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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I also go to Purdue and have used this in the past. My bio 131 class distributed podcast but not through boilercast. I found them really helpful when reviewing for the exam.
And how in the hell can you not know where Purdue University is?
Another thing, Netbymatt, you need some more facebook friends man...you're lacking. haha - cavicster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow ... I would skip everyday.
- mlebeau, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1At Stanford many of our classes are recorded, with video, for availability online. It's mostly CS/EE/Bio type classes, since the real purpose in recording them is to allow professionals who are not in school to take classes on the side without coming to campus. But they had the insight to make it available to students as well. It sure is nice to have this. If you want to see the types of courses available, visit http://scpd.stanford.edu.
- parker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"The California Institute of Technology admissions office last week released an 11-minute podcast for prospective students that leaves listeners with the impression that the school is nerdy, in a hip kind of way."
somehow trying to convince prospective students that their would be school isn't nerdy via podcast seems like some type of an oxy-moron - netbymatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://boilercast.itap.purdue.edu:1013/Boilercast/
I go to Purdue, and I'd have to say that no one uses these, and they are not well publicized at all. The professor in my one class that has a podcast has not mentioned it once. - khintzma, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I have an Anthropology course (Natives of North America) that uses this feature at Purdue. I've talked with quite a few people that use the podcast.
Isn't it interesting that we Liberal Arts students make such great use of technology. Hmm, would have thought the engineers would have gotten to it first. - zodiacal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0this is a good start. podcasts would be helplful, but video casts would be great... but how would you zoom in to see whats writen on the board.. you would have to watch it on a big monitor or a tv screen, not a ipod video. but at least they are trying new things. i love online classes. i learn so much more by myself, and have more time to study with out having to goto class. but some classes are harder online...
- RWVolkl158, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Being a student at Purdue, I have to say that I know NO ONE who uses this. Podcasting would be helpful, but there is almost no advertisement what so ever for this on campus. And the selection of classes isn't exactly diverse... Maybe someday it will get up to speed, but for now it's pretty much worthless.
- BeefandBeer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This would certainly help during reviews before final exams.
- adminmatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0this isn't the first of its kind.. Michigan university has an agreement with Itunes for thier own specific MU student store, where you can get professor lecture podcasts...
- kamakazzi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i couldnt do this.. i would need it be a vid cast because im a visual learner.
- KillaKev, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0what?? this should have been done years ago!
- khintzma, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@ a_greer:
If you would take the time to click the button to the left of "submit comment" you would know that
1) It's spelled "Courier"
2) "ain't" is not a word, but if you would like to use it, at least spell it correctly with the contraction.
3)"were" and "busy" are easy to spell
4)You write like you're 5.
5)And finally, engineer yourself a personality to go along with your obviously over-enflated ego, that is, if you're not too bizzzy wif clazzzes. - DruRob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I just graduated from Purdue in May...my life would have been much easier if they had this while I was there...the best things always happen when I leave!
- KNon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Well isn't that convienient.
- retr0spectiv, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0hell yeah it is. Thats an awesome idea... Vidcasts would be even sweeter. That should start being a standard actually.
- BNJM, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I go to Iowa State and there are a few courses here that offer Podcasts as well.
- RandomSkratch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Funny, I was doing this in college for the past 3 years. I would bring my mp3 player to class and record the lectures and then upload it for everyone to download. It was greatly appreciated amongst my peers.
- Mysticcal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0it's a great idea because then the school wouldn't have to pay for desks and if the students have questions, just goto their office hours.
- cawpin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Pest0003 - I know how you feel. i graduated in 2002 and Phys219 was the worst class EVAR! My lab TA was straight off the boat, not usually a big deal, but he could barely speak English. I asked him a question after he got done explaining the procedure for a lab because I couldn't understand him. He repeated it to me face to face and I still had no idea what he was saying.
- a_greer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@khintzma
The engineers weere too buzy showing up for class to concoct ways to get out of it.
Cant spell slacker without SLA (School of Lib Arts)!
point 1: this is really old news (at least three months behind the local paper here, the Lafayette Indiana Journal and Courior! and that is SAD)
point two: Knowing what I do about the logistics of instructional technology in a college setting, I cant help but wonder how much this is costing: how are they recording? encoding? tagging? uploading, managing/restricting access...this has to cost a ton...look for tech fees to go up...
point 3: If you hate going to a certin class (like an English or other useless ***** like that) just take it online.
point 4: BUY the notes and old exams, if you go to Purdue and do not know where to go for this, ask arround...it aint a secret. - diggmonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Great testimonial for podcasts!
- fighto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i wish CMU did this :(
- ericpp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0My school actually tapes all my CSCI classes, so I can login to the site and view classes I've missed. It's quite handy...
- shakattack1056, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0if they did start implementing this at all other colleges/universities...
i guess offering "educational discounts" on ipods would finally make sense! - Thujone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The science dept at Univeristy of Nebraska is doing this as well.
- TheTEXican, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm a junior in electrical engineering at Purdue. I heard of this a month back or so, but I don't have a single professor who uses this. I had one professor who used powerpoint frequently in his lectures and posted a video including the powerpoint slides and his classroom commentary in wmv format.
The biggest problem I see with this sort of thing is that, at least in engineering classes, you MUST have the notes in front of you to understand what the professor is talking about, because there are usually lots of charts and diagrams. And generally, the lectures are based off the notes. So why listen to the professor read a bunch of notes, when you can just read them yourself? - Qu1kK1ll, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0eh.... Nothing new... UC Berkeley does webcasts of the courses (usually technical courses about CS, EE, Bio etc.)
- lucky-irish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0they are talking about doing this at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.
