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Created by Henry E. Schaffer (North Carolina State University) on February 8, 2006

The first podcasts of a course were done when? Does anyone know? Please comment.

This is a hard thing to find out, as entirely too much course material is locked away behind the authentication barriers of learning/course management systems, when it could be supporting the entire education community.

Recording a lecture may not produce a good podcast. This point was made by a colleague, Michael Rappa, who produced podcasts for his Fall 2005 course. His says, "It is not as simple as just recording lectures." His approach has been to record a separate 30 minute presentation covering the lecture content. Is this worthwhile? Read his interview (the link is below) and listen to a file or two (again, see below for the link) - and comment on this.

He provides these podcasts on an "open" site which is well worth visiting as an example of his philosophy of open-ness. Take a look at MIT's Open Courseware effort to see more about this philosophy.

A short
interview transcript which describes his project is well worth reading.

Any comments here will be forwarded to him.

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		course podcasts Created by Henry E. Schaffer (North Carolina State University) on February 8, 2006 The first podcasts of a course were done when? Does anyone know? Please comment. This is a hard thing to find out, as entirely too much course material is locked away behind the authentication barriers of learning/course management systems, when it could be supporting the entire education community. Recording a lecture may not produce a good podcast. This point was made by a colleague, Michael Rappa, who produced podcasts for his Fall 2005 course. His says, "It is not as simple as just recording lectures." His approach has been to record a separate 30 minute presentation covering the lecture content. Is this worthwhile? Read his interview (the link is below) and listen to a file or two (again, see below for the link) - and comment on this. He provides these podcasts on an "open" site which is well worth visiting as an example of his philosophy of open-ness. Take a look at MIT's Open Courseware effort to see more about this philosophy. A short interview transcript which describes his project is well worth reading. Any comments here will be forwarded to him. open/closed content \| recording Henry's blog Login or register to post comments 4454 reads
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