User:Museum Podcasts

Museum Podcasts are a developing educational resource for museum didactic programming. Web sites like MuseumPods (Museum Podcast Directory) and iTunes [http:www.apple.com/itunes] started posting museum podcasts in 2006. MuseumPods is a non-profit educational "Collaborative Media Culture" web site dedicated to educating museums and society about the potential and benefits of podcasting. Based on MuseumPods online research statistics fewer than 6 museums were podcasting in early 2006, and by October the same year over 90 museum were podcasting. This is less than .25% of the museums in America, however, more than 85% of museum surveyed wish to start podcasting by 2010. It is expected that podcasting in museums as an educational resource will have the impact web sites have had since the mid 1990s.

Museum Podcast Related Definitions

1.Collaborative Media Culture (CMC): The fusion of content management systems, web blogs, web sites, Myspace, directories, podcasts, swicki search engines, wikipedia, wiki, del.ic.ious, flickr, and swik, which interact, making a “complete” Internet content system.

2. Museum Informatics: How computers and new media impact museums and visitors experiences.

Elements of Museum Informatics
 * computerization of the integrated management systems of museums
 * national standards of records among museums
 * online access of museum digital collections
 * websites of museums
 * computerized collections
 * web-based interactive experiences
 * computer kiosks and other educational media such as podcasts within museums
 * computer and screen displays
 * mobile technologies, PDAs, iPods, cell phones as educational systems in museums

3. Web 2.0: Web 2.0 is a term often applied to a perceived ongoing transition of the World Wide Web from a collection of websites to a full-fledged computing platform serving web applications to end users. Ultimately Web 2.0 services are expected to replace desktop computing applications for many purposes.

A podcast is a multimedia file distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. The term as originally coined by Ben Hammersley in an article in the Guardian on February 12, 2004, was meant as a portmanteau of "broadcasting" and "iPod".

The term podcast, like 'radio', can mean both the content and the method of delivery. The host or author of a podcast is often called a podcaster. Though podcasters' web sites may also offer direct download or streaming of their content, a podcast is distinguished from other digital audio formats by its ability to be downloaded automatically using software capable of reading feeds like RSS or Atom.

History
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The concept of podcasting was suggested as early as 2000 and its technical components were available by 2001. In 2003, regular podcasts started showing up on well-known Web sites and software support spread.