Podcasts – Disadvantages

References provided in Literature Section

• Challenges for full integration within existing technology infrastructures (Skiba, 2006)
• Lack of pre-existing academic content and difficulties with licensing agreements from commercial resources (Skiba, 2006)
• Technical limitations and lack of training resources (Skiba, 2006; Copley, 2007)
• Lack of awareness and knowledge by faculty, staff, and students in podcast functionality (Skiba, 2006; Hew, 2009)
• Inability of podcasts to deliver visual information (Hew, 2009)
• Lack of structured learning environment (Copley, 2007)