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October 03, 2006, 03:56 PM ET
Podcasting, Without the Pod
Professors who podcast love to talk up the convenience of the technology: Any student with an iPod (or a less widely used digital music player) can listen to course lectures as he or she walks to class or works out at the gym. But if a number of nascent companies get their way, podcasts will soon become even easier to tune in to: All it will take is a cellphone.
Wired News, reporting from the 2006 Podcast and Portable Media Expo, notes that companies like Liquid Air Lab and Melodeo are offering services that let users download podcasts directly to their mobile phones, and while those services aren’t entirely practical just yet, they are improving fast. Since cellphones are even more ubiquitous on college campuses than iPods, the technology may be worth keeping an eye on. —Brock Read
Categories: Teaching, Student-Life
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