Abstract:

Podcast technologies have revolutionized the student-center learning approach by many instructors and students in many colleges and universities. As we all know in today’s society, obtaining an education is no more an issue for anyone interested to achieve a life-long learning. This is possible due to new technologies that are available to instructors to enhance the student’s experience and provide the best possible situation for learning. As new ideas and methods arise, instructors must be able to grasp and utilize these changes to provide the best possible learning experience for the students. Although the traditional method of learning, which involves students going to classroom setting and listening to an instructor lecturing, is still, being used and there is still much improved methods which involves the use of podcast. Through the use of journal articles, textbooks, and research findings from the World Wide Web, the paper addresses some concerns: (1) How does students’ learning supported by podcast differ from classroom learning? (2) What types of other technologies and applications can be used to integrate podcasting for students use to enhance their learning? (3) What are the advantages and disadvantages of podcasts? This paper therefore, focused on the impact of podcasts in students learning outcomes

Keywords:

podcasts, classroom, students learning outcomes.