Is the 'Pod Ripe? - Jon Reidel, The University of Vermont View

Ray Schroeder reports on 12 December:

Like any professor who has been around for 35 years, Charles Rathbone, associate professor of education, is always looking for ways to keep his lectures fresh. He’s a prime example of a “more mature” teacher, as he lightheartedly refers to himself on his Web site, who uses new teaching methods and technology to engage his students as much today as he did when he arrived on campus in 1970. This semester, Rathbone put together a seven-minute Podcast of the highlights of a 40-minute lecture from his “Learning and the Learner” course, hoping it would stimulate some discussion and help bring to life what he viewed as pretty thick content. The response to the use of Apple’s palm-size digital music player far exceeded expectations.

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