1. BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - The Reith Lectures
Professor Michael Sandel, Harvard Professor of Government, delivers four lectures about the prospects of a new politics of the common good. The series is presented and chaired by Sue Lawley.
Sandel considers the expansion of markets and how we determine their moral limits. Should immigrants, for example, pay for citizenship? Should we pay schoolchildren for good test results, or even to read a book? He calls for a more robust public debate about such questions, as part of a 'new citizenship'.
2. EconTalk - economics podcasts by the Library of Economics and Liberty
The Library of Economics and Liberty carries a weekly podcast, EconTalk, hosted by Russ Roberts.
The talk show features one-on-one discussions with an eclectic mix of authors, professors, Nobel Laureates, entrepreneurs, leaders of charities and businesses, and people on the street. The emphases are on using topical books and the news to illustrate economic principles. Exploring how economics emerges in practice is a primary theme.
Listeners are able to comment online on recent podcasts. All podcasts are archived and available free of charge. Podcast Listening Guides for classroom use are offered on selected podcasts.
EconTalk was voted Best Podcast in the 2008 Weblog Awards. It took 2nd place for Best Podcast two years in a row in the 2007 Weblog Awards and 2006 Weblog Awards.
EconTalk got started in March 2006 with podcasts every two weeks, and went weekly in the summer of 2006. New podcasts are released on Monday mornings. They are available for listening on any computer, and are also available through iTunes and other intermediary services.
Tags: Audio Sharing Websites, Business and Economics
3. Education Podcasts
Education podcasts on a variety of subjects.
Education podcasts from universities, colleges, students, teachers - everyone who uses podcasting to learn and to teach others.
4. EdTechPodcast
EdTechPodcast is a podcast that brings education and technology together every week.
Subscribe to listen to an in depth discussion on the trends of educational technology.
EdTechPodcast was founded by Chris Johnson, a consultant and web 2.0
5. Gabcast
Record podcasts with your phone!
Gabcast is a social broadcasting platform that offers virtual communities, individuals and organisations an easy way to create and distribute audio content.
6. iTunes U
iTunes U is better than the real
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A lot of institutions offer free podcasts of lectures and tutorial recordings via their individual websites or Apple's iTunes U.
Click here for an introduction to iTunes U.
7. Odeo
Search, Discover and Share Digital Media from Millions of Audio and Video Clips.
8. Podcast Pickle
The sheer quantity of podcasts and videocasts now available make the existence of sites like Podcast Pickle a necessity - how else would you keep up?
Last checked, the directory boasted nearly 10,000 casts. Use the advanced search tools or browse the Top 100 list or weekly picks to find something worth loading onto your own portable player, or add your own cast to the mix.
The site automatically downloads new feeds as they are posted by the source; register to create a personal page of favorites and you'll be able to access everything you want in one place.
9. PodOxford - University of Oxford
Oxford University offers downloadable lectures and tutorials at PodOxford.
Where prospective students can also listen to discussions about courses, colleges, how to apply and what happens in the often-dreaded Oxford interview.
10. Science Podcast - Free Science Podcasts from Scientific American
The latest free science podcasts from Scientific American
11. The Naked Scientists
The Naked Scientists are a media-savvy group of physicians and researchers from Cambridge University who use radio, live lectures, and the Internet to strip science down to its bare essentials, and promote it to the general public.
Their award winning BBC weekly radio programme, The Naked Scientists, reaches a potential audience of 6 million listeners across the east of England, and also has an international following on the web.
12. Nature Podcast
Each week Nature publishes a free audio show.
It's hosted by Adam Rutherford and Kerri Smith and features reporters Charlotte Stoddart, Geoff Brumfiel and Natasha Gilbert.
Every show features highlighted content from the week's edition of Nature including interviews with the people behind the science, and in-depth commentary and analysis from journalists covering science around the world.
The Nature Podcast team is the same team as the Naked Scientists, but made for the journal, Nature.
13. ZENcast
ZENcast is large collection of free video, blogs, vodcasts, podcasts and tech news.
The ultimate source for free video blogs and podcasts.
14. What is a VLE?
A podcast explaining what a virtual learning environment does and how a VLE adds value over a blog or static Web page for supporting students between lessons.
Duration: 4.20 minutes
15. Blogs in education
A short talk on blogs in education.
Duration: 4.24 minutes
16. The first ever JISC podcast
With Michael Stevenson, the director of technology at the DfES (the Department for Education and Skills) and the man responsible for the implementation of the departments e-Strategy "Harnessing Technology: Transforming learning and children's services" published on 15 March 2005.
Duration: 18.23 minutes
17. AJAX
This edition of the Computerworld TechCast explains AJAX, a way of using XML, JavaScript, and other Web technologies to make slick Web sites and Web features that put many older paged-based navigation architectures to shame.
Duration: 5.56 minutes
18. Firewalls
This edition of the Computerworld TechCast takes a look at firewalls, which are software and hardwall tools designed to protect internal systems and data from external networks, such as the Internet.
Duration: 5.53 minutes
19. VoIP
This edition of the Computerworld TechCast explains voice over IP (VoIP), an Internet technology that lets people make telephone calls over the Internet or other Internet Protocol-based networks.
Duration: 6:16
20. Semantic Web
This edition of the Computerworld TechCast investigates the Semantic Web, an effort currently in development by the World Wide Web Consortium to make the Internet machine-readable.
Duration: 5.53 minutes
21. RSS Feeds
Have you noticed those little orange buttons that say "XML" or "RSS" or "Atom" sprouting up on websites? These are different names for the same thing - links to subscribeable "feeds" that let users know if a website or web page has been recently updated. In this edition of the Computerworld Techcast, we'll talk about feeds, how they work, and what they are used for.
Duration: 6.23 minutes
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