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Podcasts at Penn State

Podcasting TagThe Podcasts at Penn State program offers a variety of services designed to offer faculty an easy way to produce educational podcasts and distribute them to their students. These services include hands-on training, information on locating equipment to borrow or purchase for producing podcasts, recommendations of the best practices for creating pedagogical podcasts, free software downloads necessary to create podcasts, free accounts to begin posting podcasts, online tutorials, and more. In addition, the Penn State on iTunes U project gives faculty a secure way to publish course podcasts. For more information on how to participate in the program and to begin podcasting to students, visit http://podcasts.psu.edu/ or e-mail podcasts@psu.edu.

Educational Technology Report: Podcasts are another way to enhance courses

Podcasting SmallJamie Oberdick, producer and host of the Podcasts at Penn State show What Works in Educational Technology, recently had the novel experience of producing a podcast about … podcasts. He sat down with Carla Zembal-Saul, associate professor of science education and Chris Millet, manager of advanced learning projects at Penn State, to discuss the Podcasts at Penn State pilot program. This podcast features how Carla used podcasts in her classroom, including a student-produced podcast on the Colony Collapse Disorder, a malady affecting honeybees. This podcast was used in Congressional testimony.

You can hear the podcast at the Podcasts at Penn State site or on Penn State at iTunes U.  And while there, after being inspired by the What Works podcast, be sure to sign up for the summer Podcasts at Penn State pilot program.

PSU Podcasting in the News

Two pieces of news emerged from PSU on the same day about the Podcasts at Penn State project. The first was an article in the Daily Collegian, the student newspaper on campus, cleverly titled, “Lectures could be available for iPods.” I probably would have said that lectures are available, but I’m not the editor. It is a good piece that represents the project well. It was nice to see that the reported not only got the story from ETS, but also a couple of the faculty we are working with. Always good to hear that voice come through.

The other was in the form of a news story on the local CBS Nightly News last night. I took the bullet for being on-air, but again they did a good job representing the project even if they did focus in on the Apple partnership a little strongly. I guess you go with the coolness factor. Either way it is nice to see a little bit of the work we are doing get some press … next time maybe someone else can be the on air personality … I have more of a face for podcasting. You can view the clip below.

One thing I did notice about both features is how they were very interested in how podcasting could enable students to skip class. We really aren’t seeing that result at the moment, but that is one of the reasons we are still in pilot.

iTunes U Tuesdays

Chris Millet has recently started a new podcast to highlight the new and interesting content beginning to flow into the Penn State on iTunes U pilot site. His podcast is available to those both in and outside of Penn State. It is worth a listen to get a good sampling of what is new and interesting inside Penn State on iTunes U.

German Department Podcasting Studio

ETS recently worked with the German and Slavic Language Department to create a Podcast Studio in the Burrows Building on the University Park campus. This studio supports a whole host of podcasting and digital media activities across several foreign language courses — including multiple sections of French and German courses. Tim Perry visited the space today and took some pictures. Also, one of the key drivers behind the partnership, Noelle Isenberg, played a big part in the iWriter Hot Team project as well.

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