TDG Enhancing Teaching & Learning with Podcasting Team Members : –(IS) Raymond Lau, Rachel Ip & RAs –(CS) M T Chan, Francis Chan –(EDO) Hokling Cheung

TDG

Enhancing Teaching & Learning with Podcasting

Team Members :– (IS) Raymond Lau, Rachel Ip & RAs– (CS) M T Chan, Francis Chan– (EDO) Hokling Cheung– (AIS) Graeme Lang

TDG Project No. 6000123 PI: Dr Chan Mang-tang (CS)

TDG Sharing Session - Podcast

What is Podcast?

Wikipedia - A podcast is a media (usually audio) file distributed by subscription (paid or unpaid) over the Internet for playback on mobile devices and personal computers

Podcast subscribers can receive new files automatically through an aggregator, such as Apple’s iTunes software



Engaged Activities• Technology Review

– Tools, systems available for production and distribution of Podcast– Some application experience

• Setting up a “tool-kit” repository– Recording & editing– Content production & distribution

• Field trials– Used Podcast in several courses and collect feedback :– IS4030 Web Site Design for eCommerce– IS4243 CRM Systems Management– CS2204 Fundamentals of Internet Application Development

• Data analysis– Pre & Post trial student surveys– Reflection by users (content producer, teachers, etc.)



Podcast Production

• Recording– Most handy one is digital

recorder– Microphone & Recording

software - (Wimba in Blackboard, Audicity)

• Sample

Sample.mp3



Podcast Production



Podcast Production

• Content– Live recording of lectures– Reading scripts/slides– Glossary/lecture summary– Questions & Answers / Conversation /

Discussion• Distribution

– Through Blackboard (just as normal files)– Automatic update by iTune or other RSS

receiver



“How-to“ Web page in Blackboard



Podcast production

• Some experience :– Live recording convenient but produces long

clips– Editing effort could be large– Scripted recording depends on the language

skill and (subject knowledge) of the narrator– Clips should be limited to 10 minutes or less



The Push-Pull Blended Learning Model



Field Tests• IS4030 Web Site Design for eCommerce

(offered by Dept. of Information Systems, Sem A 2007/8)

• IS4243 CRM Systems Management (offered by Dept. of Information Systems, Sem A 2007/8)

• CS2204 Fundamentals of Internet Application Development (offered by Dept. of Computer Science)

• IS4030 Web Site Design for eCommerce (offered by Dept. of Information Systems, Sem A 2008/9)

• FB2500 MIS I (offered by Dept. of Information Systems, Sem A 2008/9)



Initial Findings in Sem. A 2008/9

• The majority (68%) of the students are between 20-23 years old; • All of them possess either digital media players (e.g., iPod) or

PDAs;• 63% of them use their portable devices from 30 minutes to a

few hours each day;• Most of them (60%) prefer to use the portable devices during

travelling;• Most of them (87%) usually use the portable devices for listening

music;• Most students (87%) express that they are interested in

accessing course materials in the form of podcasts;• Most of them would like to receive podcasts about the

summaries of lectures (93%) or tutorials (66%); • Most of the students (64%) think that they will be more

interested in the course after receiving the course podcasts.



Peer Podcasts• Qualitative feedback is positive;• Quantitative Analysis is underway;



Preliminary Conclusions• Basic use is convenient and handy but more

intense applications require careful planning• Students showed interest in using Podcast

but use of mobile device for learning is less than expected

• Students to produce their own Podcasts has not been explored

• More data analysis is still being done



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TDG Enhancing Teaching & Learning with Podcasting Team Members : –(IS) Raymond Lau, Rachel Ip & RAs –(CS) M T Chan, Francis Chan –(EDO) Hokling Cheung