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Duke University has discovered that iPods are a hit in class. A year after the university gave all freshman students the little white music players, the number of students using iPods for class work has quadrupled, and the number of courses incorporating iPods has doubled, the university announced.

The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog: Invasion of the iPod People

Article includes this link to the list of Spring 2006 course that will be making use of iPod technologies, though, the page notes, not all course will require student use of iPods.  Of note, no law courses are listed.

technorati tags: ipod, Duke University

The Emory Wheel Online reports that Emory University chemistry professor Justin Gallivan is offering enhanced podcasts of his chemistry classes available free via iTunes.

Thomson Peterson's--Syndication for Higher Ed--Emory Chemistry Professor Offers Enhanced Podcasts

Not in the law school, but close. Good article that highlights the benefits of podcasting as a supplement for students who still attend class regularly. Article makes it clear that listening to podcasts is not a substitute for actually attending lectures.

technorati tags: podcast, education, Emory

California recently adopted a law that stiffens data-security requirements for academic researchers who work with confidential information about human subjects. Some observers predict that other states will follow suit. (The Chronicle, subscription required)

The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog: Safeguards for Personal Data

This new law covers data provided by state agencies to non-profit research orgainzations including universities for academic research.  Other states are likely to follow.