Interviewing the Experts: Student Produced Podcast
Armstrong, G.R., Tucker, J.M., & Massad, V.J. (2009). Interviewing the experts: student produced podcast. Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 8.
This paper described a podcast project that required students to work in teams and interview “experts.” Students analyze information and communicate ideas using technology to showcase their work. Working as a group, students, select and research a topic, identify the objectives and brainstorm ideas that support the topic, organize the ideas using concept mapping, set up an interview, prepare a script, and produce the podcast without instructor involvement.
When a group is producing the podcast, they become digital storytellers as they work on literacy and communication skills, planning, organization, critical thinking, and teamwork.
Because knowledge is more important than the technology (the actual podcast), it is the planning stage that is most important because that is where the students use their critical thinking and analytical skills and where they are working as a team.
The learning objectives
- integrate communication and knowledge
- use the technology to effectively relay the message
- critically analyze information and produce relevant content
- demonstrate literacy skills in the script and research
- learn the mechanics of technology without help from instructor
- use creativity
The students found the project to be productive and helped them learn.
MaryAnne Nestor 