Los podcasts y su importancia en la educación superior; una revisión documental.

Abstract

In the era of globalization, we find different digital tools that have contributed to the evolution of the internet, allowing the user to become an active entity that produces and transmits information. Podcasts are digital audio recordings that are an excellent teaching and learning tool for creating and disseminating academic content. The objective of this bibliographic research is to compare educational experiences on the use of podcasts in higher education. The methodology used is hermeneutic, an exhaustive selection of articles and research papers was made that responded to the following criteria: in Spanish or English, having been published in the last 10 years, the articles must be national and international research and be focused on higher education. The following search pages and databases were used: Google Scholar, Dialnet and Scielo; using the keywords: "ICT", "higher education", "academia" and "podcast". The main findings indicated that podcast design demands from the student, planning, creativity and eloquence in what they want to express. In addition, elderly people are less likely to use digital tools, therefore, the teacher needs to become familiar with the creation of podcasts since it facilitates the understanding of academic content from different areas of knowledge. In conclusion, podcast production helps the development of superior skills in students and are digital tools compatible with asynchronous learning.