Podcasting has not only become a daily event it has now become a main element within the educational system, yet little attention is being given to the development or design principles needed for developing an effective podcast. What makes a podcast academically sound? What determines the success of an educational podcast? What researched design elements can be applied to such a medium as podcasting?
These questions and more were part of an educational action project titled, “Pause the Podcasting, Toggle Back to Cognitive Theories and Let's Develop Design Principles Before We Press Play Again”. This project not only examined the present podcasting design principles published, but developed seven podcasting design principles based upon research based principles and finally podcasting design software was developed. The software, “Educator’s Podcast Toolkit” takes the user or educator through a systematic evaluation of their present podcasting design principles, compares them to the research based design principles and finally allows the user to create new podcasting design principles based upon proven research based design principles. The user is presented with a heuristic checklist to use while designing and developing their future podcasts which aligns with the No Child Left Behind guidelines for college and K-12 schools.
This software has been tested by educators who are presently podcasting and those that have just started podcasting. Both found the software easy to use, quick to complete the cyclical evaluation process, and an asset for administrative evaluation of their podcasting academic effectiveness.
This software can be purchased from the graduate student who completed the research and designed the software for just $25.00. If you’d like a copy, just send an email for ordering information to mbs@mbsdesign.biz.
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