Not sure how many other universities are doing this but University of Washington is offering lectures via podcast. Missed class?  No worries—just download it to your iPod!

“Lectures in Kane have often been videotaped for student viewing, but that means the student must go to the library to check out the video and view it there. With podcasts the audio portion of the lecture can be downloaded to a personal listening device such as an iPod and listened to anywhere.”

I think that this is EXTREMELY cool.  Now, I’m not advocating missing class but the fact is that some times it just can’t be avoided.  It’s great that you can get a “replay” of the lecture.  Actually, that could be useful even if you actually made it to class—might cut down on some note taking? I am guessing that more schools will pick this up soon. 

Daryll