University Makes iPods, iPhones Mandatory for Freshmen
Source: Fox News Posted By: Tony Y..5470 days ago
Are you a PC? Then you'd better not go to the University of Missouri's journalism school, where 99.5 percent of the students have Macs and incoming freshmen have just been told they'll need an iPhone or iPod Touch as well.
Why? So they can play back lectures in their free time, according to Associate Dean Brian S. Brooks.
"Lectures are the worst possible learning format," he told the Columbia Missourian, the campus newspaper. "There's been some research done that shows if a student can hear....