Using podcasts and tablet PCs in computer science

Kurtz, Barry L.; Fenwick, James B.; Ellsworth, Christopher C.

doi:10.1145/1233341.1233428

Cited by 37 publications

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“…Many studies which have been conducted around the world have confirmed the positive effect of visual and auditory files on language learning and teaching (Kurtz, Fenwick & Ellsworth, 2011;Ractham& Zhang, 2010). To the best of the researchers' knowledge, no study in the context of Iran has implemented a visual and auditory program course at the university level in order to examine the effectiveness of podcasts versus transcript files of the same podcasts on EFL language comprehension.…”

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confidence: 96%

Using Podcasts to Improve Second Language Comprehension in Iranian Language Classrooms

Davoudi

Rezaei²

2016

JSE

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The present study aims at investigating the influence of podcasts (POD) on language comprehension of Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners. An Oxford Placement Test (OPT) was administered to 60 male and female university students. The participants were considered as pre-intermediate learners and were divided into two groups (one experimental group and one control group). During the fifteen sessions of the treatment, thirty podcasts were presented to the two groups. The experimental group received just the audio file of the POD, and the control group received a different treatment which was the transcript file of the same audio podcast file of the experimental group. The results of the t-tests revealed that there was no significant difference in language comprehension scores across the posttest between two groups. Based on the interview results after the post-test, all of the participants (100%) agreed that both audio and the transcripts (written texts) were useful for them and claimed that it is a good method of improving language comprehension.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Using Podcasts to Improve Second Language Comprehension in Iranian Language Classrooms

Davoudi

Rezaei²

2016

JSE

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“…Kurtz, Fenwick, and Ellsworth (2007) found a significant improvement in the final project grades of those students who used podcasts. By contrast, some researchers found a similar effect on student learning when using other review materials and did not find that the use of podcasts had a significant effect in enhancing student grades (Copley 2007;Lazzari, 2009).…”

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confidence: 85%

The effectiveness of educational podcasts for teaching music and visual arts in higher education

Tam¹

2012

Research in Learning Technology

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Podcasting is now being used frequently in the higher education sector. Although research has been conducted into the use of podcasting in teaching business, engineering, sciences and languages, little has been done on its use in arts learning. This paper reports on a study that investigated the effectiveness of using podcasts to learn music and visual arts in a teacher-education institution. A total of 128 Year-One to Year-Four students completed a survey and 24 students attended focus-group interviews and gave their feedback on the effectiveness of using podcasts in learning. Generally speaking, the students found the podcasts useful and viewed podcasting as a method which could be used to supplement faceto-face teaching. Results of the study indicated that demonstration of procedures or skills was the most effective type of podcast while reproduction of lecture materials was the least effective. The students suggested that the teachers needed to increase the relevance of the podcast content to what was taught during lessons. The paper concludes with a discussion of the production of effective podcasts and directions for future studies.

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“…As Traphagan et al states (2009), webcasts or podcasts are mostly used in higher education as broadcasting lectures, delivering recordings of in-class lectures, guest lecturers and as supplementary video learning materials for self-study. Some studies have underlined that webcasting and podcasting use in higher education can develop cognitive understanding through motivation and engagement (Oliver, 2005) and information processing (Hargis and Wilson, 2005), but only a limited amount of research highlights the connection between students" transversal skills promotion and webcasting use; therefore, part of them refers only to student attitude and student behaviour (Kurtz et al, 2007;Giannakos and Vlamos, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%