Active Learning Institute

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Active Learning Institute
Our Next Speaker Alisa Cooper English Faculty,
South Mountain Community College Reaching
Learners with Podcasting

• Educause Solutions in Action
• Reaching and Engaging Today's LearnersApril
  20, 2009
• Barbara Knauff, Senior Instructional Technologist
• Academic Computing, Dartmouth College

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Reaching and Engaging Today's Learner with
Podcasting

• Dr. Alisa Cooper
• South Mountain Community College
• Phoenix, AZ
• http//freshmancomp.com
• Dr.coop_at_yahoo.com

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What is it?

• Gadgets Galore

• Five Major Mobile Formats

• Almost every student has some sort of mobile
  gadget whether it be a cell phone, mp3 player or
  gaming system.
• Instead of asking students to put them away, why
  not use these devices to engage students in
  learning.

Palm, Windows Mobile, Apple, Blackberry, Google
G1
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Reaching Engaging Todays Learner with
Podcasting

• District wide adoption of iTunes U
• Podcasting training in the district for faculty
• Use of Web 2.0 Audio Video tools in an
  individual classroom.

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SMCC iTunes U

• iTunes U is a specialized area of the Apple
  iTunes store that allows higher education
  institutions to make audio, visual and pdf
  content available for download and subscription.
• Learn anytime and anywhere
• Study at their own pace

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Podcasting Training

• What is podcasting?

• A podcast is a series of digital media files,
  usually digital audio or video, that is made
  available for download via Web syndication.
• Workshops on RSS, podcasting creating audio
  video and using iTunes U

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Web 2.0 Audio Video Tools

• Odeo
• Utterli
• YouTube
• Ustream.tv
• JayCut

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Student Podcasts with Utterli

• Post pics, video, audio or text
• Post via phone call, text message, email or web
• Posts to Utterli are automatically syndicated
• Create discussion around posts
• Replying to SMS notifications creates a reply to
  that utter on utterli.com.

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How is it Working?

• iTunes U on 8 of the 10 campuses working out
  student authentication
• Workshop attendance is slowing
• More students are choosing to participate in
  audio video activities in the classroom