The podagogical future - podblog
Profiles in Success: University of Adelaide
It doesn't take much at all to get Carrington and Meredith expounding on their views on the future of podcasting in education.
"I believe it will soon be at the point where the students themselves start using podcasts as a means of responding to those of their lecturers and teachers," Meredith says.
Podcasting will and must go past the one-way broadcasting paradigm. The next stage we need to reach is using the podcast medium as a two-way dialog - we just need the underpinning software to manage that process and make it as easy as possible.
— Allan Carrington, University of Adelaide
That use of podcasting, which could easily represent a logical evolutionary stage for Weblog (blogs) - podblogs, maybe - could well be the solution to meeting Carrington's three focus issues for education…interactivity, interactivity and interactivity. "Or," he says, "engagement, engagement and engagement.
"Podcasting lends itself ideally to education. The technology exists and it's already sitting with the vast majority of educational institutions and students. The Net Generation is charging in and we need to redefine the way in which we capture and share knowledge. Podcasting is a solution that's here and now!"
Allan would like to talk to anyone interested in developing educational podcasting in this area. Please visit his web page (iii) and contact him by email
i http://www.adelaide.edu.au/clpd/online/learningmodules/podlearning/player.html
ii http://ascilite.edublogs.org
iii http://www.adelaide.edu.au/clpd/about/clpdstaff/carringtona.html