Apple Introduces iTunes U.

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from the SJSU.edu site:

San Jos頓tate University has been asked to participate in iTunes U, Apple's new innovative offering to higher education campuses. Apple will be providing San Jos頓tate University the opportunity to host audio, enhanced audio and video Podcasts on Apple's servers so that they are accessible from the iTunes music store. A preview can be found here: itunes.stanford.edu.

If you are interested in producing content that will be published as a podcast in iTunes U, please come to a meeting on Monday, March 13 at 1 p.m. in IRC 210. Questions? Contact Mary Fran Breiling at 408-924-3064.

Ms Benfer,

You have made my point for me.

Stanford didnt go solicit Apple for this program, who are we kidding, Apple solicited Stanford.

Apple first invites schools like Stanford to participate in programs like these because there are a lot more Stanford alumni at Apple who want their school to benefit from programs like this.

Then schools like SJSU have to get in line.

I have worked at a few colleges too and I know how it works.

PC-

Mr. Chronopolos sayd "Man, Apple always does this for the rich kids @ Stanford... I would like to see programs like this at san jose state too."

I understand what you are saying, but let's look at this another way. Who usually has sufficient staff and funds to pilot new programs? The schools like Stanford, Duke, and Drexel are often in a better financial position to try these initiatives first. Now Apple is working with a number of smaller, much less financially-endowed schools like state universities and even the community college where I work. Is San Jose asking to be part of this initiative?

- - Beverly

Man, Apple always does this for the rich kids @ Stanford...

I would like to see programs like this at san jose state too.

PC

Actually, iTunes could stay on as a name, if we just think of it as the application you use to Tune into various different media types.

"iTunes U"?????
Now that Apple is selling all kinds of digital content, not just music, but videos, and perhaps soon books, etc, the term "tunes" no longer conveys what the store is about.
I have a domain for sale that Apple should grab ASAP before its competitors do:
www.unilibrary.com
Apple's Unilibrary sounds much better.

I actually started the first University Podcast over a year ago at the University of Central Florida, for the digital media department. At the time I met with alot of Apple executives who have credited me with starting the first education podcasts, since then it has totally blown up and there are alot of schools participating in it this now. I gave a lecture as well that Apple sponsd. explaining why this is a good thing, kind of hard to get teachers heads around the idea. Awsome!

An education via podcasts? Nah. Thorough education usually requires interaction and hands-on experiences. Acccording to recent studies, many contemporary college students are graduating with really poor grasps of even basic subjects. Maybe another mechanism for learning will help.

If non-students want to check out some of the content, I don't see anything wrong with that. If they are willing to put their time into listening to or watching a lecture instead of doing something less thoughtful, great.

Steve Jobs dropped out of college after one semester, but hung around Reed for a while, auditing classes. It is lucky for us that he did not run into people with selfish attitude's who resented that, I guess.

Mac Diva: I believe "paying for" was refering to the education, not the iTunes U. content. Jon was saying that if everyone can freely access the courses, then the actual college student is now just paying for the name on the diploma and not the education required to get it.