As an online student, do you miss nodding off to the drone of your professor’s voice as you sit through an afternoon lecture? Now you can do just that from the comfort of your home, if you are enrolled at the North Carolina State University. Professors who handle online classes will record lectures using a digital chalkboard, and these can be accessed online at the student’s convenience. So now that you have your favorite lullaby, are you all set for a snooze?

Jokes aside, this offering from the institution is a boon for those who learn better by listening to someone rather than reading matter from a book. And you don’t have to be tied to your computer screen to hook up to the lectures; you can access them from your iPod or any other MP3 player.

The professors also get something out of this arrangement; they can track the number of students logging on to each lecture. Just in case they hold a popularity contest?