Introduction Podcasts have become increasingly popular as a medium for free open access medical education (FOAM). However, little research has examined the use of these extracurricular audio podcasts as tools in undergraduate medical education. We aimed to examine knowledge retention, usage conditions, and preferences of undergraduate medical students at a Canadian university interacting with e...

The purpose of this article was to provide a comprehensive review of research on video podcasts from 2002 to 2011 in order to guide future studies and educational practice. Fifty-three, peer-reviewed articles were selected from an extensive search of the literature. Key topics included the history and growth of video podcasts, types of podcasts, previous literature reviews, benefits and challen...

Until now, research on podcasting in education mostly examined teacher created podcasts in K-12 and higher education. This paper explores podcasts in professional learning across several genres of podcasts. Using a popular typology of podcasts, teacher created, student created and professional development podcasts (King & Gura, 2007), this paper compares, contrasts and reveals the potential of ...

BACKGROUND Students regard biological science as one of the most difficult components of the nursing curriculum. However, a good understanding of this area is essential for effective nursing practice. The aim of this study was to explore nursing students' perceptions of the usefulness of supplementary biology podcasts for their learning. METHODS Biological science podcasts (n=9) were made ava...

Technological tools have increasingly become a part of the college classroom, often appealing to teachers because of their potential to increase student engagement with course materials. Podcasts in particular have gained popularity as tools to better inform students by providing access to lectures outside of the classroom. In this paper, we argue that educators should expand course materials t...

This paper describes speech recognition techniques that enable a Web 2.0 service “PodCastle” where users can search and read transcribed texts of podcasts, and correct recognition errors in those texts. Most previous speech recognizers had difficulties transcribing podcasts because podcasts include various kinds of contents recorded in different conditions and cover recent topics that tend to h...

Video ‘‘podcast’’ recordings of lectures are popular with students, but are often associated with a decrease in attendance and little increase in performance. Assessment has generally focused on the class as a whole, potentially masking benefits to different subgroups. In this study, conducted in 2 sections of a large active-learning undergraduate introductory biology class with daily podcasts,...

Finding worthwhile podcasts can be difficult for listeners since podcasts are published in large numbers and vary widely with respect to quality and repute. Independently of their informational content, certain podcasts provide satisfying listeningmaterial while other podcasts have little or no appeal. In this paper we present PodCred, a framework for analyzing listener appeal, and we demonstra...

Today, we are emerging in an electronic society, where the learning is not limited to traditional, face to face approach of instruction only. Educators and learners can get the benefit of electronic technology for teaching and learning, with in a blended learning environment. Micro learning is a new learning technique used in education, for the delivery of the content in small parts, through sm...

The purpose of the following study was to develop a comprehensive, theory-based framework for creating instructional video podcasts designed to present worked examples. Sixteen design characteristics, organized according to four categories (establishing context, providing effective explanations, minimizing cognitive load, and engaging students), were used to develop 59 pre-calculus videos for 8...