Podcast Production has been busy over the last few months recording podcasts with specialist software solutions company Questionmark.
Questionmark provides technologies and services for online testing and assessment to wide range of educational institutions, corporations, government agencies and awarding bodies all over the world. Their blog includes tips on best practices, case studies and commentary. Podcasts on the blog offer insights from users of the Questionmark Perception assessment management system as well as learning industry thought leaders.
Each month, Podcast Production's recording engineer joins hosts Joan Phaup and Sarah Elkins from Questionmark to record an audio podcast. The global nature and diversity of Questionmark's business means that their guests can be dialing in via landlines or Internet telecommunications from all over the world. Once we have tapped in and recorded the podcast in the best audio quality possible, we edit any slips that may have occured and once everyone is happy with the content it is produced with its distinctive "sting" and published on the Questionmark blog.
In podcast 6 Sarah spoke to David Lewis about formative assesement. I'm sure to those such as myself that are new to the subject, this podcast could make a good introduction:
Tune in to this podcast with David Lewis
We're sure their podcast is up to the mark!
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Each month, Podcast Production's recording engineer joins hosts Joan Phaup and Sarah Elkins from Questionmark to record an audio podcast. The global nature and diversity of Questionmark's business means that their guests can be dialing in via landlines or Internet telecommunications from all over the world. Once we have tapped in and recorded the podcast in the best audio quality possible, we edit any slips that may have occured and once everyone is happy with the content it is produced with its distinctive "sting" and published on the Questionmark blog.
In podcast 6 Sarah spoke to David Lewis about formative assesement. I'm sure to those such as myself that are new to the subject, this podcast could make a good introduction:
David Lewis of Glamorgan University has extensive experience with Questionmark Perception. I spoke with him recently about the large scale implementation he has been working on at Glamorgan, where they use Questionmark for formative assessment, summative assessment and module evaluation. David also spoke about the training programs that have been developed within the University, the collaboration with other higher education institutions in Wales, and provided some great advice for anyone working with online assessments
Tune in to this podcast with David Lewis
We're sure their podcast is up to the mark!
Popular oil market podcast
Every month, Podcast Production produces and publishes this podcast within 24 hours of the Monthly Oil Market Report being released by our customer OPEC - in fact, more typically the same afternoon!
Of course, none of this would be possible without the efforts of the OPEC team in Vienna or "ever-ready" broadcast journalist and correspondent Eithne Treanor who does the voice over an mobile podcast recording. A true pro!
Pensions Radio, which Podcast Production produce for Scottish Life has been nominated for Hitachi's European Podcast Award. The podcast has developed its own unique blend of bare pensions facts with banter centered around the UK pensions industry.
Lords, ladies, ministers, journalists and pensions experts frequently join Chief pensions strategist Steve Bee and "man on the street" Stephen Ballard for live on-site recordings which are usually in London. It makes interesting listening, even for the pensions ignorant such as myself - so why not tune in? If you like it, vote too!
One of Podcast Production's best known and most successful podcasts celebrates its first anniversary today with the publishing of Pensions Radio 24. Every fortnight, Pensions expert and outright city slicker Steve Bee is joined by our very own Stephen Ballard and special guests to put life into the notoriously complex and misunderstood world of UK Pensions.
During the past year Pensions Radio (formerly the BeeHive Pensions Podcast) has welcomed the illuminati of UK pensions to the airwaves, from Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions Nigel Waterson and the RMT's ever outspoken Bob Crow to Baroness Hollis. Today's episode is no exception, with the intrepid duo joined by none other than Aubrey de Grey, Chairman of the Methuselah Foundation.
Dr. Aubrey de Grey's work leads him to believe that the first human being to live to the age of 250 is alive today! But what could this mean for our Pensions? There is already a great deal of debate concerning retirement age and its affect on pensions and pension funds... tune in for more.
