Plamen Miltenoff’s guide to that nebulous thing called podcasting

http://www.cagle.com/working/051014/branch.gif

Podcasting in Education:

who, why

and how?

Plan• Definition

• Details – get organized

• Podcasting in education– Make it: different scenarios– Mounting on the Net

• Stakeholders and beyond…

• Q/s and discussion

• Resources

Definition

• MP3 blog: – is a type of weblog in which the creator makes music

files, normally in the MP3 format, available for

download. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_blog

• Podcast:– A podcast is a multimedia file distributed over the

Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on mobile

devices and personal computers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting

…Definition

20082003

blogs wikkiesRSS

podcasting

vodcasting

http://www.geeksouth.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/Podcasting.jpg

Ubiqutous Mobile Comuputing

Being mobile…

http://blogs.msmobiles.com/mobilephonefan/wp-content/podcasting-podcasting.gif

http://denham.typepad.com/Podcasts.gif

Details…• Mic

– Get the right one• Expensive (condenser)• Cheap (computer)

– Stationery versus mobile• Stand? No stand?• Out on the field (http://

www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=1901)

– Calibrate before using• Space

– Physical (office? Soundproof room?)– Virtual (hardware)

• HD enough?• Compression?

Details (continue)…

• Web presence– Where: – What:– Archiving

• Accessable? See previous slide, HDD

• Searchable?

• Software: (Free? Share? Commercial?)

• Recoding

• Editing

• converting

Details (continue)…

• Copyright and fair use– Conducting an interviewing

• Consent to record somebody (varies by states)

– Enriching a session with auxiliary materials

• Audio effects

• Background music

• Background noises

Prepare… for education podcast

• Do conceptual mapping of the idea • Go over the details (previous slides)

• Secure time and resources (see “administrator” slide)

• Train participants and students (if any)

• Invite guests (if any)

1 way - podcasting• Definition

– Taping a lecture and mounting on the Web: a podcast? Coursecasting

• Scenarios– From technological standpoint:

• Mimicking using a CMS (Blackboard, D2L, etc.)– Advantages and disadvantages

• Using available Internet services (e.g. Odeo, see handouts)– Advantages and disadvantages

• Home-grown– Advantages and disadvantages

– From didactical standpoint• “Instructor’s” podcast; Coursecasting• Asynchronous conversation with students?• Interviewing?

2 way - podcasting• Definition

– Moderator and guest

• Scenarios– From technological standpoint

• Double sound card on computer

• Two computers (laptops)

• Taping distance conversation such as Skype via Mp3MyMp3 software

– From didactical standpoint• Guest lecturers

• Student groups

3 way + - podcasting• Definition

– Moderator and guests

• Scenarios– From technological standpoint

• Mixer and peripherals (mics, headphones, etc.)

• Taping distance conversation[s] such as Skype via Mp3MyMp3 software

– From didactical standpoint• Guest lecturers

• Student groups

Posting on the Web

• Web interface – Web page for access to podcasts only?– Or part of elaborate Web site for delivery

of multimedia educational material?

• Users’ notification– RSS? XML?

• Ubiquitous mobile computing– Handhelds (MP3 players, phones, PDAs)

Podcast and research

• Podcast as a communication tool– 1 way– 2 way– 3 + way

• Podcast as a research tool– Collection of data

• Metadata– Learn as instructor how to tag– Prepare students for appropriate tagging

…stakeholders…

Q/s and discussion

Resources• How to:

– SCSU (http://huskynet.stcloudstate.edu/podcast/intro.asp)

– MINITEX (http://www.minitex.umn.edu/train-conf/webinars/archived.asp#109)

– U of MN (http://dmc.umn.edu/etf/schedule05.shtml#1)

– Drexel ( http://showme.physics.drexel.e...exelCoAS042-WS001.html )

• Assessors and Paraphernalia http://www.podcastrigs.com/

• Read, Brock. (2007). How to Podcast Campus Lectures. Chronicle of Higher Ed.

http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i21/21a03201.htm