I had posted last week about the idea of students taking ownership of the podcasting process in the classroom based on an article I came across. I had mentioned it was an intersting twist of fate that they would be the ones not only recording, but editing, posting, and distributing the lectures that way. This morning I awoke to find a very interesting comment from James pushing the notion that it may be the natural evolution of the whole concept. His comments really got me thinking differently about how to provide the right types of lecture based podcasts in my class (and beyond).
I think what James said pushes us to look at the classroom experience in a new light ... most of us talk about creating a "student-centric" opportunity, but in most cases it ends up being a lot of push to them ... with a significant amount of pull thrown in, but not a true two way street. James wewnt on to say, "I actually think the idea of students editing portions of a lecture may be something that is ultimately encouraged especially if the student does this appropriately (audio citation?) as a way to further develop the ideas that are brought to life in the class." So I think I may have come across a wonderful new approach to try out in class ... encourage students to produce versions of my lectures as they see fit. What would be so wrong with them taking the basic lecture recording, editing out the nonsense, maybe adding in supplemental material, and cutting in their reactions? If I can figurre out how to do it right, it would be an amazing learning opportunity.
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