November 25, 2005
Podcasting Lectures and More
To the Editor:
Reading "Lectures on the Go" (The Chronicle, October 28), ... I was struck by the excuse of the "professor droning on for 50 minutes" as a strong reason for the use of podcasting courses, or coursecasting. Now, it is argued, students can download professors' lectures onto an iPod and listen at their leisure. While I have serious doubts about the effectiveness of this method of transferring knowledge to students, I am even more concerned about what I perceive as the real
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