Pervasive computing and podcasting

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Pervasive computing and podcasting

• Stephen R. Acker
• The Ohio State University

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What is pervasive computing?

• Everyone has computer access anytime and any
  place
• Pervasive computing can refer to an individual,
  campus, or class

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What is podcasting?

• A digital file, originally audio
• With an ID tag (title, link, description)
• Loaded within an enclosure
• Distributed via RSS (really simple syndication)
  downloaded
• From a server
• iTunes Music Store download link

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Podcasting in pervasive computing environments

• WillowWeb
• Stanford on iTunes
• Flickr
• My Yahoo!
• iTunes Music Store

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Creating a podcast

• Create an audio or video file
• Save as MP3 or ACC (audio)
• QuickTime (video)
• Upload the file to a server
• Create an ID tag for the file that includes
  title, creator, date, and filetype
• Distribute via RSS
• Subscribed to by your students

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Podcast creation demo

• Vodcaster

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Use in ePortfolio

• Establish ePortfolio accounts for your students
• Define competencies with them/for them
• Upload the audio file to ePortfolio
• Create context around file
• Recognize that podcasting can be multimedia (e.g.
  Flikr)

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Changes

• Production not consumption
• Group not individual
• Storytellers not paper writers
• Evokers not provokers

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Still to come

• Chapter Tool
• Creates bookmarks within files. Critical for use
  by instant on students.

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Contact

• Steve Acker (acker.1 at osu.edu)
• Director, learning technologies research and
  innovation
• The Ohio State University