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As a result of principal investigator
Jim Kinney's work in the classroom with his
students, two products were
validated: a new method of teaching
that places students on an equal footing
with the professor in peer-to-peer teaching
and learning; and the testing of an
education application for Apple's Podcast
Server technology.
The peer method of training, using the
podcasting software to create various
learning objects and content, enhanced
Apple's capacity to commercialize the
product for the education sector,
grounded in user needs.
Apple had provided the School of Design with
a relatively simple infrastructure, the
beta version of the software, which was
easy to install, configure and use.
Design research students didn't just develop a series
of policies and procedures to train their peers in the
use of the podcast software.
The student researchers, and all
their peers in the classroom, were also
able to take software problems assigned by
Professor Kinney and, using the podcast
technology, create solutions-like how to
make a colour palette, a website,
or a podcast itself.
Jim Kinney: The students can get email alerts.
There, you can see that.
and so that's me.
That allows me to deliver my lectures 24 7 no matter
where I am, and students can get it anywhere
anytime and take it with them, and
entertain themselves with the sound of my
voice, as they're heading home to Barrie
or wherever on the GO bus.
All these guidelines and how-to demonstrations
were made available to all participants
and Apple Canada through the project's
research website, or wiki, called
The Knowledge Garden.
As for the teaching and learning model
itself, Kinney presented his new
model for teaching in graphic design, Rapid
Integration of Skills and Knowledge,
and won first place in the McGraw-Hill
Ryerson Award for Innovation in
Education, a first for George Brown College.
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