Gribbins, Khaund, & Wang make presentation on podcasting

Te-Wei Wang, assistant professor of Management Information Systems, Michele Gribbins, visiting assistant professor of MIS, and Munindra Khaund, multimedia education coordinator in Information Technology Services, presented "Professors on my iTunes Playlist" at the Online Learning Symposium held in October at UIUC. Chaired by Khaund, their panel discussed podcasting as a way to deliver course content, a practice that gives faculty the opportunity to reach students in their own environments.

Since most students now have access to some type of portable music player, what issues should an educational institution consider when it begins to explore podcasting? The panel reported on a survey of students in eight classes who made use of podcasting, and addressed the following questions: Do students believe that podcasting helps them as learners? For what course-related activities do students want to use podcasts?