With iTunes U, youtube and online conferences becoming increasingly popular with researchers, knowing how and why to use podcasts is an essential skill for the 21st-century academic.

Watch a video on podcasting in plain English.

A podcast is an audio file that can be downloaded from the internet. When it is video enhanced it becomes a vodcast!

Listen to podcasts to catch up on things you've missed; to find out about something; to find sources such as interviews or lectures.

Make a podcast to publicise your research; to share information; to receive feedback; to present at online conferences; to practice summarising your research.

Find podcasts:http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/

Find vodcasts: http://www.youtube.com

Make your own: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Workshop video podcasts: Intro to Podcasts, iTunes, and iTunesU, Podcasts and Vodcasts for Research, and Using Audacity and ScreenR