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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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