Adult Learning Interview Podcast
I chose to interview the Pastor at the church my family and I recently started to attend. The demographics trend very young (18-25) for adult learners but Pastor John has done a great job attempting to bridge the technological gap between himself (38 years old) and those he teaches. He also produces a phenomenal podcast with his daughter. He showed me his set up as well as a few tricks he's learned along the way. One of those tricks, editing, he mentioned a few times and I quickly realized how important of a skill it is in a podcast. This is my first attempt at a podcast or any audio editing and while I had a ton of fun, I wasn't able to make every edit perfectly. Moving a 15 minute conversation down to 10 minutes was both challenging and rewarding. I hope you enjoy our conversation.https://www.dropbox.com/s/dz0gbr2pjj593s7/Interview%20audio%20only.mp3?dl=0
The podcast with Pastor John was well constructed, and it was engaging. I applaud your efforts of posting the interview on the blog and using Dropbox as the tool to facilitate the posting. Pastor John said two things which resonated with me during the interview.
ReplyDeleteFirst, the conversation regarding Self-Directed Learning (SDL). Pastor John suggested that learners wish to be more than passive participants but more involved in what they learn. I believe Pastor John used the term authentically engaged. King and Cox (2011) highlight the authentic use of podcasting reaches the “digital natives” as the target audience to manage a real-life task of church plantings. I agree with his perspective because learning is purposeful.
The podcast approach covers all three of the adult learning orientations to participation by Houle, 1988 (as cited in King & Cox, 2011). Church plantings are the focus of Pastor John illustrating the goal-oriented concept. The use of podcasts and Slack demonstrate the desire to involve members of the community to engage in the process of opening a new church which is activity-orientated. Finally, Pastor John shared about operating outside of a skill set to accomplish a task by sharing an example of a deployed soldier who was responsible for editing. He personifies learning-oriented for to achieve a need higher than his level of comfort. I appreciate the honesty of his statement operating outside of a passion or skill set for the greater good.
Thanks, Elliott. I learned a great deal from the podcast you asked thoughtful questions, and it was an excellent discussion.