Audio technology such as podcasting may be an efficient tool to improve oral proficiency by exposing learners to more authentic input (e.g., listening to podcasts) and by giving them opportunities to produce substantially more output (e.g., creating podcasts). Combined with self-evaluation activities, voice recording technology can also contribute to metacognitive awareness, i.e., “the ability ...

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...

This paper presents an open source podcast publishing application which has been implemented to create an educational podcasting service at the University of Bergamo (Italy) and has subsequently been adopted by several universities and other podcasters in Italy and abroad.

The aim of the present study was to describe the characteristics of podcast users, compare uptake across courses, examine preferred modes of use and satisfaction, assess the impact of podcasts on lecture attendance, and evaluate reasons for use and non-use. Participants were 273 undergraduate students enrolled in six diverse courses at a large Australian university. Results suggested difference...

Les bases de données contenant des séquences multimédia se trouvent maintenant partout. Archives de l’INA, balladodiffusion (podcast), production et partage de vidéo font désormais partie de notre quotidien. Faire des recherches par le contenu dans ces bases où l’information est en flux est difficile, notamment à grande échelle. Une des questions fondamentales concerne la mesure de similarité e...

Video-Podcasts und im speziellen Wissenschaftsfilme als Lehrund Lerngegenstand bieten vielseitige Möglichkeiten zur vereinfachten und verständlichen Darstellung von wissenschaftlichen Inhalten. Videos im Allgemeinen erfreuen sich großer Popularität unter Jugendlichen. Der Erfolg solcher Medien mit wissenschaftlichen Inhalten hängt stark davon ab, ob die Jugendliche die Darstellung altersgerecht...

Bill Pollak: Welcome to the SEI podcast series, a production of the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute. The SEI is a federally funded research and development center at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A transcript of today’s podcast is posted on the SEI website at sei.cmu.edu/podcasts. My name is Bill Pollak, and today I am pleased to introduce to you Peter F...

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,...