This document outlines a seminar on podcasting trends in higher education given by Professors Michael Cheney and Burks Oakley of the University of Illinois at Springfield. The seminar will cover introducing podcasting, being a podcast consumer and producer, and effective uses of podcasting in education. It provides a timeline of topics to be covered over four sessions in May and describes requirements for a certificate of completion, including critiquing, subscribing to, and producing a podcast.

1. Now Hear This! A Look at
Podcasting Trends in
Higher Education
Prof. Michael R. Cheney
University of Illinois at Springfield
Prof. Burks Oakley II
University of Illinois at Springfield

2. About Michael and Burks
Michael Cheney Burks Oakley
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3. Topics to be covered
 Introduction to podcasting
 Being a consumer of podcasts
 Being a producer of podcasts
 The pedagogy of podcasting and
effective use of podcasting in higher
education
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4. Timeline for our seminar
 Wednesday, May 16th – Introduction
to podcasting; pedagogy of podcasting
and effective use of podcasting in
higher education
 Friday, May 18th – Being a consumer
of podcasts
 Monday, May 21st – Being a producer
of podcasts
 Friday, May 25th – Synchronous
session using Blackboard Collaborate
from 2 pm – 3 pm Eastern Time
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5. Certificate of Completion
 Successfully complete four graded
activities:
1. Critiquing a podcast in your discipline
using our podcast assessment tool
2. Subscribing to a podcast series using
iTunes
3. Describing how you could use
podcasting in a class you teach
4. Recording an audio file in mp3 format
and uploading it to a web server.
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6. About this presentation
 Michael is in Springfield, IL, and Burks
is in Champaign, IL.
 They are speaking using Skype.
 The audio is being recorded using the
free MP3 Skype Recorder.
 The audio will be added to the
PowerPoint presentation and output in
various formats.
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7. Now Hear This! A Look at
Podcasting Trends in
Higher Education
Michael R. Cheney
https://sites.google.com/site/cheneymichaeluis/about
cheney.michael@uis.edu
Burks Oakley II
http://www.burksoakley.com/
oakley@uis.edu
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8. The End
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