Podcasting and the Listening Culture

Podcasting and the listening culture in education

Steve WheelerUniversity of Plymouth

http://www.myscreensavers.net/

Agenda

• The nature of learning• Architecture of participation• Listening cultures• Podcasting and multimodal

learning• Podcasting vs. Vodcasting

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Education?

“An education allows children to develop the skills and confidence they need to strengthen their societies, break the cycle of poverty and build peace in their communities.”

- Save the Children

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Transforming education?

Source: Chambers English Dictionary

"In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad." – Nietzsche cc

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http://thescholasticdiary.wordpress.com

“Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in

school” – Einstein

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“For the first time we are preparing students for a future we cannot clearly describe.” – David Warlick cc

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http://communications.nottingham.ac.uk/podcasts/

“It's not what you know that counts anymore. It's what you can learn.”

– Don Tapscott

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http://www.nationalpost.com

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digital natives?

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Learning 2.0

User generated

content

Architecture of participation

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Learning 2.0

ToolsCollaborating

Sharing

Voting

Networking

User generated

content

Architecture of participation

Tagging

Digital cultural capital“Where digital communication has fractured the tyranny of distance and computers have become pervasive and ubiquitous, identification through digital mediation has become the new cultural capital”.

- Wheeler (2009)

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http://www.coreideas.com.au/

Funnels and webs“The current search for new educational funnels must be reversed into the search for their institutional inverse: educational webs which heighten the opportunity for each one to transform each moment [...] into one of learning, sharing and caring”.

– Illich (1970)

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In the aural tradition, writing is not an essential part of attaining knowledge.

A listening culture

Tribal storytelling

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Totem

• Gathering place• Rituals• Celebration• Transmission of customs,

social mores and values (storytelling)

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Choosing the tools

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important enough to say to the class, it’s important enough for them to hear

it again.” - Shawn Wheeler

Why Podcasting?

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What the research says:

• Personalises learning• Listen at own pace• Extends learning• Aids assessment preparation• Highlights important information

Sutton-Brady, C. et al (2009) The value of using short-format podcasts to enhance learning and teaching. ALT-J, 17 (3), 219-232.

Student views of podcasts

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Disadvantages of Podcasting

• Poor audio quality• Poor content• Accessibility? • Transcripts?• Dialogue?• Linear sequential nature

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Advantages of Podcasting

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Time shifting

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RSS Updates

Flexible

Anytime

Personalised

Anyplace

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Multi-tasking

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Inexpensive

Active engagement

Auditory Learning

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Computer not needed

Visual Learning

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Multimodal Learning

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VAK Model

Visual Seeing and reading

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VAK Model


Auditory Hearing and speaking

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VAK Model


Auditory Hearing and speaking

Kinaesthetic Touching and doing

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Multi-Modal Learning

Auditory

Visual

Kinaesthetic

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Auditory

Visual

Kinaesthetic

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I see, I remember

I hear, I know

I do, I understand


Auditory

Visual

Kinaesthetic

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I see, I remember

I hear, I know

I do, I understand

Cognition

Memory Meta Cognition

Deeper Learning

When do we listen?

• Respect for the speaker• Interesting and relevant• Unusual• Uncertainty

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When we listen...

• ... we interpret and judge• ... we sometimes change our moods• ... we don’t always hear everything• ... we hear more than is actually said

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The case for Vodcasting

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What You See is What You Get

http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-you-see-is-what-you-get.html

A bit of psychology...

Visual information can often be enhanced when paired with relevant verbal information. - Anderson & Bower (1973)

Dual Coding Theory

People recall sequential order of words, better than the sequence of pictures.- Paivio (1969)

Visuospatial sketchpad and

phonological loop = working memory.

– Baddeley (1986)

LogogensImagens

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Visual Mental images

AuditorySpeech

Verbal representation

Analogue CodePerceptual

Symbolic CodeRepresentational

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Visual Mental images

AuditorySpeech

Verbal representation

Written or printedmaterials

Imagens LogogensCognition

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What the research says:

• Vodcasts are closer to the lecture experience.• Vodcasts increase understanding of content.• Podcasts are good for revision.• Podcasts best used in conjunction with

lecturer’s slides

Parson, V. et al (2009) Educating an iPod Generation. Learning, Media and Technology, 34 (3), 215-228.

Podcasts vs. Vodcasts

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What they said:

• “Podcasting is all about planning and content and very little about technology and equipment, though we focus on the latter.” - James Clay, Gloucestershire College

• “Educators need a lot of technical support in producing video content. [It is very] time/resource intensive.” - Ruth Sexstone, University of Arts, London

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What they said:

• “While most students love the flexibility, some feel they're being 'short changed' if teachers aren't performing 'live'.” - Cath Ellis, University of Huddersfield

• “I think most teachers just classify it as recording audio without really using the full sharing function of podcasting.” - Ann-Maree Moore, Macquarie University

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Issues to address

• “Some staff are nervous about their content being out there in the real world.”

– Cath Ellis, University of Huddersfield• Is Podcasting a Web 2.0 tool?• Do students really listen?• Do students actually learn? cc

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Source: http://www.donblake.com

Anyone can make a

podcast, but not everyone

should.

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“All too often today we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants”

– John W Gardner

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Thank you

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