AppleInsider StaffApple on Wednesday announced the launch of iTunes U, a dedicated area within the iTunes Store featuring free content such as course lectures, language lessons, lab demonstrations, sports highlights and campus tours provided by top US colleges and universities including Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Duke University and MIT.
Created in collaboration with colleges and universities, iTunes U makes it easier to extend learning, explore interests, learn more about a school and stay connected with an alma mater. Content from iTunes can be loaded onto an iPod with just one click and experienced on-the-go, anytime, making learning from a lecture just as simple as enjoying music.
"From its earliest days, Stanford has sought to serve the public by sharing the knowledge generated by our faculty and students," said Stanford Provost John Etchemendy. "Our partnership with Apple and iTunes U provides a creative and innovative way to engage millions of people with our teaching, learning and research and share the experience of intellectual exploration and discovery that defines our university."
Apple's iTunes Store features the world’s largest catalog, adding the new education content to over five million songs, 350 television shows and over 500 movies. The iTunes Store has sold over 2.5 billion songs, 50 million TV shows and over two million movies, making it the world’s most popular online music, TV and movie store.
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Um, iTunes U has existed for well over a year.
This isn't new. I know about iTunes at Stanford for quite a long time, because I downloaded the famouse Steve's commencement address there. We (at Duke University) have been using it for a while too. Unlike Stanford, the iTunes Duke requires log in using the Duke netID. It seems that now they've made part of the iTunes University in each participated Universities open. However, I must say, the power of iTunes U is still under used, at least at Duke. We had a French course, but we still post the homeworks and other media files through blackboard, not iTunes, and there is basically no interesting materials when I browsed other categories I can access. The only good thing is everyone get a discounted iPod 30G black with a free voice recorder, and the teacher uses iPod to show slides (so no need to bring a laptop to class with powerpoint/keynote)...
The website: http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu/ is re-designed, and there is a dedicated iTunes page now. Initially, you can only go to specific iTunes U from outsider specific links. Anyway, it seems iTunes U are going to grow...
uhhh itunes U is old. did you know it's old?...cos it's like, yehhhh...old.
still not on my main page for the itunes store. also not on the main page is the itunes plus information. seems an odd omission.