iTunes U breaks 100 million downloads
Apple's iTunes U has broken the 100 million download mark. iTunes U is a part of the iTunes Store featuring free lectures, language lessons, audiobooks, and more from over 175 higher education organizations including Princeton University, UCLA, Harvard University, MIT, NYU Medical School, Oxford, Cambridge, Georgetown, DePaul, Duke, and Yale University.According to Apple, one of the most popular universities on iTunes U has been Open University (iTunes link), the UK-based educational organization dedicated to distance learning whose programs include Arts and Humanities, Business and Management, Childhood and Youth, Health and Social Care, Law, Psychology, and Science. OU says they have around 150,000 undergraduate and more than 30,000 postgraduate students.
In related news, if you've never watched Steve Jobs' Stanford University commencement speech give it a download [iTunes link]. It's emotional, it's raw, and it's when he revealed to the world he had cancer. You can also read the text of his speech here.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tom said 4:34PM on 12-20-2009
You mean Stanford?
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S. Kurtz said 4:43PM on 12-20-2009
Lol "Standford"?
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J. Andersen said 7:25PM on 12-20-2009
Looks like we can count on at least one person that'll be enrolling in the English 101 iTune U class.
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Michael Jones said 8:20PM on 12-20-2009
You ever hear that analogy about people who live in glass houses and throw rocks? It's iTunes U, the last time I checked :P
J. Andersen said 11:33AM on 12-21-2009
I have actually! But I also don't claim to be a blogger or have my articles posted for the world to see on a website. Looks like I'll see Michael in class.
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