Transcript MERLOT Teaching and Learning in a Networked World Podcasting For Educators Donna Eyestone [email protected] Learning and Teaching on the go.

MERLOT
Teaching and Learning in a Networked World
Podcasting
For Educators
Donna Eyestone
[email protected]
Learning and Teaching
on the go
Create our own audio, video, or narrated slideshows
Distribute to anyone through free subscriptions
Consume it whenever and wherever they want
A little more detail
media you subscribe to
delivered via
the Internet
captured by a
content
aggregator
And it’s popular
What Podcasting isn’t
Let’s check it out!
Okay, how do I do it?
Overview
Planning, Preproduction, Storyboards
Write Script / Prepare Outline
Test Recording Equipment
Record Audio
Edit Audio
Compress Audio
Generate XML for RSS feed
Upload files to Web Server
Step 1 : Planning
Select appropriate content
narrow focus, not lots of facts and figures
Determine your instructional goal
provide motivation, integrate concepts, overviews, etc.
Design your content
case studies, personal stories, dialogs with opposing
views, etc.
Step 2 :
Recording & Editing
Record your podcast.
be yourself, talk naturally, express your passion.
Incorporate your podcast into your course.
is it required, optional, value-added or review, etc.
A USB headset mic works great for recording spoken word.
can use internal mic on laptops if needed. Compact flash recording
devices for higher quality. Can even use the audio from a DV video
camera.
Use Audacity (or other) audio editing application to record.
If desired, edit your audio file to remove mistakes or long pauses.
Can add extra audio here for stings, intros, background music.
Step 3 : Compression
MP3 provides excellent audio quality at low file
sizes.
MP3 files are “generic” and can be played
anywhere
Use the LAME MP3 encoder to export your .WAV
or .AIFF file from Audacity as an MP3 file.
Can also use iTunes to convert files to MP3 format.
Step 4 : Write XML
Create an RSS feed to deliver your content periodically.
Write your own XML (start from a template) or use an online
RSS feed generator.
Step 5 : Upload files
Using a FTP program, like Fetch or
SmartFTP upload your .MP3 and .XML files
to a regular-ole webserver.
You do not need a streaming server to make a podcast. Any
computer server that is connected to the Internet and capable of
serving up web pages is capable of being your podcasting server.
The MP3 files you create can be used both
as a subscription-based podcast and
individually downloadable from your CMS.
Step 5.5 Accessibility
Provide a transcript of your audio in PDF format
You can either put a link to the PDF on a website,
or as its own podcast episode
You can type it yourself after the fact, or use your
script
Use an online service and pay for transcription
Try out a “speech - to - text” application, like
Dragon Naturally Speaking
Seek assistance for ideas and resources from your
college
Step 6 : Subscribe
Try out your channel by subscribing to your feed
using a content aggregator, such as iTunes.
If you want, you can “register” your feed with
iTunes (or others), so it’s easily “findable”.
You can use links (URLs) that send people right
from your web page (course) to iTunes and your
specific podcast.
Step 7 : Repeat
Be consistent! Release new episodes
regularly so listeners don’t forget about
you!
Try to make episodes that are about the
same duration, in the same tone of voice,
etc.
Usually better to release 5 mins weekly
rather than 60 mins every other month.
Podcast
Solutions
The Complete Guide to Audio and
Video Podcasting
by: Geoghegan and Klass
ISBN: 1-59059-554-8
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