Does Podcasting Decrease Attendance

From Wiki Podcasting

Research shows that podcasting lectures does not decrease student attendance in class. The emphasis at UW Oshkosh is on class supplement, not class replacement. See the Improve your attendance page for methods other instructors have used to ensure their students continue to come to class.

Copley, Jonathan (2007). Audio and video podcasts of lectures for campus-based students: production and evaluation of student use. Innovations in Education & Teaching International; Nov2007, Vol. 44 Issue 4, p387-399, 13p. For UWOsh users, EBSCO link to Copley 2007.

"The results from a pilot scheme delivering supplementary lecture materials as audio and video podcasts are also presented, including data on download patterns and responses to a survey of students on podcast use. These results reveal students' enthusiasm for podcast recordings of lecture materials and their primary use by students in revision and preparation for assessments. Survey responses also suggest little likely impact on lecture attendance as a consequence of podcasting, but indicate that podcast recordings of lectures may not be effective in facilitating mobile learning."

Duke, one of the first Universities to pilot iTunesU and podcasting showed little to no decrease in attendance in classes during thier first year of podcasting. [site needed]

UT Austin showed no decrease in attendance in podcasted lectures