Presentation made at Science Learning & Teaching Conference 2009, Herriot Watt University Edinburgh

1. Student produced podcasts as
learning tools
Chris Cane
Annette Cashmore
www.le.ac.uk/genetics/genie

3. Instructor / producer
Student / listener

4. Student podcasting as a
learning tool

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student voices
on starting university

7. Second year medical
students
Optional special study
module

8. • Students work in groups of 5-6
• Choose topic
• Research information
• Prepare and produce 5-10
minute podcast

10. Skills developed
• Research skills
• Presentational skills
• Group-working
• Organisational skills
• IT skills

11. Dissemination of
optional content to
other students

12. Genetic screening
Genetic diseases
Designer babies
DNA profiling

13. Designer babies

14. Designer babies

15. Breast cancer

16. Breast cancer

17. Stem cells

18. Stem cells

19. Stem cells

20. Stem cells

21. Analysis methodologies
• Focus groups
• Download statistics
• Questionnaire

22. “...when we started recording I thought it would
last half an hour, but it took something like two
and a half hours just to record it simply because
we were making ridiculous mistakes, so it was a
lot harder than I thought”
“...we’re always at the receiving end of listening
to lectures. So in doing this we actually got to
appreciate how much organising goes into doing
something like this”

23. “The podcasting sessions
were brilliant. It makes
genetics seem really exciting,
all of my friends wish that
they had chosen this module”

24. Student produced podcasts as
learning tools
Chris Cane
Annette Cashmore
www.le.ac.uk/genetics/genie