I would like to make a review on Imran's podcastAudio player: Imran-Ali.mp3 who is in Trevor's Group which is mainly concerned with the pros and cons of the use of e-portfolios in education and their different use in the teaching practice. First of all, the sound quality is a very good one and his voice is clear and loud and you can easily follow up his sayings and the flow of his sayings. I do not think that the sound quality could improve as it is pretty good as it is now. One step further, the broadcasting quality is again as the sound quality a very well constructed podcast and an intelligible one. Imran starts from the beginning mentioning his ID and inform the audience of the theme of his podcast and then he gets in more details describing the pros and cons of the e-portfolios. After that he concludes and he is thanking his audience. It has a very good coherence and intelligibility. One more characteristic of Imran's podcast is that it is suitable for the needs of the intended audience. It is exact to the point and he does not give too much information so that it would have been "heavy" if too much information was presented to the audience and the result would have been confusing. However, it is a very simple and easy-going podcast with a nice flow and it is understandable. Moreover, the length of the podcast for this specific subject is short, not too much, but it is short. I suppose that some more information could have been added for the pros and cons of the use of the e-portfolios in education. But, as it is, the audience is not getting bored and enjoy the podcast. In addition, it does not actually engages the listener but since the podcast is short and straight forward to the listener, this makes the podcast an interesting one as your whole attention is on hearing the podcast. In contrast, from the academic quality view, I believe that it was based on opinion mostly and in some parts on research through the different online articles provided for the course H808.
Last but not least, every podcast is not perfect! Everything lucks something or needs some more technique to become perfect. For this podcast, I think that a small addition of more information concerning the matter would have been great! Finally, this is a podcast concerned with the advantages and disadvantages of the e-portfolios in education and a very good and clear, coherent presentation of the different pros and cons of their use in the different educational practices in everyday's practice.