Article: Duke to give 1,200 undergrads iPods in spring

Steve Veres
University Wire
12-06-2005
(The Chronicle) (U-WIRE) DURHAM, N.C. -- When students return for the spring semester, many will receive a late holiday gift from the Duke University.

As part of the continuing Duke Digital Initiative, at least 1,200 undergraduates will use iPods in 42 Spring 2006 courses-the largest number since the project began as the Duke iPod First-Year Experience in Fall 2004.

"There is a lot of interest in the academic uses of iPods," said Lynne O'Brien, director of the Center for Instructional Technology. "We felt this was true based on last year, but it's interesting to see how much things have grown."

Undergraduates who have yet to receive an iPod from the ...

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