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Podcasting in higher education: Current Trends and Applications

by Sloan-C
Mar 7 2007 - 1:00am
Mar 16 2007 - 1:00am
Key Online Workshop Information
Minimum Estimated Time Commitment:
~ 5 - 10 hours/week
Resources Provided in Workshop:

Presentations as well as exemplary podcasts, viewable online until December 31st, 2007

1-hour Live Panel Discussion - Thursday, March 15th, 2pm-3pm ET

During the Panel Discussion - Participation in Live Q&A

After the Panel Discussion - Viewing of Q&A Session until December 31st, 2007

Event Summary:

Podcasting has had a revolutionary impact on formal and informal teaching and learning. Rising out of the advent of the Apple iPod, podcasts have grown into the mainstream of online media since their inception in early 2004. The power of the individual to use podcasts to communicate globally has important implications for educators. Higher education professionals must learn how to harness the power of podcasting to reach an increasingly more tech savvy population of students and colleagues. Learn all about podcasts and podcasting in this online workshop conducted by two of the pioneers in using this technology in higher education: Burks Oakley II and Ray Schroeder.

Complete Workshop Description
Online Workshop Description:

Welcome to the Sloan-C Online Workshop Series on Podcasting.

Podcasting has had a revolutionary impact on formal and informal teaching and learning. Rising out of the advent of the Apple iPod, podcasts have grown into the mainstream of online media since their inception in early 2004. Just a year later, the New Oxford American Dictionary declared podcasting to be the "word of the year!" Podcasts are at the heart of the Web 2.0 revolution that prompted Time magazine's naming of "YOU" the "person of the year" for 2006.

The power of the individual to use podcasts to communicate globally has important implications for educators. Higher education professionals must learn how to harness the power of podcasting to reach an increasingly more tech savvy population of students and colleagues.

Learn all about podcasts and podcasting in this online workshop conducted by two of the pioneers in using this technology in higher education, Burks Oakley II and Ray Schroeder. The workshop will include:

  • Introduction to podcasts
  • How to aggregate podcasts for personal use and for display on web pages
  • Step-by-step process of developing your own podcast with free online tools
  • Promoting and advertising podcasts
  • Enhanced podcasting - incorporating chapters, visuals and video
  • iTunes University

  • Zune and the future of podcasting

This workshop leverages the expertise of Sloan-C's effective practices and provides both a pedagogical, practical, and hands-on experience, enabling workshop participants to walk away with an online 'toolkit' for immediate application to their own online academic environment.

Faculty will explore actual examples of podcasting in several disciplines and from various institutions. Participants will learn how to create and deploy podcasts relevant to their own educational interests. The following faculty members and institutions will be sharing their expertise in this growing area of higher education:

Burks Oakley II, University of Illinois, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

Ray Schroeder, University of Illinois, Professor Emeritus of Communication, Director of the Office of Technology-Enhanced Learning

Toward the end of the second workshop week, we will hold a live, web conferencing synchronous question and answer online session facilitated by Burks Oakly II and Ray Schroeder. The session will discuss the issues addressed in the activities and presentations. YOU DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND THE LIVE SESSION!!! Some of us are more comfortable with posting asynchronously, while others enjoy the excitement of a live event, but both options are available in this workshop. The live, web conferencing sessions will be recorded for your convenience. A parallel discussion and related activities will be conducted asynchronously with the facilitators in the workshop's discussion forums.

Schedule:

March7th - 9th Activities: Learn Moodle, the workshop's learning management system, and Elluminate Live!, the workshop's web conferencing platform. Watch recorded presentations and begin reviewing guest courses.

March 12th - 16th Activities: Continue reviewing guest courses and sample podcasts; participate in discussion forum with workshop facilitators, Burks Oakley and Ray Schroeder.

A Live Web Conferencing Session will be conducted on Thursday: March 15th at 2PM (ET) (Online using Elluminate Live!): facilitated by Burks Oakley II and Ray Schroeder. We will begin the session with an open round of comments from Burks Oakley and Ray Schroeder and then open the forum up for Q&A and/or presentations/show-and-tell from workshop participants. We will finish with summary thoughts from the presenters. THE SESSIONS WILL BE RECORDED FOR LATER VIEWING AT YOUR CONVENIENCE!

Sloan-C Certificate Program Eligibility:

This online workshop can be counted toward the Sloan-C Online Teaching Certificate.

Pricing Information:

Price: $295 Each

Individual/Premium Sloan-C Member price: $145 w/coupon code* (you will enter the coupon code on the payment page of your shopping cart process)

College Pass Member Pricing: No Cost w/coupon code* (you will enter the coupon code on the payment page of your shopping cart process)

*Individual Premium Members receive 1 discount with membership, Institutional Premium Members receive 20 discounts, and College Pass Members receive 150 "free" seats in the entire 2007 Sloan-C Workshop series.

Presenter/Panelist Biographies
Biographies of Presenters/Panelists:

Burks Oakley II, University of Illinois

Burks Oakley II is an Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Illinois. His areas of interest include distance education, outreach, and instructional technologies on all three campuses of the University of Illinois (Chicago, Springfield, Urbana-Champaign). Oakley also holds appointments as a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in the Departments of Computer Science and Management Information Systems at the University of Illinois at Springfield, and in the School of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Through his innovative use of technology in teaching, Professor Oakley has earned a national reputation as a practitioner and promoter of Internet-based asynchronous learning environments. In the past four years, he has given more than one hundred invited talks at national conferences and on university campuses. He continues to inspire faculty and administrators as director of the University of Illinois Online initiative, a program designed to facilitate the development and delivery of University of Illinois courses, degrees, and public service resources over the Internet.

Ray Schroeder, University of Illinois

Ray Schroeder is Professor Emeritus of Communication, Director of the Office of Technology-Enhanced Learning at the University of Illinois at Springfield, and Faculty Associate at the University of Illinois Online. He has taught more than two dozen online classes. As Director of Technology-Enhanced Learning he is dedicated to faculty development and pedagogical support of the online initiative. As Faculty Associate, Schroeder is engaged in the formation of online learning policy for the University of Illinois. He is a Sloan Consortium Distinguished Scholar in Online Learning 2002-2003 and the recipient of the 2002 Sloan-C award for the "Most Outstanding Achievement in ALN by an Individual."

Cancellation Policy:

If you register and pay for a Sloan-C workshop/seminar and are unable to attend, we will be happy to apply your payment to another Sloan-C workshop/seminar at your request. However, no refunds will be given. This offer is good for one year.

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