What is Audiopi?
Audiopi is a GCSE and A Level podcast tutorial service, aimed at providing universal access to superb teachers. We create and deliver outstanding, highly immersive podcasts, written by experts - for use at home, on the go, or at school. Curricula aligned and exam board approved, our podcasts help teachers and students get results - generating interest, excitement and engagement in topics, reinforcing learning, deepening understanding, enabling own pace study, and ultimately supporting better recall and revision.
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Not specifically, though focussing student listening to the podcasts relevant to lesson plans amplifies the impact and benefit of each taught lesson. Each podcast series is created to exam board specification to give students exactly what they need to understand their subject. Individual podcasts are around 15 minutes long, are highly accessible, and designed to maximise engagement & focus, and are complete tutorials on key themes. Teachers licensing specific subjects/topics, can directly guide podcast tutorial usage to support their lesson plans & progress through a subject/topic. Our podcasts improve subject engagement, knowledge foundations, deepen understanding, and encourage critical thinking. It's good practice to use our podcasts to prep for, and then reinforce, lessons. We can also guide homework, fast-track periodic recall, and revision very easily - with selection of the appropriate podcast from each topic.
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Jan 2022
Excellent service
Rebeka Rangelov found Audiopi:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Flipped learning and homework strategy”
- Moderately reduces attainment gap“Helps our SEN largely”
- Significantly increases student collaboration“Joined projects for flipped learning”
- Moderately improves attainment“Results for literature have been steadily improving”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Listening to lectures gives them tools for essay writing”
Oct 2021
It's brilliant--but forms or quiz sheets after each podcast would make it perfect.
Richard Benn found Audiopi:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Flipped learning, setting homework and extension work.”
- Moderately reduces attainment gap“Accessible and engaging to all--pitched well for all.”
- Slightly increases student collaboration
- Moderately improves attainment“Consolidation and extension of vocab and content.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Content and vocab rich podcasts.”
Oct 2021
Now has all our A Level classes covered and nearly has all our GCSE classes
Katy found Audiopi:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“Students gain more in depth knowledge of a taught topic”
- Moderately reduces attainment gap“Some learners like listening/revising in this way”
- Moderately increases student collaboration“We talk through what they have listened too as class/share notes”
- Slightly improves attainment“see last question-better understanding”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“more than just class room taught, something extra”
Sep 2021
A really valuable tool in a teacher's armoury. Reduces workload and helps students build independence and consolidate knowledge.
Sarah McAnealy found Audiopi:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Allows for simple homework tasks, revision lessons and cover lessons.”
- Moderately reduces attainment gap“Helps our SEN students in particular as can be listened to rather than read.”
- Slightly increases student collaboration
- Moderately improves attainment“I think that it helps our more able students develop and consolidate their understanding independently beyond the classroom.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge
Aug 2021
It's cost effective, easy to use and reduces teacher workload.
Abi Mills-White found Audiopi:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Remote learning, homework and supporting students with independent revision is a breeze with Audiopi”
- Moderately reduces attainment gap“Students who have had disadvantages during the Covid lockdowns can catch up without teacher input.”
- Does not significantly increase student collaboration“None that I know of.”
- Moderately improves attainment“When used, it helps students build the 'big picture' of the History topics”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Students who are absent for a lesson can catch up without teacher input.”
Jul 2021
Great resource, however requires a significant proportion of my budget.
James found Audiopi:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Really usefull setting for revision, classwork, note taking etc - resources are good to go.”
- Significantly reduces attainment gap“Helps pupils who struggle with literacy, processing - can listen, go back and replay sections etc”
- Slightly increases student collaboration
- Significantly improves attainment“Great revision aid, supports pupil learning, an extra resources in a different format that gives pupils lots of options.”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“Great coverage of the A Level units we study, helps develop specific knowledge and depth of understanding.”
Jul 2021
Resources are simple to use and accessible for pupils.
Sarah Skitt found Audiopi:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Provides pupil's with opportunity for flipped learning.”
- Moderately reduces attainment gap“Provides pupils with an alternative means of developing subject knowledge without reading lots of text.”
- Slightly increases student collaboration“Discussion starters of knowledge learning in flipped learning.”
- Moderately improves attainment“Pupils developing subject knowledge that allows greater focus on application.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Pupils enjoy listening to podcasts as an alternative method of developing their subject knowledge.”
Jun 2021
Not available for all our History courses
Alan Thomson found Audiopi:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Very useful as starter for lessons”
- Moderately reduces attainment gap“Available for use by students in own time”
- Slightly increases student collaboration“class discussion”
- Moderately improves attainment“especially useful with less able students as topic overview”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“topic understanding”
Jun 2021
It is a very simple and convenient service for our students to use, that supplements their learning in lessons, and they love the bite-size chunks that they can listen to in order to consolidate their learning
Charlotte found Audiopi:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“When students are struggling with content, we can direct them to Audiopi and it really helps some of them to retain the content of the course”
- Slightly reduces attainment gap“It is hard to tell as we have had no formal exams for the last two years, but it has definitely helped with knowledge and student's ability to retain the information”
- Slightly increases student collaboration“Our students use it more independently as a way of revising and reinforcing their knowledge from lessons”
- Moderately improves attainment“Yes, our lower sets at GCSE were able to listen to the podcasts and then use that knowledge in their mock exams”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Students can more easily recall answers to questions in lessons”
Jun 2021
It's a very useful resource that extends learning beyond the classroom.
