Podcasting as a tool to take conservation education online - PubMed (original) (raw)
. 2021 Mar 23;11(8):3597-3606.
doi: 10.1002/ece3.7353. eCollection 2021 Apr.
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Podcasting as a tool to take conservation education online
Bronson K Strickland et al. Ecol Evol. 2021.
Abstract
Traditional forms of higher learning include teaching in the classroom on college campuses and in-person adult-focused public outreach events for non-students. Online college degree programs and public outreach platforms have been steadily emerging, and the COVID-19 pandemic has, at least temporarily, forced all related ecology and evolutionary biology programs to move to online delivery. Podcasting is a form of online mass communication that is rapidly gaining popularity and has the flexibility to be incorporated into the pedagogical toolbox for the online classroom and remote public outreach programming. Podcasting is also becoming more popular in the ecology and evolutionary biology field. Here, we describe the great potential of podcasting to transform the learning experience, present a case study of success from the United States, provide a table of podcast recommended by ecologist responding to a listserv, and provide a road map for adoption and utilization of podcasting for the future.
Keywords: extension; higher education; online pedagogy; podcast.
© 2021 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Conflict of interest statement
None declared.
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FIGURE 1
Global google trends data for the term podcast show a steadily increasing relative interest over the last decade (data‐autogenerated for the term “podcast” in google trends at
https://trends.google.com/trends/
). Google trends estimate the adjusted proportion of search volume for a particular term (i.e., relative interest) which can provide a useful indicator of changes in behavior or interest in topics over time based on searches for the term in the google search engine
FIGURE 2
Map of the lower 48 US states showing the most common states the Deer University podcast is downloaded. The map was produced by the podcast hosting software libsyn (
). Numbers represent the percentage of total US downloads
FIGURE 3
Steps for recording a podcast to disseminate educational material
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