Podblasting

Podblasting: Campus Technology

It was 1978 when the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers hit the big screen, and after shuddering through hours of Hollywood-style horror, I had nightmares about waking up in a pod as a creature with no soul. Some campus podcasting detractors might say not much has changed since then.

In January, the University of Cincinnati equipped seven instructors with podcast-armbands, arming them to teach-and-record, and enabling students to jump online and download to their MP3 players the day’s lecture, student presentations, and class interactions. It’s almost as good as being there. And that, in essence, is the basis of the argument against widespread use of classroom or lecture hall podcasting.