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Article: Students can get lectures by podcast UC Berkeley, Stanford classes taking part in innovative MP3 program
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- December 19, 2005
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Starting this school year, some California college students have
been able to carry around course lectures and materials stored in
their portable MP3 players.
It is a move that is raising concerns about possible empty lecture
halls and an impersonal education that is not worth the high price.
But busy students find the technology appealing.
"Being able to download MP3s anytime I want and not just at the
scheduled times of lectures makes things a lot easier," said Linda
Liu, 18, a freshman at University of California, Berkeley.
With lectures available at her convenience, she can attend
internship fairs and stay in bed after all-night studying instead of
worrying about missing class, Liu ...