CAES 2004: Communication and Community Engagement through Podcasting

CAES 2004: Communication and Community Engagement through Podcasting is a unique course offering students the opportunity to gain real-world experience in producing a podcast.

 

Students in this course will propose a podcast and/or podcast themes for established or emerging podcasts. Through this course students will gain hands-on skills and practical experience to produce a compelling podcast as they plan, organize, write, record and edit content. Students will learn how to cultivate their own unique voice as the host of their own podcast show/episode and receive individualized feedback to help them progress from the first stage of planning to the final stage of publishing content.

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By the end of this course, students will be able to:

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1. Identify topics and develop quality podcast content related to broad global issues or the more local HKU-wide community experience;

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2. Work in a team to organize the production of a podcast including conducting research on selected topic, identifying and liaising with guests, managing multiple aspects of capturing a podcast, and attending to other organizational details required for podcast production;

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3. Generate genre-appropriate spoken texts for the interview or dialogue-based podcast format using techniques such as interviewing and storytelling through appropriate vocal techniques;

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4. Use hardware and software tools to capture and edit digital media and to publish and promote a podcast;

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5. Reflect upon and critically evaluate their own and peers’ communication skills and productions.