Podcasting's like so last year. In e-learning we've been doing it for ages -
Stephen Downes OLDaily has been popular for a while now:
Podcast - http://www.downes.ca/news/audio.xml (goes back to May 04)
RSS news - http://www.downes.ca/news/OLDaily.xml
and if you must, a good ole website - http://www.downes.ca/
There's quite a good podcast on 'Blogging and RSS in Education' at:
http://www.downes.ca/files/audio/acadia.mp3
Apologies if y'all know about this - I'm never too sure how much escapes the
elearning world.
Adrian
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From: Managing an institutional web site
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Sent: 12 July 2005 15:59
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Subject: Re: Have you considered Podcasting?
Damn, and here I was thinking I was being all cutting edge.
As for my comments about production values. I think that matters
more when it is being used to market an institution to a very media aware
audience. In the same way as we would expect our prospectus' to be a slick
well designed piece of marketing material so we should expect the same
quality from a Podcast. However for other things like those that you outline
below I dont see the need. Its the content that matters.
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From: Managing an institutional web site on behalf of Brian Kelly
Sent: Tue 12/07/2005 15:52
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Subject: Re: Have you considered Podcasting?
Hi Paul
Bizarre, nah, Podcasting is so last week :-)
A couple of Podcasts were created in advance of last week's
Institutional Web Management Workshop - see
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2005/podcasts/
Note that the quality of the first 3 isn't very good (I agree with
your comment of the importance of the production quality), but Adrian
Stevenson's pub guide is very good (he used to be in the music business).
I also gave out an Introduction To Podcasting briefing sheet -
see
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/qa-focus/documents/briefings/briefing-83/
<http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/qa-focus/documents/briefings/briefing-83/>
It gives some scenarios for use of Podcasting - but I didn't cover
student recruoitment. But I agree that this could be an important area.
Thanks for raising this sueggestion.
Brian
PS a colleague Derek Morrisson has been Podcasting for several
months now - see
http://www.bath.ac.uk/e-learning/Download/podcasts/auriclepodcasts.xml
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Sent: 12 July 2005 15:42
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Subject: Have you considered Podcasting?
Hi all,
a slightly bizarre question but hopefully it might spark
some thought.
I guess this is really aimed at those on the list who work
for Higher Education web sites.
With the competition to recruit students becoming ever more
fierce I know that many universities are constantly looking for new ways to
market to students. I was wondering if any of you had considered pod casting
as an approach and if so whether you got as far as trying it. What do people
think of the idea?
It strikes me that a higher education podcast aimed at
prospective students could include hints and tips on university life,
interviews with existing students and even demo tracks by local student
bands. I imagine that would be very appealing.
Here are my more detailed thoughts on the subject:
http://www.boagworld.com/archives/2005/07/the_opportuniti.html
Am I living in cloud cuckoo land here?
Paul
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