Thursday, March 6, 2008

(Almost) automatic podcasting of class lectures

This article takes notice of a new technology that helps college professors link visual aids to digital recordings of their lectures, thus creating a rich podcast of each class for student use. Profs say it's not negatively affecting class attendance , and it's certainly useful for test prep. Better yet, it's already trickling down to high schools (well, AP classes at least), although it's really going to take some effort to get teachers to create the final product. Most universities have a way to help professors with that kind of media-production endeavor.

"Reviewing for a test could be just a click away on your iPod"
Sherry Saavedra, San Diego Union-Tribune