Comments on Podcasts for Learning Technology

• check out iTunes U.
• Posted by JJR , Librarian / Technical Services at Texas Woman's University on September 30, 2009 at 9:15am EDT

• While I'm not familiar with Hi-Tech related podcasts originating from institutions of higher learning, the feature on iTunes known as "iTunes U" has many scholarly lectures to choose from, from top name U.S. universities and even a few foreign ones, on a variety of interesting topics. There are a few library related podcasts as well, although my favorite one, LibVibe, is no longer producing new episodes; these tend to skew towards technology topics as they impact the library world.

  I also use podcasts to listen to German-language news broadcasts from German-speaking Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) to keep my foreign language listening skills honed. As a Freethinker, I enjoy a large number of atheist/skeptic/humanist related podcasts during the week; I listen to these while doing chores around the house like doing laundry, washing the dishes, etc, or driving around town running errands.

• TWiT still good
• Posted by Dr. Pepper , Academic-in-training at Some U. on September 30, 2009 at 9:45am EDT

• I have a lot of podcasts in my podcatcher - I don't obviously listen to every single episode of every single podcast - there isn't enough time (and sometimes things don't interest me).

  I do have to say that the TWiT podcasts are still good for academic technology.  Yes they are like sports radio sometimes, but knowing how others treat technology is a particular influence on how you might implement some technology in an academic setting and it gives you insight into how users may perceive your implementation before you actually even roll it out.

  One podcast that I view every now and again that is on iTunesU is the SJSU library science podcast. They've got guest speakers coming in to give talks to their library science grad students and those are taped and put on the internet in podcast form.  It's pretty useful to keep abreast of library-world developments since instructional technology and libraries go hand in hand.

  Guilty pleasures: video game podcasts

• Digital Campus
• Posted by Amanda French at NYU on October 1, 2009 at 4:30pm EDT

• The Digital Campus podcast, produced by the Center for History and New Media, is my favorite. You can find it in the iTunes store or at http://digitalcampus.tv. Full disclosure: I'm now on it. :)

• Teachers Teaching Teachers
• Posted by EEA at UC Berkeley on October 14, 2009 at 5:15am EDT

• I like Teachers Teaching Teachers on the Ed Tech Talk network and on iTunes. Very focused on what educators are actually doing and integrating into their teaching. Starts as a weekly web-radio broadcast (Weds at 9 p.m. ET) that shows up in iTunes a few days later.