Learning With Sound

Students from a sociology course at the State University of New York College at Potsdam took a road trip early this year in the spirit of Jack Kerouac. They brought along digital audio recorders, which they used to capture their observations along the way and the thoughts of strangers they interviewed. That’s just one example of the inspiring student projects that can be done using audio, according to Shea Shackelford, an independent radio producer based in Washington who works with professors to incorporate audio in their courses. Mr. Shackelford talks about the Kerouac project and his beliefs that technology can spark more student involvement in this week’s Chronicle podcast.