If you look at some of the faculty on my campus, and others I assume, they automatically jump on the new technology bandwagon without any critical analysis. The latest bandwagon has been podcasting. I dont know how many conferences and symposiums I have been invited to that address incorporating podcasting in your curriculum. My reading of the article, maybe naïve, was to point out that podcasting is not a panacea. You also get the knee jerk response against the use of technology for the same reason. They view technology as the ends not the means. I also cant count the number of articles, presentations and such decrying PowerPoint as an inherent evil.
Gary J. Klatsky, Ph. D. Director, Human Computer Interaction M.A. Program Department of Psychology [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oswego State University (SUNY) http://www.oswego.edu/~klatsky 7060 State Hwy 104W Voice: (315) 312-3474 Oswego, NY 13126 Fax: (315) 312-6330 All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field. Albert Einstein From: Christopher D. Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 8:43 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Re: Consensus: Podcasting Has No 'Inherent' Pedagogic Value Gary Klatsky wrote: A bevy of recent studies on students' experience listening to recorded lectures via podcasts confirms what many lecturers already know: that the pedagogical value of podcasts depends almost entirely on student motivation and the learning "context" of the application. <http://campustechnology.com/articles/49018/> http://campustechnology.com/articles/49018/ What a load of malarkey. Of course podcasting doesn't have "inherent" pedagogical value (whatever that might mean). Neither do textbooks have "inherent" pedagogical value, nor chalkboards, nor even classrooms themselves. And once one gets past the misleading headline, that point is made clear even by the person who did the study: "As with any educational technology, whether and how podcasting impacts the quality of the learning experience and/or educational outcomes depends largely upon how the technology is put to use." I'm not sure who produces "Campus Technology" or why, but with so transparent a hatchet job as this, I'll be sure not to read them again. Does Karl Rove work for them? "Democrats exude million of gallons of sweat into environment every year!" :-) Regards, Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-5115 ex. 66164 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ====================================== --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=engl ish --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
