My podcast is solely based on the topic ” What benefits and limitations are involved in using digital media to facilitate student learning and engagement ? “. I talk about the benefits and limitations that digital media and the rise in technology bring to the table of e – learning for students . As digital media has taken over the traditional methods of teaching I roughly go through my point of view focusing on why its important and why we can’t not include the technology that’s taking over in this century .
To prepare this podcast I researched a lot on my topic and got a thorough Knowledge on what style of information I can talk on my podcast which will benefit the listeners . After researching I typed my script on a word document . First I typed all the information which was in my head at that time before I forgot . I had the important articles opened up and took note on all the important points and got the website links as well which I referenced according to Harvard style then and there . I used my sources in the podcast in the same manner Adam used in his podcast . When ever I am basically reading out on a point I got from a site I say the authors name or the articles name and give credit first before saying the point . After scripting my podcast . I read multiple times with the recorder on and listened over and over again to make sure I made the minimum amount of mistakes possible and also made sure the points go with the follow .
And mainly I practiced on where to keep a long pause , short pause and where to change my tone and where exactly to emphasize .
For the editing part I used Adobe Premier pro . Since I recorded on my laptop i used premier pro to edit the necessary parts of the recording . For the music I had to spend some time to search royalty free music and also which suits my podcast . I added the music to my intro and outro of my podcast with the slow fade ins and outs . And I made sure in my podcast description I give credits to the music owner .
Playing my podcast for the first take there was lot of mispronunciations , wrong pauses at the wrong time and sometimes I didn’t even get what I was talking in some specific lines which didn’t go with the flow . And It was pretty hard as this podcast is just saying out my thoughts and its not like interviewing someone and sharing their thoughts as well . Well from each recording i wrote down the mistakes I did and where in the script I should change the points and where exactly should I change my tone of speaking . For places to keep a long pause I wrote in brackets where to keep a long pause or short pause or change the tone so that when I am reading it I know that at this specific place I should pause or not . So I had to re record multiple times till I was satisfied with what I heard .
Creating a podcast for the first time is a lot fun and and also a huge challenge . As I thought earlier that you should just record your voice . By creating the podcast I learnt on what goes in to it with proper planning , proper editing , proper researching and also a way to maintain a clean flow .
References
Kira Smith. 2019. What Is Digital Media?. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.macleay.edu.au/blog/what-is-digital-media. [Accessed 26 May 2019].
Custom E-learning and Online Training Blogs – CommLab India. 2019. The Various Modes of E-learning for Corporate Training. [ONLINE] Available at: https://blog.commlabindia.com/elearning-design/models-of-elearning-for-corporate-training. [Accessed 26 May 2019].
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