Quick and simple summary of podcasting

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• 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

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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
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How has podcasting been used by university
instructors around the US
? full lectures/news/updates ? guest lectures   ?
student presentations ? student-produced
podcasts   ? interviews/guest experts ?
tours/fieldwork   ? short language lessons ?
quizzes/tests ? feedback/evaluations of student
work and instructor review   ? supplementary
material such as speeches, music, or other
audio recordings as well as video   ?
Journals/Diaries of learned information/work
completed
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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)  
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How has podcasting been used by university
instructors around the US
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)
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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)
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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).
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Brent Anders superman_at_ksu.edu
Discussion and Answering Questions
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