Podcasting as Mobile Learning
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2009
Keywords
Enclosure, Synchronization (Synch), Course Casting, XML Scripting Language, ID3 Tags, Timeshifting, Democratization of the Media
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch241
Abstract
Debuting as “audio-blogging” in September 2004, podcasting has evolved to a much more stalwart technology and a greater societal adoption (Geoghegan & Klass, 2005). The public awareness of podcasting was marked by the integration of podcasting into Apple’s music downloading extravaganza called iTunes® in June 2005 (Lafferty & Walch, 2006). However it was in 2006-2007 that the steep incline of adoption became obvious (Li, 2007) as the iPod® became more popular. Podcasts are digital audio files which are hosted on the Internet and published via a special scripting language. Podcasts are usually produced in a series, so that there are multiple episodes. And the scripting language, XML (Extensible Markup Language) and RSS (Really Simple Syndication), enables updates of the series to be sent to the listener’s computer or wireless device automatically (King & Gura, 2007). However, readers may ask what connection does this popular broadcasting phenomenon have to distance and online learning? Or then again, how could MP3 players, iPods®, and the movement of new media have any impact or relationship to formal and informal learning?
Was this content written or created while at USF?
No
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Podcasting as Mobile Learning, in P. L. Rogers, G. A. Berg, J. V. Boettcher, C. Howard, L. Justice & H. D. Schnek (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Distance Learning (2nd Ed.), IGI Publishing, p. 1644-1650
Scholar Commons Citation
King, K P., "Podcasting as Mobile Learning" (2009). Leadership, Counseling, Adult, Career and Higher Education Faculty Publications. 119.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ehe_facpub/119
