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First in the World to use iPods in Education

edit Steve McCarty 2005-12-06 13:31 WST  ·  ·

This is an interview with Professor Eiko Kato, a colleague who initiated the distribution of iPods loaded with English listening materials to all incoming students at Osaka Jogakuin College since April 2004. This was about a half year before Duke University, which is often called the first to do this. She is a Harvard PhD and a Mac user for 15 years. She discusses how the idea originated, before iPods became popular in Japan, and how iPods are being used effectively in the second year here. We also discuss podcasting with iTunes as further steps in providing foreign language listening content, class lectures and special events. For related information and links, see other podcasts at this site.

WAOE Learning Technology Survey

edit Steve McCarty 2005-07-25 14:07 WST  ·  ·  ·  ·
This is a response to the international survey on learning technology by Nick Bowskill in England for the World Association for Online Education (WAOE, pronounced "wow-ee"). The questions are read by a student here in Japan, the seventh one to join these podcasts. To read the questions while listening, or for related information on this project, see WAOE Spoken Libraries.