1. Promoting Critical Thinking
Through Student-Created Vodcasts
Christine Nickel
Old Dominion University & Regent University
Richard Nickel
Old Dominion University

2. How podcasts can be used
• Distribute lectures
• Supplemental material; information
• Practice (learning languages; oral skills; music; dance)
• Student-created work 1; collaboration
• Guest lectures; interviews
• Tours/field trips
• Student presentations
• Journals
• Entertainment
• http://epnweb.org

3. Research Literature
• Mostly investigates instructor-created podcasts (lectures,
supplemental material)
– Inconsistencies on effectiveness
• “Really neat IT does not equal student engagement and
success” - Richard Katz
• Are collaborative constructivist pedagogies transforming
higher education, or are
emerging technologies supporting
existing practices? (Garrison & Akyol, 2009)

4. Research Literature
• A few studies on student-created podcasts
– Better theoretical understanding, more effective practical
skills (Lazzari, 2009)
– Students felt empowered to think more creatively
(Dale & Pymm, 2009)
– In-depth, engagement, collective problem solving
(Lee, McLoughlin & Chan, 2006)

5. ART 407
• Teaching practicum course
• Art Education students
• Varying level of technological savvy

6. The Gordon Collection
• Collection of 20th and 21st
century American folk art
– 375 pieces, over 70 artists

7. Dr. Seuss Day

8. Steps to Making a Vodcast
1. Introducing Podcasting/Vodcasting
2. Choosing the artists
3. Writing the script
4. Answering, “Why are we doing this?”

9. Why are we doing this?
• Learning with technology
• Active Learning, Critical Thinking
• Positive effects – motivation, engagement,
collaboration, creativity,
{
critical thinking, enabling
different learning styles

10. Digital Storytelling
• http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/art.html
• “Borders”

11. Steps to Making a Vodcast
Continued
5. Creating the podcast
– Getting images
– Recording audio
– Editing video and audio

12. Vodcast Example #1

13. Vodcast Example #2

14. Vodcast Example #3

15. Positive Outcomes & Issues
• Critical analysis of artwork
• Educating students on copyright
• Student engagement
• Student attitudes
• Editing issues

16. Future
• Create a library of podcasts, lesson plans and activities
for the gallery
• Collaborative vodcasting projects
• Grant for ipods in the gallery
• Better educate students on copyright issues
• Research – likelihood of podcasting
use in future classroom,
motivation, engagement, satisfaction,
visitor use in gallery