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Explore how university instructors across the US are utilizing podcasts in various disciplines, from full lectures to interviews and interactive quizzes, and the potential future applications including Just-in-Time Learning and student-led content creation.
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Quick and simple summary of podcasting • How has podcasting been used by • university instructors around the US • New possibilities and thoughts on how • podcasts could be used in the future • Discussion and answering questions
What is podcasting? A method of distributing multimedia files, such as audio or video programs (also text or images), over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on various mobile devices and personal computers. – Wikipedia.com Syndication feeds? RSS (Real Simple Syndication) Allows subscriber to automatically receive content
How has podcasting been used by university instructors around the US ▫full lectures/news/updates ▫ guest lectures ▫ student presentations▫ student-produced podcasts ▫ interviews/guest experts ▫ tours/fieldwork ▫ short language lessons ▫ quizzes/tests ▫ feedback/evaluations of student work and instructor review ▫ supplementary material such as: speeches, music, or other audio recordings as well as video ▫ Journals/Diaries of learned information/work completed
How has podcasting been used by university instructors around the US College of Agriculture Agriculture – Virginia Tech University (discussion identifying critical issues) Agronomy – Ohio State University (research/accomplishments) Animal Science – Ohio State University (promoting of local program success) Communications – Emerson College (discussion) Entomology – University of Vermont (course content) Food Science – Charles Stuart University (interviews) Plant Pathology – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (course content) College of Architecture, Planning and Design Architecture – University of Oregon (discussion of research and ideas) Interior Architecture and Product Design - Auburn University (dept. news)
How has podcasting been used by university instructors around the US College of Arts and Sciences American Ethnic Studies - Glendale Community College (student work) Chemistry – Drexel University (course content and exam review) English – University of Vermont (student work) Kinesiology – University of Illinois (department news and interviews) Physics - University of California, Berkeley (course content) Psychology – Tri-County Technical College in Pendleton, SC (course content) Statistics - University of California, Los Angeles (course content) College of Business Administration Accounting - Folsom Lake College, Folsom, CA (course content) Marketing – Boston University (news and interviews) Chemical Engineering – University of Utah (course content) Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering – North Carolina State University (news)
How has podcasting been used by university instructors around the US College of Human Ecology Family Studies and Human Services – University of Connecticut (interviews) Human Nutrition - University of California, Berkeley (course content) College of Veterinary Medicine Clinical Sciences – University of Minnesota (interviews) Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology – University of Illinois (course content/news) Secondary Majors Gerontology – Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (news) Women's Studies – Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (discussion)
New possibilities and thoughts on how podcasts could be used in the future ▫ More class time spent on facilitation and discussion – Podcasting used outside of class for “book learning” and more ▫ Creation of Just-in-Time-Learning / Nano-Learning content ▫ Students as teachers creating podcasts to teach others ▫ Podcasting through cell phones ▫ Improved mobile player devices with wider screens, more storage, wireless Internet access and more capabilities (maybe built in podcasting abilities).
Brent Anders: superman@ksu.edu Discussion and Answering Questions Thank you For your time!