{"id":8029,"date":"2019-07-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=8029"},"modified":"2019-08-29T10:03:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T09:03:05","slug":"the-power-of-the-voice-supporting-learners-on-placement-through-podcasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2019\/07\/the-power-of-the-voice-supporting-learners-on-placement-through-podcasting\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of the Voice! \u2013 supporting learners on placement through podcasting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"info\">A post by Ian Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Education at York St John University, I.Wilson@yorksj.ac.uk, @iwilsonysj<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ALT Blog Post: Supporting with Podcasting\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZVmF-Ki5xYs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Supporting with Podcasting (video blog)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Preamble<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m a great believer in pushing boundaries and trying new things. Being heavily interested in technology, the world of live streaming and YouTube content are areas which I am constantly engaging with. The possibilities to support learning with these is well documented &#8211; however, when I was deciding how I was going to keep in touch and support the students during their placement, I left my comfortable area of live streaming in favour of podcasting!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In the beginning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Being an avid blogger, I had often produced\nan audio version of my blog posts, although the actual podcasting arena was new\nto me. I wanted the podcasts to be useful, informative and provide some element\nof&nbsp;humour\/being human. I wanted the students to recognise my own personality\nwithin the podcasts, as well as the content being beneficial. I also wanted\nthem to sound good, because I was aware from my own personal engagement with\npodcasts, that if the quality was poor the engagement would probably reflect\nthis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Equipment and Content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I wasn\u2019t sure whether I would be making\nfuture podcasts and I guess I could have just started with using a microphone\nthat I already had, and the free software called Audacity. However, I always\nfeel better about things if I have some decent&nbsp;equipment&nbsp;so I\ninvested in a Rode microphone and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inwils.co.uk\/all-things-rode-should-i-buy-more\/\">RodeCaster Pro&nbsp;<\/a>. I was impressed by the quality\nof&nbsp;both of these&nbsp;and I must say, they made me feel quite professional\nand the quality of the recordings were good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for content, initially this was blank page, but after a few emails to the students and some thinking on my walk to work, I came up with some segments that would be included in each episode.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What the students should be doing in the following week&nbsp;<\/li><li>Support with their School Based Task&nbsp;<\/li><li>Answer any of their questions&nbsp;<\/li><li>A teaching idea&nbsp;<\/li><li>Some motivational advice&nbsp;  <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Every Friday, I managed to sit down with my Google Docs and write the script for the episode. Not being on camera would allow me to read from the script and&nbsp;also,&nbsp;I didn\u2019t really want to spend too much time editing afterwards. It was&nbsp;definitely going&nbsp;to be a one take podcast!&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2019\/07\/podcast-3332163_640.png?resize=640%2C420&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Microphone\" class=\"wp-image-8034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2019\/07\/podcast-3332163_640.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2019\/07\/podcast-3332163_640.png?resize=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption><em>Image by Tumisu on Pixabay<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recorded and Published<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After I had written the script, I would\nrecord the podcast and get it published. Following an early email from a\nstudent, it appeared that some of them listened to the podcast on their journey\nhome, so I was always keen to have it up and ready for about 16:00.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inwils.co.uk\/all-things-rode-should-i-buy-more\/\">RodeCaster Pr<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inwils.co.uk\/all-things-rode-should-i-buy-more\/\">o<\/a>,&nbsp;recorded well to audacity and, since the\nbuttons on it allowed me to play my jingles as the show progressed (yes, I had\njingles!). I did have to do some limited editing after recording, but this was\nusually just a matter of some noise reduction and tidying up the start and\nbeginning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn\u2019t have a proper \u2018logo\u2019 or\nanything, so I just decided to use images of cute animals from pixabay.com to\nmake them more visually more appealing. I already had an account with&nbsp;Audioboom&nbsp;from when I recorded my blog\nposts, so I quickly added a playlist and for the five-week duration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Impact and Feedback<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It is always important to look back over\na pilot idea and assess how well it had gone. Even after the first episode had\ngone live, a few students emailed me to say thank you and to provide questions\nfor the next episode. It was from these first emails that further sections were\nadded to the schedule.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, the feedback was positive. I\nacknowledge from the listening figures, that the number of people listening\nwent down throughout the placement, but I was confident that the podcast was\nsupporting some learners. One student informed me that they have stored all the\nteaching ideas for future placements, and that it was&nbsp;really\nbeneficial&nbsp;to have the questions answered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initially, the podcast was never meant\nto have positive impacts on the students\u2019 grades. If anything, the focus was on\nsupporting them and their well-being while away from university. From the\nanalytics and positive emails, it was felt that this was achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outro<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I did wonder whether I should do a\nsimilar podcast for the first years while they were on&nbsp;placement,&nbsp;but\ntime and energy didn\u2019t really allow for this. I still have the equipment ready\nfor my next go at podcasting and I have already started to work on an idea for\nthe start of the next academic year. Will I do the podcast for placement next\nyear? Well I think I will, if time allows, then&nbsp;yes,&nbsp;I will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You never know, I do a lot of live streaming in my \u2018other career\u2019 so I might even start to have a go at that. One&nbsp;thing&nbsp;I will continue to do is engage with new technology in order to support the students, especially when they are working away from the university or learning at a distance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You can find an example of Ian&#8217;s podcasts here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilsonwaffling.co.uk\/se2-podcasts-2019\/\">https:\/\/www.wilsonwaffling.co.uk\/se2-podcasts-2019\/<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2019\/07\/Ian-Wilson.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8056\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2019\/07\/Ian-Wilson.jpg?w=253&amp;ssl=1 253w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2019\/07\/Ian-Wilson.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ian Wilson &#8211; Senior Lecturer in Education<br \/>\nYork St John University<br \/>\nI.Wilson@yorksj.ac.uk, @iwilsonysj, https:\/\/www.wilsonwaffling.co.uk\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"info\">If you enjoyed reading this article we invite you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alt.ac.uk\/membership\">join the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) as an individual member<\/a>, and to encourage your own organisation to join ALT as an organisational or sponsoring member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Preamble I\u2019m a great believer in pushing boundaries and trying new things. 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