Location: Albert Katz International School of Desert Studies at the Sede Boqer Campus of the Ben-Gurion University in Israel.
Dates: 13-17/2/2022
Course Description:
Acquiring proficiency in communications is an essential part of student training, and the podcast revolution has facilitated digital communication worldwide of diverse content including academic topics. This course will provide students with the key tools and skills needed to produce professional podcasts. It has been designed as a hands-on, interactive learning experience where students will be trained in how to plan, research, write, and record high-quality podcasts including proper use of studio equipment. Additionally, students will learn how to craft an interview, add jingles and music, edit podcasts with editing software, and distribute their podcasts using platforms such as Spotify, Google Podcasts and Apple Podcasts. The course will guide students via frontal lectures, and by means of live instructor-led sessions in BGU Radio’s Sede Boker Campus studio. Students will be evaluated via the production of podcasts, which bring together all the skills that they have learnt during the course, and which are connected to topics that are fields of research at BIDR and BGRI.