{"638873":{"#nid":"638873","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Turning to Podcasting as a Teaching Tool During the Pandemic","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen the Georgia Institute of Technology moved to remote learning during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, faculty members and students all over campus\u0026nbsp;searched for\u0026nbsp;new forms of instruction and collaboration.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/auslander\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EPhilip Auslander\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lmc.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(LMC),\u0026nbsp;the challenge had the extra layer of trying to teach performance classes. His answer? Podcasting.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I used podcasts to replace lectures in both\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;classes\u0026nbsp;I was teaching, Introduction to Performance Studies and Film Acting,\u0026rdquo; Auslander said. \u0026ldquo;In the performance class, I used audio podcasts to discuss readings. I posted each podcast on a Monday, then had a synchronous session on Thursday\u0026nbsp;of the same week to discuss\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;readings, and other materials.\u0026nbsp;We did the same thing in the acting course, except that the podcasts were on video and they were conversations between\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lmc.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/melissa-foulger\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMelissa Foulger\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and myself about the course materials on the history and theories of acting.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFoulger, LMC Senior Academic Professional, co-teaches the acting\u0026nbsp;class with\u0026nbsp;Auslander. He\u0026nbsp;found that the podcast format, especially for the Performance Studies class, took a lot of extra work\u0026nbsp;compared to regular in person classes.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;As a professional actor and teacher of performance, my podcasts had to sound as good as I could make them under the circumstances, so I had to script them, record multiple takes, then edit and enhance the sound quality.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe extra work\u0026nbsp;seemed to pay off. Podcasts offered more flexibility to students and was a format they were familiar with.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I found that the balance of asynchronous podcasts and synchronous discussion sessions worked quite well. I had the impression\u0026nbsp;that the students liked it, too,\u0026rdquo; Auslander said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDaisha White, a 5th-year computer science student from Atlanta,\u0026nbsp;said she found the\u0026nbsp;audio-only\u0026nbsp; podcast\u0026nbsp;format very effective.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It was a nice way to just listen to Professor\u0026nbsp;Auslander\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;thoughts concerning our class readings. The podcasts also felt very fresh considering all the video\/livestream class styles other professors were doing. It gave me a bit of a break from the computer screen and engaged me in a different way,\u0026rdquo; White said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDespite the successful experiment in podcasting,\u0026nbsp;Auslander decided to return to live video\u0026nbsp;for his fall semester classes, which he is teaching remotely. He says that will free\u0026nbsp;up time he would have spent preparing the\u0026nbsp;podcast.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m looking forward to using that\u0026nbsp;time to engage with my students,\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;said Auslander, whose upcoming book,\u0026nbsp;In Concert: Performing Musical Persona,\u0026nbsp;examines the dynamics of live performance.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the book, he argues that live music audiences are as much responsible for a performer\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp; persona as the artist themselves.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Musical performances are something performers and audiences make together, not something musicians make for audiences,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe book is scheduled to be published in 2021.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Literature, Media, and Communication\u0026nbsp;is a unit of\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Auslander, a professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, has taken advantage of the media to teach his performance classes."}],"uid":"35266","created_gmt":"2020-09-09 15:29:35","changed_gmt":"2020-09-14 14:30:17","author":"ifrazer3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-09-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-09-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"638872":{"id":"638872","type":"image","title":"Philip Auslander and Melissa Foulger have turned to podcasting as a teaching tool.","body":null,"created":"1599665128","gmt_created":"2020-09-09 15:25:28","changed":"1599665128","gmt_changed":"2020-09-09 15:25:28","alt":"","file":{"fid":"242914","name":"Screen Shot 2020-09-09 at 11.11.04 AM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202020-09-09%20at%2011.11.04%20AM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202020-09-09%20at%2011.11.04%20AM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1005862,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202020-09-09%20at%2011.11.04%20AM.png?itok=fy1KJOCq"}}},"media_ids":["638872"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1616","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"167943","name":"School of Literature Media and Communication"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMichael Pearson\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmichael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["mpearson@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}