Quick and simple summary of podcasting How has podcasting been used by university instructors around the US New possibilities and thoughts on how podcasts could be used in the future Discussion and answering questions

What is podcasting? A method of distributing multimedia files, such as audio or video programs (also text or images), over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on various mobile devices and personal computers. – Wikipedia.com Syndication feeds? RSS (Real Simple Syndication) Allows subscriber to automatically receive content

How has podcasting been used by university instructors around the US ▫ full lectures/news/updates ▫ guest lecturesfull lectures/news/updates guest lectures ▫ student presentations ▫ student-produced podcasts student presentations ▫ interviews/guest experts ▫ tours/fieldwork tours/fieldwork ▫ short language lessons ▫ quizzes/testsshort language lessons ▫ feedback/evaluations of student work and instructor review ▫ supplementary material such as: speeches,supplementary material music, or other audio recordings as well as video ▫ Journals/Diaries of learned information/work completed

How has podcasting been used by university instructors around the US College of Agriculture Agriculture – Virginia Tech University (discussion identifying critical issues) Agronomy – Ohio State University (research/accomplishments) Animal Science – Ohio State University (promoting of local program success) Communications – Emerson College (discussion) Entomology – University of Vermont (course content) Food Science – Charles Stuart University (interviews) Plant Pathology – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (course content) College of Architecture, Planning and Design Architecture – University of Oregon (discussion of research and ideas) Interior Architecture and Product Design - Auburn University (dept. news)

College of Arts and Sciences American Ethnic Studies - Glendale Community College (student work) Chemistry – Drexel University (course content and exam review) English – University of Vermont (student work) Kinesiology – University of Illinois (department news and interviews) Physics - University of California, Berkeley (course content) Psychology – Tri-County Technical College in Pendleton, SC (course content) Statistics - University of California, Los Angeles (course content) College of Business Administration Accounting - Folsom Lake College, Folsom, CA (course content) Marketing – Boston University (news and interviews) Chemical Engineering – University of Utah (course content) Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering – North Carolina State University (news) How has podcasting been used by university instructors around the US

How has podcasting been used by university instructors around the US College of Human Ecology Family Studies and Human Services – University of Connecticut (interviews) Human Nutrition - University of California, Berkeley (course content) College of Veterinary Medicine Clinical Sciences – University of Minnesota (interviews) Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology – University of Illinois (course content/news) Secondary Majors Gerontology – Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (news) Women's Studies – Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (discussion)

New possibilities and thoughts on how podcasts could be used in the future ▫ More class time spent on facilitation and discussion – Podcasting used outside of class for “book learning” and more ▫ Creation of Just-in-Time-Learning / Nano-Learning content ▫ Students as teachers creating podcasts to teach others ▫ Podcasting through cell phones ▫ Improved mobile player devices with wider screens, more storage, wireless Internet access and more capabilities (maybe built in podcasting abilities).

Discussion and Answering Questions Brent Anders: Thank you For your time!