In this paper we describe a study of the effectiveness of mobile learning (m-learning) in the form of podcasting, for teaching undergraduate students in Higher Education. Podcasting involves downloading a series of audio or video broadcasts (files) onto a digital media player, via a computer, over a period of weeks. These can then be watched or listened to when, where and as often as students c...

BACKGROUND Previous interventions have shown promising results using theory-based podcasts to deliver a behavioral weight-loss intervention. OBJECTIVE The objective of our study was to examine whether a combination of podcasting, mobile support communication, and mobile diet monitoring can assist people in weight loss. METHODS In this 6-month, minimal contact intervention, overweight (n = 9...

Aswe enter into 2016, technology becomes an ever increasingly more important part of our lives. Global Spine Journal is also trying to keep upwith the times, as the age of print is starting to come to a close and everything is available digitally. GSJ understands that everyone leads busy lives and people do not always have time to read an entire print journal. However, we also understand that m...

BACKGROUND We have witnessed a rapid increase in the use of Web-based 'collaborationware' in recent years. These Web 2.0 applications, particularly wikis, blogs and podcasts, have been increasingly adopted by many online health-related professional and educational services. Because of their ease of use and rapidity of deployment, they offer the opportunity for powerful information sharing and e...

This article investigates independent podcasts created outside traditional institutions (Markman, 2012) on the world’s largest podcast platform, Apple Podcasts, in context of streaming media. Through a quantitative content analysis 552 Danish podcasts, study off ers insights into podcasting, its medium grammar and (Meyrowitz, 1998), conditions by which podcasters navigate liminal space between ...

Lecture recordings have been used for teaching purposes for several years and different ways of distribution have been investigated at the universities in Osnabrueck. A blended learning approach based on lecture recordings has been developed in which the recordings substitute the classroom lectures. Building blocks of that concept are podcasts, web lectures, electronic examinations and coaching...