Comments on: A Podcast Service for the E-Learning Curve Blog http://michaelhanley.ie/elearningcurve/a-podcast-service-for-the-e-learning-curve-blog/2009/07/21/ Michael Hanley's blog about e-learning, web-based elearning, technology in education, e-learning tools, learning 2.0 (blogs and podcasts), & continuous professional development. Sat, 24 Dec 2011 19:09:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Exploring Podcasting for E-Learning (and new podcast episode released) | E-Learning Curve Blog http://michaelhanley.ie/elearningcurve/a-podcast-service-for-the-e-learning-curve-blog/2009/07/21/comment-page-1/#comment-660 Exploring Podcasting for E-Learning (and new podcast episode released) | E-Learning Curve Blog Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:20:13 +0000 http://michaelhanley.ie/elearningcurve/a-podcast-service-for-the-e-learning-curve-blog/2009/07/21/#comment-660 [...] exploring the medium of podcasting at the moment. I’ve previously discussed podcasting in general here, but in my view there can (and should) be more to the medium than the well-trodden ’single [...] [...] exploring the medium of podcasting at the moment. I’ve previously discussed podcasting in general here, but in my view there can (and should) be more to the medium than the well-trodden ’single [...]

]]> By: Michael Hanley http://michaelhanley.ie/elearningcurve/a-podcast-service-for-the-e-learning-curve-blog/2009/07/21/comment-page-1/#comment-639 Michael Hanley Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:09:21 +0000 http://michaelhanley.ie/elearningcurve/a-podcast-service-for-the-e-learning-curve-blog/2009/07/21/#comment-639 Hi Virginia, Thanks for your comments. Apposite. I was wondering would listeners have comprehension difficulties with some of the regional accents. I've decided to add a transcript link to each podcast enclosure, so that you can now simply download or open the transcript text (a small PDF) in a new browser window should you encounter any particularly intransigent language. However, my view is that the range of voices (and judiciously used music and sound effects) can really enhance the narrative, providing a sense of contrast and flow through a piece. Audio can sometimes be as much about a sense of time and place as about the transfer of information, and if you can capture that quality I think that it's OK not to get the complete precise meaning of the words. For example, if you've ever had the opportunity to hear Dylan Thomas' radio play <i>Under Milk Wood</i> you don't need to know Welsh slang to 'listen in' on the dreams and innermost thoughts of the inhabitants of an imaginary small Welsh village, Llareggub. -- Hi Virginia,
Thanks for your comments. Apposite. I was wondering would listeners have comprehension difficulties with some of the regional accents. I’ve decided to add a transcript link to each podcast enclosure, so that you can now simply download or open the transcript text (a small PDF) in a new browser window should you encounter any particularly intransigent language.

However, my view is that the range of voices (and judiciously used music and sound effects) can really enhance the narrative, providing a sense of contrast and flow through a piece. Audio can sometimes be as much about a sense of time and place as about the transfer of information, and if you can capture that quality I think that it’s OK not to get the complete precise meaning of the words.
For example, if you’ve ever had the opportunity to hear Dylan Thomas’ radio play Under Milk Wood you don’t need to know Welsh slang to ‘listen in’ on the dreams and innermost thoughts of the inhabitants of an imaginary small Welsh village, Llareggub.
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]]> By: Virginia Yonkers http://michaelhanley.ie/elearningcurve/a-podcast-service-for-the-e-learning-curve-blog/2009/07/21/comment-page-1/#comment-632 Virginia Yonkers Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:37:36 +0000 http://michaelhanley.ie/elearningcurve/a-podcast-service-for-the-e-learning-curve-blog/2009/07/21/#comment-632 That was a very engaging podcast. However, it highlighted one of the problems with using audio over written formats. I had to listen to it a couple of times to understand the content due to the accents. And I am a native speaker of English. Written formats, which lose some of the emotion, are easier to understand. However, podcasts give the listener the ability to listen over and over. That was a very engaging podcast. However, it highlighted one of the problems with using audio over written formats. I had to listen to it a couple of times to understand the content due to the accents. And I am a native speaker of English. Written formats, which lose some of the emotion, are easier to understand. However, podcasts give the listener the ability to listen over and over.

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