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Say Goodbye to 8am Classes with iTunes U
Where was the iPod when I really needed it? As a college student! With my iPod podcasting the day's lecture which I downloaded from the campus secure server, I could have "gone to class" on my time when and where I wanted...instead of some schedule decided by the Registrar's office or, heaven forbid, my professor. Rodney Dangerfield surely would have approved when he went "back to school".
Not my reality then...but it is for coeds todays. Thanks to Apple's new testing concept called "iTunes U", college students access course lectures and other educational materials through iTunes. Apple has been testing the program with six schools, including Stanford University and The University of Missouri, which had offered podcasts of its lectures through its school network before becoming an Apple pilot school. Each school is able to decide whether to make its materials available to certain groups or the general public.
As one university professor said, "iTunes is the interface most of our students are already familiar with." Glad they're paying attention now...but they sure didn't like our walkman's in class in the '80s!
Hmmm, time to get my MBA program to podcast. First, though, let me get back to watching my Van Halen "Hot For Teacher" video on my iPod, back when David Lee Roth actually mattered...
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