Comments on: Podcast lectures for university students http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/05/26/a-lecturer-at-a-west-yorkshire-university-has-abolished-traditional-lectures-in-favour-of-podcasts/ General interest observations and true web-log. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:27:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: GregAllen http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/05/26/a-lecturer-at-a-west-yorkshire-university-has-abolished-traditional-lectures-in-favour-of-podcasts/comment-page-1/#comment-157664 GregAllen Sat, 27 May 2006 05:06:08 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=5508#comment-157664 I used to be on staff of a graduate school and I argued for better use of media - but nobody had enough vision to pick up on it. Besides audio, I think DVDs with their flexible menus could be an excellent education tool. I became convinced that a hybrid system was best -- not just media. It seems to me that the straight lecture could be put on media, leaving classroom time for questions, debates, student presentations, etc. I also argued that DVDs and audio would be an excellent way to do educational extension. The class could have listened to several hours worth of lectures before they attending their evening or Saturday class. For me, one of the least interesting thing is computer-based education. Most seem just like boring multiple choice on computers. I used to be on staff of a graduate school and I argued for better use of media – but nobody had enough vision to pick up on it.

Besides audio, I think DVDs with their flexible menus could be an excellent education tool.

I became convinced that a hybrid system was best — not just media.

It seems to me that the straight lecture could be put on media, leaving classroom time for questions, debates, student presentations, etc.

I also argued that DVDs and audio would be an excellent way to do educational extension. The class could have listened to several hours worth of lectures before they attending their evening or Saturday class.

For me, one of the least interesting thing is computer-based education. Most seem just like boring multiple choice on computers.

]]> By: Podesta http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/05/26/a-lecturer-at-a-west-yorkshire-university-has-abolished-traditional-lectures-in-favour-of-podcasts/comment-page-1/#comment-157642 Podesta Sat, 27 May 2006 04:33:33 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=5508#comment-157642 Howard, Apple's iTunes Music Store hosts iTunes U, a program that helps colleges prepare and distribute audio and video podcasts of their lectures. Some of the best colleges in the U.S. are members and more will be joining. You can learn more about iTunes U. here: http://www.apple.com/education/solutions/itunes_u/ Howard, Apple’s iTunes Music Store hosts iTunes U, a program that helps colleges prepare and distribute audio and video podcasts of their lectures. Some of the best colleges in the U.S. are members and more will be joining.

You can learn more about iTunes U. here:

http://www.apple.com/education/solutions/itunes_u/

]]> By: Mike Voice http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/05/26/a-lecturer-at-a-west-yorkshire-university-has-abolished-traditional-lectures-in-favour-of-podcasts/comment-page-1/#comment-157519 Mike Voice Sat, 27 May 2006 00:04:22 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=5508#comment-157519 Wasn't it the movie Real Genius... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089886/ ...which used something similar? - more & more students leave tape-recorders in the lecture hall, until a student enters the hall [late for the lecture] to find the professor has a tape-recorder playing-back his lecture to a hall full of tape-recorders. Wasn’t it the movie Real Genius…

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089886/

…which used something similar? – more & more students leave tape-recorders in the lecture hall, until a student enters the hall [late for the lecture] to find the professor has a tape-recorder playing-back his lecture to a hall full of tape-recorders.

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]]> By: Howard Harawitz http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/05/26/a-lecturer-at-a-west-yorkshire-university-has-abolished-traditional-lectures-in-favour-of-podcasts/comment-page-1/#comment-157387 Howard Harawitz Fri, 26 May 2006 19:19:01 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=5508#comment-157387 That's great idea, although I would prefer that the podcasts were a supplement to flesh-and-blood lectures rather than a substitute. OTOH, it does free up everyone's time. I'm surprised that more people aren't doing that or that universities don't record and podcast at least some lectures as a matter of policy. That’s great idea, although I would prefer that the podcasts were a supplement to flesh-and-blood lectures rather than a substitute. OTOH, it does free up everyone’s time.

I’m surprised that more people aren’t doing that or that universities don’t record and podcast at least some lectures as a matter of policy.

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