The document examines using blended learning and student-edited podcasts to improve engagement and retention of part-time postgraduate students. It discusses using free and open-source audio editing software like Audacity to create podcasts summarizing lectures. Students incorporated their views into podcasts and provided feedback, expressing enthusiasm for the podcasts. The approach showed potential to support learning and may help with recruitment in the future.

1. An Examination of the Use of Blended Learning to Support Improvement on Engagement and Retention of Part-time Postgraduate Level Students using Student Edited Podcasts Deirdre Lawless, Damian Gordon eLearning Research Group, School of Computing, Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin St., Dublin 8

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