Forget Class, Just Get The Podcast
from the cutting-101 dept
Forget borrowing somebody's notes or looking at the prof's PowerPoint slides on the Internet, now college students can just subscribe to the podcast if they don't want to go to class. Cue the inevitable backlash from people calling this the downfall of higher education, but it seems like a pretty good use of technology, really. If a student wants to go over a lecture again, they can, and somebody that tries to replace actually showing up for class with a podcast probably wasn't that interested (and probably wasn't going to do very well) anyway. But I guess Duke's finally found a use for all those iPods they gave out.
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Good idea
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I only went to college to see the faces of the people that I left in highschool when I dropped out. Here is me, the guy that never did shit in highschool, attending the same college as them and making it look easy. It was a mixture of shock and horror.
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If my school would have had this possibility, I would have made good use of it! :D
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Can anyone get these?
The schools could benefit by exposure and, since the much of a class is taken up by homework and using textbooks, they could justify giving out the podcasts for free.
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The only thing missing would be the ability to ask questions and getting someone to correct my homework.
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Now I agree, its about time Colleges got a little hightech and I dont mean offering Wi-Fi. This is a superb method of using a technology thats easy and very availible because even if the kids dont have an iPod, they can still download iTunes for free and listen to them on their computer and their free downloads on the program side and usually the podcast itself is free. this is superb I believe.
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Lecture Podcasts
So yes, it's a good use of technology - and the Universities themselves want to do it - they see it as adding great value to the teaching services they already offer, providing a better service to their customers - the students.
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