University of Salford

Podcasting for Engagement and Assessment. (Festival of Learning and Teaching)
Sep 4, 2023

Location University of Salford

Description A presentation by Adam Fowler as part of the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Centre's Festival of Learning and Teaching.
This session showcased examples of podcasting used for assessment purposes and provided advice on how to incorporate podcasting into teaching and learning, regardless of academic discipline or field of interest. This is not about the educator creating learning material in podcast form for students to digest. Rather, it is about students marshalling their ideas together as a group in order to present cohesive arguments for a specific audience. Common outcomes (whatever the subject or curriculum) are: enhanced engagement; a greater equity of opportunity to succeed; increased analytical thinking; better-structured reasoning and exposition of ideas; robust collaboration and negotiation; and a lot of fun. Podcasting also creates a comfortable environment for students to contribute to their learning in the context of their own worldviews and to bring their lived experience into the classroom. As yet, these are anecdotal observations from the many podcasting sessions Adam has facilitated at the University and beyond. He hopes to embark on research to test these contentions empirically.

People Adam Fowler

URL https://testlivesalfordac.sharepoint.com/sites/LearningTeachingEnhancementCentre/SitePages/Podcasting-for-engagement-and-assessment.aspx

Location	University of Salford
Description	A presentation by Adam Fowler as part of the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Centre's Festival of Learning and Teaching. This session showcased examples of podcasting used for assessment purposes and provided advice on how to incorporate podcasting into teaching and learning, regardless of academic discipline or field of interest. This is not about the educator creating learning material in podcast form for students to digest. Rather, it is about students marshalling their ideas together as a group in order to present cohesive arguments for a specific audience. Common outcomes (whatever the subject or curriculum) are: enhanced engagement; a greater equity of opportunity to succeed; increased analytical thinking; better-structured reasoning and exposition of ideas; robust collaboration and negotiation; and a lot of fun. Podcasting also creates a comfortable environment for students to contribute to their learning in the context of their own worldviews and to bring their lived experience into the classroom. As yet, these are anecdotal observations from the many podcasting sessions Adam has facilitated at the University and beyond. He hopes to embark on research to test these contentions empirically.
People	Adam Fowler
URL	https://testlivesalfordac.sharepoint.com/sites/LearningTeachingEnhancementCentre/SitePages/Podcasting-for-engagement-and-assessment.aspx

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