Hi everyone,
Podcasting is a growing technology that can let those
individuals who want to share ideas and information to others seeking it. It delivers information quicker and easier through audio (Walker, 2011). An example of a podcast is the Radio. Radio's are build in everywhere from phones to cars.
Vodcasting is slightly similar to podcasting although they only apply to videos. They are also audio but the only difference is that it's visual too. To make a vodcast the features you will need is a
webcam and a recorder (Leask and Pachler, 2013). A popular vodcast that everyone uses today is YouTube.
Leask, M. and Pachler, N. (eds.)
(2013) Learning to teach using
Ict in the secondary school: A companion to school experience. 3rd edn. New York, NY, United States: Taylor and Francis.
Walker, K.
(2011) How
to Get Your Message Out Fast & Free Using Podcasts: Everything You Need to
Know about Podcasting Explained Simply. United States: Atlantic Publishing Company.
Podcasts (no date) Available at: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=podcasts&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi47KPY4dDRAhXnCcAKHZmlDb0Q_AUICigD&biw=1438&bih=677 (Accessed: 20 January 2017).
Podcasts (no date) Available at: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=podcasts&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi47KPY4dDRAhXnCcAKHZmlDb0Q_AUICigD&biw=1438&bih=677 (Accessed: 20 January 2017).
Hi Radiya,
ReplyDeleteYes you're right. Podcasting is a digital audio file or video file that is created and can be shared and heard by people. The good thing about it according to (Bertucci, B. 2016), is that people liked the convenience of having new material loaded on their phones and ipads all the time. You are able to communicate your ideas easily and can simply connect to anyone with internet connection who is searching for podcasts. How would you say podcast influence education for teachers and students? I think, In terms of using podcast for educational purposes there are many reasons why it would be useful. First of all: it can help benefit learners who learn through auditory. For example, if a learner is blind a teacher can use podcast to make an audio file for that learner to help he/she with their education. Teachers can also record an audio file for students who may need that extra help. For example, if a student is ill and wants to study from home or hospital. Students can then download and listen to the podcast at the time they want.
Bertucci, B. (2016) What is Podcasting? Podcasting is here to stay. Available at: http://podcasting.about.com/od/basics101/a/whatis.htm (Accessed: 13 January 2017).
Hi Jarna,
DeletePodcasting and vodcasting are both brilliant ways to share experiences and information. Today many people use YouTube for educational clips (Mozer, 2014). I personally believe that it just makes it easier for teachers showing different perspectives and ideas from someone else's point of view other than there's. it's always good to share knowledge with each other (Jenkins et al., 2013).
Mozer, M. (2014) A teen’s guide to the power of social networking: Social network-powered education opportunities. United States: Rosen Classroom.
Jenkins, H., Burgess, J., Hartley, J. and Green, J. (2013) YouTube: Online video and participatory culture. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Polity Press.
Hi Radya,
DeleteI agree, It is a great way to share knowledge.Technology can be incorporated into an educational setting in various ways to oblige several purposes. Podcasts/vodcasts are types of media found when students exchange files over the Internet. Precisely, podcasting is a distribution of audio files and vodcasting is a distribution of video files over the Internet e.g. YouTube (Schnackenberg and Vega, 2009). Podcasting/vodcasting gives educators an outlet for technology addition. Podcasting refers to the authoring of/or subscription to audio/video files that can be replayed and downloaded on a range of technology devices such as Ipads/Ipods and MP3 players (Dale & Pymm, 2009).
Schnackenberg, H.L. and Vega, E.S. (2009) ‘Podcasting and Vodcasting: Legal issues and ethical dilemmas’, 3(1).
Dale, C. and Pymm, J.M. (2009) ‘Podagogy: The iPod as a learning technology’, Active Learning in Higher Education, 10(1), pp. 84–96. doi: 10.1177/1469787408100197.
Podcast and Vodcast may seem to have little impact in the way people learn but I personally believe it is the best way to share information. I have had a great experience with Podcast when I was doing my Alevels; my teacher made all the revision materials available for us to listen to it instead of just reading loads of information. For my learning style, I have found this type of learning to be much more effective. Vodcast and Podcast caters to different learning styles, visual and auditory learning. Auditory learning refers to learning provided through listening and this is what podcast offers. For example, Marland and Marl, (2002) suggested that auditory learning is more effective then visual learning, i.e spelling. Children who learn auditory learn large rang of spelling from a young age whereas visual learners learn much later as they have more opportunities to see words.
