In this study, an instructor created a podcast to help guide new nursing students through their assigned textbook readings. The instructor highlighted and further explained important concepts and tables, and also noted readings that were "nice to know" information rather than "need to know" (Zwilling, 2024).

78% of students who completed a survey after using the podcasts to guide their reading said the podcasts were helpful for the course and would also be helpful to improve their critical reading in future courses (Zwilling, 2024).

Take a look at the article:

https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.3928/01484834-20240612-02

95% of students who participated said that this process improved their knowledge in the subject area (Marchi, et al., 2024).

Link to the article:

https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20240404-13

If you are hesitant to make your own podcast, using podcasts that are already made can be a great option. Also, podcasts made by others could allow students to hear from experts in an area of study.

Link to article:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2017.08.003

https://x.com/NurseAlysha

In utilizing the SECTIONS (Bates, 2019) model to critique use of media in education, some benefits to highlight would be the ease in creating podcasts, easy access for students, and overall low costs of production (Falk, 2024). Utilizing podcasts to share content from a guest speaker could help reduce challenges in scheduling (Falk, 2024).

If making your own podcast feels daunting, research has shown that utilizing pre-existing podcasts can also improve student learning (Hargett, 2018).

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