Podcasting has been in practice for a few years now. Ruth Reynard's June 2008 Viewpoint article in Campus Technology, "Podcasting in Instruction: Moving Beyond the Obvious," reviews how podcasting can engage students in personal authorship and knowledge building. In her conclusion, she identifies three challenges to educators to take podcasting beyond its obvious uses:
- Representative of changes in teaching methods and learning outcomes;
- More reflective of both the essence and capability of the technology itself; and
- More appealing to the new, more diverse student.
From what we've learned about today's digital natives, putting podcasting in their hands as part of their learning experience seems like a good idea to me.
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