Do you like Web 2.0 technologies? Yes, no, maybe so...
This is a good point to consider, regardless of whether you use Web 2.0 technologies in a face-to-face or online class. At the end of the day, it comes back to what each of us want to learn and what we like about the technologies. Someone in the class could be all into podcasting, while someone else could hate it altogether.
My department offers Podcasting and training for faculty, but not a lot of them use it. I do have to point out one thing about podcasting and that is most of the stuff people roll out are MP3 and MP4...you don't really have to use an Ipod to listen or watch them, but most people are confused (even students) and they think you can only listen to them in person using an Ipod, which is not true.
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We started providing .mp3 files on our site a few years ago and at first people were very confused as how to save them to use on their .mp3 player. We found that we needed to provide explicit instructions on how to listen on their computer, save and copy to their .mp3 directory etc.
ReplyDeleteThere are also limitations to actual podcasts, such as delivery via iTunes. Our product is available to people who have purchased a subscription, so while we can offer those people the opportunity to receive these audio files via CD or download, we cannot offer the one-off as a Podcast because there isn't a good way to charge for them.