This study was conducted to find out the effect of the use of podcasts in nursing education on nursing students' speaking skills, affective awareness towards instruction, and success in the course and to serve as a source for prospective studies on the topic.

Objectives This study was conducted to find out the effect of the use of podcasts in nursing education on nursing students' speaking skills, affective awareness towards instruction, and success in the course and to serve as a source for prospective studies on the topic.

Design Randomized controlled trial. Settings A nursing faculty Participants Fourth-year nursing students who were studying at the faculty of nursing and were taking the "Academic Presentation Techniques" were randomly assigned to the experimental group (n=20) and the control group (n=20).

Methods Every week during the semester, students in the experimental group could listen to podcast episodes any time they desired following the course. Both before the podcast intervention and at the end of the semester, the Effective Speech Scale and the Scale of Affective Awareness Towards Instruction were administered to experimental and control groups. Final examination grades were evaluated as the indicator of success in the course.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Be over 18 years old,
• Volunteer to participate in research

Exclusion Criteria:

• be under 18 years old,
• not voluntarily to participate in research