There are lots of reasons to go Satellite vs iPhone / MP3s etc.
A. I can travel across the country, and listen to the exact same channels. Try doing that with FM or even streaming radio via iPhone. I bet you'll lose the cell signal in some parts of the country.
B. You get the ease of having the XM / Sirius hardware integrated into your car or your home equipment, fewer things to screw around with when you're driving or just simply want some music.
C. Getting music from your iPhone to your radio in the car is done via a crappy FM transmitter or proprietary hardware. What a pain... goes back to B, ease of use.
D. If you're chosing MP3s / preset playlists... you miss out on finding new songs / artists that you might like. It drives me crazy when friends of mine have playlists that are always the same artists and never go outside their box because they don't listen to other mediums.
That's just my 2 cents.
The college i recently graduated from had an online course delivery tool (2 in fact). One was from a company called Desire to Learn and another was developped by my State's University system. I know that both solutions had options to allow professors to make content available at certain times to certain times.
The podcast could be uploaded to the online portal and set to only be visible to people in class X. Or, in a smaller class setting which im used to, the content could be available to people that attended class. Many of my professors took attendance and figured that into the grade because they felt it was an important part of the learning process.
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There are lots of reasons to go Satellite vs iPhone / MP3s etc. A. I can travel across the country, and listen to the exact same channels. Try doing that with FM or even streaming radio via iPhone. I bet you'll lose the cell signal in some parts of the country. B. You get the ease of having the XM / Sirius hardware integrated into your car or your home equipment, fewer things to screw around with when you're driving or just simply want some music. C. Getting music from your iPhone to your radio in the car is done via a crappy FM transmitter or proprietary hardware. What a pain... goes back to B, ease of use. D. If you're chosing MP3s / preset playlists... you miss out on finding new songs / artists that you might like. It drives me crazy when friends of mine have playlists that are always the same artists and never go outside their box because they don't listen to other mediums. That's just my 2 cents.
The college i recently graduated from had an online course delivery tool (2 in fact). One was from a company called Desire to Learn and another was developped by my State's University system. I know that both solutions had options to allow professors to make content available at certain times to certain times. The podcast could be uploaded to the online portal and set to only be visible to people in class X. Or, in a smaller class setting which im used to, the content could be available to people that attended class. Many of my professors took attendance and figured that into the grade because they felt it was an important part of the learning process.