Using Podcasts in Higher Education: Examples of Strategies to Indigenise Higher Education Curricula and to Promote Indigenous Student Success

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5204/ssj.3381

Keywords:

Indigenous student success, outreach programs, Indigenising curriculum, podcasts

Abstract

This practice report explores the development and impact of two podcasts that we have developed and hosted. Drawing on our experiences as academics working closely together, one non-Indigenous (Barney) and the other Ngugi/Wakka Wakka (Bunda), we discuss the reasons for choosing the podcast medium, the development of the podcasts and their emerging impact. We also discuss how the podcasts are contributing to improving practices in two contexts: Indigenising university curricula and improving outreach programs for Indigenous students. To conclude, we consider how podcasting can be adapted and used in other university contexts to improve programs for student success.

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Author Biographies

Katelyn Barney, The University of Queensland

Katelyn Barney is Associate Professor in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit and also affiliated with the School of Music at The University of Queensland.  Her research focuses on improving pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students into and through higher education and advancing understanding about the role of collaborative research and music making between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous people. She has published across these areas and her latest edited book is Musical Collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous People in Australia: Exchanges in the Third Space. She is also Managing Editor of The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education.

Tracey Bunda, The University of Queensland

Tracey Bunda is Professor of Indigenous Education at The University of Queensland.  She is a Ngugi/Wakka Wakka woman and grew up on the lands of the Jagera/Jugera/Yuggerapul peoples. During the course of her career she has held senior Indigenous leadership roles in the universities in which she worked. Tracey’s research interests are informed by critical theoretical approaches for understanding how race and power ideologically manifest in white institutions, storying as methodology and the agentic role of Indigenous women in Indigenous community uplift. 

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Published

2024-03-19

How to Cite

Barney, K., & Bunda, T. (2024). Using Podcasts in Higher Education: Examples of Strategies to Indigenise Higher Education Curricula and to Promote Indigenous Student Success . Student Success. https://doi.org/10.5204/ssj.3381

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Online First

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Practice Reports

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