On Campus, the Debate Over iPods Continues

Campus officials who have been tracking Duke University’s iPod giveaway haven’t gotten any easy answers about whether the devices are ready for the classroom: Duke’s experiment seems to have achieved mixed results. But a handful of institutions, including Duke and Drexel Universities, remain committed to the devices—even if they are, as one professor says, "glorified tape recorders." (The Christian Science Monitor)

For more on the academic value of iPods, see an article from the Chronicle by Brock Read.