Podcasting is the latest in on-the-go, on-demand technology. Basically, a podcast is a digital recording of audio or web/visual content, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal computer or MP3 player. A lot like radio on demand, podcasting actually offers far more options in terms of content and programming than radio does. And best of all, with podcasting, you can download whatever programming you want and listen to it whenever and wherever you want. This anywhere, anytime freedom is the main attraction of podcasting.
The most common file forms for podcasting are audio or video but the files could be of any file type including images and PDF. There are three main types of podcast:
Audio only: These are like radio. They …show more content…
Why, then, in the past two years, has podcasting become such a hot topic in educational technology? Does podcasting enhance education? The answer to that question depends entirely on the educational context, including goals and appropriate learning activities, and on how the tool is implemented. Podcasting is a means of publishing audio and video content on the web as a series of episodes with a common theme (Deal, 2007). These episodes are accompanied by a file called a “feed” that allows listeners to subscribe to the series and receive new episodes automatically. Some people use the term “podcast” to refer to any distribution of audio/video content on the Web, but technically speaking, the feed and subscription model of file delivery is what differentiates podcasting from simply posting files on the …show more content…
Podcast can be used to provide introductory material before lectures, or, more commonly, to record lectures and allow students to listen to the lectures again, either because they were unable to attend, or to reinforce their learning. Moreover podcast can be presentations of learning material by lecturers. Authors discuss the three different ways of educational use of pod-casts: unconstitutional use, supplementary use and creative use. At a most basic level pod-casting can be used as a substitute to the traditional lecture where students can access an entire recording of the lecture (Rajic, 2013). While there is educational value in providing recordings of lectures for the purposes of revision and review, if used exclusively as a substitute for traditional lectures, such use may further reinforce students as passive recipients of information. Pod-casting can also be used to provide supplementary material to assist learning. Supplementary material can be in two very different forms. The first, and most common form, is their use in providing summaries or syntheses of course material. As well as providing revision and summary material, supplementary material can also be in the form of additional material which may broaden or deepen the student’s
The most common file forms for podcasting are audio or video but the files could be of any file type including images and PDF. There are three main types of podcast:
Audio only: These are like radio. They …show more content…
Why, then, in the past two years, has podcasting become such a hot topic in educational technology? Does podcasting enhance education? The answer to that question depends entirely on the educational context, including goals and appropriate learning activities, and on how the tool is implemented. Podcasting is a means of publishing audio and video content on the web as a series of episodes with a common theme (Deal, 2007). These episodes are accompanied by a file called a “feed” that allows listeners to subscribe to the series and receive new episodes automatically. Some people use the term “podcast” to refer to any distribution of audio/video content on the Web, but technically speaking, the feed and subscription model of file delivery is what differentiates podcasting from simply posting files on the …show more content…
Podcast can be used to provide introductory material before lectures, or, more commonly, to record lectures and allow students to listen to the lectures again, either because they were unable to attend, or to reinforce their learning. Moreover podcast can be presentations of learning material by lecturers. Authors discuss the three different ways of educational use of pod-casts: unconstitutional use, supplementary use and creative use. At a most basic level pod-casting can be used as a substitute to the traditional lecture where students can access an entire recording of the lecture (Rajic, 2013). While there is educational value in providing recordings of lectures for the purposes of revision and review, if used exclusively as a substitute for traditional lectures, such use may further reinforce students as passive recipients of information. Pod-casting can also be used to provide supplementary material to assist learning. Supplementary material can be in two very different forms. The first, and most common form, is their use in providing summaries or syntheses of course material. As well as providing revision and summary material, supplementary material can also be in the form of additional material which may broaden or deepen the student’s