Teaching via iPod

Could someone send me some links to all possible electrical engineering courses that are available in the domain of electrical engineering especiallyinformation theory/statistical signal processing etc. Podcasts preferrable! Hare Krishna Rahul

A very nice initiative, which is not mentioned in the Newsweek article, is Open Course Ware from the MIT. They have free audio and video lectures of many undergraduate and graduate courses. You can check them out at: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/OCWHelp/avocw.htm I personally recommend the video lectures on Physics by Walter Lewin. Really cool stuff.

Having lectures on MP3 is a great way to *supplement* your notes from the class. In college I had a economics professor who encouraged us to record lectures. The recordings were useful in filling in the blanks in my class notes (too busy drawing those charts and graphs). Some professor didn't want to be recorded because they claimed that the lectures were their intellectual property. That stance may hinder the number of lecture-casts available.

I've taken a virtual course coupled with an active classroom forum. It worked great for some I think, but for me... too easy to get distracted and get behind in course work. I think it's great for those 'independent' self-taught, self-motivated type. I on the other hand need the commitment of daily class attendance.

I am currently taking an online marketing class which uses real audio files. While I'd prefer that they be mp3s, it gets the job done. The class lectures are supplemtented with a website that contains notes and pictures, charts, etc... This method of teaching works but it's no substitute for the real thing.

I am undergraduate in economics and politics currently in my final year. I think that for the economics portion of the course mp3 cast would be pretty useless. Without the attached diagrams/models/equations the lecture would be particularly difficult to gain from. For my politics lectures however lecture casts are great. I have been using my iPod mic combo for a while now and distributing my lectures via my blog for other students on my course. With lecturer permission naturally. It's great come revision and much more helpful than a Powerpoint presentation. If only I could somehow index a transcript of the lecture for better searching, now that would be good. As for economics, I await my lecturer's vodcast with accompaning stills.