Podcasting as an educational building block in academic libraries

Podcasting has taken off in leaps and bounds, having been adopted by many groups for many different purposes from disseminating television programs to making university lectures available. The popularity of podcasting inspired Curtin University Library to develop its own podcast series at the end of...

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Main Authors: Ralph, Jaya, Olsen, Sonja
Format: Journal Article
Published: Australian Library and Information Association 2007
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Online Access:http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=019931000269305;res=E-LIBRARY
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4102
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description Podcasting has taken off in leaps and bounds, having been adopted by many groups for many different purposes from disseminating television programs to making university lectures available. The popularity of podcasting inspired Curtin University Library to develop its own podcast series at the end of 2005. This paper indicates the success of this series to date and demonstrates how podcasts can effectively cater for today's learning styles, how they can benefit distance education and offshore students, and how they have evolved into useful educational tools in the twenty-first century.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-41022017-01-30T10:36:31Z Podcasting as an educational building block in academic libraries Ralph, Jaya Olsen, Sonja podcasts information literacy podcasting academic libraries Podcasting has taken off in leaps and bounds, having been adopted by many groups for many different purposes from disseminating television programs to making university lectures available. The popularity of podcasting inspired Curtin University Library to develop its own podcast series at the end of 2005. This paper indicates the success of this series to date and demonstrates how podcasts can effectively cater for today's learning styles, how they can benefit distance education and offshore students, and how they have evolved into useful educational tools in the twenty-first century. 2007 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4102 http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=019931000269305;res=E-LIBRARY Australian Library and Information Association fulltext
spellingShingle podcasts
information literacy
podcasting
academic libraries
Ralph, Jaya
Olsen, Sonja
Podcasting as an educational building block in academic libraries
title Podcasting as an educational building block in academic libraries
title_full Podcasting as an educational building block in academic libraries
title_fullStr Podcasting as an educational building block in academic libraries
title_full_unstemmed Podcasting as an educational building block in academic libraries
title_short Podcasting as an educational building block in academic libraries
title_sort podcasting as an educational building block in academic libraries
topic podcasts
information literacy
podcasting
academic libraries
url http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=019931000269305;res=E-LIBRARY
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4102