Author: David Gill, d.w.j.gill@swansea.ac.uk

Author: Chris Hall, c.m.hall@swan.ac.uk

JISC e-Learning Activity Area: Learning Resources and Activities

Higher Education Academy Subject Centre: History, Classics and Archaeology

This case study illustrates...use of podcasting, an effect on learning, an effect on exam results, an effect on student personal development, student satisfaction with e-learning, innovation in learning and teaching, staff satisfaction with e-learning, staff personal development, a positive effect on recruitment, a positive effect on retention, an influence on policy, use of resources, modifications to learning spaces, management of learning assets, an effect on social equality

Further Evidence

Students have been responding to staff podcasts with the creation of their own pieces. An example, drawn from a level 2 Egyptology module where the students were working on an object from the university's Egypt Centre as part of their continuous assessment was posted on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDcFeECBKeI

Students with mobility difficulties could find it hard to gain access to some archaeological sites in Greece (though there is now a lift to the Athenian acropolis). Podcasts could provide them with visual access to sites which they may otherwise be unable to visit.