Pensions Radio welcomes your feedback, so please take a moment to leave your comments on iTunes or Podcast Alley
Don't forget you can also tune in to Pensions Radio by dialling 0208 0993190.
Pensions Radio
Dr. Aubrey de Grey's work leads him to believe that the first human being to live to the age of 250 is alive today! But what could this mean for our Pensions? There is already a great deal of debate concerning retirement age and its affect on pensions and pension funds... tune in for more.
Pensions Radio welcomes your feedback, so please take a moment to leave your comments on iTunes or Podcast Alley
Don't forget you can also tune in to Pensions Radio by dialling 0208 0993190.
Hi all, Robin here with an update on podcast directories.
Podcast directories are a difficult one to nail down, but broadly speaking there are three types around that can help listeners find a podcast. Depending on the directory, there could be a host of additional functionality that the listener use if they choose and, of course, if they understand concept.
In addition to these, the all of the big names such as Google, Yahoo and AOL, Live (Microsoft) have various forms of podcast support. Google, in particular have added podcasting support to their RSS reader, Google Reader. Google Reader is a good way for business and office-bound listeners to tune in to podcasts because is provides an embedded player and organisational tools for "tagging" episodes.
Many online Blog and RSS readers also provide podcast support too, and those that don't already are starting to catch on. One worthy of note is Bloglines, which we also put under online podcast organisation tools in out classification above. Why? Because they adapted well to the test - audio shift, after all podcasting started off as "audioblogging".
Finally, there is virtually no limit to what they developers, podcasters and bloggers on the net are up to. It is possible to create your own podcast feed by compiling epidodes from other podcasters together. I'll leave this to you to discover for yourselves.
Podcast directories are a difficult one to nail down, but broadly speaking there are three types around that can help listeners find a podcast. Depending on the directory, there could be a host of additional functionality that the listener use if they choose and, of course, if they understand concept.
- Podcast directories accessed from within software eg. iTunes
Load up your iTunes and look in Music store, not everything is paid for! Some websites provide one click subscription "chicklets" for iTunes. If you have iTunes installed, these will automatically open up your software and take you to the approriate page eg. BeeHive pension podcast.
- Podcast directories on the web eg. Podcast Alley, Podcast Pickle, Podcast.net
These podcast directories help listeners find new podcasts using their usual web browser (IE,Firefox,Safari). Many offer "one click" subscription buttons to allow listeners to subscribe to podcasts using iTunes, PodNova, Bloglines. Podcasts are classified by their subject, sometimes using the predefined iTunes categories but mostly their own classfication to help browsers tune in to podcasts of interest to them. For example, Look under "business" and "investing" in most podcast directories and you will find the BeeHive Pension podcast.
eg. Podcast Alley.
Other directories such as Odeo and Blubrry use the more powerful "tagging" mechanism to help listeners find podcasts with keyword links.
- Podcast subscription portals eg. PodNova, Bloglines
Create an account and log into these portals to manage subscriptions to podcasts, play them with embedded payers and find new podcast to subscribe to. Being an online account, you can sign in on any computer with a modern web browser and tune in eg. Click BeeHive Pension podcast to try subscribing with Bloglines.
In addition to these, the all of the big names such as Google, Yahoo and AOL, Live (Microsoft) have various forms of podcast support. Google, in particular have added podcasting support to their RSS reader, Google Reader. Google Reader is a good way for business and office-bound listeners to tune in to podcasts because is provides an embedded player and organisational tools for "tagging" episodes.
Many online Blog and RSS readers also provide podcast support too, and those that don't already are starting to catch on. One worthy of note is Bloglines, which we also put under online podcast organisation tools in out classification above. Why? Because they adapted well to the test - audio shift, after all podcasting started off as "audioblogging".
Finally, there is virtually no limit to what they developers, podcasters and bloggers on the net are up to. It is possible to create your own podcast feed by compiling epidodes from other podcasters together. I'll leave this to you to discover for yourselves.