Little is known about the learners who download iTunes U resources but do not belong to the Higher Education institutions that provide them. This paper presents the first full profile of the external iTunes U learner and their practices and opinions of the materials they download. The data was gathered through a large survey (over 2000 responses) carried out over two years using the iTunes U si...

We consider a realistic podcast distribution application in remote rural areas, where programs have to be recorded into a CD and distributed to the local radio stations. We use a store-carry-and-forward approach, based on mobile agents, that is designed to operate in areas that lack network infrastructure. PrivHab is a georouting protocol that learns the mobility habits of the nodes of the netw...

Background & aim: The increased prevalence of infertility and using assisted reproductive technologies including donation procedures has currently become a public concern. The familiarity of midwives with legal and religious aspects of these procedures is a salient issue in their care giving practice. However, this issue has been less considered in the curriculum planning for midwifery students...

INTRODUCTION The WestJEM Blog and Podcast Watch presents high quality open-access educational blogs and podcasts in emergency medicine (EM) based on the ongoing ALiEM Approved Instructional Resources (AIR) and AIR-Professional series. Both series critically appraise resources using an objective scoring rubric. This installment of the Blog and Podcast Watch highlights the topic of orthopedic eme...

Ulf Nyman, MD, PhD • Peter Aspelin, MD, PhD • Jarl Jakobsen, MD, PhD • Jonas Björk, PhD Herbert Y. Kressel, MD Hi. This is Herb Kressel and welcome to the December 2015 Radiology podcast. We have a very full lineup for this month’s podcast. First, I’ll be speaking with the authors of a controversies in radiology pairing that we’re featuring on contrast induced nephropathy. There’s been a lot of...

Technological tools have increasingly become a part of the college classroom, often appealing to teachers because of their potential to increase student engagement with course materials. Podcasts in particular have gained popularity as tools to better inform students by providing access to lectures outside of the classroom. In this paper, we argue that educators should expand course materials t...

INTRODUCTION For optimal direction in career paths and postgraduate training, students can benefit from information to guide them through options. Using geriatric medicine as a template, the goal was to develop a multimedia podcast resource that can give a clearer picture of what a specialty entails. METHODS The project included a survey of existing resources and needs assessment of medical s...

INTRODUCTION The WestJEM Blog and Podcast Watch presents high quality open-access educational blogs and podcasts in emergency medicine (EM) based on the ongoing ALiEM Approved Instructional Resources (AIR) and AIR-Professional series. Both series critically appraise resources using an objective scoring rubric. This installment of the Blog and Podcast Watch highlights the topic of neurologic eme...

Neural network computing demonstrates advanced analytical problem solving abilities to meet the demands of modern chemical research. (To listen to a podcast about this article, please go to the Analytical Chemistry multimedia page at pubs.acs.org/page/ancham/audio/index.html .).