Bearcats Become "Podcats" in the New Year
The University of Cincinnati will experiment with a new learning channel when classes resume on Jan. 3, 2006, after the winter break. Thats when an experiment with seven podcast courses begins.
Come the upcoming winter quarter, University of Cincinnati students will fine tune their study skills thanks to technology, specifically the ubiquitous portable jukeboxes called iPods or other brands of MP3 players.
Thats because starting on Jan. 3, the university begins a new experiment. Seven courses in UCs McMicken College of Arts & Sciences anthropology, biochemistry, communications, English, geology, German and psychology will be podcast. The term (think of combining iPod and broadcasting) allows for a system that approximates a personalized radio station.
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