Case study
Giorgio SironiNEST project
Alta Scuola Politecnica 7th cycle
Chocolat 3B
Description
Didactic audio/video podcasts prepared by students and a teacher targeted to students in other schools
Both the creation and fruition are didactic activities
Homepage
Homepage
Newsfeed with general information Presentation of the service Access to the various thematic channels
Platform
Platform
Outsourcing hosting content management statistics storage ...
Platform
Platform
iTunes allow automated delivery to devices in the Apple ecosystem to computers with iTunes available
Still a proprietary platform Lock-in with a single program Less immediate and universal than web-based
distribution No extensibility
Content
Content
Divided in channels poetry history ...
Standard features of blog posts available Commenting Download Sharing
Fruition
Fruition
In-browser player Playlists, tagging Sharing and liking in social networks
Download of MP3 files iTunes
No DRM or limitations: just plain sound files
Conclusions
Low cost production and delivery Student and teachers are part of the system
No paywall Freely available and redistributable with attribution Creative Commons non commercial license
Take-aways Multiple fruition platforms must be available in
podcasting Independent channels allow for customization