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 * PODCASTING IN EDUCATION**

Strictly speaking a podcast is an audio or video file placed on the Internet that can be sent automatically to your computer if you have subscribed to that podcast. In common practice though people are inclined to call any audio on the Internet a ‘podcast.’ When you listen to audio on the Internet you typically have 3 options:


 * 1) Listen to it as it streams (this way you don’t end up with a copy of the audio on your computer)
 * 2) Download the audio to your computer and play it from your computer (this way you end up with a copy of the audio on your computer)
 * 3) Subscribe to a podcast using an RSS feed * so you can automatically collect the audio in your iTunes, Media Player, or portable mp3 player (eg iPod). It is only this third subscription option that is really a podcast.


 * Why would you want to provide audio content for your students?**

To cater for the needs of these target groups:
 * English as Second or Other Language Learners (ESOL)
 * Low level literacy
 * Those with little recent formal learning experience
 * Those with poor keyboard skills
 * Those who prefer an auditory style of learning


 * Teachers could:**


 * supplement other classroom or online content
 * allow students to review and revise lecture or lesson content
 * give the students the choice of listening to course content off campus
 * add variety to their delivery
 * encourage and promote digital literacy


 * Students could**
 * Complete course tasks/assignments using audio


 * Some Examples of Podcasting in Education**

· - distributes class materials using a podcast site - http://rosaspodcast.blogspot.com/ · - has students contribute to a class podcast site for oral assignments - http://rosao.podomatic.com/
 * RMIT and Swinburne TAFE are recording whole lectures and making them available to students on demand using the automated and very expensive Lectopia system ([|http://www.lectopia.com.au/index.lasso)]
 * Dental Hygiene at Gilles Plains are recording lectures on mp3 players and uploading them to the [|TAN Podzone]
 * Rosa Ochao at Sydney Institute of TAFE


 * Resources**
 * 1) Media on the Move - http://mediaonthemove.flexiblelearning.net.au/
 * 2) Podcasting Workshop - [|http://users.chariot.net.au/~michaelc/vol/pod_wshop.htm]

*RSS Feed : RSS is a simple XML-based system that allows users to subscribe to material posted on the Internet. It facilitates the automatic sending of content to your computer without you having to go and get it.