It's the latest in internet technology. The term is used to describe a collection of technologies for automatically distributing audio and video programs over the internet.
Education is made portable through podcasting and there is great potential for the use of podcasting within education.
Like most things, there are, of course, some advantages and disadvantages.
Advantages:
- users have full control over what they listen to and where and when they listen
- provides the educator with another channel for material review
- assist auditory learners, and
- non-native speakers
- replace full classroom or online sessions when content simply requires delivery
Disadvantages:
- not necessarily designed for two-way interaction or audience participation
- computers need sufficient bandwidth for downloading the MP3 audio files
- may replace reading (and for some, reading the old fashioned way is necessary)
- may cause carelessness among people trying to multi-task and do too many things at once (not focusing on any one task)
Despite the few disadvantages that podcasting seems to have, there are many more advantages that I could have listed. There are many great ways that podcasting can be used in education. The activities seem like they would be extremely motivating for students and I think they would really welcome technology like this in the classroom. If we want to keep our students' attention, we need to keep up with the times - technology is forever expanding and we need to keep ourselves informed.
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