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One danger is the rise of EdTech companies that have used the pandemic as an opportunity to increase profits as more individuals and systems of higher education rely on digital platforms and products.  \n• This report explores the revolutionary potential of podcasts as an education technology that does not necessarily further the privatization of education. The case of the FreshEd podcast is highlighted.  \n• The concept of“infrastructuralism” is used to show how an ethos of Open Science can challenge many exploitative academic conventions and social relations. The main problem of a digital infrastructure that does not use the profit motive, however, is sustainable financing.  \nKeywords  \nDigital infrastructures, education technology, FreshEd, podcasts  \nDate received: 17 February 2021; revised: 22 November 2021; accepted: 12 December 2021  \nCorresponding author:  \nWill Brehm, Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, 20 Bedford Way, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.  \n[Email: w.brehm@ucl.ac.uk](Email: w.brehm@ucl.ac.uk)  \nCreative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative  \nCommons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License ([https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page ([https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage](https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage)).  \nIntroduction  \nNew media formats such as podcasts are revolutionizing the production and dissemination of knowledge in and outside of higher education. Some students are using podcasts as part of their data collection methods (Eringfeld, 2021); professors—myself included—have started their own shows, ranging in style from interviews to narrative storytelling; and universities and academic societies have embraced podcasts as part of their public relations and marketing strategies. The COVID-19 pandemic, which forced learning online for hundreds of millions of students worldwide, has heightened the reliance on digital audio content in teaching and learning. It’s not surprising, as a result, that the number of podcasts on the Spotify audio platform, for instance, increased over 200 percent between 2019 and 2020 (Fischer, 2021) . Academic publications on podcasts and education aren’t far behind (Ferrer et al., 2020; Killean & Summerville, 2020; Naff, 2020; Rodman & Trivedi, 2020, etc.) .  \nWith revolution comes profiteering. EdTech companies see the pandemic as an opportunity to increase profits as more individuals and systems of higher education rely on digital platforms and products (Williamson & Hogan, 2021) . Over US$8 billion was invested in EdTech companies in the first three quarters of 2020 (Williamson & Hogan, 2021, p. 27) . The university is no longer a physical entity; it now operates in a digital cloud. Podcasts are sent directly to one’s phone or embedded inside Digital Learning Platforms, such as Moodle or Blackboard. Students learn outside of formal timetables, and professors reach audiences far larger than the number of seats in classrooms or conference halls. Data produced by users are monetized by EdTec","cbCaipmyzE2buh35","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipmyzE2buh35","pdf",538287,"English","# Highlights\n## Revolutionizing knowledge through podcasts\n## Infrastructuralism and Open Science\n# Keywords\n# Introduction\n## Podcasting in higher education and data practices\n## Profit motives and monetization\n## Research question and essay structure\n# Digital infrastructure\n## Competing visions: technotopia vs technophobia\n## Education and technology as digital infrastructure","[{\"question\":\"How does the article describe podcasts’ impact on education?\",\"answer\":\"Podcasts are described as revolutionizing how knowledge is produced and disseminated in and beyond higher education, supported by students’ use for data collection and universities’ marketing strategies.\"},{\"question\":\"What concern does the article raise about EdTech companies during the pandemic?\",\"answer\":\"It warns that EdTech firms treat the pandemic as an opportunity to increase profits, relying on digital platforms while monetizing user data and potentially enabling social control.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the FreshEd podcast used to address the article’s central question?\",\"answer\":\"The author reflects on the FreshEd podcast experience and frames podcasts as an education technology that may not necessarily promote the privatization of education, while analyzing issues like sustainable financing.\"}]","Podcasting and Education - Reflections on the Case of FreshEd | PDF",1792092466]