In
attendance at the DLMG meeting: Aileen Ormiston, Allie Marino, Elizabeth
Atencia-Oliden, Erica Morley, Gretchen Berning, Janell Pierce, Ray Gless, Thom Schuett, Greg
Hocutt, Kim Hohol, Keith Anderson,
Nicole Lohrbeer, Donna Gaudet, and Peggy Johnson.
The name "podcast" is a combination of "iPod" and
"broadcast". Podcasts can be played by your computer or any MP3 player (such as
an iPod or video phone). Donna Gaudet has been leading a faculty learning
community group (FPLC) at MCC on podcasting this year. She
has discovered a wealth of podcasts that are available for faculty to utilize in
their courses. One is example is Stanford at iTunesU (http://itunes.stanford.edu/). Donna provided two hand-outs, one of which has a
directory of educational podcasts.
Note: Maricopa will be connected to iTunesU in
the fall. Faculty can use this podcatcher to deliver podcasts they create to
their students.
Donna recommends not using a podcast for your online
pilot semester next fall. However, you might want to add audio files your
students access in their WebCT course. Audio files can be inserted in your
course by recording them in Audacity and including a link to the file within
your course. True podcasts are recorded and stored with a pocatcher service that
the student subscribes to (such as iTunes). The students select the
podcasts then want downloaded. Then the podcatcher pushes the podcasts to
them, automatically downloading them to the student's computer or MP3 player for
listening. Podcasts would need to be updated each semester, whereas audio files
would not.
Donna has a website with more information on podcasting
and useful links: http://del.icio.us/dgaudet/podcasting