Evaluating undergraduates’ attitude towards the use of podcast for learning selected educational technology concepts.

Abstract

The study evaluated students’ attitude towards the use of podcast in learning selected Educational Technology concepts. It also examined gender difference in the attitude of students towards the use of podcast. An intact class of 25 undergraduates from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria was used as samples for this study. A 9-item researchers’ designed questionnaire was used to collect data for this study. Data gathered from the administration of the questionnaire were analyzed using Mean and Standard deviation. Findings revealed that students have positive attitude towards the use of podcast (average mean response = 3.34 out of 5. It was also revealed that there was no significant difference between male and female attitude towards the use of podcast (t (23) = 0.411, p > 0.05). Based on the findings, it was recommended that efforts to integrate podcast into higher education should be made by all stakeholders at the university level.