Podcasting in academia: a new knowledge management paradigm within academic settings

Podcasting represents a new and exciting learning paradigm within an academic setting. Materials such conference reports, research manuscripts, and course lectures can be recorded as audio and video files and delivered to subscribing users automatically. A minimum skills and effort is requiring for involved parties to accomplish the knowledge transaction. The ease of use and seamless transaction between users enable more efficiency in resource consumption. Minimal time and effort is wasted for both knowledge distribution and acquisition. In addition, podcasting can be utilized in various types of knowledge management practices including, a collaborative and social networking activities. This paper provides a technological overview of podcasting, and examines the potential podcasting usage within educational settings, podcasting contributions to academia, and future podcasting research suggestions. Categories and Subject Descriptors

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: SIGCPR
• Authors: Peter Ractham, Xuesong Zhang
• Keywords: Podcasting, Podcasting Research Suggestions, Potential Podcasting Usage, SIGCPR 2006