July 20, 2004

Free iPods for all incoming Duke freshmen

Aren't there already enough distractions for freshmen?


Duke University has entered into an agreement with Apple to distribute iPods to all of the incoming freshmen this year - that's 1650 iPods! This agreement is part of an initiative to "encourage creative uses of technology in education and campus life" The iPods will have audio and text on them including special university content such as "faculty-provided course content, including language lessons, music, recorded lectures and audio books." Faculty will be assisted in creating new content for these devices by Duke's Center for Instructional Technology And here you thought iPods were just for music! [Slashdot]

Posted by Kevin Railsback at July 20, 2004 10:24 AM | TrackBack
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