching & Learning

Rodney B. Murray, Ph.D.

Executive Director of Academic Technology University of the Sciences

Philadelphia, PA

Rev. 12/2018

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Check out my background at www.rodneymurray.com.

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www.USciences.edu

First a brief ad about University of the Sciences…

http://www.USciences.edu


www.USciences.edu

You may have seen this on TV…

http://www.USciences.edu


USciences at a Glance• A private, coed university founded in 1821 as

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, the first school of pharmacy in North America

• 19 buildings on 30 acres in Philadelphia’s University City • Undergraduate: 1,248 • Graduate: 1,054 • More than 20 majors in three colleges • MS programs: 15 • PhD programs: 11 • Professional programs: 3 (PharmD, DPT, DrOT) • Certificate programs: 8

We’re proud of our long heritage.


Famous Alumni and their Companies

• Eli Lilly & Company • Rorer Pharmaceuticals (Sanofi) • Warner-Lambert (Pfizer Inc.) • McNeil Laboratories Inc. (Janssen

Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) • Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (Pfizer Inc.) • Burroughs Wellcome & Company

(GlaxoSmithKline)

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There are no better examples than the titans of the pharmaceutical industry who graduated from the institution:

Dr. Eli Lilly (class of 1907) and his father, Josiah K. Lilly (Class of 1882)—founders of Eli Lilly and Company Gerald F. Rorer (class of 1931)—founder of Rorer Pharmaceuticals, which is now Sanofi William R. Warner (class of 1856)—founder William R. Warner & Co., which became Warner-Lambert before merging with Pfizer Inc. Robert L. McNeil, Jr. (class of 1938) and his grandfather, Robert McNeil (class of 1876)—founder of McNeil Laboratories Inc., which was split into two separate corporations: McNeil Consumer Products Company (now McNeil Consumer Healthcare) and McNeil Pharmaceutical (now part of Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) John Wyeth (class of 1854)—founder of John Wyeth & Brother, which is now part of Pfizer Silas M. Burroughs (class of 1877) and Sir Henry S. Wellcome (class of 1874)—founders in England of Burroughs Wellcome and Company, which is now part of GlaxoSmithKline

Educational Objectives

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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

Questions for you...

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Background

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Web 2.0 – Now YOU can participate

Web 1.0 (Read-Only)

Web 2.0 (Read / Write)

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 Definition

• Definition: Audio or video recordings designed to be downloaded and played on portable media devices, or (more recently) streamed

• Like TIVO for Internet radio • Allows time and place shifting

Fastest growing Web 2.0 technology Grew faster than DVD adoption Somewhat like TiVo for radio Variation on Web 1.0 streaming Internet radio, allowing time and place shifting


iPods are Not Required

People used to think you needed an iPod to listen to podcasts. Before smartphones, you needed an MP3 player or… You could burn a podcast to a CD and play it on the CD or DVD 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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Adam Curry, the first VJ on MTV (1987-1993)

is now the ‘Pod Father’ (2005 - now)

Adam Curry was quite an entreprenuer. He registered the domain, MTV.com but had to give it back. Adam Curry 1st video jockey on MTV (‘90s) www.curry.com Daily Source Code (2004)(dailysourcecode.mevio.com) iPodder / IndiePodder / Juice PodShow (www.podshow.com) Podsafe Music Network (www.podshow.com/music/) No Agenda Podcast (www.noagendashow.com)


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

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Steve jobs demonstrating podcasting at the D3 conference in 2005 to Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg.


RSS 2.0 Makes Podcasting Work

“Really Simple Syndication”

RSS 2.0 added the link to audio or video media

“Subscribing” is usually FREE

One of the most important pieces of Web 2.0 technology involves the syndication of website content. Specifically, RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a standardized protocol which makes a portion of a web site (web feed) available to individual subscribers[1]. Earlier versions of RSS contributed to the rise of blogs. RSS 2.0 introduced the concept of an “enclosure,” a link to another file – an mp3 audio file in the case of podcasts. Web feeds allow users to capture each new episode on the site using an “aggregator” or “podcatcher.”

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

[1] Here, subscribing refers to the technology of obtaining the content, not the cost. Most podcasts today are free and don’t require a payment to subscribe.


Podcasting – Everyone is doing it

Bloggers Amateurs Broadcasters

Radio shows NPR “In the Media”

YOU!

Tech savvy amateurs, including many bloggers, were the first to podcast. Education institutions of all sorts are beginning to make course content available as podcasts. Professional broadcasters and syndicated radio shows are now making their content available as podcasts. NPR’s “In the Media” was one of the first to appear. Apple was late to the game but gave podcasting a big boost about a year ago when they began to add podcasts to their iTunes music store directory. Now a search on iTunes lists almost 5,000 educational podcasts. Experienced bloggers Tech savvy amateurs Professional broadcasters Syndicated radio shows NPR “In the Media” “This Week in Tech” (Leo Laporte) Education institutions


Leo Laporte, TWIT TV

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URL: twit.tv

The TWiT Network (https://twit.tv/) Shows This Week in Tech This Week in Google This Week in Law Security Now MacBreak Weekly The New Screen Savers and 18 more!


