Why? Because the emerging developmental and research direction seems to be learning through creating podcasts and similar, in contrast, learning from podcasts. Cooperation refers to the division of labor among participants while collaboration involves participants engaging in a coordinated effort to complete the task (Dillenbourg,1999). Creating and recording podcasts combines elements of both collaboration and cooperation.
Results show that "knowledge creation and discourse that leads to the generation of innovative ideas by students at all levels has become the keystone of successful learning and pedagogy and is a measure of engagement and self-regulation. The authors advocate greater student control and ownership of the technology and its use as a means for encouraging collaboration. Podcasting also holds great potential for allowing students to articulate their understanding of ideas and concepts, and to share the outcomes with an audience they value, such as their peers...(Lee, McLoughlin, and Chan, 2008)
The computer program called Audacity is great to use for beginner up to professional sound recorders. The program, which is free for both PC and Mac users, is available for download here:
After downloading the program, it is recommended to use a headset with a microphone.
What makes a good Digital Audio Learning Object?
As the above researchers state, a good DALO is the following:
* Simple to produce - can be easily designed, produced, and reused with little technical
knowledge
* Immediate - cheap to produce and available to students!
* Educationally focused - designed to address a well-defined learning objective
* Reusable - can be used within the same or in a different course
* Engaging - like everything, please make it interesting...
Dillenbourg, P. (1999). Introduction: what do you mean by 'collaborative learning'? In P.
Dillenbourg (Ed.), Collaborative learning: cognitive and computational approaches (pp. 1-
19). Amsterdam: Pergamon.
Lee, M., McLoughlin, C., and Chan, A. (2008). Talk the talk: Learner-generated podcasts as
catalysts for knowledge creation. British Journal of Educational Technology, 39, 2, 501-
521. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing
The following information has been taken from http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/17-audacity-tutorial.htm
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Audacity Tutorial for Podcasters
In this Audacity tutorial you'll finally press record. We'll take a tour of the software and learn how to record your podcast.
NOTE: There are video tutorials available on this page. They are marked with a 
icon. When you click a tutorial link, it will open the video in a new browser window.
icon. When you click a tutorial link, it will open the video in a new browser window.
To play the videos, you will need to download the latest version of the free Flash player. The best way to view the video tutorial is with your browser in full screen mode. You can switch your browser in and out of full screen mode by pressing F11. Try it now.
Now let's get started with the audacity tutorial videos:.Recording Setup
The Editing Tools
Basic Editing and Trimming Your Audio
Adjusting Levels
Importing Audio and Adding Music to Your Podcast
Saving Your Project and Exporting the MP3
Now you know how to record a basic podcast, edit it and even add a little music. The audacity tutorial covered saving your audio as an MP3 and editing the ID3 tags. Let's take a further look at the ID3 tags.
How to Use ID3 Tags >>
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