Podcasting

on Thursday, January 28, 2010 with 0 comments



Podcasting is a blending of two words, ‘iPod’ and ‘broadcasting’. It represents a method of (1) publishing online content such as audio, video, images, or text files, and (2) allowing users to receive the content in an automated fashion. This last feature distinguishes podcasting from the traditional method of acquiring online information. The traditional method requires users to locate the desired online information and ‘pull’ it to their computer every time. The newer model only requires users to seek out the information, in the form of a podcast, one time only, where a user can subscribe to an RSS feed. Future additions to the podcast, or ‘episodes,’ will be ‘pushed’ to the user’s computer. This model is similar to subscribing to listservs, journals, magazines or newspapers in that the subscriber automatically receives materials.



Depending on the type of podcast, users can view the content on either a computer or audio mp3 player/or video-enabled iPod unit. The types include:

  • Audio podcast (music, lectures, news broadcast)
  • Enhanced podcast (synchronizing images (PowerPoint/Keynote slide presentations with audio files, only available with Macs),
  • Video podcast (video clips formatted to play on computers or vide-enabled iPods),
  • Other, as an attachment (class notes, word processing documents, PDFs, spreadsheets, photos).

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