Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  The power of the podcast (27 Feb 2006) Podcasting may, as a handful of universities are discovering, have the potential to make education a more learner-centric experience. Several North American universities are already using podcasting, but one of the first UK institutions to do so was the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, where physics lecturer Andy Breen decided to introduce it as an experiment in September 2004. Initially, he recorded his own course lectures and uploaded them to the department's virtual learning environment (VLE). The trial proved successful, and in February, it was extended to other members of the department. Currently four of Andy's colleagues are podcasting their lectures, and the college's library has created a pool of recording devices to enable other departments to follow suit. Add this article to Del.icio.us Article URL: http://www.nestafuturelab.org/viewpoint/art70.htm Read 150 more articles from NESTA Futurelab sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Competitive Analysis: Understanding the Market Context          Books about Usability | Information Architecture | Information Visualisation | Technology History This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy

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