Podcasting in education allows professors to provide lecture content to students through downloadable audio files. A Spanish professor found that students were more engaged with course material after he began providing podcasts of his lectures. Students could listen at their own pace and had time to reflect on the content. Studies show podcasts are effective learning tools as most college students own devices to access audio files. Duke University distributed iPods to freshmen loaded with course content, finding students performed well on exams. Podcasting provides an accessible way for students to learn outside the classroom without compromising learning outcomes.

1. Podcasting in Education
By Kassie Kuntz

2. Menu
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3. The Power of Podcasting
• This article mainly stated how a Spanish Civilization
professor quit lecturing to his class and put together a
podcast lecture instead because the students were so busy
taking notes that they never even spoke in class
• The professor immediately noticed change in the
communication with his students
• The students spelling and vocabulary improved

4. “This new technology is revolutionizing the way
faculty and administrators interact with students .“
Lydia Lum
• The professor was worried about the
attendance of the students after using the
podcasts but he gave them a warning and
there was no problem
• National studies show that more than 80
percent of college students own at least one
device that can download and play
recordings.

5. Reflection
I completely agree with everything in this
article. I have been so caught up in taking
notes during a lecture before that I didn’t
even learn anything about the course. I think
the podcast lecture idea allows students to
listen, think, and reflect about the entire
lecture. It is easy for many college students to
listen to the lecture while working out or
driving and actually have time to think about
it.

6. Podcasts to provide teaching and
learning
• In this article, they talked about integrating
podcasts into the classroom. The point of the
article was to show how podcasts have really
affected this generation and what we can do
with them and the many ways we can use
them. They did a study to see how effective
the podcasts can be with teaching and
learning.

7. “Yea, it just gives you and extra dimension of learning, you
know, if you haven’t got the time to sit down and read a
book…I can just…on the iPod…just go out and you can
listen to it…you know. If I’m walking to somewhere I can
listen to it on the way.”
This seemed to be the same response from all of the other
participants. It seemed that the podcasts seem to be a huge hit
in the education aspect.

8. Reflection
• This article, like the others, gave me the same
reaction. It seems that emerging podcasts into
the classroom is a wonderful idea, and
everyone agrees it is for the better. Just like
this online class, it gives students the
opportunity to learn at their own pace and at
their convenience.

9. Podcasting in the Classroom
• I’ve never heard of anything like in this article. Duke University gave out
1,650 iPods to their incoming freshmen. The iPods were used
academically in 16 different courses during the fall semester and 33
during the spring at Duke. They were used for course
dissemination, classroom and field recording, study support, and file
storage and transfer.
• Students agreed they enjoyed being able to listen to lectures on their iPods
at their conveinence.
• Positive outcomes showed with a high score on the first exam for the
students.

10. “Podcasting may be a cost effective way of
delivering instruction without compromising
learning effectiveness.” -Brian Flanagan and Brenda Calandra
I really thought that this quote said a lot about
the article. It proved that podcasting can
really affect the students in a positive way and
help them better understand classroom
instruction and lectures.

11. Reflection
• I find podcasting in the classroom to be a very
effective idea. From both articles I’ve read it
seems that students really enjoy the help of
the podcasting and it seems to improve
listening of lectures and more. I thought this
article was well written and backed up. I also
thought reading about Duke’s iPod program
was really interesting.

12. Works Cited
Calandra, B., Flanagan, B. Learning and Leading with Technology. November, 2005.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sq
Edirisingha, Palitha; Rizzi, Chiara; Nie, Ming. Online Journal of Distance Education—
July, 200 . http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/
Lum,Lydia. Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. March, 2006.
http://www.diverseeducation.com/