Duke Rethinks iPod Project

Duke initially planned on giving every new student a free iPod, but now only plans on giving iPods to students in certain classes.

“Only students enrolled in certain classes will get the free gadgets.

The school, which hoped the $300 players would enhance students’ learning by allowing them to record lectures, capture oral notes and play language-training recordings, spent $500,000 on the pilot project.

That covered the iPods, salary for an academic computing specialist and grants to faculty members who participated in the program.”

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