Transcending learning space and time: The using of podcast and iTunes technologies in module delivery

Using technology to enhance teaching and learning has been a major strive in education of all levels. In collaboration with the Centre of Learning, Teaching and Technology, the current project will make use of the Podcast and iTunes technologies to produce customized educational materials in the form of multimedia files. These files can be interviews, presentations, tutorials, demonstrations, videos, or edited lectures focusing on certain aspects of the modules in our Music and Visual Arts curriculum. Students are able to download these podcast files on their desktop or portable computers as well as mobile phones or other MP3 playing electronic devices. Students can refer to these visual, audio and textual materials at anywhere, anytime and on their own pace. The project will help to build up a collection of educational materials available for different users who can share and publish content across the internet. Through a series of workshops, sharing session and dissemination seminar, project members not only acquire the technical know-how of creating podcast files but also share their experience on the ways in which these files can be actively integrated in module teaching and assessment.