Last time we talked about TubeSnack. Are you still hungry? Here's PodSnack!
Do you use podcasts in your course? You can use PodSnack to make podcasts playlists. It's quick, it's easy, and it's free! There are many different ways to get the podcasts on, including uploading ones that you already have, searching on YouTube, uploading from your Dropbox account, and recording from the playlist maker.
Below is a quick playlist I made using YouTube music. If you can't see it, you may need to click the shield.
Showing posts with label podcast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label podcast. Show all posts
Monday, January 20, 2014
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
MOOC talk
One of my favorite listens on my iPhone is the podcast American RadioWorks. Recently they featured a series on Keyboard College . As the title infers, it is a look at the future of online education. This link is an article from their website on MOOCs or Massive Open Online Courses. They aren't new. However, MOOCs are being examined in a new light for their value in face of rising costs in education, and their increasing accessibility via mobile devices.
The entire documentary is worth checking out as it brings some interesting perspectives on the challenges and promise of online education from within and without the field of education.
The entire documentary is worth checking out as it brings some interesting perspectives on the challenges and promise of online education from within and without the field of education.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Listen up
.Normally I choose podcasts for entertainment, but I have found several ones that are kept updated that are targeted to online teaching. Eric Wignall writes the On Teaching Online blog and hosts a podcast by the same name. The episodes, about 35-40 minutes in length, feature interviews with online teaching professionals (yes, some of them are probably pushing their latest book). Topics include Quality Matters, Google, Moodle, mostly with a strong instructional design as well as technology bent
To learn more and subscribe to the podcast check out On Teaching Online
To learn more and subscribe to the podcast check out On Teaching Online
Friday, September 16, 2011
Bill Cosby
Isn't it sometimes hard to build rapport with your face to face students? Isn't it even harder to build rapport with online students?
I can still remember one of my favorite professors in grad school (I'm not too old but old enough to start forgetting!). He knew all of our names and he always told stories from his past positions. This was a business class, so his stories were relevant to the material and we could see how the concepts we were studying were actually being used in the real world. I was working at IBM at the time, and his stories about an outdated, ineffective culture mesmerized me, as I could relate.
Are you building rapport with your students? Are you using your instructor notes to relate stories about your own experiences with the subject matter? Garr Reynolds asserts that storytelling is one of the best ways to relate to an audience, and he says that Bill Cosby (a.k.a. Cliff Huxtable) is one of the best at this.
Watch Bill Cosby in action and see if you agree. You may not be as funny as Mr. Cosby, but even a short story, maybe presented in a podcast, would make your instructor notes more interesting!
I can still remember one of my favorite professors in grad school (I'm not too old but old enough to start forgetting!). He knew all of our names and he always told stories from his past positions. This was a business class, so his stories were relevant to the material and we could see how the concepts we were studying were actually being used in the real world. I was working at IBM at the time, and his stories about an outdated, ineffective culture mesmerized me, as I could relate.
Are you building rapport with your students? Are you using your instructor notes to relate stories about your own experiences with the subject matter? Garr Reynolds asserts that storytelling is one of the best ways to relate to an audience, and he says that Bill Cosby (a.k.a. Cliff Huxtable) is one of the best at this.
Watch Bill Cosby in action and see if you agree. You may not be as funny as Mr. Cosby, but even a short story, maybe presented in a podcast, would make your instructor notes more interesting!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Science Podcast
Browsing through the BEN (bioscednet.org) site and found this general interest science podcast on physiology. Perhaps many would find it too specialized to be general interest, but I thought it would be worth a look for the social sciences, health and environmental sciences as well as the obvious biology areas.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Poetry Podcasts
Now it is easy to embed podcasts of beloved classical poems in your online classes.
Classic Poetry Aloud is a "a podcast series for some of the greatest poetry in English." Many works from famous authors are listed, includings works by Emily Dickinson, Lord Byron, and Edgar Allan Poe. The best part is that the podcasts can also be easily embedded in your class.
Classic Poetry Aloud is a "a podcast series for some of the greatest poetry in English." Many works from famous authors are listed, includings works by Emily Dickinson, Lord Byron, and Edgar Allan Poe. The best part is that the podcasts can also be easily embedded in your class.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Grammar Girl
I am a big podcast fan. Some of my favorites are extended listens and others like the one I want to share here are quick bites.
Grammar Girl is a part of the Quick and Dirty series. The entries are generally less than 8 minutes with real, ordinary people in mind, not the grammar geek. The topics are relevant to any college student, but also to the average person who must communicate clearly via writing. Well, isn't that what we do in online instruction? Check it out and subscribe through the website (which has the transcript) or iTunes.
RS
Grammar Girl is a part of the Quick and Dirty series. The entries are generally less than 8 minutes with real, ordinary people in mind, not the grammar geek. The topics are relevant to any college student, but also to the average person who must communicate clearly via writing. Well, isn't that what we do in online instruction? Check it out and subscribe through the website (which has the transcript) or iTunes.
RS
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