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Lisa O’Neill, Instructional Development Consultant, Learning & Teaching Centre, BCIT
Mobilizing Educational Media; Mobilizing Educational Media; lets get it started!lets get it started!
Define Media Casting and identify misconceptions
Considerations for success Media Production workflow with the
end result in mind Let try it on for size Summary and recommendations
An OverviewAn Overview
A definition of Media CastingA definition of Media Casting
No ubiquitous definition existsWhat is podcasting to you?
A definition of Media Casting A definition of Media Casting (cont’d)(cont’d)
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Common thread through most definitions in the
academic literature is;
Deliver content in the form of audio/video files
over the internet
Distribution via subscription
A definition of Media Casting A definition of Media Casting (cont’d)(cont’d)
How do we assure we are diffusing innovative use of educational media?
How do we encourage media casting as an educational enhancement in Post Secondary?
Supporting Faculty InnovationSupporting Faculty Innovation
If we cast media will it add value to the learning experience?
What pedagogical models of educational media casting do students value?
Supporting Student LearningSupporting Student Learning
Change perceptions of media
casting
How do we assure we are diffusing How do we assure we are diffusing innovative use of Educational media?innovative use of Educational media?
‣63% of faculty currently use Powerpoint, audio, video, sim, etc in their instruction
‣46% felt that it was either very important or extremely important to have lecture notes online
‣63% felt it NOT important to archive lectures‣over 70% felt that it was very important or extremely
important to have supplementary course material online
Level of Interest in Educational Media Casting Amongst Faculty
The surveyThe survey
Support through release time Encourage through recognition Promotion through demonstration
How do we encourage educational media How do we encourage educational media as an educational enhancement?as an educational enhancement?
Students do not even come close to utilizing the
original intent of casting media (distribution
through subscription for playback on mobile
devices) They seem to treat the media being cast much the
same as any media distributed through any other
means (i.e. streamed, emailed).
If we cast it will it add value to the learning If we cast it will it add value to the learning experience?experience?
Although 82.8% of all respondents know what a podcast is, just over 70% do not subscribe to podcasts for any reason (including personal hobbies and interests)
Of the remaining 12.6% watch between 10-20% of them and only 9.2% watch between 80-100% of podcasts they subscribe to
That being said when asked if they would watch a podcast that the instructor provided to them 85.4% of respondents said that they would
To note: Of those that watch podcasts currently... 77.3% of respondents watch on their computer/laptop and only 20.7% watch from a mobile device
Adding value Adding value (cont’d)(cont’d)
When students where asked the value (from extremely
valuable to no value) they associated to specific types of media
casts students perceived lecture review/summary, exam study
aids and video demonstrations as more valuable than others
identified Survey responses and comments also clearly indicated that
they did not perceive student created podcasts as part of
project work of much value and felt that student created
podcasts transferred the burden of teaching from instructor to
students.
What pedagogical models of media casting What pedagogical models of media casting do students value?do students value?
The survey The survey
1. Faculty need to design casting into their instructional delivery
BEFORE they develop and distribute (cast) media
Media Production workflow for castingMedia Production workflow for casting
Issue/Opportu
nity
approach in
context
media determi
ned
quality
development
processhardwa
re selecti
on
adapt course
identify
required
admincreate media
cast medi
a
Our projectOur project
No time for ice-breaker
student Q&A intro
(depth)
audio files
low
student generated
headset/mp3
record
adjust intro notes
headsets/mp3
recorder/handout
on upload
create media
cast medi
a
2. Focus on augmenting instruction with short succinct media
“bites” (i.e. trailers for your lecture, review the highlights/salient
points, PDF your lecture notes, create a week in review sound-
bite, reading summaries, video demo’s) of about 15 minutes
3. Institutions and faculty need to work together to highlight the
benefits of media casting AS its being introduced to students
4. Consider student created media casting only when student
interaction is very limited and the media created will resolve this
issue
5. Faculty need to be proactive in seeking support from
technology and academic professionals when deciding what
media is appropriate to create/cast
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