According to “Drexel U. to Hand Out Video-Playing? iPods,” a post from The Wired Campus Blog - the blog maintained by The Chronicle of Higher Education, Drexel University was already game just 2 days after Job’s announcement:
“Earlier this week, Apple unveiled the latest version of its popular music player, a model that can play videos on its tiny color screen. And already, officials at Drexel University say they’ve come up with a plan to give the devices to the 33 students enrolled in their online master’s program in higher education. …
According to William Lynch, the school (of Education)’s director: Students, he says, will be asked to edit their own research journal using podcasting technology.”
Earlier today, Dan Karleen from Syndication for Higher Ed asked the right questions in a post judicially titled “Drexel gives away more iPods, but for what?”