ReplyDeleteMarland, K. and Marl, K. (2002) High frequency words: Strategies that build skills in spelling, vocabulary and word play. Canada: Pembroke Publishers.
Yes indeed, just like any other type of technology, podcasting and vodcasting holds an educational value. Podcasting and vodcasting are tools that gives adaptability in way students can get a hold of and disperse media (Middleton, 2009). A public podcast that is available on school grounds can be recovered from any PC, anywhere. Also, as long as the PC is equipped with a microphone, the podcast can be made on any PC, anywhere. Thusly, podcasting can amplify education in school into the home environment and the same the other way around. Also, the flexibility of podcasting proposes pupil’s decisions in the way they get to and make their education encounters.
DeleteMiddleton, A. (2009) ‘Beyond podcasting: Creative approaches to designing educational audio’, Research in Learning Technology, 17(2). doi: 10.3402/rlt.v17i2.10871.
Hi Aseelah,
DeleteIt's not as easy as you think it is especially in a classroom it's difficult to get the class involved to produce podcasts. It also requires technical knowledge not everybody will understand how podcasts work (Beauchamp, 2016).
Beauchamp, G. (2016) Computing and ICT in the primary school: From Pedagogy to practice. Devon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Hello Aseelah,
DeleteI do agree with the effectively of podcasts and vodcasts but does it improve students academic performances more so than traditional learning style. There is no reliable evidence to suggest that podcasts improve students outcomes. McKinney et al (2009) carried out “exam” experiment to evaluate the usefulness of lecture podcasts on students academic performances and concluded that students were more likely to performance better when they physically attended lectures and took notes. Some showed improvement when they heard the lecture more than once while they took notes whereas, some showed no improvement where podcast was used.
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gateway/file.php?name=review-of-podcasting-research.pdf&sa=U&ei=cijoTrnvM8qChQea0aTECg&ved=0CBMQFjAA&sig2=ceAS7Q-zKKbZg8Dij6Cj3Q&usg=AFQjCNGSfKbTHMTR5hlO5u8-wswYJRPAlg&site=44 ( Accessed 20 January 2017)
It is a great way to learn. Another great thing about using podcast for educational purposes is that it allows students to improve on skills like researching, speaking effectively, manage time, improve their vocabulary and build their confidence. According to Huann and Thong ‘learner develop podcasts enable students to reflect on their learning through listening and improving on their own oral performances’(Huann and Thong, 2006), as well as reconsidering and modifying their ideas during content creation (Hargis and Wilson, 2005). So they are able to be independent, able to learn from their own mistakes as well as others. It’s a very practical way of learning that may attract some students and motivate them to do well with their education. Like you said some students prefer practical learning. Finally, it allows students to be collaborative. According to Huann and Thong ‘Student generated podcasts offer the potential for promoting collaborative learning through voice interaction’ (Huann and Thong, 2006). Students can do this by making their own podcasts and then sharing it with students from other schools. This way they are able to share ideas, keep track of other schools and learn from each other.
ReplyDeleteHuann, T. Y and Thong, M.K (2006) Audio blogging and podcasting in education, Edublog.net.eudoblog/astinus/mt/files/docs/Literature%20Review%200n%20audiobloging%20and%podcasting.pdf, (Accessed: 13 January 2017.
Hargis, J and Wilson, D. (2005) fishing for learning with podcast net. www.unf.edu/dept/cirt/tech/podcast/HargisPodcastArticle.pdf, (Accessed: 13 January 2017.
ReplyDeleteYes Jarna,
DeleteIt has improved access to education. Because podcast empower on demand media, it gives students the decision to listen to it when and wherever they pick. A few pupils can hear it out from the PC at their home or in the library while other pupils may download it to their iPod and hear it out while in a hurry. This flexibility made a time shifted learning engagement that pupils appear to emphatically react to (Cooper, Dale and Spencer, 2009). pupils appreciate given decision in their learning and the versatility of podcasts fits do only that.
