Dr. Christine O’Connor, DIT, summarises her talk at the recent Irish Variety in Chemistry Teaching meeting: As a novice to podcasting I delivered this talk based on my own recent practitioners’ experience on getting started with developing and uploading podcasts for student use. As an introduction, I distinguished between Podcasting (which is audio track only) [...]
May 302012
May 162012
DIT played host to the 8th Irish Variety in Chemistry Teaching meeting, modelled on the very successful UK Variety in Chemistry Education (ViCE) meeting on Thursday May 10th. There was a workshop in the morning covering two aspects of technology in chemistry teaching; using wikis, by Claire McDonnell, who demonstrated how to set up, edit [...]
Mar 282012
From Katherine Haxton and David McGarvey, School of Physical and Geographical Sciences, Keele University, Email: k.j.haxton@keele.ac.uk, Phone: +44 (0) 1782 734209 We have used screencasts for a number of purposes at Keele University in first year chemistry modules. These uses include whole cohort feedback, as pre-lecture resources, for demonstrating how to work softward, and [...]
The following describes what I do for a semester 1 module. It works well for me and the technician, and my 2nd and 3rd year students see the benefit. It has taken a few attempts to iron out problems, but is now working well. I adapt the strategy for the follow on semester 2 module (more of that again..) In short, I put the students in charge…
The resource covers: Introduction to the use of podcasts/screencasts in education Overview of the design of e-resources Tips for preparing podcasts and screencasts Tools of the trade: Audacity, Camtasia and Articulate Using SCORM compatibility Publishing a podcast series to iTunes