Now that I have shelved the podcasting idea for my current BOE module the first of the books I ordered on the subject has arrived. "How to create podcasts for education" by Gilly Salmon et all is a thin, pamphlet-style book published by Open University Press/Society for Research in Higher Education in 2008. This seems to be a very practical, hands-on guide to podcasts which, at only 29 pages, should be a very quick read and jumpstart into the subject.
Despite now not using podcasts for my studies I do still intend to use them in the coming semester with my students of Technical English. This book will hopefully cover the technical side of things and when my next order arrives soon I will learn more about the pedagogical aspects of podcasting. My plan so far is to produce at least one podcast for each chapter of the book we work through. A large part of each unit is a reading comprehension so I hope that if the text is also made available as an audio file it may help students who are more auditive learners. It certainly also shouldn't hurt their pronunciation skills when they hear a native speaker reading it for them.
Here's hoping the students actually make use of this possibility.
Neil
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