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online degree programs psychology | AIU adds Podcasts to supplement online classes

Posted by bposton on December 4th, 2006 — Posted in online degree programs psychology

The next time you’re in a busy airport or on the plane and you see all those folks with earbuds stuffed in their lobes, think about this.

There’s a good chance that a lot of them are not listening to music.

Instead, their taking a class.

Yep, podcasting has found a friend with online degree programs. More and more programs are starting to add podcasts to supplement their online courses.

Case in point,  AIU Online is now offering podcasts of their classes for those students who learn best by listening.

The now have podcast content that the student can download and listen to whenever time is available.

So AIU Online has solved one students dilemma; how to make the best use of downtime imposed by travel and other job and family-related activities.

Of course, for those who prefer to read or interact with course materials, there is available text and interactive course materials.

The podcasts make the audio content from one class session each week very portable, so you can simply downloading the audio and listening to it whenever you have time, you can continue learning when you’re offline.

ANd it’s great for students who prefer to listen and read, since a text of the audio content is also available for download.

AUI calls it another layer in the learning process.

Catchy phrase, I think.

Ben