The Pedagogy of Audio: Making Radio with Undergraduates Michael Ridley University of Guelph Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education June 24, 2016

The Pedagogy of Audio: Making Radio with Undergraduates Michael Ridley University of Guelph Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education June 24, 2016

Radio isn’t dead …. it was just sleeping.

Small enrolment (18 students) Inquiry-based Focus on critical thinking Multidisciplinary topics Way too much fun

“Why radio?” Which is really people asking: “Why not video?”

... more prolific, more fragmented, more manipulable, more mobile, more global, more personal.” Kate Lacey, University of Sussex “Listening in the Digital Age” “Radio in the digital age is arguably becoming …

... more prolific, more fragmented, more manipulable, more mobile, more global, more personal.” Kate Lacey, University of Sussex “Listening in the Digital Age” “Radio in the digital age is arguably becoming …

... more prolific, more fragmented, more manipulable, more mobile, more global, more personal.” Kate Lacey, University of Sussex “Listening in the Digital Age” “Radio in the digital age is arguably becoming …

“What are you listening to?”

Context: Broadcast Radio (live) & Podcasts (on demand)

Both an “old” media and a “new” media Listeners but rarely creators Out of their comfort zone A co-learning opportunity

Why Radio as an Assignment? DislocationNarrative Audience Voice Risk Performance Storytelling Novelty Creativity Intimacy Logic

“Would you use a radio assignment?”

Resources: Studios Equipment Software Distribution

Guelph Community Radio Kelly Jones Radio Producer

Audio Software Microphone & Headphones Ambient Sound Distribution Audacity (free) Hindenburg, Adobe Audition Smartphone apps Yes! Studios, Sound Booths, Blanket Soundcloud, iTunes, LMS

The Book: Gutenberg to Gaga to Gone?

Books for Breakfast Live Radio

Dan Evans (Host, Books for Breakfast) with students from “The Book” First Year Seminar

Small Arguments Souvankham Thammavongsa

The Book Minute Podcast, Website & Community Radio

If you have a minute, we have a story about books

“Using radio. Strengths? Weaknesses?”

Michael Ridley University of Guelph TheBookMinute.com The Pedagogy of Audio: Making Radio with Undergraduates