Multimedia Interview Assignment

This week, the assignment was to interview either a curriculum or instructional developer who has experience integrating emerging technologies into the adult education curriculum. From this interview, we were to create a multimedia video.

I interviewed Stacy Kosier, who is an instructor at Carl Sandburg College in the Dental Hygiene Department. Mrs. Kosier has been an instructor in the community college setting for nine years. In her years as Carl Sandburg College she has started working with i>clickers and integrating them in the classroom for more successful learning.

Below is the link to my interview video...

References

Annonymous. (2013). How it works. website: http://www1.iclicker.com/

Annonymous. (2013). I>clicker only better. Retrieved from Response devices website: http://www1.iclicker.com/student-remote-iclicker-plus

Annonymous. (2013). Using i>clickers effectively. Retrieved from Center for teaching and learning website: http://ctl.byu.edu/tech-tips/using-iclickers-effectively

Greco, L. (2012, February 2). To click or not to click: Use of clickers in classrooms. Retrieved from Accessibility in education website: http://g3ict.org/resource_center/newsletter/news/p/id_316

Martyn, M. (2007, January 1). Clickers in the classroom: An active learning approach. Retrieved from EDU Cause Review Online website: http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/clickers-classroom-active-learning-approach

Pros and Cons of Podcasts

For this specific blog, I am writing on both the pros and cons of the integration of audio /video/podcast into lesson plans for adult learners. To be able to relate the pros and cons of a podcast, we need to know what a podcast is.

What is a podcast?

 

Podcasts are digital audio files that include several components: a digital audio file, a server where the file is posted, and an RSS feed file (King, 2011, p. 34). So what does all that mean? Basically a podcast is a recording made by a portable digital recorder, the file is then edited and posted online for others to listen to (King, 2011, p. 34). There are so many different reasons for listening to a podcast. Examples where you might here a podcast could be an audio tour at a museum or city, in a class, online news, church sermons, etc.

Pros and Cons

+Students do not all learn the same, some may be visual learners while others learn better listening, podcasts can improve retention by embracing different learning styles (King, 2011, p.36).
-Like anything dealing with technology, technology has to work properly to be used properly.
+The availability of podcasts and how easily they are accessible.
-The individual creating the podcast must have the technological knowledge or access to someone who does to be able to create and post the podcast properly.
+Good for relaying repeated information and giving the professors time for other information (Petersell, 2010).
-Requires an audio output device on computers that some older computers may not have (Petersell, 2010).
+Students can go back over the information that was presented in the podcasts. Where as in a classroom you don't have the luxury of asking the professor to repeat themselves when you couldn't copy or write information fast enough.
-Can be difficult when learning complex information where more description and visuals are needed.



All in all, I think using a podcast in an adult education curriculum could be very beneficial if used properly and all the students have the proper technical support needed to use a podcast. I think in general podcasts can be a positive both to the student and the professor.

Questions

 

1)If you were using podcasts in your own lesson plan, what would be the type of the information you would like to include?
2) Do you think the technology could be a challenge with adult students who are not familiar with it?


 King, K. P. (2011). Podcasting. In The professor's guide to taming technology (pp. 33-49). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Petersell, M. (2010, August 31). Many ways to learn: The pros and cons of podcasting. [Web log comment]. Retrieved from  http://mwtl.blogspot.com/2010/08/pros-and-cons-of-podcasting.html