[Sig-bwp] iTalk? Students Get Class Lectures on Demand, Thanks to Podcasts

[Gerry Mckiernan]

Colleagues/

November 2005  VOLUME 4 ISSUE 8 
iTalk? Students Get Class Lectures on Demand, Thanks to Podcasts 
[ http://www.washington.edu/alumni/uwnewslinks/200511/article_podcasts.html ]

>From University Week - October 20, 2005
By Nancy Wick

A pilot project now under way is a big step toward the goal of "anytime, anywhere learning." Classroom Support Services is running a pilot project to podcast lectures in three Kane Hall classes. 

Lectures in Kane have often been videotaped for student viewing, but that means the student must go to the library to check out the video and view it there. With podcasts the audio portion of the lecture can be downloaded to a personal listening device such as an iPod and listened to anywhere. Moreover, the new technology allows students to subscribe to lectures and have them automatically downloaded to their computers.

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Thanks to Stephanie Wright, U of Washington for this news !!!

 /Gerry 

Gerry McKiernan
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck at iastate.edu