Enhancement of Student’s Learning Experience with

Podcastsby Mélanie Morrissette

Introduction to Podcasts

• Easily created

• It can be uploaded online and downloaded onto a computer, Ipod or Iphone.

• Series of digital media files, either in audio, video or both.

• Podcasting = Ipod + broadcasting

Showcase of a podcast

How Podcast can be use for teaching and learning?

• Record lectures

• Learner created reflection and interviews

• News or course related-updates

• Introduction to new subject areas

“Our task here is primarily about understanding our learners, embracing their tools and trying to speak their language”.

George Siemens and Peter Tittenberger

Understanding our learners

• Youtube generation

• Spend more time on their computer as compared to watching TV

• Prefer to select the content they are watching

• Respond better to audio-visual material

Podcast as a learning process

Learning is a social process

• The podcast (unlike a paper) is made for an audience.

• Makes them engaged and competitive.

• Prepare them for the future workplace: produce content for an audience not for themselves.

Learning is reflective

• Students enjoy the opportunity to share what they know about a topic in a way that permits them to construct knowledge rather than simply report it.

“Knowledge set free enables dynamic, adaptive and personalized experience”

“Shifting from Knowing Knowledge” n.d., para. 11

Connectivism

• Sg New Wave: Our Movement in Film

• They can connect with their peers and network with older students and alumni

• Some of their podcasts get comments from internet users - helps to establish new connections

• Sg New Wave receives no less than half a millions hits in a month: good for their portfolio

Affordances of Podcast

• Easy access resource

• Presence & Self-Expression

• Creation of new content

• Foster interaction

• Contributes to the student’s portfolio and online presence

Quotes from students

• “When you are communicating with audio visual content, I realize that I have to be aware of my audience, who am I trying to reach with my podcast” Winona

• “I think that doing Podcast are not only an enjoyable experience but at the same time, it gives us a chance to express ourselves better with visuals and music” Winnie

Quotes from students

• “ I’ve learned that movies go deeper than just show and tell. A good director’s mise-en-scene is full of metaphors, it is up to us to figure it out” Fadly

• “ I think using Podcast is a fun and unique tool to communicate with your audience. As humans, some of us are visual learners while other learn by listening. Hence rather than using Powerpoint slides which may be normal and plain, podcast allows us to enhance our presentation and increase the interest among the audience to listen to what we want to say. Therefore podcast is a effective tool of communication.” Ain

Thank you!