--- Forwarded Message from Judy Shoaf <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 14:18:37 -0400 >From: Judy Shoaf <[log in to unmask]> >User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030312 >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #7242 the fate of those tapes once you've gone digital >References: <[log in to unmask]> >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ We also skipped the CD stage, so to speak, and students here have the choice between taped copies and the streaming audio on the web (set up similarly to yours, I think). Since we still have our tape duplicators I get permission to copy tapes for students as well as permission to duplicate. We only give out a very few tapes now but they are still useful for some situations. It helps that we have a lab where students can come to listen to the online audio if their home computers do not have good "reception." But if they want the CDs I guess they can buy them from the publishers.... (and because CDs are so easy & cheap to copy and bundle, unlike tapes, some courses do have the students order the CDs as a set, with the online audio there only as a backup). Judy Shoaf University of Florida