At a recent day school for the MA that I am undertaking, we had a discussion around the merits of using podcasts to convey information. Whilst podcasting is a relatively new phenomenon, the use of audio is not. I can remember purchasing and cataloguing a variety of audio cassettes and accompanying print material to support students on a wide variety of programmes almost 20 years ago.
It could be argued that the pedagogical content of those early audio cassettes/CDs may not have enhanced the learning experience, nor could the content have reachced the diverse student population in a way that is possible now, especially with m-technologies.
Libraries are using vod/podcasts to convey instructional information to students, in small bite-size pieces, that can be accessed at a time/place that is specified by the learner, not the institution.
The increasing number of off-campus learners, and the need to think creatively about the delivery of content to students, given the recent announcement by the Universities Minister, will cause us all to radically rethink and develop content delivery across our institutions.
Friday, 4 June 2010
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