Here I am meeting my podcasting hero, Leo Laporte of TWiT TV. He’s built a multi-million dollar podcasting empire!


Podcasting is Growing

525,000 active shows

18.5 million episodes

1 BILLION podcast subscribers in iTunes!

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> 525,000 active shows > 18.5 million episodes > 1 BILLION podcast subscribers in iTunes!

Here are some Podcasting Stats and Facts from https://www.podcastinsights.com/podcast-statistics/


https://www.podcastinsights.com/podcast-statistics/


From Nielsen Podcast Insights.

How to Podcast

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How that you know what podcasting is and a bit about the history, how do you create your own podcast?


Concept map for producing a podcast.


Create your Podcast

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Podcaster – How do you do it?

• Plan episode and write script • Record audio file in mp3 format • Upload mp3 and “show notes” to web

servers • Create an RSS feed • Submit to iTunes and other podcast

directories (optional)


Required Hardware

• PC or Mac • Microphone • Server for MP3 files • Server for Show Notes

For podcast producers, podcast technology uses existing Internet standards, and freely available audio recording software and hardware. Anyone with an Internet connection and a well equipped laptop can push their program out to the web. A lot of podcasters use a talk radio style. Some music is being included in the Podcasts, but songs better be “podsafe”, i.e., not restricted by the copyright holder. There are now several music services online that specialize in promoting podsafe music (http://music.podshow.com/ and http://www.magnatune.com/).


Required Software

• Sound waveform editor app • FTP (file transfer protocol) app • Blog website

For podcast producers, podcast technology uses existing Internet standards, and freely available audio recording software and hardware. Anyone with an Internet connection and a well equipped laptop can push their program out to the web. A lot of podcasters use a talk radio style. Some music is being included in the Podcasts, but songs better be “podsafe”, i.e., not restricted by the copyright holder. There are now several music services online that specialize in promoting podsafe music (http://music.podshow.com/ and http://www.magnatune.com/).


Buy a good quality microphone

• USB Condenser microphones are best • Connect to your PC or Mac USB input • Battery powered remote microphone

recorders are available • iOS or Android recording apps may be

used in a pinch

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I use a Samson CO1U Pro kit similar to this.


Audio Quality is Paramount

• Sample from RPP #1 (2/2006)

• Sample from RPP #115 (10/2013)

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See how my audio quality has changed over the years.


Get a good audio (mp3) editor

• Audacity (free; Mac & Windows)https://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/

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I use audacity to edit the audio file, remove UMS and AHS.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/


Audacity

Use of free Audacity program to edit (cut, paste, delete, increase/decrease volumne) audio file.


Get a good audio (mp3) editor

• Garage Band (MacOS & iOS)https://www.apple.com/mac/garageband/

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I use Garage Band to assemble the many sections of my podcast: music, title, intro, advertisement, main section, outro, music, and closing disclaimer.

https://www.apple.com/mac/garageband/


Publish your Podcast

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Publish Your Audio File

• Find a site to host your MP3 recordings –PodBean –Libsyn –Your LMS –Many website hosting companies –Google Drive

I use my own website but may switch over to my Google Drive account for hosting MP3 files.


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 from Google)

•www.blogger.com –Wordpress

•www.wordpress.com –Your LMS

You need a website as a home for your podcast to show a directory, subscription information and show notes for each episode.

http://www.blogger.com

http://www.wordpress.com


Rpp on blogger

Screen shot of Rod’s Pulse Podcast


Blogger shownotes

Screen shot of Rod’s Pulse Podcast blog entry page.


Distribute your Podcast

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Create your Feed

• 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) –The largest feed management provider –Podcast and videocast feeds: > 1 million –Automatically polls your blog –Keeps stats on your subscribers and downloads

How to use Google Drive to host mp3 and link to Feedburner: https://www.lifewire.com/make-podcast-feed-from-blogger-1616434

How do you create a feed? Use Feedburner.

Really Simple Syndication respectively)[2] is a type of web feed[3] which allows users and applications to access updates to online content in a standardized, computer-readable format. These feeds can, for example, allow a user to keep track of many different websites in a single news aggregator. The news aggregator will automatically check the RSS feed for new content, allowing the content to be automatically passed from website to website or from website to user. This passing of content is called web syndication. Websites usually use RSS feeds to publish frequently updated information, such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, video. RSS is also used to distribute podcasts.

http://www.feedburner.com/


Feedburner Stats

Screenshot of my Feedburner page showing some stats. Note that 181 is the average number of daily subscribers.


Listeners Can Subscribe via Email

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

This Feedburner widget on my Blog allows followers to subscribe to get an email each time a new episode is released.


Concept map for producing a podcast.


Promote Your Podcast

• Podcast Directories –https://www.buzzsprout.com/learn/podcast-

directory –https://www.podcastinsights.com/podcast-

distribution-guide/ –https://www.podbean.com/all – iTunes Music Store

• Other Promotional Tools…

Most Important!

