After a recent meeting of M-Champions involved in the MyPodcast project (held at Swindon College) it was decided to use this blog as a space for reflection and discussion and as a means by which we can map and capture the valuable conversations we share as part of the action research team. We hope these will include discussions centred around:
- Sustainability of the project (and the implications for staffing and costs);
- The pace of change of new digital technologies (and the implications for teaching/learning);
- The impact of introducing new technologies into classroom situations, including classroom management issues;
- Examples of useful digital tools for podcasting in education;
- Issues around networking Apple Mac and WindowsPCs;
- Issues arising directly from our collaborative research;
This is not an exhaustive list and I am looking forward very much to reading your contributions.
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An area of reflection for me has been how much do I edit material for podcasting. For example,
do I “improve” someone’s speech by removing pauses, do I take out mistakes and stumbles?
Where this concerns learners’ recordings, I have asked myself whether I should be ensuring that they are presented in the best light possible, whether I need to protect them from potential ridicule, or whether my responsibility is to present the content with the least editing possible.
Reflections on audio with video ECM interdisciplinary discussion podcast
• Good for those who missed the session when it was being recorded
• Varieties of material (contrasting styles and content) appear to have been helpful to users
• Dislike of non-synchronised video and audio [some material was an attempt to use assets we had, but it would be better to a) use only synchronised content, or b) use bullet-point summaries over audio or other visual reinforcement and present non-synchronised video in a discrete/separate section of the podcast]
• A large minority of learners didn’t like being photographed
• There may be a need to research whether some learners would actually prefer audio only right from the very beginning.
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