Name: From the Classroom to the Studio: Integrating Podcasting into Assignments
Start: 2026-05-14T10:45:00-0500
End: 2026-05-14T12:15:00-0500

From the Classroom to the Studio: Integrating Podcasting into Assignments

Thursday May 14, 2026 10:45am - 12:15pm CDT

Lake Room

Podcasting has emerged as a powerful medium for innovative and experiential learning, enabling students to engage in authentic communication, collaborative knowledge production, and multimodal literacy development. This interactive workshop presents a classroom-tested model for integrating podcast creation into university courses across disciplines and proficiency levels, combining pedagogical design with accessible technical implementation.
The first part of the session introduces the pedagogical foundations of podcast-based learning, drawing on task-based and project-based teaching, student agency, and audience awareness. Participants will explore how podcast projects foster research skills, interviewing practices, critical listening, and collaborative storytelling while aligning with course learning outcomes and inclusive teaching strategies.
The second part focuses on the technical dimension of classroom podcasting. A learning designer will demonstrate workflows for recording, editing, and publishing podcasts using low-barrier tools and sustainable production practices.
In the hands-on activity section, participants will work in small groups using their phones as well as portable recording devices to plan and record a short podcast segment, modeling the student experience and providing practical strategies adaptable to diverse teaching contexts.

Speakers

Mohammad Ahmed

Instructional Designer, Other

Experienced instructional designer with a focus on digital pedagogy, Canvas LMS, Zoom, Panopto, and other student engagement tools. Recently, he has been developing the UChicago Podcast Studio for faculty and students to experiment with and integrate into their classrooms.