PodcastingPodcasting

Governor’s State University FSI

June 14, 2006

Susan Manning, Ed.D.

What is a podcast?

• Downloadable audio

• Mp3 format

• Time-shifted (asynchronous)

• Subscribable with RSS

Of what value are podcasts?

• Auditory support

• Portable

• Personalizes

• Puts in context

• Unleashes creativityStudents expect a campus environment that accommodates their digital lifestyle, adapts to their individual learning needs, and encourages collaboration and teamwork.

- from the apple.com site

Samples

• NCQ Talk

• Business Week Magazine

• iCube

• Dowling College Library

• Radio Willowweb

How do people listen?

• Direct from Internet (very common)

• On computer

• Portable device (mp3 player, iPod)

• Burned to CD

How do you find podcasts?

• iTunes

• Learn Out Loud

• Education Podcast Network

Subscribing

• iTunes

• Bloglines

• Juice and others

PS: You don’t have to ...

Podcast Production

• Plan

• Produce– Support for recording?– Free software: Audacity

• Publish– Hosting possibilities

• Edublogs.org• Libsyn.com

Read up!

• http://del.icio.us/smanning/podcasting

• smanning@uillinois.edu

Resource Links

• Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

• iTunes http://www.apple.com/itunes/

• Juice http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/

• Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com/

• Edublogs http://www.edublogs.org/

• Libsyn http://www.libsyn.com

• Learn Out Loud http://www.learnoutloud.com/

• Education Podcast Network http://epnweb.org/