BETWEEN ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATION
Balancing media industry expectations in educational contexts
THURSDAY 26 JUNE (evening)
Introduction and welcome
Camilo Salazar -Morley Radio and Studios Manager & Chair of the EPOD2025 Committee
Keynote speaker Naomi Mellor
BUT I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE PODCAST AND MEDIA LANDSCAPE!
Utilising cross-industry skills and expertise when your professional knowledge lies elsewhere
FRIDAY 27 JUNE (all-day)
Keynote speaker - Professor Stephen Coleman
WHAT IS IN A VOICE?
Holst room Stream 1
Chair: Lindsay Persohn
Innovative Applications of Podcasts in Education
1) Buzi Raviv - BGU Radio: Transforming Academia Through Podcasting
2) Daithi McMahon and Mark Randell - Using Podcasting as an Educational Tool: Across the Briny Ocean Podcast Series - A Case Study
3) Duncan Lees - Public engagement through podcasting – putting theory into practice in a university module on globalisation and diversity
B13 Stream 2
Chair: Camilo Salazar
Creative Approaches to Podcast Production
1) John D'Arcy - Pitch, Practice, Podcast!: Adopting Public Broadcaster Approaches in a University Context Chair - Camilo Salazar
2) Lewis Tennant - Putting practice into theory: An exploration of narrative non-fiction podcast production
3) Taylor Umland - Turning the Mic Around: Interviewing Students About Being Students
Coffee break
Holst room Stream 1
Chair: Joanna Duchesne
Podcasting as a Pedagogical Tool
1) Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss - Is my lecture a podcast? The pedagogical significance of (un)differentiated educational podcast definitions
2) Lindsay Persohn, Stephanie Branson, & Leah Burger - Podcasts as Higher Education Learning Materials and Instructors’ Pedagogical Decision-Making
3) Marina Trowell, Sian Williams, & Connor Thompson-Poole - Podcasting in Learning and Teaching: possibility, potential and pursuit
B13 Stream 2
Chair: Carl Hartley
Community Engagement and Empowerment
1) Marius Stangeland - Community History: A Case Study of Norwegian Local History Podcasts
2) Adam Gratton - Doing it for themselves: The use of participatory podcasting to empower community voices
3) Carola Boehm - Between Music, Audio & Training: ‘Un-Podcasting’ for public-personal fitness journeys
Guest speaker - Radio Academy
THE POWER OF STORYTELLING IN PODCASTS
Morley Garden lunch break
Garden ushers: Carola Boehm, Carl Hartley, Joanna Duchesne
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS
1) Sadie Ryan - ‘My Voice, My Glasgow’: Podcasting as a participatory research method
2) Amanda Britten - Podcasting: a pedagogy to develop medical student skills and graduate attributes?
3) David Stenhouse - Can Educational Podcasts ever find a serious audience?
Keynote speaker - Meera Kumar
THE LOST ART OF EXPERIMENTATION
Holst room Stream 1
Chair: Carola Boehm
Bridging Entertainment and Education
1) Alex Hough - Somewhere Between Entertainment And Education: Using Podcasts To Grow Your Skills Garden Into An Orchard
2) Timothy Amaglo-Mensah & Yulia Nesterova - Education through Podcasting: An Edutainment Avenue for Comprehensive and Inclusive Learning
3) Carl Hartley - Podcasts; a versatile tool in education
4) Nathan Dodzo - Bridging Entertainment and Education: Teaching Industry-Standard Visual Podcasting in Higher Education
B13 Stream 2
Chair: Joanna Duchesne
Scholarly Podcasting and Research
1) Robert O'Connor - Towards a Framework for Scholarly Podcasting
2) Stephanie Branson, Lindsay Persohn, & Leah Burger - Bridging Research and Practice: Optimizing Scholarly Podcast Websites for Educator Professional Development Through Content Analysis
3) Sam Coley & Simon Barber - On the Record: Musicological Podcasts in Education and Research
4) Patrycja Boryka - Transforming Research into Relatable Podcasts for Diverse Learners
Coffee break
Guest speaker Audio UK
Closing plenary - EPOD next steps
Carola Boehm, Camilo Salazar, Carl Hartley, Joanna Duchesne, & Lindsay Persohn
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