The podcast as a tool for innovation in university communication spaces

Abstract

This article refers to a research project that analyzes the Colombian state of the art in university radio and its Internet broadcast dynamics. The podcast was selected as an issue to develop a laboratory (RadioLAB) for the construction of digital audio contents and its broadcast within the Industrial Design Degree Program of the Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de Colombia (FUAC, an institution where broadcast platforms does not exist). The study make emphasis on a pre-test phase in a group of students, a stimulus and a post-test that evidenced the perception of students by implementing podcast in their study habits; additionally the research group received some guidance for construction of a laboratory by some university directors. The implementation of sound digital formats offers great advantages as a study tools; this research invites teachers to involve this subject in their classrooms. The study approaches the podcast issue by an experimental methodology, where students were used as producers and consumers (prosumers). We add to the conclusions about stakeholder’s perception, the launch of the lab through agents who allowed to this construction, and a description of the link with some institutions that strengthens the RadioLAB.