1. Expanding the Classroom: Learning Opportunities Beyond the Walls A Cross Curriculum Examination of Podcasts and Vodcasts for the Classroom Dr. Donna SHELTON Associate Professor Northeastern State University - Foreign Language Dr. Pamela CHRISTOL Assistant Professor Northeastern State University - Natural Sciences Rick Shelton M.Ed. Assistant Coordinator for Academic Services Center for Teaching and Learning - Northeastern State University

2. To Infinity and Beyond  “To succeed in our struggle to build technology and new media to support learning, we must move far beyond the traditional view of teaching as delivery of information.” 1 John Seely Brown

3. Overview  How do we make sense of it all?  What’s good about it?  What’s the downside?  Podcasts  Vodcasts  Foreign Language  Science

4. How do we make sense of it all?

5.  Technology today can quickly overtake a classroom with its complexity and the endless options available to the instructor

6. How do we make sense of it all?  Develop a plan  Stick to your plan  Build in flexibility  Technology cannot instruct  Technology is a tool, not a solution

7. How do we make sense of it all?  Use reliable sites for video and audio content  Use content that fits the lesson  Be sure you have the software and hardware you need  Ask questions of your support staff

8. What’s Good About It?

9.  “Today’s digital kids think of information and communications technology (ICT) as something akin to oxygen: they expect it, it’s what they breathe, and it’s how they live.” 1 John Seely Brown

10. What’s Good About It?  Emphasis is on content, not the instructor  Increases instructor’s resources  Students are familiar with medium  Learning is expanded beyond the classroom in real time  Most schools now have the needed infrastructure

11. What’s Good About It?  Interactivity is increased  Instruction on the Internet accentuates the "student as worker" and the "teacher as coach" paradigms 2  Cost-to-benefit ratio is excellent

12. What’s Good About It?  Basic equipment is all that is needed Computer Speakers Internet access Media players installed  Quicktime  Windows media player  Flash A projector depending on classroom or lab

13. What’s the Downside?

14.  Many instructors fear technology Feeling that students are more capable than instructor  You must be able to recognize good materials  Some work is required to sort the good from the bad  There are a lot of bad sites out there

15. What’s the Downside?  Some sites may be down  Your network may be down  Virus threats from files  Tendency to treat technology as the solution  Technology choices seem overwhelming  Information could be dated

16. Websites

17.  Focus on established websites Beware of dubious websites Try to use sites with .edu .gov .org.com sites are commercial Others are personal in nature

18. Websites  National Science Research Center http://www.nsrconline.org/index.html  Smithsonian http://www.smithsonian.tv/  Amazing Space http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/

19. Podcasts  Podcast is an emerging term used for the online delivery of audio-on-demand content

20. Podcasts  Education Podcast Network http://epnweb.org/  Podcasting news http://www.podcastingnews.com/  National Public Radio www.npr.org  iTunes U http://www.apple.com/education/solutions/itu nes_u/ http://www.apple.com/education/solutions/itu nes_u/

21. Podcasts  Podcast.net http://www.podcast.net/  PodcastAlly http://www.podcastalley.com/  iPodder.org http://www.ipodder.org/  NASA http://feeds.feedburner.com/brainbites/nasa

22. Audio Book Podcasts  LibriVox -- Volunteer Voices, Classic Books LibriVox -- Volunteer Voices, Classic Books  PodioBooks -- New, Original Science Fiction and Fantasy PodioBooks -- New, Original Science Fiction and Fantasy  Urban Art Adventures -- Classic 'Erotic' Audio Books Urban Art Adventures -- Classic 'Erotic' Audio Books  Maria Lectrix -- Public Domain Books with Catholic Themes Maria Lectrix -- Public Domain Books with Catholic Themes  Dead White Males -- Public Dead White Males -- Public

23. Create Your Audio Content  Content can be anything you like Audio books Music “Radio" type shows Interviews  There's no formula for creating the content  The beauty of podcasting is that your shows can be anything that you want them to be

24. Create Your Audio Content  It doesn't matter what platform or application you use to record the audio Audacity - open source, cross-platform, free and let's you mix together multiple files Audacity GarageBand - popular choice for Macintosh based computers GarageBand

25. Create Your Audio Content  Save the finished audio show at maximum quality in the native format  Convert the file to MP3 format  Use the minimum bit rate that provides good results  Some suggested settings: 48 - 56k Mono - sermons, audio books, talk radio 64k+ Stereo - music, music & talk combinations 128k Stereo - good quality music

26. Publish your MP3  Save your MP3 files to your web server  Test them with any MP3 player The files can go anywhere on your site However you may want to put all of them into one directory

27. Create Your Podcast Newsfeed  Podcasts feeds are RSS files that describe your podcast, along with information for each show  RSS files are just text files that link to your MP3 file http://www.podcastingnews.com/articles/How -to-Podcast.html http://www.podcastingnews.com/articles/How -to-Podcast.html

28. Vodcast  Vodcast is an emerging term used for the online delivery of video-on-demand content

29. Vodcasts  Vodstock http://www.vodstock.com  Vodcasts.tv http://www.vodcasts.tv/

30. Questions

31. Reference Sources 1.Growing Up Digital: How the Web Changes Work, Education, and the Ways People Learn, by John Seely Brown 2.“The Effects of Internet-based Instruction on Student Learning” - Dr. Scott B. Wegner, Associate Professor  Impact of the Internet on Learning and Teaching - Hossein Arsham http://www.usdla.org/html/journal/MAR02_Issue/article01.html