Enhancing the Learning
Experience through Faculty
and Student Created Podcasts
Mathematics Faculty
Rebecca LeDocq
Jennifer Kosiak
Robert Hoar
Math Education Students
Kelly Holmstead
Maren Lau
Kristin Radermacher
What is a Podcast?
Digital media by
which a user can
watch and listen to
audio on a
computer.
•ChalkTalk
•Coursecast
•Profcast
Outline of Working Session
1. Podcasts in Higher Education
2. Podcasting 101
– Hardware and Software
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Activity I: What will I say?
Activity II: How do I make a podcast?
Participant Discussion
Next Steps
Podcasts in Higher Education
• Supplementary course materials, class
notes, and examples
• Remedial or refresher lessons
• How-to-Tutorials
• Samples of student work
Why Podcast?
Faculty Point of View
• Innovative Technology
• Numerous Student Benefits
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Clarify misconceptions
Reinforce key skills
Enhance understanding of key concepts
See alternative perspective (solution strategies)
Free class time for inquiry-based activities
Promote critical thinking
Why Podcast?
Student Point of View
• Provide introduction to material
• Organize weekly activities/lessons
• Support independent learning
• Anytime/anywhere access
• Enable deeper engagement than with notes
• Develop more positive attitude toward instruction
Student Feedback
I used the Podcast in my prep for the upcoming exam. It is a
wonderful review and basically is more class time outside of
class. I love the podcast!
I used the Quiz Solution Podcasts this week by first viewing my
quiz and how I worked through the problems, then I viewed how
Dr. Hoar worked through the problems and noted any significant
moves toward completing the problems with which I struggled.
At first, I just watched and listened. Then, the second time around
I compared the way Dr. Hoar solved the problem to the way I did
and saw where I made some of my mistakes.
I moved the cursor along without sound so I could track the steps
I took with the steps Dr. Hoar took while he worked it out. If I
didn't understand what he did, I put the sound on.
Survey Results
Why Student-Generated Podcasts?
• Collaboration with instructors
• Increase confidence as future educator.
– Determine the goal of the problem
– Identify student misconceptions
– Reflective lesson planning
Student Cycle
Problem
Situation
Planning &
Scripting
Revise
Collaborate
Podcasting 101
• Tablet PC
• Jing
Participant Discussion
• How can podcasts improve student
learning in my content area?
• How do faculty-created and/or studentgenerated podcasts enhance the critical
thinking skills of students?
Institute for Innovations in
Undergraduate Research and Learning
Mission: To develop, foster and support
innovations that use digital technology to
enhance undergraduate teaching, learning
and research, and to make very simple the
storage, retrieval and sharing of digital
content for teaching.