Lernmaterialien, die in Form von Audioformaten verbreitet werden, eröffnen neue Potentiale für das E-Learning. Die Materialen können ortsunabhängig und mit preiswerten Endgeräten genutzt werden. Darüber hinaus können derartige Medien mit klassischen Formen des orstunabhängigen Lernens wie Skripten oder Lehrbüchern kombiniert werden. Dieser Beitrag beschreibt die Produktion von Podcasts als eine...

OBJECTIVES Podcasts have the potential to facilitate communication about palliative care with researchers, policymakers and the public. Some podcasts about palliative care are available; however, this is not reflected in the academic literature. Further study is needed to evaluate the utility of podcasts to facilitate knowledge-transfer about subjects related to palliative care. The aims of thi...

Podcasts are audio or video files which can be automatically downloaded to one’s computer when the episodes become available, then later transferred to a portable player for listening. The technology thereby enables the user to listen to and/or watch the content anywhere at any time. Formerly popular as radio shows, podcasting was rapidly explored and used in different areas and with several pu...

Podcasting, being a new form of audio distribution offering the possibility to be loaded on personal mobile devices from teachers’, student’, university’s websites and blogs, is discussed as an activity with potential in learning and teaching. The existing and potential varieties of podcasts represent sources for learning, converging, socializing. In this paper, podcasting is supported as an in...

Canadian History Podcasts Janis Thiessen (bio) PODCASTING HAS TAKEN OFF AMONG CANADIAN ACADEMICS, particularly during the remote learning required by COVID-19 pandemic, both as a tool of research dissemination and classroom instruction. I am fortunate to collaborate with two experts in digital history: Kent Davies Kimberley Moore University Winnipeg's Oral Centre.1 Some years ago, when was prep...

This paper presents preliminary results of a trial of podcasting in six law units involving 1244 students during semester 1, 2006. The data revealed a rapid uptake and acceptance of podcasting with few difficulties. The vast majority of students perceived podcasting as having excellent value, particularly lectures and to a lesser extent, tutorials. Podcasting altered study habits, with students...

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 ...