Podcasting: Digital Storytelling, Hybrid Teaching, and Assessments, Renfrow, Summer 2025

Course Number:	EDU 5710 S01
Instructor:	Clarena Renfrow, M.Ed.
Location:	The Hub Co-Works and online
Dates and Times:	7/28 – 9/1/2025. This course will be held in-person at The Hub Co-Works in Rutland July 28 to Aug. 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The course continues in an online, independent format. Students will also make needed appointment(s) at podcasting booth as needed during remaining weeks.
Credits:	3 Credits
Tuition:	$1,595

Course Description

Podcasting is making a big comeback. We listen to learn; we create to inform or entertain. We tell stories and there are so many stories to tell. In this time of hybrid learning, Podcasting is a great way to reach students and to have students demonstrate their content learning and express creativity. This course will teach you to use podcasting for teaching, learning, and assessment. Students will also understand how Podcasting fits into the Universal Design for Learning.

Audience: All educators with a Bachelor's Degree

Course Goals & Objectives

Course Goals:

To understand the concepts of podcasting (audience, scripts, purpose, etc.)
To understand how to integrate Podcasting into lessons so that students learn to Podcast as creating an alternative means of assessment of learning.
To be able to create podcasts that can be used for hybrid learning
To understand how Podcasting fits into the Universal Design for Learning

Course Objectives: ISTE Standards for Educators:

Learner: Educators continually improve their practice by learning from and with others and exploring proven and promising practices that leverage technology to improve student learning.
Designer: Educators design authentic, learner-driven activities and environments that recognize and accommodate learner variability.
Facilitator: Educators facilitate learning with technology to support student achievement of the ISTE Standards for Students.

Clarena M. Renfrow, M.Ed., has been teaching Educational Technologies courses at the VTSU Center for Schools for 12 years and high school for 23 years. She also serves as a consultant/trainer for different school districts. She holds an AS in Business, BA in Education, and a M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction. She has also received certification as a Technology Integration Specialist through courses at the University of Vermont. In addition, she is a licensed teacher in the following areas: Business Education, Technology Integration, Online Teaching, and Work Based Learning. Ms. Renfrow has received several awards for her contributions in moving educational technologies forward to assist teachers and students: 2019 International Society of Technology in Education Recipient of the Making IT Happen Award, 2017 Goethe Institute STEM Transatlantic Outreach Fellow, and 2012 VITA Learn Project Ignite Teacher Award.

Course Schedule:

Week 1:

*Readings and Discussions

*learning how to create podcasts (topics & creation)

*script writing

*software use

*using them to teach and assess

*UDL tool Discussion

*practice podcast

Weeks 2 to 6:

*Weekly Readings and questions

*Podcast Project (several steps until ready for actual recording of podcast)

*Other Projects i.e. Unit Plan

Also for Weeks 5 & 6:

*Make appointments at the Hub Podcasting Booth to record podcast.

*Editing podcast for final product.

Required Texts

Required Texts are not included in the course tuition.

Books:

Podcast: Learn how to Stop Babbling & Start Podcasting Like a Pro $5.99

Eiman, Mike. Podcast: Learn How to Stop Babbling and Start Podcasting Like a Pro. Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp, 2017.

Podcast Planner: The Little Guided Planner to a Successful Podcast $7.99

Hamilton, Jerry "The Pod-Starter". Podcast Planner: The Little Guided Planner to a Successful Podcast. Admore Publishing, 2020.

For more information

Clarena Renfrow
(802) 770-8478

For additional registration information

Center for Schools Team

(802) 468-1325