A Forrester(R) research report (2005) projected that by next year (2010), 20.1 million households will use satellite radio and 12.3 million will listen to podcasts that they have synchronized to their MP3 players. It will be interesting to discover the "real" numbers in just a couple of months. The Future of Digital Audio report is available from http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/0,7211,36428,00.html . Registration (free) is required access and download the report.
The availability of podcasts on the Internet is amazing. Students in my NRSG 6121 class took an advantage of podcasts to address knowledge needs regarding how a computer works. The students were all issued a iPod at the beginning of the semester with a microphone for recording audio and encouraged to create podcasts. They shared findings from their searches in the iTunes store for medical and nursing educational podcasts. Observing their excitement about the value of podcasts for eductational purposes has been wonderful!
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