Briony McNeilly found Audiopi:
- Significantly improves attainment“Audio revision is particularly useful on the way to and from school. Some students have even been listening to podcasts whilst they've been training at the gym! Podcasts help students to improve their critical thinking from the different critical interpretations that are provided.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“With so much screen time for students during the Lockdown periods, AudioPi offered an alternative way to absorb knowledge.”
- Significantly increases student collaboration“Students have used podcasts to kickstart collaborative project work and debate.”
- Significantly reduces attainment gap“AudioPi can be more 'active', which has helped boys to engage more regularly, and with improved enthusiasm, to literary texts.”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Audio complements existing schemes of work and can be usefully referred to for individual research.”
Sian Mulvihill
Housemaster and History Teacher
Used Audiopi for I have used in for at least 3 years
Nov 2020
I really think it helps the pupils and wish that there were more units available
Sian Mulvihill found Audiopi:
- Significantly improves attainment“School teachers many dyslexic pupils and SEN pupils and they find that listening helps with their understanding as they cannot red the text . They find that it helps to sink it all in”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“another perspective or another voice can help”
- Moderately increases student collaboration“In A level classes they discuss their understanding after listening to the Podcast”
- Slightly reduces attainment gap
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“we can set it as a flipped learning task. They listen before we teach giving more understanding”
Oct 2020
It is useful and an alternative to videos or reading a textbook.
Emmah Cameron found Audiopi:
- Moderately improves attainment“It can be an alternate explanation as well as a review of learning so that students can 'click' with content and develop a deeper understanding.”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“Can often enhance the specific facts required”
- Slightly increases student collaboration“Has been used in group work tasks occasionally”
- Slightly reduces attainment gap“Unsure due to CAGs being used!”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“It can be used as a homework option”
Aug 2020
I already have recommended it to several other teachers both within my school and outside.
Amy McDermott found Audiopi:
- Moderately improves attainment“Audiopi really helped sustain student engagement during remote learning and enabled students to more confidently move through their study of Macbeth.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge
- Slightly increases student collaboration
- Slightly reduces attainment gap
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“I created Google Forms quizzes for some of the podcasts which students then completed. This was an easy way to check student understanding and once each quiz was written, it was self-marking, significantly decreasing my workload in all.”
Aug 2020
Detailed, concise, easy to access and empowers pupils to take ownership of their own learning.
Tom found Audiopi:
- Significantly improves attainment“It has proved really helpful for a pupil that fell behind at the beginning of the course and was struggling to catch back up. The content has allowed her to consolidate her understanding at her own pace and vastly improve both her attainment and content knowledge.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“I regularly use the podcasts now to flip the classroom and have pupils listen to a podcast for their prep. This means they arrive ready to discuss more complex concepts and debates during the lesson.”
- Slightly increases student collaboration
- Moderately reduces attainment gap“Students are confident to work at their own pace using the podcasts. They seem to find the relatively short and punchy episode length accessible but also detailed.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Flipping the classroom as discussed previously”
Aug 2020
I use audiopi a lot with A level , the students love them and can access easily on the app to revise , listen to debate etc I wish they did more topics. I have limited access for GCSE history , but USA module very popular with students. Great revision aid.
Geraldine Rimmer found Audiopi:
- Significantly improves attainment“At A level aids developing an argument / interpretation by modelling. Shows key events in a wider context and aids pupils understanding and skill for essay writing leading to higher grades”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Develops understanding , makes links between topics , reinforces understanding and aids development of skills like significance”
- Significantly increases student collaboration“After listening to a podcast , discussion is developed. As the podcasts discusses different interpretations allows pupils to use own knowledge to debate , explain and analyse the topics. Really increases engagement in the learning process”
- Significantly reduces attainment gap“Pupils are able to listen to the podcasts repeatedly , so are able to use with their wider reading etc. Weaker pupils gain confidence in their understanding , making notes to supplement their learning and feel more confident in applying these skills etc to essay writing thus improving their attainment”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“It’s another tool to engage and encourage debate / discussion. The podcasts are interesting and engaging , not like some very dull textbooks !!”
Jun 2020
I was an audio learner myself as a student, except in those days my father had to source lectures on my core texts on tape from publishers. He found many of the core texts on audio, but rarely found analytical material. Now this fills a gap long needed by audio learners. Horaay!
