iPods in the classroom

Hello from the NMC 2006 conference in Cleveland. I attended an interesting lecture by two professors at Radford University about using iTunes and iPods in the context of a music history class. Every student in the class next semester will be required to own an iPod and will get content downloaded from the library to it. The professors have created a simple multiple choice quiz that the students can take on the iPod while listening to the assigned music. The professors claimed that the students retained more information about the class material because they were able to listen to the assignments more frequently and at their convenience.

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