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Experts from beyond the institution give talks or interviews about their subject.
Some questions: Any thoughts on how this is organised? Any particular examples of where this is being done? We use something similar with education students at UEL. Whereby practitioners give their experiences and views, categorizing has proved important.
052 Title: Hot Potatoes (educational magazine format)
A panel-based approach like the TWIT (This Week InTechnology) podcast where experts give their view on current issues.
Some questions: 'Experts' can be various things from people renowned in their profession, people with first hand experience, academics, or even students role playing. Any thoughts on what was intended here? This idea is similar to 051.
052 Title: Thought Capture
Thought capture, thought diary. Capturing thoughts throughout the day. A reflective audio blog - what are you doing, why are you doing it, how you are doing it, etc.
Some questions: Similar to 038. MP3 recorders and mobile phones with recording devices are very handy for collecting impromptu audio notes. Do you envisage this audio being played to anyone other than the student? ie is it 'cast'?
053 Title: What to do in your town
Some questions: Audio and language learning obviously go together well. See 020 and 024. But this idea strikes me as having more potential - for example, audio clues in an Alternate Reality Game for various disciplines.
054 Title: Do You Feel It?
An audio podcast for Art students to create opinion showing background and perspectives.
Some questions: I can't tell what the essential idea is here. It seems to be about Art History students discussing/analysing paintings and sculpture, possibly like the student generated podcasts produced at MOMA in New York?
055 Title: Magical Mystery Tour
Brief videocast demonstrating effective learning activities made by support services for students and staff development, e.g. effective interviewing, effective workshops, effective feedback.
Some questions: Have you any examples of this? May be similar to 034.
056 Title: Studying in a Scottish University
A podcast for ESOL students exploring cultural aspects of studying in a Scottish Higher Education Institution featuring lecturers. Intended to reduce anxiety.
Some questions: Who produces this (e.g. tutors, central unit, other students)? How are the podcasts accessed and why?
057 Title: The 5 Minute Lecture
Podcasts to act as a pre-cursor to lectures using themes, subjects and topics in lecture. Each episode would be limited to 5 minutes in length. They would be produced by the lecturer and aimed at students. Students would be expected to watch them before the lecture or tutorial, increasing confidence and reducing anxiety. They can be viewed via the VLE or downloaded. Students come to class prepared. The same recordings can be used post-lecture to aid revision.
Some questions: There are several examples of people suggesting previews to lectures. It occurs to me that such preview materials could raise the curiosity of students to encourage attendance. They could even take the form of a series of questions.
058 Title: You Don't Have to See Me
Using videocasts and video embedded in a web page to deliver a workshop that would have been traditionally delivered in person (Effective Learning Service). This will be re-engineered to be delivered in the ways indicated above using bitesize clips. Available 24 hours a day.
Some questions: What is the Effective Learning Service? Presumably a central learning support group? Do such videos totally replace the workshop or are they supplementary? If this is an actual technique being used, has any evaluation been carried out?
059 Title: The F.E.-H.E. Podcast
Podcast to introduce students from F.E. to the H.E. environment. Topics include "Taking notes in lectures", "Structuring an essay", "Coursework preparation", etc
Previous students could prepare each podcast and share their experiences. Subject groups could do similar things with more subject specific topics.
Some questions: Presumably produced by a central learning support group? It strikes me that the PPP SIG could produce such a collection of learning objects between us. Can we add referencing!!!
060 Title: Talking Textbook
Short texts relating to topics, but more expressive than an academic textbook.
Some questions: see also 002. How short? What sort of topics?
146 Title: Student News
A fortnightly student production about current news from the campus.
Some questions: Is this a real podcast or just an idea? How many people does it take to produce it? Does it have an educational dimension?
147 Title: Students' Perspectives or Student Forum
Students offer their perspective on the course. This could be counter productive if not introduced in the right way, but it could be used to enable constructive input by students to their experience of learning new topics. Its presence would demonstrate the openness of the course team and complementing the input traditionally given by course representatives.
Some questions:
148 Title: Group Feedback
Generic or broadcast assignment feedback is downloaded by student groups.
Some questions: Do you have a particular example to share about the use of feedback to the cohort? How is it produced? How long is it? How does it complement other methods of feedback?
149 Title: Do I Really Care What My Students Think?
(see 147) Students provide programme, course or module feedback enabling academics to hear their students' concerns about their learning experience and informing the programme review.
Some questions: Is audio the best medium for this?
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