Elizabeth Tunnicliffe found Audiopi:
- Moderately improves attainment“We have enjoyed fantastic results for GCSE Literature since using AudioPi as a revision tool.”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“Often, the lecturers will have the very knowledge that a tired teacher could spend hours researching online. Here, you can at the click of a button, hear experts giving all the background context needed. For example, the Gothic features of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde were clearly explained in ways my weaker learners could understand.”
- Does not significantly increase student collaboration“Careful listening and pausing to replay is a personal activity.”
- Slightly reduces attainment gap“What attainment gap?”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“The comparisons of the poems are really helpful. The lecturers often see links between poems that we cannot see while writing the lesson the night before a class. It is a Godsend to the overworked teacher whose brain is not supplying the answers readily.”
Jun 2020
it is a easy way to help build on knowledge of religion which can be done whilst walking home from school
amelia found Audiopi:
- Significantly improves attainment“helped improve my grade in rs”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“it goes into a lot of detail but keeps knowledge relevant, helping improve my test answers”
- Significantly increases student collaboration“it can be done in lessons, and making notes after watching one is a easy but efficient task”
- Significantly reduces attainment gap“it helped me to gain above my target grade”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“not sure”
Jun 2020
Audiopi is an excellent resource for students, offering high level discussions and detailed comments about the texts studied. Students find the process of listening to the podcasts straightforward and the voices are engaging. I have also used Audiopi as part of a CPD offer for new staff and PGCE students who are unfamiliar with the various GCSE texts. They have all commented on how useful the material is.
Rebecca White found Audiopi:
- Significantly improves attainment“Supports students' independent study and helps provide perceptive insights about texts.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“The podcasts offer detailed coverage of plot, theme, character and context, helping to enhance students' learning.”
- Significantly increases student collaboration“We have created student quizzes and group projects around the Audiopi podcasts to help students revise together. Students are also more confident during group work tasks after listening to podcasts as they feel they know the content better.”
- Significantly reduces attainment gap“It allows students who may not hear academic or higher level language at home to listen to sophisticated discussions about the texts but still in an accessible way.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“It has made setting homework much easier and reduces the need for constant review lessons.”
Jun 2020
I haven't used it enough yet to really understand how useful it could be, but what I have seen is positive
Lauren found Audiopi:
- Moderately improves attainment
- Moderately builds student knowledge“students have said they found it helpful to understand some concepts”
- Does not significantly increase student collaboration
- Slightly reduces attainment gap
- Moderately reduces teacher workload
Jun 2020
Laura Pountney found Audiopi:
- Significantly improves attainment“Much better understanding of issues when writing essays”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“better retention of names”
- Significantly increases student collaboration
- Significantly reduces attainment gap
- Significantly reduces teacher workload
Jun 2020
Really fills a gap, students can access the material whenever they want. MMA year of mine listen to the podcasts on the way to and from school.
Richard Macfarlane found Audiopi:
- Moderately improves attainment“Students able to revise at their own pace.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“A much wider understanding of both content and how to tackle the exam.”
- Significantly increases student collaboration“Talking with each other”
- Moderately reduces attainment gap“Students can access material in a different way”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Not having to provide further revision resources”
Jun 2020
Top notch content, really accessible, delivered in a way that engages my students!
Alex found Audiopi:
- Significantly improves attainment“My students are more able to quickly grasp the key themes in a topic after listening to an Audiopi podcast.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“My students can go back and listen as much as they like, allowing them to build up areas of knowledge whenever suits them. The A Level podcasts add an extra layer of knowledge with snippets from experts.”
- Significantly increases student collaboration“I get my students to use the podcasts as a quick intro to a topic which they then discuss together.”
- Significantly reduces attainment gap“The way they are created is really accessible to students at all levels.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“They provide a great homework exercise by getting students to listen and then mindmap the podcast.”
Jun 2020
Very high quality
Nick found Audiopi:
- Significantly improves attainment“Better understanding of the skills needed for success”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Discussion of material not in standard texts”
- Moderately increases student collaboration“Tecachers report that students actually discuss the material”
- Significantly reduces attainment gap“Those struggling with the higher skill levels gain a better understanding”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Provides ideal homework activity and discussion material for the classroom”
Jun 2020
Students always comment on the high quality of the podcasts and how it improves their understanding, confidence and competence
Waqar Ahmad Ahmedi found Audiopi:
- Significantly improves attainment“Increased confidence with knowledge and understanding of content and tips for succeeding in assessments and exams”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Podcasts on Christianity and Islam are invaluable for both students and teachers”
- Moderately increases student collaboration“Listening to podcasts during lessons or for homework, and sharing learning”
- Slightly reduces attainment gap
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Podcasts are perfect for students to simply listen to and benefit as introductions to topics, core knowledge and revision”
Jun 2020
Tim found Audiopi:
- Significantly improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledge
- Significantly increases student collaboration
- Significantly reduces attainment gap
- Significantly reduces teacher workload