College Education by Podcast?

Newsweek has an article, Professor in Your Pocket, about lectures being made available as MP3s for students at several large universities. Audio recordings have replaced actual human-led courses!

Looks like Boise State is trying something similar:

The University’s recent move to push hybrid-formatted classes is degrading the level of education I receive at Boise State University.

Hmmm. It would be a lot cheaper to just tell students what to read and they could learn everything from selected book(s).

Tags: Education, Podcasts