Realizing podcasts for teaching

As a digital format, the podcast plays a special role in teaching. Available on demand, it shows students how scientists think and invites them to engage with the subject matter in greater depth. Instead of staring at a screen, listeners can concentrate on the spoken word. And unlike a condensed, neutral text, communicating via the voice is engaging - in the truest sense of the word.

In this one-day online workshop, participants will learn what to look out for when recording and how to edit and mix an audio file. Participants will be able to prepare teaching content for listening and design and produce a podcast. They will be familiar with useful applications for audio in teaching and possible tasks. They know which interactive elements they can integrate.

The content of the online workshop:

• A presentation on current podcasting and podcasts in teaching / learning contexts
• Presentation of the open source editing program Audacity and test recording
• In front of the microphone: presence, voice and addressing the listener
• Preparing content for listening - an exercise
• Listening to science podcast examples and evaluating them together
• How AI makes our work easier when podcasting
• Sound editing and mixing - and the opportunity to get feedback
• Application examples and tasks for podcasts in teaching
• Advice on teaching podcast projects / Q & A on podcasting
• Tutorials to read up on and technical tips

Number of participants: minimum 6, maximum 12 - registration is required.

Participation requirements: Lecturer at the University of Kassel, participant in the Kassel Graduate Program

Adviser: Christiane Zwick, Storys + Impulse