Podcasting is an automated technology that allows people to subscribe and to listen to digitally
recorded audio (Flanagan, 2005). What this means is that people can download lectures,
movies, television shows, and even minister sermons to a media player. Such a simple idea has
prompted questions about the applications this technology could have in the world of education.
Benefits of podcasting to education include cost effective, lectures on the go, and cross
curriculum learning opportunities. Duke University has conducted one of the most interesting
studies on this topic. The studyshowed that there was no difference in the grades of students
who received in-class instruction versus those receiving auditory instruction via podcasts.