Duke University and iPods

I have one word, WOW! I wonder when The University of South Alabama will begin to hand out iPods to incoming freshmen. To give a brief overview of the article I read, Duke has begun an experiment on using iPods for education. They have invested around $500,000 in this experiment. A move like this from a University, such as Duke, sends a loud message to education in general. If their attempts prove to be successful, I can see many more Universities requiring access to iPods.

Duke programmed the iPods before the freshmen every received them. They had things such as the freshmen orientation information, the academic calender, and some of Dukes fight songs. The iPods were also used to download course content, recorded lectures, foreign language lectures, and audio books. Duke is also open to using the iPod in different ways that the faculty and students think it will be helpful. I am interested to see what their studies show. Duke Gives iPods to Freshmen Link