Research Guides: Podcasting: Academic Podcasting

Academic Podcasting

Alternative formats of scholarship are emerging in academia. With diverse formats to delivery information and knowledge, scholarship can reach people without access to databases and can be "read" in other ways than just text. Below are resources to think about podcasting as a valid medium within academia.

A Guide to Academic Podcasts
This free guidebook and resources have been made available in an effort to support podcasting as a valid form of scholarship that supports open access, open science, open data, and open educational resources. As the authors state in their Manifesto, "we believe that scholarly podcasts create new knowledge, out loud and in conversation, by embracing experimentation, making space for different voices, and building new communities through collaboration and openness."

[Video] Podcasting. Part 1, Podcasting as Research Method by Eringfeld, Simone
ISBN: 1529608090
Publication Date: 2022
Simone Eringfeld, researcher and educationist, The Smart Rebel, discusses two methods of conducting research with podcasts, including action research, elicitation techniques, strengths, limitations, and ethics.
Scholarly Podcasting by Ian M. Cook
ISBN: 9781003006596
Publication Date: 2022-11-08
Exploring what academic podcasting is and what it could be, this book is the first to consider the why, what, and how academics engage with this insurgent, curious, craft. Featuring interviews with 101 podcasting academics, including scholars and teachers of podcasting, this book explores the motivations of scholarly podcasters, interrogates what podcasting does to academic knowledge, and leads potential podcasters through the creation process from beginning to end.