ascilite 2007 Workshop

Educational podcasting: Mastering the 3P approach - pedagogy, production and publishing

Objectives	This workshop will provide participants with a grounding in the use of podcasting as an educational strategy. It starts with the all important but often overlooked need for building effective pedagogy 'between the buttons', ie. in the process of developing the technical know how. Then it will give participants a chance to produce and publish their own podcast episodes. This workshop is designed also to be preparatory for people who might wish to podcast from the floor of the ascilite Singapore 2007 Conference. Workshop participants will be invited to join the podcast team for the Conference's parallel session days, enjoying opportunities to: interview speakers, thinkers and commentators at the conference; capture through interviews the community wisdom shared by presenters and participants; post-produce these interviews and upload them as podcasts publish these podcasts to a blog site. Conference podcasting activities, demonstrated at EDUCAUSE 2005 [1], ASCILITE 2006 [2] and LAMS 2006 [3], require practitioners to master both the technology and pedagogy (or 'podagogy' [4]) of audio tools, as well as develop skills for engaging colleagues in instructive dialogue about their work. This model for adding educational knowledge to a conference has been outlined in detail by Allan Carrington [5]. It is concerned not with the recording and broadcast of conference papers per se, but rather with chatting to presenters and audience members about their ideas in a way that reviews, extends and enriches the formal presentation. This type of interview podcasting creates an enduring record of the conference's dialogue and debate that will be available during and after the conference for both the participants and people who were unable to attend. These podcasts will provide a valuable resource for further conference promotion and for use as learning objects.[6]
Intended audience	Any educator and researcher interested in the use of podcasting to enhance the communication of ideas. No specific expertise is required, participants need only be computer literate. This workshop is designed to be preparatory for people who might wish to podcast from the floor of the ascilite 2007 Conference. Participants in this workshop will be invited to join the podcast team for the Conference Monday to Wednesday, interviewing presenters and participants so as to make enhanced perspectives on the topics of the conference available to the ascilite 2007 community generally.
Facilitators	Allan Carrington is a Learning Designer with the CLPD [7], the University of Adelaide, and has a background in printing, publishing, web development and educational multimedia. He has two Masters Degrees, one in Interactive Multimedia and the other in Online Education. As well he has worked in learning and teaching in the VET sector and has a Cert IV in Assessment and Workplace Training. Allan has led schools (courses) in Hawaii and Texas USA, as well as Paraguay. He has taught in communications, marketing and research, print production and using the Internet for education. Allan has extensive experience in online collaboration and facilitation. In October 2005 he was invited by EDUCAUSE to be part of the team that pioneered podcasting at the International Conference in Orlando, Florida USA [1]. Allan blogged and podcast this trip and the blog site is available online. This experience prompted Allan to build a Model for Podcasting Educational Conferences. [5] In December 2006 he lead a podcasting project to capture the knowledge and passion of two Australian educational conferences.He and three other learning designers from Charles Sturt University recorded and published over 60 podcasts from ASCILITE 2006 [2] and LAMS 2006 [3] which were held in Sydney. They left a rich inheritance of knowledge on the blog sites cited in the conference papers and presentations section below and showed that podcasting adds important unique content to educational conferencing. This model of podcasting educational and academic conferences, has interested many people and Apple Australia has published a profile titled Breaking with tradition - profiles in success: The University of Adelaide. [8] Allan has a particular interest in real time (synchronous) elearning using virtual classrooms and disruptive social networking technologies used for learning and teaching such as podcasting, blogs and wikis. Ian Green is a writer, researcher and sometime academic, based at the University of Adelaide, where he is involved primarily with researcher education programs and e-research and e-learning development. Ian is a linguist by training, having spent many years studying Australian Aboriginal languages and associated educational issues, and continues to undertake consultancies on language and communication matters. Having led e-learning initiatives at the University of Tasmania, Batchelor Institute of Tertiary Education and education.au (a national ICT-in-education advisory body), Ian has a firm vision of the transformative potential of podcasting and other audio tools in higher education, and a capacity to communicate this vision effectively to higher education managers, academics and professional staff.
Details of activities	Section One The workshop will start with an exploration of the pedagogy of podcasting, giving participants the opportunity to plan podcast episodes for academic and educational purposes, and to practise recording, in both interviewer and interviewee capacities. During this section we plan to link to Randy Meredith, Director of Academic Technology and Assistant Professor of Instructional Design and Online Learning at Spring Arbor University in Michigan USA. Randy is the originator of the pedagogical model for audio tools referred to as "podagogy" [4]. We will discuss: Planning an episode following the Meredith podagogical model Using one or more of the following recording platforms to capture audio: iPods Apple computers, using the Garageband application Any computer, using PowerPoint Any computer, using Audacity Any computer, using Quicktime Pro Section Two Post-producing a podcast episode in Garageband and Audacity, including: Adjustment of volume settings and other parameters Editing techniques: removing bloopers and unwanted content; achieving continuity Editing ethics and standards Use of filters Creation and insertion of intros and outros Selection of appropriate publishing format Use and insertion of visuals Section Three Audio compression Addition of metadata Publication of the podcast, via iTunes and other services Writing blog entries, 'teasers' (ie. intro/promotional pieces) and other podcast commentary Posting image, text and audio material to a blog site
References	AllanADL's blog . EDUCAUSE CONNECT. http://connect.educause.edu/blog/allanadl ascilite Sydney 2006 Conference podcasts. http://ascilite.edublogs.org/ LAMS Conference 2006 Podcasts. http://lams.edublogs.org/ Podagogy: Where podcasting meets teaching & learning. http://blog.podagogy.com/ Carrington, A. (2007). A Model for Podcasting Educational Conferences. CLPD, University of Adelaide. http://www.adelaide.edu.au/clpd/online/communicating/podcasting/conferencepod.html Podcasting ASCILITE 2006 ... was it worth it? http://ascilite.edublogs.org/2007/08/19/podcasting-ascilite-2006-was-it-worth-it/ Centre for Learning and Professional Development. http://www.adelaide.edu.au/clpd/ Breaking with tradition: Profiles in Success: University of Adelaide. Apple. http://www.apple.com/au/education/profiles/uniadelaide/