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One of the things you do by podcasting is participate in student culture," Mr. Jackson says, arguing that college students are more likely to show up for class if they think a professor is speaking their language.

And perhaps the largest coursecasting project is at Purdue University at West Lafayette.

"We're trying to give people as many options as possible if they miss a course and need to catch up — or if they just want to review," he says.

Stories definitely can teach, but they are also designed to be engaging, to pull at your heart as well as your head, and to help viewers draw conclusions about their own lives or actions."

felt that if they knew that they could turn those writing pieces — particularly the personal narrative that is part of the portfolio — into digital stories, their feelings about writing might change."

students creating digital stories about a time each of their lives changed.

For insights into where teaching and learning is headed, it is worth watching the evolution of iPod use at Duke University (NC), well known for its 2004 iPod initiative.