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May 25, 2006
Purdue Professor Cribs from Hollywood for Edutainment Video
A Purdue University professor is taking podcasting beyond the typical course lecture audio by using a variety of movie making techniques - and comedy borrowed from South Park, Will Ferrell and Jeff Foxworthy - to increase students' ability to learn in the classroom. Laurie Iten, an associate professor of biology, produces 5-10 minute online video reviews of the previous class and previews of the coming lab for her first-year students. She relies on scripts that incorporate video clips, quirky soundtracks, cartoonish sound effects and retro graphics to add life to lessons. "Our Rewind/Flash Forward podcasts make the connection between what we learned and what we will learn," Iten said. "We focus on the skills we know students have difficulty with."
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Posted by Alex at May 25, 2006 01:24 PM
