Podcasting in the classroom:
Generating asynchronous lecture material for distance learning education provides a flexible option for the classroom.

Students Enjoy Podcasting:
Whether it’s the freedom to listen to lectures at a time of their choosing or the fact they can rewind and play back the lecture as many times as they need, students readily accepted this form of learning in the UF classrooms. Classroom surveys indicated that over 95% of the students used this technology and over 88% thought that podcasting enhanced their learning experience (Foster and Havemann, 2008).

For more details on podcasting download the following publication:
Foster, J.S. and S.A. Havemann (2008). The basics of educational podcasting: enhancing the student learning experience. University of Florida, IFAS EDIS publication MB004

Online View: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MB004 | PDF: Download PDF


Podcasting Tutorial for Mac Users:
A How-to-Guide for Basic Podcasting | PDF: Download PDF

Sample Podcasting Materials for Generating a Podcast:
(note you must have the programs Garageband and iTunes installed on your computer)

Garageband - http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/
iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes/ 

Sample Podcasting Materials

Podcasting for PC Users:
For those interested in generating a podcast with slides for the PC I recommend following this how-to-guide at the websites posted below. It requires either PowerPoint or Open Office to generate the slides and Microsoft PhotoStory to integrate the slides with a narration.
How to create a slidecast training using freeware
Photo Story 3 for Windows