Lecture PODcasting: Enhancing course materials through recorded MP3 audio of lectures for portable MP3 players

Project Title

Lecture PODcasting: Enhancing course materials through recorded MP3 audio of lectures for portable MP3 players

Project Leader

Prof Jogesh K Muppala

School / Dept

SENG / CSE

Project Duration

Jan 2006 - Mar 2007

Project Description

The project explored the feasibility, technical and pedagogical issues of supplementing course materials through recorded MP3 audio of lectures that students could download and listen (offline) on their portable MP3 players like Apple IPod.

Project Outcome

• It was found that podcasting digital audio of lecture presentations was a welcome addition to the traditional classroom teaching, and welcomed by students. Students also preferred indexed audio so that interesting parts can be easily located within the lecture audio.

• Several advantages of the approach and some shortcomings were identified.

• Findings were published in three conference papers.

Status

Completed

Project Documents
(Only accessible by HKUST users)

• Project Plan
• Progress Report: First | Second | Third |
• Final Report
• Project-end Review by Project Leader

Adaptation

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