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
Quantitative
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Qualitative
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