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AI uses iTouch to deliver content

American InterContinental University Online is embracing Web 2.0 ideology by making it possible for learners to check grades, read and post announcements, interact with their learning management systems, as well as downloading instructional content.

AIU is using the iPod Touch to provide these new services. This is an excellent example of accommodating multiple learning styles. Moreover, AIU is aligning educational products and learner needs, rather than imposing a technology on people just because it was convenient for the institution or the service provider.

YouTube video of iPod Touch in action:

100 ways your iPod can up your IQ

100 ways your iPod can up your IQ

Top 10 uses of an iPod you'd never expect

- Jo Best, Silicon.com
You may be used to seeing people listen to iPods on the train. You may even use one yourself in the gym or while walking the dog. However, the rise of the iPod has prompted generations of developers - and creative end-users - to exploit possibilities other than simply listening to music or watching videos. Here is a selection of the best, worst and oddest uses silicon.com has come across.

NMSU to use iPods for distance learning

-Associated Press
It's not hard to look around and spot someone with an iPod. The sleek digital devices have hard drives large enough for thousands of songs, photos, videos and even a college course complete with lectures and sample tests. Read more.

Apple announces iPhone

MacWorld 2007's keynote, as summarized by Kottke, revealed the long-anticipated iPhone, shipping in June '07. So great, that gives me 6 months to get used to my new Blackberry Pearl before dumping it for an iPhone. :/ 

iPods cast a wide net for learning

You've worked out Google and the ubiquitous blog, now spare a moment for the latest web star - the podcast. Podcasting is already being used in Victorian universities for a smattering of content delivery. Students set up a subscription to the relevant section of their faculty website, which automatically downloads their weekly lecture to a home computer. Tell me more.

Five Things You Didn't Know About Apple's iPod

Despite the massive popularity of the player, there are still some little-known tricks that can help you get more mileage out of your music. Read more.

Faculty call iPods a success

-Priyanka Kanakamedala, Duke Chronicle

When the Duke Digital Initiative kicked off in April 2005, some thought bringing iPod and podcast technology to classrooms would do little more than give students the opportunity to miss lectures and take notes from their dorm rooms. Read full article.

Apple isn't just for teachers anymore

-Roanoke Times, VA
Radford University officials are brimming with excitement about a new service coming to campus in the fall: iTunes U. Read full article.

Colleges tuned into iPod use

-by Howard Cohen, Knight Ridder Newspapers
Stroll onto any college campus and you'll see iPods galore.But while many of the students are no doubt cranking Arctic Monkeys, just as many are listening to podcasts of lectures or specially designed video "vodcasts" of supplemental classroom material. Read full article.