Podcasts: Changing the Face of e-Learning

نویسندگان

  • Saby Tavales
  • Sotiris Skevoulis
چکیده

We are well into the twenty-first century, and our technology is advancing at blazing speeds. Yet our education methodologies suffer the fate of remaining largely antiquated. Students and educators alike have become more sophisticated; the tools of learning must reflect and compensate for this intellectual advancement. Podcasts have greatly contributed towards that need. Podcasts are simple, effective, dynamic tools that will change the way that students and educators interact in the classroom and in cyberspace. This paper explores the possibilities and potential impact podcasts will have in educating students in the 21 century.

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تاریخ انتشار 2006