Application and Multimedia Resource for Adult Learners

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Podcasting

Podcasting is a form of technology allows student to listen to various types of classroom information anytime and anywhere. Nataatmadja and Dyson (2008) stated that podcasts permit students to access educational materials at home, while travelling to university or work, or doing any activity they choose. They can play the recordings at any time which is convenient to them rather than be confined to set class times. Additionally, podcasting allows students to record classroom lectures, music and other forms of information with use of the internet. Richardson (2010) discussed how podcasting is the creation and distribution of amateur radio, plain and simple. There are many ways to bring podcasting into the classroom. Teachers can record important parts of what they do in the classroom that can be archived in the class Weblog and be used by students who may have missed the class or just want a refresher of what happened. Podcasting allows students to share files in the form of MP3 or MP4 files that has the ability to assess anytime or anywhere.

            I selected podcasting because this is a means of adult learning that allows these learners to record important classroom information and have the capability of playing it when the need arises. Using this information allows the learner to retrieve information in an archived manner for research or any other relative information. Furthermore, podcasting allows students to access different types of information where they have the ability to share that information with others.

            The use of the piece of technology into my profession allows the learners to share their group with use of podcasting whether in the form of an audio or video format. This allows other groups to view their work when the time arises for peer group evaluations. Another method for incorporating this technology into my profession is as a tool for the instructors where they store briefings, training, and other projects on the class Weblog for future access. Using these methods allow students to access information when needed. Additionally, it offers those students who missed an amount of classroom instructions the opportunity to review the missed portion. Overall, this would be a great asset to my current profession for students’ use for research and a means of delivering information.

Screencasting

            The URL for Screencasting is https://www.techsmith.com/jing.html this site allows download of the Jing Screencasting application. The use of this technology offers adult learners that capability of presenting slide presentation with voice narration and providing learners the opportunity to record various types of projects. Richardson (2010) acknowledges that Screencasting involves capturing what learners do on the computer with an audio narration to go with it. This application allow learners to embed their presentation in a blog or other types of presentation platforms.  Using this technology allow adult learners to acquire an understanding the various types of uses that Screencasting provides and how this technology works within the business world.  Brown and Adler (2008) stated that various initiatives launched over the past few years have created a series of building blocks that could provide the means for transforming the ways in which we provide education and support learning. Much of this activity has been enabled and inspired by the growth and evolution of the Internet, which has created a global “platform” that has vastly expanded access to all sorts of resources, including formal and informal educational materials. Screencasting is one of those initiatives that provides students with ability to share information from a creative perspective.

            I selected this form of technology because it provides learners with a means of capturing live information by providing narration. This allows others to view the material with detailed information that depicts each part of the presentation. The use of this application in the classroom allows students to become creative with the way they present their subject. This application is similar to podcasting by have the means of storing the information for future use and it allows students to retrieve the information anytime or anywhere.

            This application is ideal for my profession because it allows students to work together on various types of projects with the use of PowerPoint presentations and it allows narration along with the project. Another use for this multimedia application is information briefs. Students within my profession could use this application to present their Military Information briefs to the instructor where the instructor has time to grade the project by having access to their work anytime.   

             

References

http://technologyforonlineadultlearning.blogspot.com/ My Blog

Brown, J. S. & Adler, R. P. (2008, January/February). Minds on Fire: Open Education, the LongTail, and Learning 2.0. EDUCAUSE Review. Retrieved from http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERM0811.pdf

Nataatmadja, I., & Dyson, L. E. (2008). The Role of Podcasts in Students' Learning. International Journal Of Interactive Mobile Technologies, 2(3), 17-21

Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms (3rd  ed.). Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press.