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Educational usages of podcasting
Author(s) -
Harris Howard,
Park Sungmin
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2007.00788.x
Subject(s) - computer science , multimedia , mathematics education , psychology
The article focuses on the usefulness of podcasting in educational development in Great Britain. The portable MP3/MP4 podcasting device is commonly used in the educational system in the country to enhance not only their instructional practice but also to improve student social learning. It cites that podcasting has four common usages in education such as teaching, service, marketing and technology. Podcasting is recognized as an efficient educational technology that can easily downloaded to the desktop computer as well as other mobile devices. It concludes that podcasting offer long-term effect for distance education and develop knowledge culture sharing and interdisciplinary improvement.