Gary Klatsky wrote:
"A bevy of recent studies on students' experience listening to
recorded lectures via podcasts confirms what many lecturers already
know: that the pedagogical value of podcasts depends almost entirely
on student motivation and the learning "context" of the application."
_http://campustechnology.com/articles/49018/_
What a load of malarkey. Of course podcasting doesn't have "inherent"
pedagogical value (whatever that might mean). Neither do textbooks have
"inherent" pedagogical value, nor chalkboards, nor even classrooms
themselves. And once one gets past the misleading headline, that point
is made clear even by the person who did the study: "As with any
educational technology, whether and how podcasting impacts the quality
of the learning experience and/or educational outcomes depends largely
upon how the technology is put to use."
I'm not sure who produces "Campus Technology" or why, but with so
transparent a hatchet job as this, I'll be sure not to read them again.
Does Karl Rove work for them? "Democrats exude million of gallons of
sweat into environment every year!" :-)
Regards,
Chris
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Christopher D. Green
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Canada
416-736-5115 ex. 66164
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.yorku.ca/christo/
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