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Universities add iPhones, iPods to students’ item list

Expect to see a movement toward using mobile technology in the classroom, but it is in its infancy and applications are few

By Jonathan Glater  /  NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE

“We had assumed that the biggest focus of these devices would be consuming the content,” said Tracy Futhey, vice president for information technology and chief information officer at Duke.

But that is not all that the students did. They began using the iPods to create their own “content,” making audio recordings of themselves and presenting them. The students turned what could have been a passive interaction into an active one, Futhey said.

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