Students already use podcasts to review lectures, listen to audio materials and share their own reports, field notes and music compositions. It’s part of a trend in higher education toward delivering class materials that are more timely, customized and engaging.
Lynne O’Brien, director of Duke’s Center for Instructional Technology

Educators involved in eLearning are rediscovering the power of the spoken word by utilizing new technologies to communicate with students outside the traditional classroom. Podcasting is a new medium that enables you to easily incorporate on-demand audio recordings into your curriculum.
University of Wisconsin podcasting website

A great podcast, like an engaging web site, can increase class attendance by sparking student interest to lean more about the subject matter.
Michael Rappa, North Carolina State University

According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, more than 22 million American adults own iPods or MP3 players, and 29 percent of them have downloaded podcasts.

This is a societal change, a change in the way people relate and communicate with each other and that, dear professor, is very much about pedagogy!
Steve Sloan, Information Technology Consultant, San Jose State University

To listen to the most recent podcast, select the play button below. If a podcast you want to listen to is not visible on the Gcast player, click the Posts button and select the desired podcast from the list.

You may also add our podcast to your podcatcher of choice by selecting the "Get Podcast" button or by clicking on the orange RSS feed icon.

Monday, April 17, 2006

The Hear2Cast Team: Roles and Qualifications

Podcasting represents an exciting addition to the university experience. All of the members of Hear2Cast are eager to learn the technology and share our results with the academic community. Below are the personal statements of our team detailing their roles, responsibilities, and qualifications for this project.

Jennifer Dance

Part of my job as an instructional designer in ASU's Distributed Learning group is to keep on top of new technologies that can be used in teaching and learning at ASU. Because of this responsibility, I could best serve my teammates in a research capacity. I will also be working with Cyndi to create the blog template where we will house our work. In addition, I will also be serving my team as project coordinator to make sure everything progresses according to plan. http://jendance.blog.asu.edu/

Trish Yasolsky

I have significant experience in writing and editing. Due to my performance experience, I would be a good choice for creating the lead-in and exit material for the podcasts to create what we have informally decided is the "show" quality of successful podcasts. http://trish.blog.asu.edu/

Cyndi Kessler

My contribution to the group will be working with Jenny to create a website or blog that will be used to showcase the content the group has created. My web design experience includes creating personal sites, being contracted to create a site for a small business, and helping to build a site for a class project. I am interested in learning about the technical aspects of putting podcasts together. http://ckessler.blog.asu.edu/

Jeff Hardee

I will contribute to the group through my technical and writing skills. I have many years of experience in Information Technology. My technical experience will assist the team in troubleshooting any technical problems we may have. In addition, I am familiar with technical writing through courses and on-the-job experience. I will assist the team with the writing and research necessary to produce our group’s documentation, as well as provide copy and literary editing on our documentation. http://jhardee.blog.asu.edu/

Email us at hear2cast@gmail.com or leave a comment for us here on our blog.

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