eSchool News: Podcast Trumps Lecture in One College Study; Researcher: Students Who Listened to a Lecture Via iTunes U Outperformed Those Who Attended in Person — Pause Button a Factor, by Dennis Carter:
The ability to pause and rewind podcast lectures gave the upper hand to college students in a recent study that compared the performance of students who attended a lecture in person and those who viewed it from iTunes University.
The study, iTunes University and the Classroom: Can Podcasts Replace Professors?, was conducted at the State University of New York Fredonia. It called for some introductory psychology students to watch a recorded lecture available online and others to attend a traditional classroom lecture.
Students who watched the lecture podcast — available from the iTunes U online video library — scored an average of 71%. Students who sat through the 30-minute classroom lecture scored an average of 62%, according to the study.
(Hat Tip: Scott Brenner.)
