Podcast and iTunes U: A POWERFUL DIGTAL MUTMEDIA FOR LEANAR IN HIGT
EDUCATION
By Gharawi Mohammed
Keywords: Podcasting; audio iTunes U; learning; education
Introduction:
There is no need to mention that new cutting edge gadgets have
revolutionized the way we live, think and interact with each other.
Furthermore, they have entirely changed our world and the way we communicate
and socialize with each other, and most importantly they are affecting our
system of education in schools and universities and they way lectures and
courses are being conducted and delivered. For instance, podcast, the topic of
this paper, is one of these gadgets that are increasingly and forcefully
changing our system of education, social relationships and even our mindset.
Therefore, needs to be highlighted. This paper aims at answering the following
questions: what is podcast? In which way it affects our system of education?
And what are tips we should apply while using the podcast?
This paper will be based on desktop research. Moreover, it will use
books, dictionaries, encyclopedia and articles to materialize its objectives.
Finally, it will use descriptive as well as analytical method to shed more
light on the subject.
What is podcast?
Podcast is a jargon, consisting of two words "broadcast"
and "iPod". iPod is a device manufactured and made from Apple's MP3
player.
Released in 2005 by Apple computer, the New Oxford Dictionary named
the new gadget “Podcast”. It also defines it as a digital recording of a radio
broadcast or similar program, available on the Internet for downloading to
personal audio player dictionary. Furthermore, it has been soon made popular
thanks to the fact it is simple and easy to use and also because it is
supported by Real Simple Syndication (RSS) and Extensible Markup Language (XML)
technology. Simple Podcast is, it is a digital audio event recorder (MP3 file)
that is capable, for instance, of recording a conversation, a lecture etc… In
fact it is an audio as well as a video recording. The user should subscribe to
a series of shows because it is tailored compatible with on-demand multi-media
content. It is a very strong web apparatus allowing inestimable communication
and distribution of education content. The potentials that podcast has make it
a instrument of great interest and curiosity for cybernetics and particularly
for the education context. Moreover, podcasting is a simple process of
capturing human voice. Therefore, has been substantially used in the e-learning
based education.
Potential users of podcast for education should make sure they have
a hosting site somewhere on the Internet, which is capable of holding and
distributing their podcast.
How is podcast useful to high education?
The technology of podcasting has reached the Society of Information
and is revolutionizing the way teachers teach and the way learners learn inside
and outside the classrooms. It also gives students a chance to opt for lectures
with timing that suits them accordingly. After all, students often seem to be hand
in hand with every cutting edge gadget, literally, with their iPods. It is easy
to imagine students using the devices to make up for lectures they missed, or
to brush up on key concepts as final exams approach and help to create an
ambience of flexibility in time and space. Otherwise lecturers may be perfectly
comfortable recording themselves.
Many universities are using a free service from Apple called iTunes
U to handle the distribution of course casts. But institutions can also set up
their own online distribution systems, which give professors greater control
over how they present their content. To add, a growing number of companies offer tools
designed to capture audio and even video and PowerPoint slides from college
lectures so that material can be broadcast beyond the classroom.
Academics from many areas of education are showing interest in
podcasting for education, and the first results of research in this field demonstrate
the benefits learners gain through podcasting. Chan and Lee (2005) and Lee et al.
(2007) studied the use and the advantages of podcasts in undergraduate courses
and concluded that informal short audio clips help to address students’
anxieties and concerns about the course content and it also help to increase
the sense of belonging to a learning community for distance education students.
Reported the use of podcasts to bring an authentic cultural experience to
students’ learning English as a second language
In another hand the student can use podcast if they miss the class
or would get some idea for a new subject even they well know method of
lectures. Podcasts can help to create an ambience of flexibility in time and
space they can use a podcasting application to subscribe to a particular show,
schedule the application to download the next available episode, and then
listen to the show on their MP3 player when they want to in the metro, in the
car, in the bus, in the gym, etc .Through podcast we can enrich the academic aspects.
If the lecturer is to record the same subject, he has to take into
account the following guidelines:
· thinking about
specific to podcast
· Creating a podcast
· Recording podcast
episodes must be mp3 format
· Uploading the podcast
episodes on a webpage
· Creating an RSS feed for
the podcast webpage
· Subscribing to the
podcast
· Listening to the
podcast and edited if it need edit
· Downloading the
podcast
· Transferring the
podcast to an mp3 player
iTunes U its podcast but
its for College Courses From Top
Universities
many
student quest for knowledge they are
always looking for educate and lean
by them self , whether it’s through
traditional methods like going to university
and reading books or. So you can imagine iTunes U to study through the
most famous universities and speakers in the world. its, a new way to learn for
free in fact its same idea of podcast but just for colleges and universities .
What is iTunes U?
iTunes U
is a completely from Apple iTunes application where colleges and universities
can offer courses at no charge, to leaner who wants to take them. There is also a new
section of iTunes U that focuses on K-12 education, where state or county
education departments provide content for both students and educators.
Currently, over 800 colleges and universities in the world as Harvard . Oxford
and Cambridge but
unfortunately Among the 800 colleges and universities doesn't have any 800
college and university from Malaysia .
iTunes U
really could not be much easier to navigate. First off, all you need to do is
download the free Apple iTunes program on your computer device in any system
you have as Mac or Windows then you have to
Select iTunes U on the toolbar across the top of the main page, and
you’re in. On the main page but you have
the option of browsing selections by school, subject, most downloaded, or
noteworthy courses. The content is then delivered directly to you, the students will experience the courses you build
using the free iTunes U. It’s a powerful app that lets students have all the
materials for the course right at their fingertips. control to process it
however you wish. You can choose to learn at your own pace, and decide whether
to use your computer, iPad, iPhone or
iPod touch to take it all in.
Conclusion
Podcast and iTunes U can help students to learn
regardless of time and space. With the advent of this gadget, students can have
easily access to classes and lectures inside or outside the classrooms. They
can equally learn from nearby or from afar and opt for time the want it.
Furthermore, they can even make up for the classes they miss or to brush up on
key concepts as final exams approach. Podcasting application can be scheduled
to download next available series of lectures and shows and then allow students
to listen to the show on MP3 while they are on metro, car or bus, or while they
are in gym, etc… All in all, it can help
us enrich the academic aspects of knowledge.
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