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Article: Duke University to Continue to Utilize Apple iPods for Educational Use.
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- AScribe Business & Economics News Service
- Article date:
- April 6, 2005
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Byline: Duke University
DURHAM, N.C., April 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following a preliminary review of its year-long effort to incorporate Apple iPods into the curriculum, Duke University will continue distributing the devices to students next year, although in a more targeted manner, while also exploring other educational applications of multimedia technologies, school officials announced Wednesday.
Last fall, the university distributed about 1,600 iPods pre-loaded with orientation material to all incoming first-year students. Next year Duke will shift distribution away from an entire class of students and will focus instead on making the devices ...