Podcasts

The first podcast that I listened to was called “Will Location Based Ad Models Ever Get Off the Ground?”. I really did not like this podcast at all because the guy speaking, Perry Evans, did not stay on topic at all. He kept skipping around topics and seemed very unfocused. It was very difficult to listen to. The second podcast that I listened to was called “The Parkinsons Pipeline Project”. It was a little more interesting than the first podcast. A victim of Parkinsons disease spoke about the disease and how she is advocating for it. Then, a man came on and spoke about the biology of Parkinsons.

As a student, I definitely prefer to read about the topic, rather than listen to a podcast. I am not able to focus during podcasts, because I am best at learning when I have something to look at. I found myself surfing the web, texting, and talking to people while I was “listening” to the podcast. The podcasts were incredibly boring and non-satisfying, and I hope that I never have to listen to a podcast again. I also did not like how they have advertisements during the podcast. That was incredibly distracting and irritating to listen to.

I definitely prefer reading the text rather than having no visual modality. I prefer this because it is just the way I learn. I can’t imagine actually having to listen for a lesson without a visual aid. That would be incredibly difficult for me, and I don’t think I would be successful at all. If I had to prepare for an exam that was based off of a podcast, all I would really do is listen to the podcast over and over again until I felt that I memorized the material. I would probably also take notes on the information and try to memorize that as well. 

In my opinion, it would not even be fair to evaluate a student, or give them an exam, over the material presented in a podcast. It is unreasonable to think that students are able to learn like that, when it is a well-known fact that many students are VISUAL learners. Students NEED visual modalities to be successful learners.

Add a comment October 26, 2009