Dr. Joseph Gaziano and Dr. Laurette Liesen
Department of Political Science
Lewis University
This paper offers some reflections on what it is like to use podcasting in the online setting, teaching political science. It provides a definition and description of how it is done. Through a review of the literature, it presents the pros and cons of podcasting, its uses in the classroom, some thoughts on how it can be improved, views on its limitations, and some general observations about podcasting in the context of using new technologies in the classroom.