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Podcasts and Wikis: What Are They and How Can You Use Them in Your Teaching?

Podcasts and Wikis: What Are They and How Can You Use Them in Your Teaching?. CTL Fellows Meeting December 5, 2006 Kathryn Shaughnessy Instructional Services Librarian. Podcasting in the Classroom. A podcast is… A growing method of delivering audio information Time-shifted

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Podcasts and Wikis: What Are They and How Can You Use Them in Your Teaching?

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  1. Podcasts and Wikis: What Are They and How Can You Use Them in Your Teaching? CTL Fellows Meeting December 5, 2006 Kathryn Shaughnessy Instructional Services Librarian

  2. Podcasting in the Classroom A podcast is… A growing method of delivering audio information • Time-shifted • Place-shifted • An informational “broadcast” saved as an audio file (mp3) and distributed via the web (strictly speaking via RSS) • Listeners download/listen at their convenience via desktop/laptop or on a personal player

  3. Podcasting in the Classroom Podcasting timeline… • August 2004: “iPodders” search for a way to retrieve old blogs and audiofiles – develop RSS (Winer) and podcast software (Curry) • July 2005: iTunes supports/distributes podcasts, get 1 million subscribers in first 2 days • August 2005: 8,000 podcasts, 6 million listeners • December 2005: Podcast selected as “Word of the Year” by editors of New Oxford American Dictionary: "a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio player" Hobson and Holtz Report, 8/4/2005 http://forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php/weblog/2005/08/05/ ) Oxford University Press, US website, http://www.oup.com/us/brochure/NOAD_podcast/?view=usa

  4. Podcasting in the Classroom Podcasting evolution … • Personal / information sharing • Business applications • Religious groups • Education & Distributed Learning

  5. Podcasting in the Classroom DUKE: benefits of podcasts in learning/instruction • playback of difficult content/material • multiple repetitions for listeners who have difficulty with English • allows for review/enjoyment of materials while multitasking (e.g.: commuting or exercising).  • inspired creation of podcasts among listeners • increased “frequency and depth” of learner interaction, especially in language & music   • increased communication between faculty, library and IT; led to improved collaboration and planning, both within & among institutions. Duke Report, 2004 - 2005

  6. Podcasting in the Classroom Current Uses of Podcast /Webcast Resources in Academia • Reference-quality lectures (NPR, LOC, Stanford & Princeton) • Student Instruction / Orientation (Drexel) • Community News (U. of Western Ontario) • Outreach to potential students (Peterson’s) • Scholarly Communication (U. of Florida) • Audio tours (Purdue)

  7. Podcasting in the Classroom Finding Podcasts: Google search “podcast directory”: • iTunes http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/ • iPodder.org http://www.ipodder.org/directory/4/podcasts/categories • Yahoo http://podcasts.yahoo.com/ • Blogs and your favorite websites (helps to keep up with Newsgator RSS feedreader, they merged with FeedDemon publisher so feed has capability to download the podcast in a compatible FeedStation player or right-click and “save-as”) • Coming Soon: iTunesU (Wiki collaboration)

  8. Podcasting in the Classroom Creating Podcasts: John’s Libraries: http://www.stjohns.edu/academics/libraries/resources/podcasts • Poetry Readings/ Author visits • Guest Lectures • Student essay winners, e.g.: Service Learning Essay • Instruction • Audio Tours • Resource Tutorials • Distributed Learning • Professional Development

  9. Podcasting in the Classroom Practical Questions for creating podcasts: • Investment of Money: • Computer (Laptop or Desktop) • Audio editing software (Audacity = free) • good microphone ($50) • headphone equipment ($40 - $60) Can record using a Laptop with Mic or purchase a digital Voice recorder ($40 – 80) to use with or without a lapel mic ($25) (see equipment handout for more information)

  10. Podcasting in the Classroom Practical Questions for creating podcasts: • Investment of time: • learning editing software -- not long to learn basics of Audacity • editing -- this takes the most time, if lengthy session • annotations – depending on how/whether you want to make it easy for your users to preview or skip to point within a podcast • Adding metadata – not long, but important • Uploading – not long

  11. Podcasting in the Classroom Technical Questions: • How many files/downloads can the server handle? • 8 minute podcast, saved bit rate 64 size: 7 MB time to download on T1: 10 seconds • 70 minute lecture, saved bit rate 64 size: 28 MB time to download on T1: 22 second • How do we index / store / retrieve? • How do we handle preservation/archiving of files

  12. Podcasting in the Classroom Legal Questions: • Release form for electronic recording • Library developed one, should have it approved by counsel • Clarify extent of distribution to lecturer • On main website: available to all • CMS or intranet: Although password protected, once in digital format, it is relatively easy to duplicate.

  13. Wikis in the Classroom What is a wiki? • Website that can be updated quickly, by many people • Good for collaborating on a big project or paper • Good for a site that covers dynamic content Editing capabilities can be open or password protected at site or page level

  14. Wikis in the Classroom How to use/incorporate a wiki? • External examples: • Wikipedia http://www.wikipedia.org/ • Encyclopedia of Earthhttp://www.eoearth.org/ • Internal examples: • DiscoverNYhttp://discoverny.pbwiki.com/Brazil • Podcasts http://podcastresources.pbwiki.com/

  15. Podcasts and wikis in the Classroom • Strengths of using external/internal podcasts & wikis: • facilitates development of information literacy and life-long learning • enriches primary-resource research & reference base • coach vs. sage – facilitating/motivating individual learner inquiry and peer discussion • engages different styles of learning • assists low-vision and ESL students

  16. Podcasts and wikis in the Classroom Podcasting and wikis and future trends in academia • Scholarly publishing • Public/Open Access • Archives • E-Portfolios • ?????

  17. Podcasts and wikis in the Classroom Please contact me with any questions/suggestions • Kathryn Shaughnessy, x1454 Shaughnk@stjohns.edu St. John’s University Library

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