Podcasts, Screencasts, and Blogs: Using New Technology in the Teaching of Chemistry Jean-Claude Bradley E-Learning Coordinator College of Arts and Sciences Drexel University July 31, 2006 Biennial Conferences on Chemical Education
Content Assessment Interaction Wiki-Centric Open Courseware Model Blog Surveys Tests Quizzes Multimedia Images Text Wiki Lecture Recording podcast vodcast Workshops CMS Games
Risk Minimization in An E-Learning Migration Strategy chalkboard overheads laptop Tablet PC recording Voluntary Online quizzes Tests/exams Student feedbackStudent behavior procrastination OFFLINE laptop HYBRIDFULLY ONLINE Paper quizzes/tests No quizzes screencast archive podcast archive CONTENT ASSESSMENT or survey
Lecture Recording Process Start Camtasia or CamStudio Recording Teach on laptop or tablet PC as usual Stop Camtasia Recording Convert avi to Flash Upload to Server (screencast) ModularizePodcast/Vodcast CORE OPTIONAL
phone blog wiki podcast SENDER RECEIVER NEW OLD PUSH PULL Sharing Ideas
The WIKI
The BLOG
Viewing the blog using a feed reader
Podcasting MP3s and PDFs through iTunes
View vodcasts on iTunes or on a video iPod
The FAQ blog
Student Blogging
CHEM students CHEM students Natural migration from F2F to screencast/podcast channels
CHEM 241 no Drexel students in winter term Long term trends for Open Courseware RSS feeds In World Lecture Hall
Who is using the class blog?
Take-home message Think in terms of multiple channels and platforms to meet your teaching objectives Bottom-up open courseware strategies have an important role to play in global education Drexel-coas-elearning.blogspot.com