ERIC Number: EJ851570
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Publication Date: 2008
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Podcasting the Sciences: A Practical Overview
Barsky, Eugene; Lindstrom, Kevin
Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, n55 Fall 2008
University science education has been undergoing great amount of change since the commercialization of the Internet a decade ago. Mobile technologies in science education can encompass more than the proximal teaching and learning environment. Podcasting, for example, allows audio content from user-selected feeds to be automatically downloaded to one's computer as it becomes available online, and then later transferred to a portable player for the user's consumption at a convenient time and place. Enjoying a phenomenal growth in mainstream society, podcasting is asynchronous and could be provided at a distance from a classroom. This paper reports a case study from the University of British Columbia that implemented podcasting for physics content. It presents the rationale for, technical details, and step-by-step guide to creating podcasts in the sciences.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sciences, Internet, Science Education, Electronic Equipment, Audio Equipment, Information Dissemination, Asynchronous Communication, Higher Education
Science and Technology Section, Association of College and Research Libraries. 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. Web site: http://www.istl.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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