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/ )http://forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php/weblog/2005/08/05/ Oxford University Press, US website, http://www.oup.com/us/brochure/NOAD_podcast/?view=usahttp://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)NPRLOCStanfordPrinceton –Student Instruction / Orientation (Drexel)Drexel –Community News (U. of Western Ontario)Western Ontario –Outreach to potential students (Peterson’s)Peterson’s –Scholarly Communication (U. of Florida)U. of Florida –Audio tours (Purdue)Purdue

7. Podcasting in the Classroom Finding Podcasts: Google search “podcast directory”: iTunes http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/ http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/ iPodder.org http://www.ipodder.org/directory/4/podcasts/categories http://www.ipodder.org/directory/4/podcasts/categories Yahoo http://podcasts.yahoo.com/ 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 counselone –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 Earth http://www.eoearth.org/http://www.eoearth.org/ –Internal examples: DiscoverNY http://discoverny.pbwiki.com/Brazilhttp://discoverny.pbwiki.com/Brazil Podcasts http://podcastresources.pbwiki.com/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