One the reasons I was keen to visit Curtin was to find out more about their innovative podcasting project. As well as an introductory tour, they produce a regular 3-4 min weekly podcast on a topic of interest. The title above links to the podcasts. Although they don’t yet know how students are using or benefiting from the service, they have recorded over 5000 downloads since September.
It was interesting to discover that any library staff who are interested have been able to be involved and that recordings are made by the staff who write the scripts, so that lots of different voices are involved. There will be some interesting logistics involved in continuing the podcasts into a second year as they need to produce new ones for students who have started using them this year, but also repeat the original set for new students.
Jaya and Constance were also interested in our plans to produce some foreign language versions of our podcast tour.
Sunset over Port Kennedy