1st Edition

Podcasting Between Entertainment and Education Balancing Media Industry Expectations within Educational Contexts

176 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Focal Press

176 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Focal Press

Podcasting Between Entertainment and Education explores the critical and conceptual foundations that make podcasting an increasingly valuable and appealing tool for teaching, learning and assessment and suggests how it can be effectively integrated into different educational settings. The book introduces key concepts for embedding audio into curricula, unpacks debates shaping the use of... Read more

Foreword

Stephen Coleman

Part A: Consuming Podcasts as a Tool for Teaching and Learning

1. On The Record: Music Podcasts as Aural Pedagogies

Sam Coley and Simon Barber  

2. Instructor Decision-Making around Podcasts as Course Materials in Higher Education

Lindsay Persohn, Stephanie Branson, Genesis Zabrzenski, and Leah Burger

3. Using Podcasts to Grow Your Skills Garden into an Orchard

Alex Hough

Part B: Podcast Creation as Tool for Teaching and Learning

4. Podcasting is a Versatile Tool for Assessment: Four Ways to Diversifying Class Assignments

Joe Cain

5. Podcasting in Learning and Teaching: Professional Identity within Pharmacy Education

Connor Thompson-Poole and Sian Williams

6. Pitch, Practice, Podcast: Reflections on a Podcasting Curriculum with Broadcaster Approaches in a University Context

John D’Arcy

7. Teaching Visual Podcasting for Higher Education and Industry Readiness

Nathan Dodzo and Patrice Seuwou

Part C: Podcasts as a Tool for Community Engagement

8. Doing it for themselves:  The use of participatory podcasting to empower community voices

Adam Gratton and Nicola Gratton

9. Public engagement through podcasting: putting theory into practice in a university module on globalisation and diversity

Duncan Lees, Stephanie Schnurr, Matthew W. Turner, Joel Agius, Diana Wang, VC Zhang, Marianna Patrick, and Yvette Yitong Wang

10. ‘Un-Podcasting’ as Method: How Music and Running Podcasts Shaped a New Definition of Podcasting

Carola Boehm

Biography

Camilo Salazar is a sound engineer, radio and podcast producer, and educator. He is the Morley Radio and Studios Manager at Morley College London where he also lectures in Sound Engineering and Radio Production.

Lindsay Persohn is an Assistant Professor of Literacies studies in the College of Education at the University of South Florida.

Joanna Duchesne is a sessional lecturer at Morley College London where she is a regular contributor to Morley Radio. She also works in multimedia content production.

Carl Hartley is a Lecturer in Journalism Practice at the University of Leeds, drawing on more than 25 years of experience in the broadcast industry.

Carola Boehm is a Professor of Creative and Cultural Industries at the University of Staffordshire, working across arts, technology and cultural policy. She is also active in podcasting as part of her creative practice.