1. The Power of the Spoken Word Podcasting in Higher Education Iain Mac Labhrainn

2. 1. Podcast, MP3, download, RSS…

5. Duke University Digital Initiative Originally “free iPod” project Now more developed, range of technologies http://www.duke.edu/ddi

6. Lecture capture?

7. iTunes U Promoted by Apple number of institutions (mainly US at this stage) Easy distribution method Quick turnaround Requires conversion if non- iPod

8. Modesty?

9. InformationTransfer? Laurillard (Educause Review, Jan/Feb 2002) New technologies –incorporated and subverted –Serve the needs of information transfer paradigm Fail to challenge or transform

10. Lecture

11. http://bokcenter.harvard.edu

12. Lectures or “large classes”?

14. Voice in education Power (1990), The Use of Audio in Distance Education –Audio-cassettes –Flexibility; learner control –Spoken word: modulation, intonation, inflexion, phrasing, pacing, volume, loudness, timbre –Can be more powerful than written text –Music – theme, breaks, sound effects –Methods for design, scripting and production, importance of narrator, different styles/scenarios

16. Pedagogical need Educational objectives Curricular design Selection of media Evaluation

17. 2.Technology for all

18. Editing & processing

19. Telephone interviews

20. RSS, etc

21. Further info iain.maclaren@nuigalway.ie paul.gormley@nuigalway.ie www.impala.ac.uk