Are Podcasts an effective learning tool?
For over 20 years, I have been a reader of the T.H.E. Journal. It's a great publication for those interested in exploring what's going on in the education space, written in plain English, and at a level those of us, who are interested in a "practical" level of technology, can understand. (With a circulation of over 90,000 T.H.E. is the largest circulated education technology monthly publication.)
Recently, they published a great piece called "Podcasts: Where's the Learning?" by Patricia Deubel Ph D. In addition to her appearances in the T.H.E. Journal, she also can be found at Helge Scherlund's eLearning news blog.
This insightful article discusses whether podcasts are effective learning tools. Clearly, podcasts are a part of the learners "toolkit", and as this article points out, we who are looking at podcasts as a learning tool, need to become aware of its strengths as well as weaknesses.
Check it out. It's the first of a 2 part article that you'll find useful.
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