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Hi Elena,

Hope you are well,I hope you don't mind me reviewing your podcast. Below is my feedback about your podcast, let me know what you think, will be happy to amend it in light of your comments.

Sound quality – could it be improved?

The sound recording is good quality, however I think the television can be heard in the background, for me this was slightly distracting.

Broadcast quality – is the podcast well-constructed and intelligible?

It sounds scripted, I know from my experience It’s difficult to read something without making it sound scripted. However I think this perhaps sounds too scripted. It’s being read quite fast or perhaps this was me not used to hearing the person speak before. It could have done with some more pauses in place.

Suitability – does it meet the needs of the intended audience?

Yes I think the content is suitable and provides an overview of reflecting through the use of blogging.

Length – is it of an appropriate length for the subject and the intended audience, or too long or too short?

The podcast is of a reasonable length, for the subject and intended audience around 6 mins.

Interest – does it engage the listener?

To a degree yes, a bit repetitive at the start and the point about the value of reflection is emphasized a bit to much.

Academic quality – is it based on research and argument, or on opinion?

There is mention about ‘correcting’ reflections, however for me all reflections are ‘correct’ so to speak, there is no ‘wrong’ or ‘right’. Whilst there was no references to other peoples work, the arguments presented I have come across before, it also contained opinions.

Suggestions for improvement – if it was possible to improve it, how could it be altered to better suit the needs of the audience?

Record in a quieter room. Reflection is explained, however blogging perhaps could have been explained as much and the different uses. Perhaps it would have been useful to give examples or website address for students to look at blogs. Maybe talk about the different media that could be used to reflect as this would include more of the e-learning bit. Perhaps something about the way blogs are structured and that people can comment on them too.

Suggestions for use – if were to be part of an information source for practitioners, what brief notes would you put on the site to place the podcast in context?

This short podcast discusses the links between reflection with the medium of blogging.

Your Pod

I loved this, Elena.

Now I want to pod too.

CA 8.3 Comments on Imran's review

Hi Imran,

Thank you for making your review on my podcast and I appreciate your thoughts, suggestions and advice.  With the bullets points you can find my comments.

Sound quality - could it be improved?

The sound recording is good quality, however I think the television can be heard in the background, for me this was slightly distracting.

• I have to admit that the television was a bit on but since my grandmother has a little bit of acoustic problem I could not make it down.  I have even tried to change the room and closed the door but as you can hear it is heard at the back.

Broadcast quality - is the podcast well-constructed and intelligible?

It sounds scripted, I know from my experience It's difficult to read something without making it sound scripted. However I think this perhaps sounds too scripted. It's being read quite fast or perhaps this was me not used to hearing the person speak before. It could have done with some more pauses in place.

• On this point, all I have said were scripted.  However, at some points I was pausing and I was losing them and I put then words on my own, meaning that there were some points were I paused but surely I did not want to pause for long as I was hearing the television and I did not like it either.  For me, it is a little bit difficult to talk without having something on my hands, scripted I mean.  Talking and inventing on a specific moment is not me.  I have to jot down some points and then speak about them.  Maybe I could made it like that instead of write them all down.

Interest - does it engage the listener?

To a degree yes, a bit repetitive at the start and the point about the value of reflection is emphasized a bit to much.

• On this case, where you mention that the value of reflection is emphasized a bit too much, I strongly believe that reflection is like that.  It has to get emphasized in order to appreciate it.  This is of course my opinion.  Repetition could be much worse if I would not have them written down I have to say.

Academic quality - is it based on research and argument, or on opinion?

There is mention about 'correcting' reflections, however for me all reflections are 'correct' so to speak, there is no 'wrong' or 'right'. Whilst there was no references to other peoples work, the arguments presented I have come across before, it also contained opinions.

• I agree with you Imran to the point that in reflection there is no right or wrong.  But we are not all able to reflect on what we are doing and sometimes people reflect but they do not succeed to transfer this reflection to the other persons, so I guess that what I meant was to find the best way to present our reflection so it can be understood in cases that it is assessed.

Suggestions for improvement - if it was possible to improve it, how could it be altered to better suit the needs of the audience?

Record in a quieter room. Reflection is explained, however blogging perhaps could have been explained as much and the different uses. Perhaps it would have been useful to give examples or website address for students to look at blogs. Maybe talk about the different media that could be used to reflect as this would include more of the e-learning bit. Perhaps something about the way blogs are structured and that people can comment on them too.

• Your suggestions are very good and I will take them into consideration for the future.  For now my podcast is already 6 minutes and I did not want to make it larger as I had problems to upload it.  Actually, I had made it larger around 8 minutes, speaking more about blogging in relation to reflection, but unfortunately, I could not upload it as it was very big.  I had to cut pieces and in that cutting maybe I overcut the blogging part.

Thank you again for your review and your suggestions Imran!

Regards and Happy New Year!

Elena