Great post. Completely agree that more audio options will increase access and "readership." I recommend dropping the learning styles argument though. Why? Because there's little evidence that teaching to a person’s specified learning style results in better learning. Plus, the argument for more audio content stands on its own.
Thank you! The 'learning style' is a leftover crutch, used to supplement bad instruction, teaching, or a curriculum that doesn't match the topic (like using just a powerpoint lecture in a classroom without tools or vehicles to teach and certify auto mechanics).
1) notebookLM will leverage LLMs to turn a text article into a conversation between to AIs you canisten to. https://notebooklm.google.com/
2) Substack does the same thing as my podcast app does. Once ei subscribe, I automatically get the latest posts and updates. It's actually the reason I read this article. Worth a look.
I totally agree. I have heard suggestions of a Line of Departure app that carried the audio option built in, but I would prefer a different approach. I suggested to the NCO Journal (they have their journal and a Podcast) that they have a NCO Journal Podcast 2.0 where all of the articles are read aloud and can be found on whatever means a person uses to listen to Podcasts; Spotify or whatever they use. The staff made mention that a separate team from the editors controls the audio aspects of an article that you mentioned in your post and I found that to be strange. I have floated the idea of just doing it myself because I want the opportunity to consume as much content as possible. I can't read an article on a two hour drive, but I can listen to many. Converting these articles into audio renditions increases the probability of converting someone who doesn't read into a listener of the same content.
Audio versions of the articles would be great. Honestly though I would take that a step further and have each journal run a regular podcast, in addition to audio versions of the articles. Like the author stated, the Harding Project is more than writing just to write, but to reinvigorate professional discourse about our professions and expand that discourse beyond just senior leaders. Having weekly podcasts that discuss the articles and / or do interviews (a wildly popular format for podcasts, see Joe Rogan and Theo Vonn for reference) would not only give us a new way to receive these articles, but also entice the younger generation to get involved in these discussions. Glad to see this idea come to light
Great post. Completely agree that more audio options will increase access and "readership." I recommend dropping the learning styles argument though. Why? Because there's little evidence that teaching to a person’s specified learning style results in better learning. Plus, the argument for more audio content stands on its own.
For more on learning styles:
- https://onlineteaching.umich.edu/articles/the-myth-of-learning-styles/#:~:text=Most%20studies%20of%20learning%20styles,it%20is%20still%20a%20myth.
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41539-023-00190-x
- https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2019/05/learning-styles-myth
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2019/01/30/how-combined-learning-style-not-just-visual-or-kinesthetic-can-help-you-succeed/
- https://hbr.org/2010/09/which-self-improvement-myth-is
Thank you! The 'learning style' is a leftover crutch, used to supplement bad instruction, teaching, or a curriculum that doesn't match the topic (like using just a powerpoint lecture in a classroom without tools or vehicles to teach and certify auto mechanics).
1) notebookLM will leverage LLMs to turn a text article into a conversation between to AIs you canisten to. https://notebooklm.google.com/
2) Substack does the same thing as my podcast app does. Once ei subscribe, I automatically get the latest posts and updates. It's actually the reason I read this article. Worth a look.
I totally agree. I have heard suggestions of a Line of Departure app that carried the audio option built in, but I would prefer a different approach. I suggested to the NCO Journal (they have their journal and a Podcast) that they have a NCO Journal Podcast 2.0 where all of the articles are read aloud and can be found on whatever means a person uses to listen to Podcasts; Spotify or whatever they use. The staff made mention that a separate team from the editors controls the audio aspects of an article that you mentioned in your post and I found that to be strange. I have floated the idea of just doing it myself because I want the opportunity to consume as much content as possible. I can't read an article on a two hour drive, but I can listen to many. Converting these articles into audio renditions increases the probability of converting someone who doesn't read into a listener of the same content.
Audio versions of the articles would be great. Honestly though I would take that a step further and have each journal run a regular podcast, in addition to audio versions of the articles. Like the author stated, the Harding Project is more than writing just to write, but to reinvigorate professional discourse about our professions and expand that discourse beyond just senior leaders. Having weekly podcasts that discuss the articles and / or do interviews (a wildly popular format for podcasts, see Joe Rogan and Theo Vonn for reference) would not only give us a new way to receive these articles, but also entice the younger generation to get involved in these discussions. Glad to see this idea come to light