Podcasts make great collaborative and capstone projects for students. Some great examples:
- Using podcasting to teach audience and research skills in composition class (including a compilation of the students’ favourite resources).
- Using podcasting to get ecology students to connect with how ecology stories are reported on in the news.
- Educause has collected some great podcast stories, including students using podcasting to report on study abroad experiences, connect as peer mentors, and as study tools for language learners.
But podcasting can also be used for smaller, one-off assignments, thanks to lightweight podcasting tools like our own SPLOT Box, which makes it possible for students to create and upload podcasts on-the-fly, without needing much technical know-how (in fact, you can see how easy the form is to fill in by checking it out here).
(Podcasting can also be a useful tool for content delivery to students in a flipped classroom setting, and some research shows real benefits in student motivation.)