This is a link to video on a presentation of podcasting in Duke University .Initially there where a lot of negative press with Duke. The college in collaboration with Apple decided to give all there first year students I-Pods .Its was sort of looked upon as jumping into tech without thinking about the teach. What most people didn’t realise is that Mp3 players can be used to record lectures, store computer files, and listen to course-related audio segments. This is beneficial for any student. I believe that Duke were setting up an Mp3 infrastructure for there students.

The interesting features from this video is that are that there is a video option where they record the lecture so that you are not missing out visually. Also how they supplement the podcasts with PDF and other lecture material. All the information is open source and is a paving the way in digital distribution.

In the continuation of the Lectopia trial, since January 1, 2006 Duke has seen an additional 16,623 hits to its recordings (compared to 34,367 since the system was installed), with over 300 additional lectures recorded. That is a total of 500 lectures and usage of over 50,000.hits