Students who listen to a podcast as opposed to attending class receive higher grades, according to the results of a study from State University of New York (as reported by NY Times and ReadWriteWeb). The study divided a psychology class in half, with 32 students attending a lecture while the other 32 listened to the lecture via iTunes. Dani McKinney summarizes the results saying:
I do think it’s a tool. I think that these kids are programmed differently than kids 20 years ago.
The article notes that the research is preliminary, because it involves only one lecture. Future studies are being planned.
