1. Podcasting Research
Current Research
- University of Leicester - IMPALA –
- Bangor – Teresa Bird – HEA paper –
evaluating podcasting in teaching and learning
– automatic recording of audio and video -
SPSS to psychology students
- Sheffield Hallam – Andrew Middleton – Audio
feedback models, authenticity
- London SouthBank – experimental – reaching
employers
- Kingston – part of IMPALA, Mobile
technologies
- UEL – school of Law – Learning enhancement
bid (internal)
- UCL – none as yet
- University of Herts – staff uptake of podcasting
- De Montfort – use of Web2 technology –
evaluation
- Glasgow Caledonian – use of spoken word
- Chester L1 &L3 assessment feedback
evaluation pre&post questionnaire
- Aston – podcast from a student perspective
- Uni of Brighton – podcast for V&A Design
students – preparation for visit
- Brunel Uni – 3 podcasting projects –
o 600 management students, revision
podcasts
o Podcasts as summarising supplement
o Postgrads esl academic skills podcasts –
evaluations of staff and students

2. - University of Edinburgh – starting – podcast
repository – searchable (Fedora?)

3. Potential Areas
- Evaluation methods
- How do we build research questions
- Impact
- Learning
- Pedagogies

4. Methodological Issues and Challenges
- What is measurable?
o Exam success
o Efficiency
o Effectiveness
o What are the issues
- No of variables
- Students attitudes to tech
- What are the students’ expectations?
- Demographics
- Staff development

5. Sources of Funding
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- JISC preliminary bid due May 5 – innovative,
risky, couldn’t be resources, extension of
existing software, wouldn’t normally be funded
by JISC (30,000 per bid) – this will be repeated
– August, and early 2009
- JISC Coming up – 250,000 – curriculum
redevelopment
- HEA subject networks
- EPSRC - TEL

6. Collaborative Research
- ELESIG
- NING site?
- List of attendees has research interest

7. SIG Database

8. Conferences
JISC –
IADIS
ALT-C
Haarlem
AACE
CNI
CAL (2009)