Podcasting

More information on podcasting, pedagogy, you-tube, and instructional design.
http://blog.podagogy.com/

We can learn from Starbucks!
http://podonomics.com/why-starbucks-coffee-conversations-podcast-failed/

The Education Podcast Network (EPN)
http://pedagogy.cwrl.utexas.edu/?q=node/84

Take a look at the video of this episode of Geek Brief. The host interviews the author of an application called Castblaster that makes the creation of podcasts very very easy.

You may find some valuable information in this thread on Slashdot.

Slashdot | Podcasts of University Lectures?:

“The problem is trying to strike the right balance between allowing good students to take advantage of this resource, but discourage bad students from staying at home all the time and watching all the lectures right before the exam.”

UNL is working to establish some wiki resources for podcasting. The page linked below is especially important because it's focused on the pedagogy of podcasting. Please check it out and contribute what you can.

Pedagogy - UNL Docs:

Before you start podcasting, you must answer a few questions. Your answer to these questions may influence your decision to podcast your class.

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Advice from a veteran podcaster on audio capture for podcasting.

Edupodder Weblog: Computers make lousy recorders for podcasting:

“Here is my field kit list of equipment for doing good quality audio podcasting. Some of this I have, some I am saving up to buy:

• Shure PG14/PG185 Wireless Lavalier System on instructor
• Marantz PMD 660 Recorder, run automatic level control on the recorder
• Floor Stand
• Wired Floor Mike (optional wireless mike) like a Shure SM58 Dynamic Handheld Microphone
• Both audio channels going into the two channels on the recorder or into a mixer
• Mix both tracks to mono in post production on the computer using Audacity”

To go one step farther than audio podcasting, take a look at this video blogging tutorial.

• Keep the recording device close to you. Wear a lapel microphone if possible.
• When a student (or someone in the audience) asks a question, restate the question and then answer it. This will allow the student who is listening to the recording to have some context for your answer and discussion.
• Remember, students listening to your recorded lecture will miss out on any visual information you provide for your classroom:
• Be prepared to post electronic copies of video files, PowerPoint files, handouts, pictures, diagrams, objects, etc, for the student to view as they are listening to your podcast.
• When showing any of the above in the classroom, reference what you are focusing on so students listening to the podcast can follow along. For instance, "Now we are viewing the PowerPoint presentation called 'Knowing Your Audience', we are viewing slide 2, which it titled 'Demographic Information.' "
• Keep in mind that many student may download your Podcast to a portable device, and may not have access to a computer as they are listening to your class. Will this cause a problem for the student's comprehension of the materials? How can you work around this?
• If possible, use digital recording software (Garage Band, Audacity, Reason 3.o) to "clean up" the recording and make the track easy to hear and understand. Many of these software packages are quite expensive.
  

Before you start podcasting, you must answer a few questions. Your answer to these questions may influence your decision to podcast your class.

Do you have the technical skills needed to podcast?

Do you have the equipment needed to podcast?

What is your goal in providing your class as a podcast?

Will the podcast serve as a "reveiw" for students, or will students be allowed to listen to the podcast in lieu of attending to class?

What do you want your students to gain from listening to a podcast of your class?

Is podcasting the right way to go, or is there another way to accomplish your goal?

If you don't know the answers to some of the questions above, you may wan to check out some fo these links:
http://www.campus-technology.com/article.asp?id=18001

http://www.profcast.com/public/index.php

http://ipodagogy.blogspot.com/

http://www.indiana.edu/~tltl/projects/ipod.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting

http://docs.unl.edu:16080/index.php/ITunesU_at_UNL

http://edmarketing.apple.com/adcinstitute/wp-content/Missouri_Podcasting_White_Paper.pdf