- sersdf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I attend Northwestern Medical School - Feinberg Medical College. We've had this program for a few years (so they tell us). I cannot see how it is not the way of the future. Rather than fall asleep during lecture - or fall behind the lecturer while he speaks - I can pause every word he says and type it into the "notes" section of my powerpoint. 60% of our class does this. and the number is rising. wave of the future.
- TheHammar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0BTFU! One of my teachers here at Purdue posts her auido files online, but not in podcast form. However, I really can't think of any classes where this would be useful unless it were a video podcast, which would be awesome. Oh, and I also had never heard of this until today, but my friends treated it as common knowledge when I told them.
- ajbalash, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I don't think this is much news for college students, but for others it probably is interesting. A bio lecturer here (U of MI) produces his lectures as audio podcasts with pictures (the itunes feature). More profs will probably reluctantly do this, as many already dislike that students don't have to come to class since their powerpoint presentations are often online.
- buddylee415, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I've started to do this recently when I had to miss class due to interviews with companies or things like that. It is a great way to not truly miss class. It is also great when you record review days for tests and listen to that for your study guide.
- KlipschFan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0There have been class lectures from the University of Florida downloadable (and cablecast on local WLUF educational TV) since the late 90's. One such class was the entry level Business Management which could be downloaded or streamed to your PC. Nothing really new here.
- tghw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Maybe it's just because I don't know their numbering system, but I don't see any courses that start with 'CS'. It seems the Computer Science department would have been the first to jump on this.
- redpoint73, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Ha.
I thought the story meant "ditch class so you can listen to podcasts like diggnation". - kyle133, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Have a look at this...
http://www.milliondollarhero.com - MindTrigger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Don't be surprised if some schools start banning recording devices from the classrooms. It wouldn't be hard at all to record and catalog an entire year's worth of lectures, and upload them to the general public via torrent, irc, limewire, etc? I would love to download interesting lectures from schools I didn't attend. :) Once those classes are recored and transcoded for easy internet delivery, they won't stay within the school's network very long.
- synthetic1688, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i'm a purdue student and i have two professors using podcasting this semester. it's great for reviewing for exams and skipping class :) both the classes i have that use this are in the COM department.
- Pest0003, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0WTC?! I go to Purdue and am just now here about this! But this is truely amazing! I hope my classes have it! No more sitting around in boring PHYS 219!!!!
- djits88, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I go to Youngstown State. They have no clue what a Podcast is, let alone how to implement it in a learning environment.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0While I understand that most people don't give a crap about intellectual property rights anymore, it IS courteous and recommended that you ASK a professor to record his/her lectures; if you plan to share them you should ask for distribution permission as well. I have students ask me and I appreciate them asking; I have yet to say no.
As I posted previously, for large classes where very little class discussion is going on, I can see the value in podcasts; however, for smaller classes, I find that discussion makes class more enjoyable and fruitful for learning.
For those who are "pausing" and writing verbatim in their notes, realize that being able to keep up and developing that skill is important when in the "real world." Students tend to focus so much on rote memorization of material and knowing "content" that they often do not see that college is about learning to learn and to adapt; The information is important, but not the only learning taking place in a university. - leomyhero, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0"where the frig is Purdue University?"
West Lafayette, IN home of the first losing record football team in 8 yrs. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0hell yeah i got the 420 digg... on a slacking digg... cough.... cough.... digital smoke.....
- KNon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Heh, if it was a standard, everyone would buy an iPod, and no one would show up for classes... wait. Actually that is a really good idea. Podcasting will be the thing to end learning in the classroom.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0MIT has some videocasts of it's classes online in it's open courseware section.
For all the people saying that it's not the same as attending class, I agree. However, this is more than just a 'slacking' tool. It would come in very handy for reviewing material after class and before exams as was mentioned above.
It's also helpful for those of us who are older, and continuing our education while in the workplace and cannot always make it to class due to work commitments.
In addition, many professors have different teaching styles and methods. If more universities offer this sort of thing for free, you can find different perspectives on a class you are taking, and perhaps find a teacher that aproaches the material in a way you can follow along with.
I recently took a physics course at a state university.... shouldn't have been that hard, but I just couldn't get it. Downloaded and watched all the videos from MIT's physics course, and ended up getting a very good grade and achieved a better understanding of the material.
And last but not least, even in this day and age, there are a lot of people who can't afford to go to college... perhaps they get buy and work full time but just can't manage to save enough to go to school or have other family commitments. This is a way to make the education a little more available for everyone.
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http://www.mp3players4free.com/default.aspx?r=7214 - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0rwvolk, the reason no one you know uses the podcasts is because they aren't socializing or coming to class. They are hiding out at home in front of the tv with their iPod on trying to multitask between Cellular Biology and Halo 2.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I think this is a good idea on one hand, for larger classes where there might be very little discussion; I don't believe that listening to a lecture "recreates" the classroom experience. However, the classes that tend to be large are those introductory classes that schools like Purdue cram freshmen into. Freshmen NEED structure and NEED to develop the habit of going to class. The concept of the podcasts makes that less likely to happen.
At this point, I don't see a good way to do this to balance having access to material when it is missed with ensuring that students are attending class. However, I doubt many college professors are taking attendance, especially in large classes. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0If you never want to set foot in a classroom, take an online course; they are everywhere. Many of them are useless, some are good; I have not done a survey of them to back that statement up however.
For those who think that learning is someone popping open the top of your head and pouring in "information" you have a lot to learn. - soccerob, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0i wish my college would do that. i'm at a private college and they freakin take attendance. it sucks, unless you know how to beat the system. free ipod at http://ipods.freepay.com/?r=23767479
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