Cooper, S., Dale, C. and Spencer, S. (2009) ‘A tutor in your back pocket: Reflections on the use of iPods and podcasting in an undergraduate popular music programme’, British Journal of Music Education, 26(01), p. 85. doi: 10.1017/s0265051708008280.
Hi Jarna and Aseelah,
DeletePodcasts and vodcasts are both useful for teaching and learning. For example, sharing resources online for students to access from home and in schools for example moodle is a brilliant way where students take place to access resources from lecturers. Also students can work from home to publish their work on the internet to share with peers and teachers. The good thing is that students can make it private if they do not want to post it to the public and customize it to certain people to access. It also enhances learning by using different materials to such as images and clips to demonstrate tasks in a different way rather just writing it in text. For those students who were absent can take advantage of the sessions they missed out on and can catch up online without a hassle. And yes it has a potential support to those pupils who need extra support with special needs (Leask and Pachler, 2013).
Leask, M. and Pachler, N. (eds.) (2013) Learning to teach using Ict in the secondary school: A companion to school experience. 3rd edn. New York, NY, United States: Taylor and Francis
Hi all,
ReplyDeleteYes indeed podcast is a brilliant way to broadcast your information anywhere in the world. To start of all you need is a microphone, computer and internet connection. Podcasting is basically sharing your talk online. Sharing information and knowledge to individuals, groups, classrooms and schools (Beauchamp, 2016). However, creating a podcast can sometimes be complicated. Podcasting needs editing you may also need to add graphics and photographs also you may need to use other tools to create successful podcast (Salmon et al., 2008).
Beauchamp, G. (2016) Computing and ICT in the primary school: From Pedagogy to practice. Devon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Salmon, Salmon, G., Edirisingha, P., Mobbs, M. and Edirisingh.., P. (2008) How to create podcasts for education. Maidenhead, England: Open University Press
Hi Radya,
DeleteI agree, Podcasting can share and catch learning voices, gives adaptability in giving access to media and its technique for generation and distribution offer teachers continuous instructive open doors (Middleton, 2009). Consequently, podcasting and different technology, when effectively coordinated, can have many advantages for pupils in the classroom. A study proposes that viable innovation combination builds pupils motivation to learn and keeps them on undertaking and occupied with the learning task (Cooper, Dale and Spencer,2009; Barone and Wright,2008).
Barone, D. and Wright, T.E. (2008) ‘Literacy instruction with digital and media technologies’, The Reading Teacher, 62(4), pp. 292–302. doi: 10.1598/rt.62.4.2.
Cooper, S., Dale, C. and Spencer, S. (2009) ‘A tutor in your back pocket: Reflections on the use of iPods and podcasting in an undergraduate popular music programme’, British Journal of Music Education, 26(01), p. 85. doi: 10.1017/s0265051708008280.
Hello Radiya,
DeleteYes, I do agree with simplicity and efficiency of podcasting within learning however, is it doing more harm than good? Even though podcast and vodcaste provide easy alternative to students and ultimately makes distance learning easier, thus taking away visible learning. Bolliger, Supanakorn, and (p.1, 2010) suggested in their journal study that online education I.e. podcast results students to drop out due to e isolation and “disconnectedness in the online environment”. Online learning strips the willingness and motivation to learn and stay active. Additionally, podcasts increase boredom which is fatal to learning. Having to sit there and listen to a downloaded file of a lecture will bored the individual thus resulting into loss of interest for the learning.
Bolliger, D.U., Supanakorn, S. and Boggs, C. (2010) ‘Impact of podcasting on student motivation in the online learning environment’, Computers & Education, 55(2), pp. 714–722. doi: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.03.004.
Hi Falis, I agree. There are some negatives to this for example, just relying on podcasts to educate students. Firstly, you must take into consideration that not all teachers know how to use technology and are not experts on things like podcast and vodcast. Secondly, when using podcast audio you will need a silent room to be able to listen to it. If not a silent room then schools must be able to provide headphones for students. Lastly, I think you should entirely depend on technology to teach because it is not always reliable. There are chances that an audio file gets lost or in case technical difficulties occur and disrupts the lesson.
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