85% of Students Think Podcasts Increase Grades

Added by Brad Baldwin | October 17, 2006

In my day job, I work with college students. The organization that gathers up and publishes IT solutions for the higher education market is EDUCAUSE. The fall issue of EDUCAUSE QUARTERLY included a great article on Podcasting Lectures. A research study from University of Michigan School of Dentistry highlighted the value of Podcasts for students.

According to their research, 84.9 percent of students who downloaded and listened to Podcasts of lectures felt Podcasts had a positive effect on their grades / exams.

You can read the study on the EDUCAUSE site or access a nicely formated PDF.

Summary of Student Survey Responses
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Lynn Johnson is Associate Professor and Director of Dental Informatics, Office of Dental Informatics, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, in Ann Arbor. Sarah Brittain is an instructional designer and Pietrek Glowacki is an interaction designer in the Office of Dental Informatics. Jared Van Ittersum is a dental student at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry.

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