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The Power of the Spoken Word
Podcasting in Higher Education
Iain Mac Labhrainn
1. Podcast, MP3, download, RSS…
Duke UniversityDigital Initiative
•Originally “free iPod” project•Now more developed,range of technologies
http://www.duke.edu/ddi
Lecture capture?
iTunes U
• Promoted by Apple• number of institutions (mainly
US at this stage)• Easy distribution method• Quick turnaround• Requires conversion if non-
iPod
Modesty?
InformationTransfer?
• Laurillard (Educause Review, Jan/Feb 2002)
• New technologies – incorporated and subverted– Serve the needs of information transfer
paradigm
• Fail to challenge or transform
Lecture
http://bokcenter.harvard.edu
Lectures or “large classes”?
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
Pedagogical need
Educational objectives
Curricular design
Selection of media
Evaluation
2.Technology for all
Editing & processing
RSS, etc