These days many univeristies are using iPods to help teach and get information across to students faster and more efficiently. Duke University is well known for using them in the classroom, and I also found that Indiana University uses them as well. Duke gave out over 1600 iPods to new students last year with orientation material on them. In this way, while they instruct the students gave have the information in the form of digital media right in their hands. The teachers can incorporate videos, internet links, and text guides in their daily class lessons. This year Duke will only use iPods in certain classrooms and for teachers who request them. The distribution is controlled by the universitie's Center for Instructional Technology they track the use of the iPods through enrollment of classes. When a student is given one they own it and they keep it for use in the future as well.
Indiana Univeristy is just now using the technology as it was not a new idea for Duke. On their website Indiana Univeristy has a notice of a workshop relating to how the professors would be able to use the iPods in the classroom. The notice talks about the use of software for the iPods so the instructor to create educational content to play for the students such as virtual tours of museums, text related films, or portable study quizzes. http://teaching.iub.edu/event_full.php?coursesid=2192
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