By Kristen Chick
Professors aren’t the only ones making podcasts for the purpose of education. Their students are being required to create them as part of the curriculum. «The creativity that gets unleashed by the podcasts is just phenomenal,» said Nanette Levinson, associate professor at American University. «It really enhances [students’] creativity and their ability to communicate effectively.»
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Producing podcasts is not a typical assignment in college writing class, but it’s what Heather Schell requires from her students at George Washington University.
Schell, assistant professor in the school’s University Writing Program, asked her freshman writing class last year to produce a weekly «radio show,» a series of podcasts they wrote, recorded, edited and posted on the Web.
«I really enjoyed it,» said one of the students, Kirsten Gilbert, who began the class as a «technophobe» and ended as a podcast pro. «I learned a lot about podcasting. It taught you how to write pieces to be heard, not to be read.»
Schell is among an increasing number of college professors to use podcasts — audio files that can downloaded to iPods and computers — as they discover the advantages of technologically savvy teaching, said Suzan Harkness, assistant professor of political science at the University of the District of Columbia(leer más…)
Fuente: [tech news world]
tags: e-learning
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