Podcasting and Vod -casting Kristina Schubert, Megan Sturgis, Michelle McDonald

1. Podcasting and Vod-casting Kristina Schubert, Megan Sturgis, Michelle McDonald Methods We invited about roughly forty people to take the survey. However, only 21 people actually took the survey. Our response rate is 52.5%. 1. Have you listened to a podcast or vod-cast before? Yes No 2. A podcast is a pre-recorded audio program that is posted to a website and is made available for download so people can listen to them on personal computers or mobile devices. A vod-cast is basically the same principle except that it is more like a downloadable video. Please explain what you know about podcasts and vod-casts. 3. Would you be interested in using a podcast or vod-cast on a regular basis (say for listening to a class lecture again or listening to the news on your iPod)? Yes No 4. What would you or have you used a podcast or vod-cast for? Recorded College Lectures News report Watching personal family/friends videos Listening to an audio book Other (please specify) 5. A podcast would help me review information from a lecture. True False 6. I have used pod-casts/vod-casts that I have found on iTunes. True False 7. How do you think that the use of pod-casts and vod-casts would be more helpful in online classes, if at all? Please explain. . 8. How often would you use a pod-cast/vod-cast? Daily Weekly Monthly Yearly Other (please specify) 9. Please check all items that you currently own. iPod Easy internet access Computer MP3 device 10. Listening to a podcast would…(check all that apply) Help me study (recorded lecture/class notes) Not help me study Give me reasons to listen to more music Keep me updated on current events Other (please specify) • Conclusions • We learned that technology can really help out in a classroom setting. • We’ve also learned from our own research that although there are a lot of students out there that don’t know as much about pod-casts and vod-casts; however, they want to learn! • Vod-casts can be helpful in online classes, and podcasts seem to be popular for recording college lectures or listening to news reports. These findings can be helpful in any type of classroom. From personal experience in this class, we think that the vodcasting is very helpfulin understanding material. • References • Kramer, S. (2009, August 1). Instructor How-To Tech Guide: Podcasts. Wilson Web. Retrieved January 21, 2010, from vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/results/external _link_maincontentframe.jhtml?_DARGS=/hww/results/results_common.jhtml.42 • Panday, P. P. (n.d.). Simplifying Podcasting. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Retrieved January 20, 2010, from www.isetl.org/ijtlhe/pdf/ IJTLHE271.pdf • Riddle, J. (n.d.). EBSCOhost: Podcasting in the Classroom: A Sound Success. EBSCOhost. Retrieved January 20, 2010, from http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid= 17&hid=104&sid=fbdece76-7b29-4c79-9a69a164bebf292d%40sessionmgr111&b data=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=47570643 • Villano, M. (n.d.). EBSCOhost: Building a Better Podcast. EBSCOhost. Retrieved January 20, 2010, from http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=1&hid=104&sid= 2b1f9e5d-32c4-404bb949263d281ff7e4%40sessionmgr114&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3 QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=eric&AN=EJ784079 Findings This chart represents the question, “How do you think that the use of pod-casts and vod-casts would be more helpful in online classes, if at all? These findings are important, because we get answers straight from students that would be effected by pod and vod-casts. It is also helpful, because we are learning what part of learning pod-casts and vod-cast would be most effective. This chart represents the question, “What would you or have you used a podcast or vod-cast for?” This is an important question to ask because we are learning what people use pod-casts for. In this way you can gage your audience and see where you audience falls. This chart relates to question two on our survey. We asked for people to explain what they knew about pod/vod-casts. This question is important because we need to know how to communicate with our audience, and the people using the podcasts and vodcasts. If we know where people stand, knowledge wise, it would be easier to implement podcasts into the school system. • Introduction • Podcasting has become an efficient, new, technologically advanced type of teaching in the classroom. Podcasting is a pre-recorded audio program that's posted to a website and is made available for download so people can listen to them on personal computers or mobile devices. It is a morphing of the words “ipod,” and “broadcasting.” However, it is not limited to ipod users and listeners. • It is a simple process of disseminating audio content. Podcast users publish their files to the web that allow people to subscribe to a feed, receiving these new files automatically by subscription. This is usually at no cost. Simply put, it is a process of recording voice, uploading it online, and sharing your podcast with anyone you wish. • We decided to ask the questions we did, because we wanted to find out how effective podcasts would be in the classroom, and how students would react to their use. But first we had to find out how much people knew, so that’s why we asked about the knowledge of podcasts. Once we knew some of these facts, we wanted to know what students thought the podcasts would be useful for, or even if they would be useful. • We believe that podcasting is a new way for teachers to incorporate new ways of learning and lessons into the classroom. It can be an overwhelming process for many users, but once learned it is an excellent new tool for learning.