Will Richardson (nice photo Will! – reminding me that I really need to post one) and Stephen Downes both commented on Steve Sloan’s new homes today – the Edupodder Blog and Edupodder.com. More than just a great reason to invest in iPod research, Steve outlines the following potential benefits of podcasting:
· for distance learning
· to facilitate self-paced learning
· for remediation of slower learners
· to allow faculty to offer advanced and or highly motivated learners extra content
· for helping students with reading and/or other learning disabilities
· for multi-lingual education
· to provide the ability for educators to feature guest speakers from remote locations
· to allow guest speakers the ability to present once to many sections and classes
· to allow educators to escape the tedium of lecturing
· to offer a richer learning environment
I remember asking a sales person at last years BETT to outline the educational benefits of iPods for me. All he could come up with at the time was the portability of the hard drive. Guess he won’t be struggling this year.
UPDATE: David Jennings posts! Hooray!
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