Take a virtual video tour

Podcasting the HMSC

Visitors can now tune in to a podcast of short videos describing the center's exhibits, the work of HSMC researchers and what goes on behind the scenes to keep the public aquarium healthy and functioning.

The videos, produced by Oregon Sea Grant Communications, can be downloaded to your personal computer, iPod or other Internet-equipped hand-held audio/video player.

Download the videos at home to get a preview of what's in store when you come to Newport, load them onto your iPod to bring along as a portable guide when you arrive - or check out an iPod from our docent and use it to help you understand the center's interactive exhibits.

It's all part of a larger effort to understand more about how people learn in "free-choice" settings such as the Visitor Center. Don't be surprised if you're approached by a student with a clipboard: Sea Grant's Free-Choice Learning educator, Shawn Rowe, and his team of student assistants are surveying visitors to determine whether this new technology changes or enhances your learning experience.

Subscribe to our podcast and use your iPod
as a portable guide when you visit the HMSC

Subscribe to Ocean Learning:

• Via iTunes:
  1. Click this link
  2. If iTunes doesn't launch automatically, use your desktop link to start it
  3. When the Ocean Learning podcast appears, select "subscribe"
  4. View the videos on your computer or download them to your iPod
• Via our direct podcast feed
  • Point your feed-reader to this link
  • When you're notified that we've created a new episode, click on the link to launch your preferred media player and watch the video.
• By e-mail
  • Use this link to get an e-mail announcement when each new podcast episode goes on-line.

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