And now we turn our attention to news and new episodes from the world of college and university podcasting. All the feeds I scan to bring you updates about new podcast episodes are listed in the podcast section of Thomson Peterson’s Edufeeds.com.

-An episode from Wisconsin Center for Education Research News provides information about research surrounding the role of teacher research in professional development (link to mp3).

-Paul Baker, who produces and hosts the WCER podcasts, was recently featured in a University of Wisconsin - Madison news story about his work on “Caravan,” a radio program he created on Middle Eastern music (available in live stream here).

-Arizona State University DMIT Podcast released an episode of “Conversations with Filmmakers.”

-Dan Barnett interviewed assistive technologist Dan Keys as part of the weekly Butte College Chronicles podcast.

-Jean-Claude Bradley discussed the state of lecture podcasting as part of the weekly podcast from the Drexel College of Arts and Sciences RSS Club.

-Allegheny College posted volume 28 in their podcast series. This one is an interview with Bill Salyer, director of athletics information, about fall and winter sports at Allegheny.

-This week’s podcast from Texas A&M Engineering Engineering Works took a look at houses that float.

-The University of Western Ontario podcast (link to mp3) provided UWO news updates for the week.

-In coming weeks, look for in-depth commentary on this blog regarding the Ball State student blogcasting efforts and the UC Berkeley Haas School podcasts. I had a chance to interview representatives from both institutions for an upcoming talk I’m giving at AACRAO SEM 15 on the role of podcasting in admissions.