Posts Tagged ‘ college ’

Mizzou J-School Students: iPhone or iPod Touch Required

May 11th, 2009 | By | Category: Educational Podcasts, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

Used to be, the only tools aspiring journalists needed were pencils and a spiral notepad. Then, in the last decade, journalism schools recommended that their students have access to a computer (preferably portable) and an Internet connection. That seemed perfectly up-to-date in terms of media hardware, until today. Now, at the University of Missouri Journalism […]



Why Go To Class At All? Lecture Podcast Listeners Outperform Class Attendees

Feb 20th, 2009 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Educational Podcasts, Featured Story

A recent psychological study has found that students who listen to class lectures in podcast form actually score better when tested on the material than students who heard the lectures in person.

Bad science?

Or is podcasting the future of education?