July 1, 2005

Duke U. Assesses iPod Experiment and Finds It Worked -- in Some Courses

By BROCK READ

In a new report, administrators at Duke University have found that the institution's much-publicized iPod giveaway had educational merit, but not in every course.

The report, based on a study by Duke's Center for Instructional Technology, tracks the university's yearlong experiment with the popular digital devices, which were passed out to all of its 1,650 freshmen in the fall. When campus officials announced the project, they argued that iPods could help invigorate the university's

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