Podcasting Part I: Applications and Case Study in Higher Education

March 26-30, 2007

Margaret Hansen will share experiences and results of using podcasting with nursing students at the University of San Francisco. We’ll discuss the learning outcomes, student reactions, the value of podcasting in education and more. Peter Young will join as co-moderator, bringing his expertise and experience in teaching podcasting courses at Notre Dame de Namur University. Both Margaret and Peter are alums of the Certificate Program.

Moderators

Margaret Hansen, Assosciate  Professor, teaches in the School of Nursing at the University of San Francisco. She received her undergraduate nursing degree from Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, in 1978. In 1997 she completed her Masters in Nursing Science from San Jose State University with an emphasis in nursing education. She holds a post-masters certificate in Nursing Informatics from Duquesne University. Her doctoral degree is from the School of Education at the University of San Francisco and her dissertation research project involved the investigation of the effectiveness of an interactive multimedia learning tool on nursing students’ learning outcomes and self-efficacy.

Dr. Hansen is an alum of the DE Certificate Program. Her primary teaching interests are adult Medical Surgical Nursing, Pathophysiology and Nursing Informatics. Her future goals are to continue with her passion, teaching, and to pursue a post-doctoral position in the area of Nursing Informatics research.

Peter F. Young is serving as the Director of Undergraduate Business Programs at Notre Dame de Namur University just south of San Francisco, CA. Peter actually began work on ARPANet [precursor to the Internet we know and love today] back in 1973 at UCLA and was on the first MILNet management team [first spin-off of ARPANet] while serving in the US Army... And has been tinkering with the Internet ever since! Peter currently teaches a 'Introduction of Podcasting & Internet TV Production' and an 'Advance Podcast Production' course at NDNU and recently received the Faculty Diversity Research Award for his work in simultaneous translation of news broadcasting via podcasting for English <--> Spanish.

 

 

 

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