Innovative pedagogical and psychological perspectives of podcasts

Paul A. Kirschner (1) , Anguelina Popova (1)

1 Research Centre Interaction and Learning

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 innovative approach to stimulate university students' reflection, specifically on epistemic questions and concepts. Both theoretical and practical background information is provided to clarify the rationale of using this method in higher education.

Keywords: educational media; podcasts

Domains: Technology for Human Learning

Paul A. Kirschner, Anguelina Popova. Innovative pedagogical and psychological perspectives of podcasts. Towards a Philosophy of Telecommunications Convergence Sept. 27–29, 2007, 2007, Budapest, Hungary. pp.5. ⟨hal-00197201⟩