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Sunday, March 08, 2009
Study: class podcasts can lead to better grades - Jacqui Cheng, ars technica
Students perform better on tests when they use podcasts to take notes—better, even, than simply going to class. Though a recent study stops short of saying podcasts can replace classes, it shows that they can be extremely useful in supplementing lectures. iTunes U enables universities to put class lectures online and syndicated through iTunes. Listening to podcasted versions of university lectures seems to be better for students than simply going to class, according to new research by State University of New York (SUNY) Fredonia psychologist Dani McKinney.
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