How Podcasts Can Make Your Students Better
Researchers
techedvocate:
2.20. 2018 by Matthew Lynch
Who said that radio is dead?
Podcasts are
becoming increasingly popular throughout the world. In the US, for example, the
consumption of podcasts rose by 23% between 2015 and 2016, while in 2017 it was
found that around 67 million citizens listened to podcasts every month.
Podcasts are available on all kinds of topics, and many of them will be
relevant to the courses that you are teaching. Here’s why podcasts can make
your students better researchers.
First of all, podcasts provide a new way
of engaging with research. While all good researchers need to have high quality
active reading and note taking skills, it is crucial to be able to develop
other research skills at the same time. Active, attentive listening is one of
these skills, and it can be honed by listening carefully to relevant podcasts.
Furthermore, too much focus on one type
of research (for example, reading articles and taking notes on them) can lead
to a kind of fatigue whereby the researcher’s attention span begins to waver.
As a result, they will imbibe less information and research less effectively.
Varying the research method – for instance, spending an hour or two reading a
book and then switching to a podcast – can help to keep the mind fresh. As a
result, students will research more attentively and effectively, maximizing the
amount of information that they take in.
Podcasts are also a great way for
researchers to get up to date with the latest international research, free of
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Based
on (7) readability formulas:
Grade Level: 11
Reading Level: fairly difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 15-17 yrs. old
(Tenth to Eleventh graders)
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