Podcast

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How it works?

With Podcast you can download a seminar or lecture audio in MP3 format.
(Later video might also be available.)

If you have a Podcast player installed (iTunes, iPodder etc.) you can subscribe to a series, and it will be downloaded automatically when it becomes available.

Johns Hopkins University Podcasting

JHU Podcasting website
Maryland 110 is Podcast ready classroom.

More about Podcast

The name Podcast is very misleading. First, the name "pod" implies that you need to buy an iPod to be able to listen to the files. This is not true: anyone with a computer and software like iTunes or iPodder can subscribe and listen to a podcast.

Secondly, "cast" implies it is a live broadcast. While you may find a live podcast from time to time, it is more likely that you will be downloading prerecorded material.

A podcast is basically an RSS file, usually written in XML, that tells your iTunes/iPodder software when there is a new piece of multimedia (e.g., audio or video) ready to be downloaded.

You can directly download your podcast, however, we recommend that you subscribe to the seminar series. When a new seminar is available, the podcast will automatically download into your podcast player (i.e. iTunes).