If you build it they won’t necessarily come! You need to promote the podcast.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/learn/podcast-directory

https://www.buzzsprout.com/learn/podcast-directory

https://www.podcastinsights.com/podcast-distribution-guide/

https://www.podcastinsights.com/podcast-distribution-guide/

https://www.podbean.com/all


Podcasts on iTunes

You can search for podcasts of interests on your laptop/desktop iTunes app or on the Podcast app on iOS. You can also find me on other podcast/music directories such as TuneIn. You can even ask your echo: “Alexa, play Rod’s Pulse Podcast from TuneIn.”


There may be other ways to promote your podcast.

Listening to Podcasts


Listening to a Podcast

• Listen to show directly from website (e.g., your LMS)

• Subscribe using a “podcatcher” via –Mobile application

• Podcasts (iOS) • Google Play (Android)

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

For podcast listeners, free software is available to automate the process of downloading, storing and copying the audio files to a portable player. Apple iTunes (http://www.apple.com/itunes/) is only one brand of “podcatcher”. Others include websites like Yahoo (http://podcasts.yahoo.com/) or PodShow (http://www.podshow.com/) and desktop applications such as Juice (http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/).

http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/


iOS Podcasts App

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This is a taste of my podcast showing my format which includes “pod safe” music.

Benefits for Teaching & Learning

Let’s look at 3 scenarios that show how podcasting can benefit education and clinical care.


Podcasting Scenario : Student

Jane had to leave her pharmacology class early to attend to some urgent personal business, but she knew he could catch her professor’s podcast the next morning. That night, she “docked” her iPod so it could charge its batteries and, while she slept, his iTunes “podcatcher” downloaded the previous day’s lectures and several other podcasts of interest (a sports talk show and a pop music podcast). In the morning, she grabbed her iPod and listened to the lecture she missed while riding the bus to school. Hearing the banter and questions from students and his professor’s animated answers, she arrived at school feeling she hadn’t missed much and was well prepared for the next lecture.

Jefferson is using Apreso Classroom to capture lecture audio, computer displays and even video and automatically link the podcast content to the course site in our Blackboard course management system (http://pulse.jefferson.edu).

Several Universities including Duke, Stanford, UC Berkeley and the University of Michigan are using iTunes U, a free service from Apple to distribute course podcasts to their students and a subset of free podcasts to the public.


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)

In addition to capturing lecture audio, there are several 3rd party add-ons to Blackboard that can capture video and the computer screen (PowerPoints) of the teacher.

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

Dr. Smith, a primary care physician, catches up with his continuing medical education (CME) while riding the R5 train in from the suburbs. He has a 15 minute walk to the station and has been using his smart phone lately instead of lugging around his heavy laptop computer. His smart phone has mp3 player software and can easily store 10 hours of audio programs. While recharging his phone last night, it automatically downloaded several CME programs from his med school’s alumni site. This morning he decided to review some of the latest thinking on neurological disorders and appreciated that his smart phone was able to display the PowerPoint diagrams that accompanied the audio lecture.

Podcasting seems to be a natural for continuing education. Numerous CE sites are becoming available for the mobile practitioner (http://www.cmepodcasting.com/, http://nursingspectrum.netstation.us/, http://www.med.nyu.edu/podcasting/).


Podcasting Scenario: Patient

George, a 55 year old, mildly obese man, was waiting in his surgeon’s office for his last consult with him before he undergoes her first angioplasty procedure. The receptionist gave his daughter an iPod Touch. She learned what to expect before, during and after the procedure for her father. Some of the questions she had jotted down to ask her surgeon were easily answered upon reviewing the video presentation. After a brief consult with her surgeon to help clarify her remaining questions, she was allowed to take home the iPod to learn more about her risk factors and strategies for reducing them.

One of the first web sites to provide extensive audio and video podcasts for patients is the Cardiovascular Multimedia Information Network of the Arizona Hearth Institute (http://cvmd.org/). Its creator, cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Grayson Wheatley[1] (Jefferson Medical College, Class of 1994), has gained a lot of publicity as the first physician to replace magazines in his waiting room with video iPods. [1] Listen to my interview of Dr. Wheatley at http://rod4jefferson.blogspot.com/2006/05/rpp-16-interview-grayson-wheatley-md.html.


Podcast Benefits Teaching & Learning

• Students learn on the move while commuting or exercising

• Students 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

Ubiquitous “WiFi” (wireless) networks and smart phones have accelerated the adoption

of podcasting via streaming.

The above scenarios are happening today and will increase quickly as students who are already familiar with the technology become tomorrow’s healthcare providers and patients. Podcasting opens up new educational possibilities in a way that is easy to master, both for the listener and author/producer. The New Oxford American Dictionary selected "podcast" as the Word of the Year for 2005. The public is rapidly abandoning CD players for iPods and purchasing autos with built-in jacks for them. Ubiquitous cell phone and “WiFi” (wireless) networks will also help to accelerate adoption of podcasting when content can flow directly to our players.


Podcasting is Booming…

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

Podcasting Resources


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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Contact Me…

• Rodney B. Murray, PhD • www.InsideHigherEd.com/ThePulse • www.RodsPulsePodcast.com • [email protected]

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