Podcasting and iTunes University@ Philadelphia University

Presenters:

Brian Gall, Instructional Technology Specialist

Dr. Russell Pritchard, Assistant Professor of Instructional Design and Technology

Look Familiar?

In the Past…Learning from Technology

• Teaching from Technology– Traditional Uses

• Static PowerPoint• Blackboard to Store Documents

– Administrative Uses• Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook

– Teaching Uses• Electronic Grading

– Audio/Video• VHS/DVD

“Teaching the way we have always taught, more efficiently.”

Authentic & VariedEvaluation

(EVE)

Authentic & VariedEvaluation

(EVE)

Authentic & VariedPractice &

Assessment(ASM)

Authentic & VariedPractice &

Assessment(ASM)

Active: Investigate, Discover, Apply,

Solve(ACT)

Active: Investigate, Discover, Apply,

Solve(ACT)

Student-CenteredResponsibility

(SCR)

Student-CenteredResponsibility

(SCR)

InformedCollaboration

(ICL)

InformedCollaboration

(ICL)

In the Future…Learning with Technology

• Influence (Rogers)– Relative Advantage– Compatibility– Complexity– Trialability– Observability– Channel of

Communication

In the Future…Learning with Technology

Time

AdoptionRate

Learning with Technology…Our Solution

iTunes U Meets Our Goal

• Authentic Demonstration

• Authentic & Varied Evaluation

• Active: Investigate, Discover, Apply, Solve

• Student-Centered Responsibility

• Informed Collaboration

iTunes U Demonstration

iTunes U - Nuts & BoltsLessons Learned of Implementation

• Initial contact from Apple with IT

• Meetings of Interested Parties

• Decision to Implement

• Implementation– Information Technology– Public Relations– Administration

• Documentation– All software tools

• Pilot Group– Early Adopters

Segments of Training – Basic and Advanced

iTunes U - Nuts & BoltsLessons Learned of Implementation

• Integration with Existing Systems

• Support

• Cost of Migration

• Why is Apple Providing Interface?

• Developmental Hours

• Record– iPod, Wireless Mic, Digital Voice Recorder, Digital

Video Camera, PC/Mac• Edit

– Audacity – Audio– iMovie – Video– Garage Band – Enhanced

• Upload– iTunes University

• How did we get there. TRAINING

iTunes U - Nuts & BoltsCreation of Material

Content Acquisition

Produce File

Post/Publish

Access

RSS/Feed

• Faculty/Student Usage– Clinical Interviews in Occupational Therapy– Demonstrations of Therapeutic Screens– Student-created Discussion of Artificial

Intelligence and Robotics– Five Language Labs – Review and Practice of

Course Material

iTunes U - Nuts & BoltsCurrent Uses

iTunes U - Nuts & BoltsDesign of Experiments (DOX)

ControlledExperiment

CaseStudy

DesignExperiment

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Qualitative

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