Podcasting and iTunes University @ Philadelphia University
Presenters:
Brian Gall, Instructional Technology Specialist
Dr. Russell Pritchard, Assistant Professor of Instructional Design and Technology
Look Familiar?
In the Past…Learning from Technology
• Teaching from Technology
– Traditional Uses
• Static PowerPoint • Blackboard to Store Documents
– Administrative Uses
• Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
– Teaching Uses
• Electronic Grading
– Audio/Video
• VHS/DVD
“Teaching the way we have always taught, more efficiently.”
In the Future…Learning with Technology
Authentic & Varied Practice & Assessment (ASM) Active: Investigate, Discover, Apply, Solve (ACT)
Authentic & Varied Evaluation (EVE)
Student-Centered Responsibility (SCR)
Informed Collaboration (ICL)
In the Future…Learning with Technology
• Influence (Rogers)
– – – – – – Relative Advantage Compatibility Complexity Trialability Observability Adoption Channel of Rate Communication
Time
Learning with Technology…Our Solution
iTunes U Meets Our Goal
• Authentic Demonstration • Authentic & Varied Evaluation
• Active: Investigate, Discover, Apply, Solve • Student-Centered Responsibility • Informed Collaboration
iTunes U Demonstration
iTunes U - Nuts & Bolts
Lessons Learned of Implementation
• Initial contact from Apple with IT • Implementation
– Information Technology – Public Relations – Administration
• Meetings of Interested Parties • Decision to Implement
• Documentation
– All software tools
• Pilot Group
– Early Adopters
Segments of Training – Basic and Advanced
iTunes U - Nuts & Bolts
Lessons Learned of Implementation
• Integration with Existing Systems • Why is Apple Providing Interface?
• Support • Cost of Migration
• Developmental Hours
iTunes U - Nuts & Bolts
Creation of Material
• Record
– iPod, Wireless Mic, Digital Voice Recorder, Digital Video Camera, PC/Mac
• Edit
– Audacity – Audio – iMovie – Video – Garage Band – Enhanced
Content
Acquisition
File
Produce
• Upload
– iTunes University
Post/Publish RSS/Feed
• How did we get there. TRAINING
Access
iTunes U - Nuts & Bolts
Current Uses
• Faculty/Student Usage
– Clinical Interviews in Occupational Therapy – Demonstrations of Therapeutic Screens – Student-created Discussion of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics – Five Language Labs – Review and Practice of Course Material
iTunes U - Nuts & Bolts
Design of Experiments (DOX)
Controlled Experiment
Design Experiment
Case Study
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Quantitative
Qualitative
Concluding Advice
Copyright permission purchased by PhilaU December, 2006.