EPOD

Call For Papers

EPOD-2025 (Education through Podcasting Conference 2025)

Theme for 2025 - Between Entertainment & Education: balancing media industry expectations within educational contexts.

Venue: Morley Radio/Morley College London, 61 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7HT

Date:  26th and 27th June 2025:

About:

Education through Podcasting (EPOD) is a conference series where academics, researchers and professionals will find a forum to come together to discuss and disseminate their research and practice within learning/educational contexts using recorded audio media and podcasting.

All speakers at the conference will be given the opportunity to write up their presentation into a chapter for the proceedings book published by Routledge. 

Themes of the conference include, but are not limited to:

• Practices in the intersection of the podcasting industry and the education sectors

• Developments of podcasting as a learning environment

• How does podcasting fit into pedagogical trends of Blended, Online, Mixed Mode, Digital or other?

• Public vs private vs common. Where does Podcasting in Education sit?

• Explorations of issues related to intellectual property in educational podcasting?

• Standards and standardisation and their effects on Podcasting in Education (both industry and educational standards)

• Case studies of good practice, podcasting and community learning

• Case studies in discipline specific uses of podcasting in education (e.g. in Theatre, Music, Storytelling and Creative Writing, Forensic Science and True Crime, Philosophy, Journalism and Podcasting, Media Production, Audio, Music Technology and Music Production)

Submissions: please submit 300-500 word abstracts to epod@morleycollege.ac.uk by 03/02/2025

Paper abstracts of 300-500 words will be reviewed for inclusion in the conference programme and forthcoming book. After the conference, presenting authors will be expected to submit a full paper for peer review for consideration within a Routledge book of proceedings. 

Key Dates: please find the key dates on the Dates & Publications Page