Objects of Interest

What is a podcast? 

Podcasting is the method of distributing multimedia files, such as audio or video programs, over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. Podcasting implies the ability to deliver programs like other broadcast media and has some advantages to education:

• Students can download their podcasts from their classes and view them wherever they go, whenever they like. 
• New episodes of a podcast are automatically downloaded when students “subscribe” to that particular podcast. 
• Instructors can limit the audience to students in their course. 
• Instructors can produce and publish their own podcasts. 

Podcasting in Plain English - 

For educational purposes, a podcast could be:

• course audio files (example: classroom lecture, music, etc.) 
• classroom sessions where a professor lectures while showing PowerPoint slides, transparencies, and screen captures (voice over video, training sessions, etc.) 
• audio or video containing interviews with experts or other speakers • multimedia presentations created by students 

Podcasting makes use of the Real Simple Syndication (RSS) standard. It differs from broadcasting and webcasting in the way that content is published and transmitted via the Web. Instead of a central audio stream, podcasting sends audio content directly to an iPod or other MP3 player.

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Podcasting Resources:

• Resources for Educational Podcasting - http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec700/pod/resources.htm

• Educause Podcasting Resources - http://www.educause.edu/Resources/Browse/Podcasting/17589

• Resources for Podcasting
and Related Activities - http://www.wright.edu/~roger.carlsen/podcasts.htm

• Learning In Hand - http://learninginhand.com/podcasting/

What is a vodcast?

A vodcast is a podcast that contains video content. The term vodcast comes from the combination of the words "video" and "podcast". A vodcast is a video file in different format than regular video files. That special format is needed for special devices to understand and play the video. Second of all, whenever a new vodcast appears on your RSS feed, RSS readers or iPods automatically locate the new file and allow you to see and listen to it.

 

Vodcast Resources:

• Reverse Instruction: Dan Pink and Karl’s “Fisch Flip” http://www.connectedprincipals.com/archives/1534

• Screencasting Resources - http://thescreencastinghandbook.com/screencast-software/

• Vodcasting and the Flipped Classroom - http://mast.unco.edu/programs/vodcasting/

• http://www.screencast.com/users/arundquist